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Improving archaeomagnetic interpretations by reusing magnetically oriented samples for micromorphological analysis Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-14 Ada Dinçkal, Ángela Herrejón Lagunilla, Angel Carrancho, Cristo M. Hernández Gomez, Carolina Mallol
Here we present a novel approach that combines soil micromorphology with the analysis of magnetically oriented samples to improve the interpretation of archaeomagnetic results. The aim is to test whether irregular archaeomagnetic data can be examined with micromorphological soil analysis in a single sample methodology, allowing said archaeomagnetic data to contribute to more meaningful archaeological
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'JSDNE': A novel R package for estimating age quantitatively with the auricular surface by Dirichlet normal energy Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Jisun Jang, Enrico Mariconti, Rebecca Watts
Age estimation plays a significant role in forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology. However, widely-used traditional methods involving macroscopic observation suffer from subjectivity and statistical bias. The present research aims to minimize both issues by applying computational and mathematical approaches. A laser scanner was used to reconstruct 890 auricular surfaces of adult individuals from
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Moated site object detection using time series satellite imagery and an improved deep learning model in northeast Thailand Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-07 Hong Yang, Shaohua Wang, Shunli Wang, Pengcheng Zhao, Mingyao Ai, Qingwu Hu
Moated sites are crucial for revealing the formation of early civilizations and societies in Southeast Asia, and a significant amount of effort has been expended in investigating their distribution. This work is the first application of deep learning object detection methods to identify moated sites from time series satellite images. We presented multi-information fusion data (N-RGB) based on the fusion
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Deep learning-based detection of qanat underground water distribution systems using HEXAGON spy satellite imagery Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-07 Nazarij Buławka, Hector A. Orengo, Iban Berganzo-Besga
Qanats are a remarkable type of ancient hydraulic structure for sustainable water distribution in arid environments that use subterranean channels to transport water from highland or mountainous areas. The presence of the qanat system is marked by a line of regularly spaced shafts visible from the surface, which can be used to detect qanats using satellite imagery. Typically, qanats have been documented
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Sheep and goats taxonomic abundance trends in 1st millennium CE southern Italy: Multilevel bayesian modelling of NISP datasets Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-04 Roberto Ragno
The 1st millennium CE represents a period of significant change in the agricultural landscape of southern Italy. Sheep and goats are among the most common faunal remains recovered from archaeological excavations of this period, but the contribution of these animals to the agricultural economy (particularly wool production) is often discussed through textual sources. This paper synthesises caprine taxonomic
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The costs of transporting goods by different modes: A case study of pottery movement in late Roman Britain Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-03 Rob Wiseman, Scott G. Ortman, Olivia Bulik
There is a long-standing view that, in the Roman world, transport by sea and river was very much cheaper than by land. Previous analyses of transport costs have relied primarily on a few surviving historical records, notably the Edict on Maximum Prices issued by Diocletian in 301 CE. Here we outline an alternative method for deriving relative costs of transportation by different modes using materials
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Speiss at Amarna (Egypt, c. 1353–1336 BCE) – Exotic anachronism or cherished commodity? Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-30 Frederik W. Rademakers, Marie Vandenbeusch, Elvira Vassilieva, Frank Vanhaecke, Patrick Degryse
This paper presents the most comprehensive study of speiss from the Late Bronze Age world published so far, and the first detailed study of speiss from the Nile Valley overall. It combines the results of XRD, optical microscopy, SEM-EDS, trace element (ICP-OES and ICP-MS) and lead isotopic analysis to fully characterise two fragments of speiss from the 18th Dynasty capital Amarna in Egypt, now in the
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Multi-stage experiments in Bronze Age spear combat: insights on wear formation, trauma, and combat contexts Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 V. Gentile, C.J. van Dijk, O. Ter Mors
This paper presents and discusses an experimental investigation of Bronze Age spear combat, with a focus on the impacts of bronze points against each other and other materials such as wooden shafts and shields, and animal tissues which act as a proxy for the human body.
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Some first observations on ant-nest morphology and micromorphology, the effects of wildfires, and their implications for the understanding of archaeological features Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-28 Hans Huisman, Hans Peeters, Jan-Willem de Kort, Jap Smits
Ants are among the soil mesofauna that cause significant bioturbation at the location of their nests. They can have significant impact on the preservation of soil features and on post-depositional artefact distribution. Moreover, there is discussion on the natural or anthropogenic nature of so-called ‘pit-hearth’ features dating to the Mesolithic. Such features are common in parts of the Netherlands
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Ancient parasite analysis: Exploring infectious diseases in past societies Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-24 Piers D. Mitchell
Parasites are the causative agents of infectious diseases that have affected humans throughout our evolution. Some appear to have been ubiquitous in past societies around the globe, but others were only viable in distinct regions where the conditions suited their complex life cycles. This review considers how we can recover and identify ancient parasites, before interrogating the literature to explore
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Leveraging the potential of charred archaeological seeds for reconstructing the history of date palm Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-24 S. Ivorra, M. Tengberg, V. Bonhomme, T. Kaczmarek, T. Pastor, J.-F. Terral, M. Gros-Balthazard
The analysis of seeds from archaeobotanical assemblages is essential for understanding the history of crop cultivation. However, the majority of these seeds are typically found charred, a condition that not only degrades DNA, which hinders genetic studies, but also distorts their morphological features, which may bias comparisons with uncharred modern samples. While the effects of charring on several
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A method for defining dispersed community territories Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-23 Kenneth B. Vernon, Scott G. Ortman
The transition from dispersed to aggregated forms of settlement reflects a critical shift in the relative value of social and primary (food) modes of production. However, investigating trade-offs between these different forms of settlement requires estimates of the extent of community territories, including their nearby arable land. Here we demonstrate a simple algorithm to do that. Our algorithm is
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Vitamin D deficiency, pregnancy, and childbirth in early medieval Milan Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-21 Lucie Biehler-Gomez, Elisa Pera, Valentina Lucchetti, Laura Sisto, Beatrice del Bo, Mirko Mattia, Lucrezia Rodella, Giorgio Manzi, Anna Maria Fedeli, Alessandro Porro, Cristina Cattaneo
This paper explores the burden of osteomalacia on pregnancy and childbirth through two cases from early medieval urban Milan. Two skeletons of female individuals with skeletal deformities and associated with 25–36 gestational weeks fetuses, excavated from the and urban cemeteries and dated to the Early Middle Ages, were examined. Paleopathological and historical analyses were performed in a biocultural
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Estimating the scale-dependent influence of natural terrestrial corridors on the positioning of settlements: A multi-scale study of Roman forts in Wales Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-19 Joseph Lewis
Natural terrestrial corridors have been shown to have influenced the positioning of past settlements. The scale at which this pattern-process relationship operates is often un-estimated and thus remains unclear. This paper proposes the comparison of multiple point process models as an approach for estimating the optimal scale at which this relationship is strongest. With this approach, it is revealed
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Sabarmati and its connection with the Harappan port Lothal and the Nal corridor: A study using multi-sensor data, cloud-computing and multi-platforms Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-14 Ekta Gupta, V.N. Prabhakar, Vikrant Jain
Lothal is situated approximately 30 km inland from the Gulf of Khambhat on the western coast of India in Gujarat. It served as a bustling port during the Bronze Age Harappan period (2600 BCE to 1900 BCE) and was connected to a series of Harappan production and distribution centres dotted along the Gulf of Kachchh and the Rann of Kachchh. Artefacts of foreign nature found in Lothal attest to its intercultural
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Mixed lead sources in tin metal: Implications for using lead isotopes to study tin artifacts Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-10 W. Powell, R. Mathur, G. Kamenov, J. Stephens, D. Killick
Methods for provenancing copper, lead, and silver using the isotopic composition of lead are well-established. Lead isotope analysis holds promise for the study of tin metal as well, as long as one accounts for the U-Th-Pb systematics of cassiterite (SnO) and chaîne opératoire of tin production. Although Precambrian cassiterite may contain 10s of ppm Pb or more (predominantly radiogenic Pb), Phanerozoic
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Using computed tomography to diagnose chronic frontal sinusitis in the skeletal remains of a post-medieval Dutch rural community (AD 1829–1866) Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-06 Veronica Pace, Maia Casna, Sarah A. Schrader
Chronic frontal sinusitis (CFS) has afflicted humanity throughout history and continues to be a significant global health issue today. In bioarchaeology, sinusitis is often diagnosed through the identification of bone alterations within the maxillary sinus cavities by macroscopic and/or endoscopic examination. However, due to the inaccessible nature of frontal sinuses, CFS specifically has not been
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Forensic toxicology backdates the use of coca plant (Erythroxylum spp.) in Europe to the early 1600s Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-03 Gaia Giordano, Mirko Mattia, Lucie Biehler‐Gomez, Michele Boracchi, Alessandro Porro, Francesco Sardanelli, Fabrizio Slavazzi, Paolo Maria Galimberti, Domenico Di Candia, Cristina Cattaneo
Cocaine hydrochloride salts are one of the most commonly used drugs of our days, yet there is very little hard evidence regarding when people started consuming such an extensively popular drug in Europe. In this paper, we report the exceptional finding of spp. in human remains dated to the 1600's in Milan, Italy.
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Mean ridge breadth and ridge density tell the same story for ancient fingerprints: A critique of the “Age-Sex Identification Matrix” method of demographic reconstruction Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-02 Akiva Sanders, Andrew Burchill
In recent years, the field of archaeological dermatoglyphics has sought to use the ridges of ancient fingerprint impressions to infer demographic information about their creators. Although such a pursuit is inherently challenging, a recent method used in publications (the “Age-Sex Identification Matrix'' approach) relies on flawed assumptions that produce unacceptably inaccurate results. Among other
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Living on the edge: Abric Pizarro, a MIS 4 Neanderthal site in the lowermost foothills of the southeastern Pre-Pyrenees (Lleida, Iberian Peninsula) Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-26 Sofia C. Samper Carro, Susana Vega Bolivar, Jezabel Pizarro Barbera, Eboni Westbury, Simon Connor, Ethel Allué, Alfonso Benito-Calvo, Lee J. Arnold, Martina Demuro, Gilbert J. Price, Jorge Martinez-Moreno, Rafael Mora
Extensive research carried out during the last 30 years in the lowermost foothills of the Southern Pyrenees has revealed the significance of this area for studying Neanderthal lifestyle and settlement histories in the Iberian Peninsula. With a large number of cave and rock shelter sites, broad-ranging chronologies, and relatively well-known sedimentation rates and environmental conditions, this enclave
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Micro-computed tomography of the fired clay venus of Dolní Věstonice (Czech Republic) Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-25 Petr Neruda, Petr Hamrozi, Zuzana Patáková, Grzegorz Pyka, František Zelenka, Šárka Hladilová, Martin Oliva, Eva Orságová
Small figurines made from fired clay belonging to the Gravettian (Pavlovian) culture (30–25 ka cal BP) represent one of the main forms of spectacular Palaeolithic art. The most well-known example is the Venus from Dolní Věstonice I in the Czech Republic, which is the biggest and best-preserved human figurine made from clay. Due to its high cultural value, exploration of the internal structures of this
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Cranial suture obliteration patterns as an ageing method for dog crania Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-24 Robert J. Losey, Tatiana Nomokonova
Most of the fundamental methods for analyzing archaeological dog remains need to be better developed. This is particularly true for methods designed to estimate age at death. Most ageing methods are either destructive and specialized or useful only for identifying juveniles. Cranial suture closure and obliteration patterning are commonly examined to estimate the general age at death of human remains
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Revealing primary forming techniques in wheel-made ceramics with X-ray microCT Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-24 Ilaria Caloi, Federico Bernardini
The identification of ceramic forming techniques poses challenges, particularly when different primary and secondary forming techniques are combined, or when specific surface treatments obscure potential diagnostic features. As emphasized in the existing literature, a comprehensive approach should consider all potential sources of information. In this study, we employed a combination of macroscopic
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Studying seriality in material culture by geometric morphometrics–gold wild boars from the Arzhan-2 barrow, Tuva Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-24 Fabrice Monna, Nicolas Navarro, Yury Esin, Tanguy Rolland, Josef Wilczek, Leonard Dumont, Jerome Magail, Anne-Caroline Allard, Carmela Chateau-Smith, Chechena Mongush, Saida Byrynnay, Paul Alibert
In the field of material culture, seriality refers to the serial production of nearly the same object in terms of shape and size, yielding visually identical artefacts. Subtle variations may nevertheless occur, depending on the technologies used, or the number and reliability of moulds, for example. Geometric morphometrics based on landmark analysis, along with accompanying statistical techniques,
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Experimental assessment of the impact of food processing on δ15N values in dietary meat – Implications for paleodietary reconstruction Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-19 Kimberly K. Foecke, Christine A.M. France, Alison S. Brooks
Stable isotope studies of bone collagen are widely applied in an attempt to understand the history and range of modern human and earlier hominin diets. The nitrogen isotope system has been extensively applied to the human bioarchaeological record to predict dietary protein sources, as nitrogen isotope ratios roughly track the trophic positionality of an organism. While the ratio of nitrogen isotopes
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Contribution of hyperspectral analysis in relative dating applied to Miculla petroglyphs (Peru) Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-18 Frédéric-Victor Donzé, Laurence Audin, Bernard Schmitt, Audrey Taillefer, Laurent Truche
The Tacna region in southern Peru hosts archaeological remnants of Pre-Columbian period human occupations, including the Miculla Petroglyphs. Existing methods for dating these petroglyphs present substantial uncertainties and are subject to claims lacking objective validation. This study employs advanced hyperspectral analysis, specifically utilizing the SPECIM IQ camera, to reevaluate existing chronological
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Broadscale deep learning model for archaeological feature detection across the Maya area Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-17 Leila Character, Tim Beach, Takeshi Inomata, Thomas G. Garrison, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, J. Dennis Baldwin, Rafael Cambranes, Flory Pinzón, José L. Ranchos
Many Maya archaeological areas are not comprehensively or systematically mapped because ruins, often hidden under tropical forest canopy in rugged terrain, can take decades to locate, identify, and map. Recent years have seen an explosion of lidar data collection, and machine learning provides a way to exploit these lidar data, making feature analyses more efficient and consistently executed. At present
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Provenancing copper in the middle Shang period through isotopic analysis of metallurgical remains Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-12 Xiaolin He, Zhenfei Sun, Siran Liu, Jianli Chen, Xicheng Gong
Archaeological investigations recently conducted at the site of Tajiasi, a Middle Shang bronze casting workshop, have led to the discovery of abundant metallurgical micro-remains from various stages of bronze production processes. Lead isotope analysis of these samples has given fresh insights into the discussion about the origin of the metal sources employed during this period. The copper melting
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Leave no stone unturned: Exploring the metaproteome of beerstone for the identification of archaeological beer production Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-10 Lindsey Paskulin, Krista McGrath, Richard Hagan, Camilla Speller, Marian Berihuete-Azorín, Hans-Peter Stika, Soultana-Maria Valamoti, Jessica Hendy
In archaeological contexts, identifying processes of beer production and consumption has contributed to our understanding of agriculture, labor mobilization, economic surplus, feasting, gender dynamics, social structure, tribute, community, identity and politics. Nevertheless, in the absence of pictorial representations and characteristic objects, beer brewing is difficult to identify in the archaeological
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Crafting illusions: Human-made composite coating used to simulate amber beads in prehistoric Iberia Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-22 Carlos P. Odriozola, José Ángel Garrido-Cordero, Ana C. Sousa, José María Martínez-Blanes, Galo Romero-García, Daniel Sánchez-Gómez, Manel Edo i Benaigues, Diego Romero-Vera, María Dolores Simón-Vallejo, María Dolores Zambrana Vega, José Luis Molina González
The discovery of a set of beads, comprising both Sicilian amber and resin-coated beads in the Middle Bronze Age burial site of Cova del Gegant (Sitges, Barcelona, Spain), has sparked inquiries into whether the coating was intended for imitation or counterfeiting of amber. We assert that human-made materials, such as bead coatings, are intentionally conceived, designed, and crafted to fulfill specific
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Violent death of a warrior in the destruction of Roca Vecchia, Apulia, Italy: Insights on hostilities and Aegean connections in the Bronze Age Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-08 G. Vincenti, R. Guglielmino, D. Panetta, P.A. Salvadori, L. Reitsema, J. Krigbaum, K.L. Reinberger, D. Melica, M. Lettieri, M. Masieri, P.F. Fabbri
This study recreates aspects of the life and death of a young adult male who died during the siege of Roca Vecchia, a Bronze Age fortified coastal site in Italy. The partially charred and unburied individual, Roca US813A, was found among the debris in the southern room of the main gate to the city.
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Lost-wax casting: A widespread technique to produce copper alloy adornments in Atlantic Europe since the mid-second millennium BC Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-04 Marilou Nordez
Lost-wax casting is a metalworking technique that has long been regarded as an innovation imported from the eastern Mediterranean and only widely used in Western Europe since the Late Bronze Age. We now have evidence that this technique was in fact largely in use from the Middle Bronze Age onwards for the production of copper alloy adornments in the Atlantic area. Along with palstaves, these objects
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Micro-photogrammetry and traceology: new on-site documentation approaches using portable digital microscopes Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-30 Giulia Previti, Beatrice Luci, Cristina Lemorini
This paper introduces a novel micro-photogrammetric application for the examination of technological traces using a portable digital microscope. The aim is to evaluate its potential, advantages, and level of detail within the context of traceology studies, highlighting its importance in particular for field documentation of unmovable items. The technique is non-invasive and applicable to samples that
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Neanderthal hunting grounds: The case of Teixoneres Cave (Spain) and Pié Lombard rockshelter (France) Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-29 Antigone Uzunidis, Ruth Blasco, Jean-Philip Brugal, Tiffanie Fourcade, Juan Ochando, Jordi Rosell, Audrey Roussel, Anna Rufà, Maria Fernanda Sánchez Goñi, Pierre-Jean Texier, Florent Rivals
The study of Neanderthal-Environment interactions very often lacks precise data that match the chrono-geographical frame of human activities. Here, we reconstruct Neanderthals’ hunting grounds within three distinct habitats using dental microwear analysis combined with zooarchaeological data. The predation patterns toward ungulates are discussed in term of frequency (NISP/MNI) and potential meat intake
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SPEED-E: A modified version of the sample preparation by Easy extraction and Digestion(-free) protocol for enamel-based sex estimation in archaeological remains Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-25 Timothy P. Cleland, Sara A. McGuire, Jared S. Beatrice, Kimberlee S. Moran, Christine A.M. France
Accurate estimation of biological sex in archaeological human remains is critical when considering demographic, resource partitioning, and various sex-based cultural issues in historic societies. Recent developments in paleoproteomics of enamel have allowed for the estimation of biological sex through sex chromosome-linked amelogenins. This method is highly advantageous when traditional osteological
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Past human decision-making based on stone tool performance: Experiments to test the influence of raw material variability and edge angle design on tool function Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-21 Lisa Schunk, Ivan Calandra, Anja Cramer, Walter Gneisinger, João Marreiros
One of the main interests in the interpretation of the archaeological record and its variability within and through time and space is the production and use of past human stone tool technologies. Tool design and function are inevitably intertwined and strongly related to tool use. Understanding tool design provides information about early human technological adaptations and reflects human behaviour
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A comparative study of commercially available, minimally invasive, sampling methods on Early Neolithic humeri analysed via palaeoproteomics Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-20 Jakob Hansen, Joannes Dekker, Gaudry Troché, Zandra Fagernäs, Jesper V. Olsen, Maria Saña Seguí, Frido Welker
Due to methodological advances in the archaeological sciences, an increasing number of archaeological specimens undergo destructive sampling. However, the preservation of cultural heritage is a primary concern. This leads to a dilemma between accessing sample material and obtaining sufficient information for a meaningful analytical outcome. Ideally, sampling a specimen would preserve the object for
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Utilising ancient DNA to understand crop population dynamics across a millennium: A case study of archaeological barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) from Gran Canaria, Spain Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-18 Jenny Hagenblad, Jacob Morales, Matti W. Leino, Robin Abbey-Lee, Amelia C. Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Jonathan Santana
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A new method for quantifying flake scar organisation on cores using orientation statistics Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 Sam C. Lin, Chris Clarkson, I Made Agus Julianto, Anton Ferdianto, Jatmiko, Thomas Sutikna
In stone artefact studies, researchers often rely on qualitative classifications to describe flake scar arrangements on cores. While this approach provides a broad overview of core reduction patterns, its application can be ambiguous due to the three-dimensional complexities of core geometry and the subjective nature of qualitative classifications, making it challenging to objectively compare flake
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A multi-analytical approach reveals flexible compound adhesive technology at Steenbokfontein Cave, Western Cape Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Alessandro Aleo, Antonieta Jerardino, Rivka Chasan, Myrto Despotopoulou, Dominique J.M. Ngan-Tillard, Ruud W.A. Hendrikx, Geeske H.J. Langejans
Evidence of different compound resin-based adhesives is present in South Africa from at least 77000 years ago. Ancient glue production is considered one of the oldest known highly complex technologies, requiring advanced technological and mental abilities. However, our current knowledge of adhesive materials, recipes, and uses in South Africa is limited by the lack of in-depth analysis and molecular
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Architectural technology and labour organisation at the late Neolithic Liangzhu City, Yangtze Delta region, China Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Yijie Zhuang, Junping Yuan, Shuaiwei Liang, Minghui Chen, Ningyuan Wang
Building the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site of Liangzhu City and its hinterlands was an enormous undertaking that required an unprecedented level of architectural innovations, clever logistic planning, and sophisticated labour organisation. We draw on environmental, archaeological and experimental data on the preparation and construction of grass-wrapped clay blocks at the Liangzhu City and investigate
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A comparative approach to GIS modelling of terrestrial mobility in archaeological sites. The iron age hillfort of Villasviejas del Tamuja as a study case Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Elia Quirós, Pedro Trapero Fernández, Alicia Antolín, Victorino Mayoral
The archaeological analysis of Historical mobility is an increasingly studied topic thanks to new geographic information technologies. This paper proposes a modelling exercise of the spatial behaviour of a Second Iron Age community in the Middle Tagus Valley: the hillfort of Villasviejas del Tamuja (Botija, Cáceres). Based on our knowledge of the configuration of the site and the surrounding settlements
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Revisiting the bleeding effect in historical cobalt porcelain pigments: Mechanism, influence and technical responses Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Xiaochenyang Jiang, Nian Liu, Xuekun Xu, Yan Ge, Zhimin Li, Jianfeng Cui, Yang Zhai
The bleeding phenomenon, a persistent and widespread issue in the application of cobalt-bearing pigment during porcelain decoration, has spurred different civilisations to develop various response strategies to alleviate this problem. In this study, we challenge the prevailing hypotheses concerning the role of composition and viscosity in determining the bleeding effect on blue-and-white wares, proposing
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The historical ecology of subsistence and early commercial fisheries in mangrove systems in Brazil Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Thiago Fossile, Krista McGrath, Pau Comes, Joan Villanueva, Kerry Louise Sayle, Simon-Pierre Gilson, Manuel Haimovici, Maria Cristina Alves, Magda Carrion Bartz, Dione da Rocha Bandeira, Fernanda Mara Borba, Jessica Ferreira, André Carlo Colonese
Human population growth and the technological advancements of the 20th and 21st centuries have significantly altered human-environment interactions and led to unprecedented anthropogenic footprints on coastal and ocean systems. Despite thousands of years of exploitation for subsistence and, later, commercial purposes, the ecology of mangrove fisheries along the Brazilian coast and the consequences
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Classification of Bovidae fossils from Gladysvale, South Africa using elastic shape analysis Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Juliet K. Brophy, Gregory J. Matthews, Nicole Schnitzler, Karthik Bharath, Sebastian Kurtek, Ofer Harel
Teeth from the Family Bovidae that are associated with our early humans ancestors are important for reconstructing paleoenvironments. However, age, degree of attrition, and taphonomic factors often make fossil identification difficult. A recent technique for classifying these teeth uses the size-and-shape of the occlusal surface as a summary of the surface, deriving features from this, and then using
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Visual sensing on marine robotics for the 3D documentation of Underwater Cultural Heritage: A review Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Eleni Diamanti, Øyvind Ødegård
This study provides a comprehensive review of the current state of the art in marine technology as it pertains to the 3D documentation of underwater archaeological and historical sites. A thorough literature analysis of recent research is presented, with a special emphasis on vision-based approaches for 3D reconstruction and mapping. First, the paper lists different robotic platforms, various underwater
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A Middle Palaeolithic incised bear bone from the Dziadowa Skała Cave, Poland: the oldest marked object north of the Carpathian Mountains Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Tomasz Płonka, Andrzej Wiśniewski, Adrian Marciszak, Grzegorz Ziółkowski, Grzegorz Lipecki, Marcin Diakowski, Kamil Serwatka
A fragment of an ursid radius with seventeen incisions (one of them incomplete) was excavated in the 1950s in the Dziadowa Skała Cave in the Częstochowa Upland in southern Poland from a deposit with faunal remains from the Eemian (ca 130–115 kyr). This object has been cited as the earliest evidence of Neanderthal cognitive abilities in the region, but it has been never studied in detail. The artefact
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The role of environmental factors in the spatiotemporal distribution of millet in Late Neolithic to Bronze Ages sites in the Tibetan plateau and surrounding regions Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Bingxin Shao, Francesca Monteith, Ziming You, Zhaorui Miao, Yu Gao, Xiujia Huan, Zhikun Ma
The Tibetan Plateau and surrounding regions played a pivotal role in the spread of foxtail millet () and broomcorn millet () since the late Neolithic period. However, previous research failed to analyze the spatiotemporal distribution and associated environmental factors. Herein, we collected foxtail and broomcorn millet data from 113 Late Neolithic and Bronze Age sites in the Tibetan Plateau region
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Corrigendum to “Improved thermoluminescence dating for heterogeneous, multilayered, and overlapped architectures: A case study with the Oc Eo archaeological site in Vietnam” [J. Archaeol. Sci. 155 (2023) 105800] Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Phan Trong Phuc, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hue, Pham Thi Hue, Tran Tuan Anh, Nguyen Khanh Trung Kien, Lo Thai Son, La Ly Nguyen, Tran Dong Xuan, Van-Phuc Dinh, Nguyen Hoang Long, Nguyen Van Tiep, Cao Dong Vu, Le Ngoc Thiem, Ngoc-Quynh Nguyen, Hoang Anh Tuan Kiet, Nguyen Quang Hung, Luu Anh Tuyen
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Prehistoric ornaments in a changing environment. An integrated approach to the Late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Columbella rustica shells from the Vlakno cave, Croatia Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Barbara Cvitkušić, Emanuela Cristiani, Andrea Zupancich, Dario Vujević
This paper advances knowledge of human behavioural and adaptational strategies in coastal areas related to acquiring, producing and distributing ornaments, specifically, the omnipresent marine gastropod By applying quantitative and qualitative approaches to the most extensive collection of shells in the Eastern Adriatic region discovered in the Late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic levels of Vlakno
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Tracing the biographies of textiles in the transition of medieval to modern times: Wool fabrics and brigandines from an Iberian castle Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 María Martín Seijo, Joeri Kaal, César Oliveira, Marta Portillo, Eva Panagiotakopulu, Andrés Teira Brión, M. Conceição Oliveira, Santiago Vázquez Collazo
Findings of archaeological textiles and fibres in Northern Iberia are extremely rare. The occurrence of a set of textile fragments, dated between the 14th and 16th centuries CE at the Pambre castle (Palas de Rei, Lugo, Spain) is exceptional. The original stone roof of the southeastern tower was intact. The dark, cold and moist conditions inside the tower favoured the preservation of a unique series
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A computational linguistic methodology for assessing semiotic structure in prehistoric art and the meaning of southern Scandinavian Mesolithic ornamentation Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Lasse Lukas Platz Herskind, Felix Riede
Non-figurative prehistoric art is comparatively common yet challenging to decode and hence to understand. At the heart of the difficulty of assessing the presence of semiotic structure in prehistoric art is a lack of appropriate, replicable, and case-transferable methodologies. We here propose a novel approach derived from computational linguistics, in which k-skip-n-gram (skipgram) models and associated
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Pollen analysis of neolithic adhesives and comparative experimental archaeology: Insights from La Marmotta (Lake Bracciano, Rome) Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Daniele Arobba, Rosanna Caramiello, Lionello F. Morandi, Juan F. Gibaja, Mario Mineo, Niccolò Mazzucco
This article presents a palynological study conducted on adhesive materials obtained from both experimental and archaeological wooden sickles. The archaeological sickles, dating back to the Early Neolithic period, were recovered from the waterlogged site of La Marmotta, located near Lake Bracciano in Rome, Italy. Experimental harvesting was carried out on cereal crops using sickles purposefully made
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Modelling diffusion of innovation curves using radiocarbon data Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 E.R. Crema, A. Bloxam, C.J. Stevens, M. Vander Linden
Archaeological data provide a potential to investigate the diffusion of technological and cultural traits. However, much of this research agenda currently needs more formal quantitative methods to address small sample sizes and chronological uncertainty. This paper introduces a novel Bayesian framework for inferring the shape of diffusion curves using radiocarbon data associated with the presence/absence
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Revisiting palaeolithic combustion features of Theopetra Cave: A diachronic use of dung and peat as fuel Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Panagiotis Karkanas, Nina Kyparissi-Apostolika
The chemical diagenesis and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Palaeolithic sequence of Theopetra Cave have been studied extensively, but little information is available regarding the details of its combustion structures. The cave is characterized by extensive beds of multi-sequence combustion layers dated between 140 and 50 ka BP, and thick, often stratigraphically complex bodies of ash and
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The geoarchaeology of seismically triggered soft sediment deformation structures (SSDS) Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Amanda M. Gaggioli
Previous approaches to earthquakes in archaeology, characterizing the geoarchaeological subfield archaeoseismology, have focused on types of seismic destructions and anti-seismic constructions in architectural remains. A challenge often raised in archaeoseismology relates to issues of equifinality since other human or environmental factors can also cause the archaeoseismc types in question. Furthermore
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Trade, recycling and mixing in local metal management strategies of the later Bronze Age south Carpathian Basin: Lead isotope and chemical analyses of hoarded metalwork Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Caroline Bruyère, J. Stephen Daly, David van Acken, Dragan Jovanović, Vana Orfanou, Filip Franković, Miloš Spasić, Jovan Koledin, Barry Molloy
Lead Isotope Analysis (LIA) has been applied most often as a means of provenancing copper at the macro scale. Here we use LIA at the regional scale to expose the relationship between long-distance communication and local metal management strategies. We conducted lead isotope and chemical analysis on 82 objects and ingots from Late Bronze Age hoards of the south Carpathian Basin, a node in long distance
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Complicating the debate: Evaluating the potential of gas-chromatography-mass spectrometry for differentiating prehistoric aceramic tar production techniques Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Rivka Chasan, Liliana Iwona Baron, Paul R.B. Kozowyk, Geeske H.J. Langejans
Birch bark tar was used extensively throughout human history. While later ceramic-based production technologies are known, prehistoric aceramic techniques leave little to no archaeological evidence. Experimental tar production attempts to fill this gap and suggest potential techniques. However, their archaeological relevance is unclear. Through an in-depth biomolecular analysis using Gas Chromatography-Mass
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Skeletal manifestations of anemia in the sternum in a modern clinical sample: An initial investigation Journal of Archaeological Science (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Brianne Morgan, Michelle Zeller, Isabelle Ribot, Megan B. Brickley
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