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Reproducibility and Archaeological Practice in the Journal of Field Archaeology Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-18 Alan Farahani
Published in Journal of Field Archaeology (Vol. 49, No. 6, 2024)
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Geolocation of Old Photographs and Rephotography in the Field: Contribution to a New Understanding of the al-ʿŪla Oasis in the Early 20th Century a.d. Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Arthur Defauconpret, Julie Gravier, Julien Charbonnier, Gaël Gourret, Anne Leschallier de Lisle, Salomé Sepeau, Yasmin Kanhoush
Historical photographs are commonly available in landscape archaeology; however, they are rarely used systematically for the maximum benefit in terms of spatial and temporal information. In the fra...
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Metal Detecting in the Wake of 16th Century a.d. Spanish Expeditions Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-18 Charles R. Cobb, Dennis B. Blanton, Edmond A. Boudreaux III, Chester DePratter, Ashley A. Dumas, Vernon James Knight, James B. Legg, Brad R. Lieb, Steven D. Smith
In southeastern North America, the received wisdom has been that most 16th century a.d. European objects occur in mortuary contexts, the archaeological manifestation of gifting and barter between E...
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Detection of Hunting Pits using Airborne Laser Scanning and Deep Learning Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-06 William Lidberg, Florian Westphal, Christoffer Brax, Camilla Sandström, Lars Östlund
Forests worldwide contain unique cultural traces of past human land use. Increased pressure on forest ecosystems and intensive modern forest management methods threaten these ancient monuments and ...
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Revisiting Neolithic Ali Kosh: New Insights into Settlement Sustainability, Human Mobility, and Subsistence Strategies Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Hojjat Darabi, Tobias Richter, Arkadiusz Sołtysiak, Amaia Arranz-Otaegui, Hossein Davoudi, Yoshihiro Nishiaki
In western Asia, the Zagros foothills played a fundamental role in the formulation of early explanatory hypotheses on the origins of agriculture. The excavations at the emblematic Neolithic site of...
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Calusa Fisheries and Estuarine Socio-Ecologies in Southwestern Florida: An Examination of Large-Bodied Fish Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-17 Isabelle Holland-Lulewicz
Mound Key (8LL2), a 51 ha anthropogenic island in Estero Bay, Florida, is comprised of a complex arrangement of midden-mounds of various sizes, canals, watercourts, causeways, and other features. O...
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Chiaroscuro Photogrammetry: Revolutionizing 3D Modeling in Low Light Conditions for Archaeological Sites Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-17 Andrea Jalandoni, Robert Haubt, Keryn Walshe, April Nowell
Archaeologists working in low light conditions have had difficulty producing 3D models that are both scientific and aesthetic. We are presenting chiaroscuro photogrammetry, a technique inspired by ...
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Embracing Heritage, Empowering Communities: Visualizing Fieldwork and the 6 February 2023 Earthquakes at the Bronze Age City of Tell Atchana, Alalakh Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-15 Murat Akar, Onur Hasan Kırman, Müge Bulu, Hélène Maloigne, Tara Ingman, Gökhan Tektaş, Baran Kerim Ecer
The earthquakes on 6 February 2023 in southeastern Türkiye and northern Syria were a disaster on a massive scale. Tens of thousands of lives were lost, and the destruction is still being assessed a...
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Horse Teeth Shed Light on Seasonality in Scythian Mound Burials in Southern Russia Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-15 Natalya E. Prilepskaya, Olga P. Bachura, Andrei G. Bush, Аnatoliy R. Kantorovich, Vladimir Е. Maslov, Natalya N. Spasskaya
The Scythian archaeological culture is a component of the Scythian-Siberian community of equestrian nomadic pastoralists located in the northern Black Sea region and Ciscaucasia. This paper explore...
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Integrating and Dividing in a Late Bronze Age Society: Internal Organization of Settlements of the Tisza Site Group in the Southern Carpathian Basin, 1600–1200 b.c. Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-10 Caroline Bruyère, Barry Molloy, Dragan Jovanović, Miroslav Birclin, Jugoslav Pendić, Gordana Topić, Lidija Milašinović, Neda Mirković-Marić, Aleksandar Šalamon
Recent research in the later Bronze Age of the southern Carpathian Basin has revealed an extensive network of large, often-enclosed settlements. Within this network, a particularly dense group of s...
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Continuity and Change in the Cult of the Dead: Shaping Kin Formation in the Peruvian Andes (a.d. 1000–1600) Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-05 Bebel Ibarra
This paper presents the results of archaeological investigations within funerary contexts at the site of Marcajirca (a.d. 1000–1600) in the north-central highlands of Peru. The results suggest the ...
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Survey Techniques and Landscape Archaeology on the Banks of the Ancient Lacus Ligustinus (Southern Spain) Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-05 María del Mar Castro García, Daniel J. Martín-Arroyo Sánchez
The use of complementary techniques in this paper contributes to a better understanding of the long-term evolution of the riparian landscape on the southern banks of the lacus Ligustinus (current G...
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Social Dynamics, Knowledge Spheres, and Technological Transfers in Balearic Island Pottery during the 2nd Millennium b.c. Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 Jaume García-Rosselló, Manuel Calvo-Trias
The Middle and Late Bronze Ages can be characterized by an increase in connectivity, and the Balearic Islands are no exception. In order to more deeply explore this phenomenon, we analyze pottery f...
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A Mismatched Piece in a Cultural Middle Stone Age Puzzle: Traces of Human Activity Dated to 90 kya (MIS 5) at Sites EDAR 134 and 155 in the Eastern Sahara, Sudan Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-27 Grzegorz Michalec, Eric Andrieux, Ju Yong Kim, Young Kwan Sohn, Marzena Cendrowska, Maciej Ehlert, Simon J. Armitage, Piotr Moska, Marcin Szmit, Ahmed Nassr, Mirosław Masojć
This article presents the results of research carried out at two previously unreported Eastern Desert Atbara River project (EDAR) Middle Stone Age (MSA) sites—EDAR 134 and EDAR 155. Luminescence da...
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San Isidro, Sonsonate, El Salvador: Development of a Preclassic Settlement in Chronological and Geographic Context Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-18 Jan Szymański, Miriam Méndez
This paper presents a study of the San Isidro archaeological site in El Salvador, providing significant insights into the development of Preclassic settlements in the region. Through analysis of ce...
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Models of Grinding Stone Manufacture, Use, and Discard from Tigrai, Ethiopia: Opportunities for Cultural Comparisons and Implications for Usewear Analysis Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Laurie A. Nixon-Darcus, A. Catherine D’Andrea, Yemane Meresa
Grinding stones are a worldwide technology, instrumental in processing food as far back as the African Middle Stone Age. Research interest in grinding stones, and the usewear on their surfaces, has...
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Mortuary Practices, Rituality, and Commemorative Places: A View of Kohne Tepesi in the Southern Basin of the Araxes River, Iran Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Sepideh Maziar, Ali Zalaghi, Bayram Aghalari, Sepideh Asgari, Shiva Sheikhi, Marjan Mashkour
Ritual practices as behavior, and the cognitive acknowledgment of life and death, foster a depth in social identity, collective social memory, and a societal worldview. This paper outlines the evid...
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Searching for the Missing Graves of PoWs from the Second World War—an Example of Research Conducted in the Area of Stalag VIII B (344) Lamsdorf Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Dawid Kobiałka, Marek Michalski, Kamil Karski, Adam Lokś, Michał Pawleta, Violetta Rezler-Wasielewska, Piotr Wroniecki, Joanna Wysocka, Michał Czarnik
The Site of National Remembrance in Łambinowice, Poland is a complex of former prisoner of war (PoW) and resettlement camps that operated near the village from the time of the Prussian-French War (...
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Geochemical Analyses to Make the Invisible More Concrete: Cycles of Building Use and Roof Hatches at the Early Neolithic Site of Aşıklı Höyük Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Fatma Kalkan, Mihriban Özbaşaran, Rana Özbal
This study focuses on understanding the use of space at Aşıklı Höyük in central Turkey through the geochemical analyses of five overlying floors of a quadrangular mudbrick building dating to the Pr...
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Objects of Visual Representation and Local Cultural Idioms Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Rana Özbal
In this paper, I reconsider the meaning of decorated objects like painted pottery and seal impressions with geometric and image-bearing motifs in prehistoric contexts. In northern Mesopotamia, the ...
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Sacred Landscapes and Deep Time: Mobility, Memory, and Monasticism on Crowland Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Duncan W. Wright, Hugh Willmott
Excavation of a postulated early Medieval hermitage near Crowland, England, identified a site with a long and complex chronological sequence. During the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, a monumental ...
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The Final Bronze/Early Iron Age in the Old Zerafshan Delta, Uzbekistan: Pilot Investigations at Kimirek-kum-1 Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Sören Stark, Lynne М. Rouse, Sirojiddin J. Mirzaakhmedov, Zachary Silvia, Sydney А. Hunter, Tomáš Bek, Husniddin Rakhmanov, Narges Bayani
The transition between the Final Bronze and Early Iron Age remains one of the least understood periods in the archaeology of southern Central Asia. In this paper, we introduce the newly discovered ...
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Challenging Classifications? Interpreting a “Difficult” Enclosure at Inchnadamph in Northwestern Scotland Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Rory McDonald, Kirsty Millican
This paper explores some challenges of archaeological interpretation and classification through an enclosure at Inchnadamph in Sutherland, northwestern Scotland, a site that has proven difficult to...
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Out of Context: “Backdirt” Privatization and Contested Space in East Jerusalem Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Elisabeth Sawerthal
Within the social, religious, and political context of present-day Jerusalem, soil is meaningful and marketable. This is evident in the Temple Mount Sifting Project, an archaeological tourist ventu...
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It’s All in the Backfill: Scrap Heaps, Explosives, and Nausea. Stirring the Soil of a Former WWII Military Base Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Anke S. Weber
Within an archaeology of the contemporary, sites and material remains of the Second World War have in recent years been set more prominently on the agenda of European heritage archaeology. This art...
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Backdirt as a Means of Deconstruction of Archaeological Procedure: The Case Study of Tel Burnat, The Occupied Palestinian Territories Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Chemi Shiff
This paper will examine the case study of Tel Burnat, located to the north of Nablus in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, to demonstrate how the concept of backdirt may be employed to deconstru...
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Holding Ground: Reconsidering the Sensitivity of Backdirt in the Context of NAGPRA Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Krystiana L. Krupa, Jayne-Leigh Thomas, Rebecca Hawkins, Julie Olds, Scott Willard
In the United States, many archaeological excavations focus on precontact era Native American sites, and for the majority of American archaeology’s existence, these have included a vast number of b...
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Stratagems and Back Spoils: Utilizing Backdirt in the Management of Archaeological Earthen Heritage Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Ashley Lingle, Jerrod Seifert
Preservation strategies at earthen archaeological sites are challenging to develop and maintain in the long term. Environmental fluctuations, anthropogenic interference, and pedological composition...
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Outro: A Practice of Backdirt Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Allison Mickel
Published in Journal of Field Archaeology (Vol. 49, No. 3, 2024)
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Settlement Organization and Distribution in Bronze Age Sardinia: Utilizing Cumulative Viewshed Analysis and Spatial Statistics in the Sulcis Plain Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Miriam Rothenberg, Thomas P. Leppard, Elic Weitzel, Elizabeth A. Murphy
Nuraghi are ubiquitous in the Bronze Age Sardinian landscape, but the reasons for their distribution and wider function remain poorly understood. Here, we evaluate the argument that these megalithi...
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Introduction: How do we Think about Backdirt? Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Allison Mickel, Christina Luke
Published in Journal of Field Archaeology (Vol. 49, No. 2, 2024)
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Backdirting: Theorizing Backdirt through Time, Place, and Process Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Jordi A. Rivera Prince, Amanda Brock Morales
Backdirts, as the byproducts of excavation, are necessary but often overlooked parts of archaeological practice. However, current definitions of backdirt essentialize dynamic matter into a static b...
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Theorizing Backdirt: Between Contemporary Archaeology and a Meta-Critique Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Daniel Carvalho
This article intends to explore the theoretical dimensions of backdirt in archaeology. Often ignored and viewed as mere refuse material of archaeological practices, these by-products of excavation ...
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The Social Construction of Backdirt in Chaco Archaeology Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Kelsey E. Hanson, Samantha G. Fladd, Sarah E. Oas, Katelyn J. Bishop
Archaeologists routinely create backdirt during excavation, but it is rarely acknowledged and remains surprisingly undertheorized. In this paper, we treat backdirt as a uniquely archaeological prod...
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A Symmetrical Archaeology Approach to Previously Excavated Sites: or, How I Learned to Appreciate Antiquarian Backdirt Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Kathryn Howley
Inspired by the author’s experience of working at Sanam Temple, a 1st millennium b.c. site in northern Sudan previously excavated at the beginning of the 20th century a.d., this paper attempts to r...
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Backdirt Ecopoetics Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Kevin Pijpers
In this paper, I take an ecopoetic standpoint by attending to those practices that distinguish between dirt and backdirt on field sites. Fabricating this distinction features ongoing and intermitte...
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Monumental and Long-Lasting or Temporary and Performative? How did Neolithic Rondels Function? Radiocarbon Dating and Bayesian Chronological Modeling of the Rondel at Nowe Objezierze (Northwestern Poland) Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Lech Czerniak, Alex Bayliss, Tomasz Goslar, Monika Badura, Kristýna Budilová, Lenka Lisá, Arkadiusz Marciniak, Agnieszka Matuszewska, Anna Pędziszewska, Joanna Święty-Musznicka
Radiocarbon dating and Bayesian chronology modeling have provided precise dating for the rondel at Nowe Objezierze (northwestern Poland). This monument, located in the farthest reaches of the “Danu...
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JFA’s Foray into the Photo Essay: Archaeologists In-Place in the Anthropocene Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Christina Luke
Published in Journal of Field Archaeology (Vol. 49, No. 1, 2024)
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Fieldwork in an Increasingly Variable Climate: The Kites in Context Project 2023 Field Season Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Austin Chad Hill, Yorke M. Rowan, Ali Atallah Al-Hajj, Jennifer Feng, Joseph Harris, Blair Heidkamp, Morag M. Kersel, Megan Nishida, Amelie Schmücker
Archaeologists commonly include climatic data in their analyses of living in the past, but rarely do current weather conditions achieve mention in our professional considerations. The Kites in Cont...
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Forensic Traceable Liquid for Deterring Trafficking in Cultural Property: Pilot Implementation in Iraq Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Alesia Koush
This paper introduces and evaluates forensic traceable liquid technology as a potential deterrent for trafficking in cultural property, earlier employed in the UK to reduce heritage crime and recen...
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Temporal Analysis of Looting Activity in Tūwāneh (Southern Jordan) Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Kamil Kopij, Paweł Ćwiąkała, Edyta Puniach, Grzegorz Sochacki, Łukasz Miszk, Jarosław Bodzek
Looting is a worldwide issue that occurs not only in conflict zones or areas with weak governmental control. Although national and international agencies are addressing the problem, we are far from...
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High-Resolution Spatial Analysis of Archaeobotanical Remains from a Kitchen Context in Imperial Late Antique (ca. a.d. 600) Dhiban, Jordan Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Alan Farahani, Melissa Kutner, Danielle Steen Fatkin, Benjamin W. Porter
Archaeological plant remains are key data in the identification of the material consequences of imperial interventions in past local lifeways. In this paper, the spatial and stratigraphic analysis ...
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Ice Patches and Obsidian Quarries: Integrating Research Through Collaborative Archaeology in Tahltan Territory Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Duncan McLaren, Brendan Gray, Rosemary Loring, Ts̱ēmā Igharas, Rolf Mathewes, Lesli Louie, Megan Doxsey-Whitfield, Genevieve Hill, Kendrick Marr
This article presents the results of archaeological survey of ice patches in the vicinity of the vast obsidian quarries and artifact scatters found near Goat Mountain and the Kitsu Plateau in Mount...
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Unraveling the Mongolian Arc: a Field Survey and Spatial Investigation of a Previously Unexplored Wall System in Eastern Mongolia Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Ying Tung Fung, Angaragdulguun Gantumur, Ido Wachtel, Amartuvshin Chunag, Zhidong Zhang, Or Fenigstein, Dan Golan, Gideon Shelach-Lavi
This paper explores, for the first time, a 405 km long wall system located in eastern Mongolia: the “Mongolian Arc” consists of an earthen wall, a trench, and 34 structures. It is part of a much la...
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The Role of the Field Architect in the Digital Age: Integrating Human and Electronic Recording at the Villa Arianna in Roman Stabiae Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Joseph C. Williams, Thomas Howe, Adan Ramos, Gabriel Maslen
Digital recording technologies such as lidar and photogrammetry bring higher efficiency to archaeological recording, as well as the allure of automation. How do the promises of the digital age impa...
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Household Labor Practices and Dryland Agroforestry in Upland Kula, Maui Island Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Michael J. Kolb, Patty J. Conte, Valerie Curtis, Jim Hayden
The relationship between agricultural systems and the development of complex societies in ancient Hawai`i has been debated for decades. To contribute to this debate, we examine a terrace complex re...
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Settlement Chronology and Subsistence Patterns in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Christopher S. Jazwa, Amira F. Ainis, Ryan B. Anderson, Karim Bulhusen Muñoz, Emmanuel Reyes Estrada, Harumi Fujita
Cabo Pulmo National Park (CPNP), within the East Cape of Baja California Sur, Mexico, is the location of a highly productive rocky reef ecosystem that was likely attractive to people throughout the...
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Women in the Lab, Men in the Field? Correlations between Gender and Research Topics at Three Major Archaeology Conferences Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Yichun Chen, Ben Marwick
Rising interest in gender equality in society has resulted in greater scrutiny of gender inequality in academic communities. Analysis of authorship of peer-reviewed publications shows that archaeol...
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In Search of a Borderland: Material Culture Patterns on the Southern Limits of the North American Southwest Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 John Philip Carpenter, Guadalupe Sánchez, Rommel Tapia-Carrasco, Andrew R. Krug, Edson Cupa, Dakota Larrick, Carlos Eduardo Hernández, Robin R. Singleton, Matthew C. Pailes
Recent research conducted in southern Sonora, Mexico provides an opportunity to revisit debates about interaction between Mesoamerica and the North American Southwest (NAS). In the borderland betwe...
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Furrows Without Ridges: Evidence for an Agricultural Field at Angel Mounds (12Vg1), Southwestern Indiana, USA Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Edward W. Herrmann, Rebecca A. Hawkins, Christina M. Friberg, Jayne-Leigh Thomas, Jack Rossen, August G. Costa
Evidence of precontact agricultural practices demonstrating how and where crops were grown is often scant because of poor preservation and modern land use practices. As a result, relatively few sit...
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Towards an Integrated Approach to Studying the Stratified Ceramics from Dandanakan/Daş Rabat, Turkmenistan (9th–12th Centuries a.d.) Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Carmen Ting, Martina Rugiadi, Paul Wordsworth
This study draws on archaeological, stylistic, and technological evidence to explore ceramic and brick production of the medieval Islamic period in the southern Karakum region in Turkmenistan, home...
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Evaluating Systematic Use of Ground Penetrating Radar and Auger Surveys to Determine Activity Areas at Three Open Air Sites in Central Alaska Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-08-28 Briana N. Doering, Ken L. Hladek, Molly A. Herron, Joshua D. Reuther, Julie A. Esdale, Charles E. Holmes, Gerad M. Smith
This study explores various testing techniques’ ability to identify activity areas across deeply stratified, open air archaeological sites. To determine the efficacy of different site testing techn...
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Settlement Discontinuities in Southwestern Arabia during the Middle and Late Holocene: The Bayḥān (Yemen) Region Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-08-28 Jean-François Breton, Brigitte Coque-Delhuille, Christopher Edens
Recent research has produced an increasingly nuanced but still incomplete understanding of Neolithic through Iron Age communities in southwestern Arabia. Present evidence indicates that foraging co...
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Statement of Retraction: Pastoral Paleoclimate Palimpsests of the South-Central Andes: High-Altitude Herder Dwellings in the 2nd Millennium a.d. Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-08-24
Published in Journal of Field Archaeology (Vol. 48, No. 8, 2023)
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Craftmanship, Operation, and the Configuration of Social Space: The Case of the Middle Neolithic Pottery Workshop Site of Imvrou Pigadi, Thessaly, Greece Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-08-15 Evita Kalogiropoulou, Niki Saridaki, Dimitris Roussos, Nina Kyparissi-Apostolika
ABSTRACT This paper examines, in parallel, two key archaeological material groups: the kilns and the ceramics from the exceptional tell site of Imvrou Pigadi, the first known and systematically excavated Middle Neolithic pottery workshop in Thessaly. The study forms an all-encompassing, material-based, and scientifically integrated framework based on macroscopic and microscopic analyses, including
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Long Bones and Antlers for Artifact Production in the Final Late Bronze Age Settlement of Thessaloniki Toumba (Northern Greece, 1210–1040 cal b.c.) Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Konstantinos Chondros, Rozalia Christidou, Sevasti Triantaphyllou, Stelios Andreou
ABSTRACT We present two significant patterns of osseous artifact production during the Final Late Bronze Age at the settlement mound of Thessaloniki Toumba in the northeastern Thermaic Gulf region in northern Greece and compare with data published from the same and neighboring regions. One pattern is the use of long bone fractures for shaping awls. The other is the production of pins from deer antlers
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Mineralogy and Sourcing of a Stone Bead Industry Found in Communal Cemeteries Associated with Eastern Africa's First Pastoralists, ca. 5000 b.p. Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-07-13 Carla E. Klehm, Mark A. Helper, Elisabeth Hildebrand, Emmanuel Ndiema, Katherine M. Grillo
ABSTRACT This article describes the mineralogy and sources for a spectacular stone bead industry associated with the first pastoralists in eastern Africa ca. 5000–4000 cal b.p. Around Lake Turkana, northwest Kenya, early pastoralists constructed at least seven mortuary monuments with platforms, pillars, cairns, and stone circles. Three sites—Lothagam North, Manemanya, and Jarigole—have yielded assemblages
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In-Field Obsidian XRF Analysis of Sites in the Lion Mountain Area and Gallinas Mountains of West-Central New Mexico Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Jonathan M. Schaefer, Suzanne L. Eckert, Deborah L. Huntley, Jeffrey R. Ferguson
ABSTRACT The Gallinas Mountains of west-central New Mexico were home to agriculturalists between ca. a.d. 850 and 1450. Ongoing research of the Lion Mountain Archaeology Project (LMAP) has allowed for in-field analysis of surface obsidian artifacts via portable handheld energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (ED-XRF). Influenced by principles of preservation archaeology and the archaeological
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Niche Construction of Ban-nong ban-eoh in Southwestern Korea: Archaeobotanical Data from the Early Iron to Three Kingdoms Periods Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Hyunsoo Lee, Younghun Kim, Gyoung-Ah Lee
ABSTRACT This paper examines the traditional ecological knowledge that existed for generations along the southern coast in Korea with an example from the site of Gungokri. Traditional subsistence along the Korean coast and islands is known as half-farming and half-fishing, Ban-nong ban-eoh in Korean, and we argue that this strategy applies to over 500 years of history at the site. Our data from 150
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Revisiting the Acheulean at Namib IV in the Namib Desert, Namibia Journal of Field Archaeology (IF 1.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-04 George M. Leader, Rachel Bynoe, Ted Marks, Abi Stone, Kaarina Efraim, Dominic Stratford, Eugene Marais
ABSTRACT Namib IV (S23° 44.829’, E14° 19.720’) is frequently cited, as it is one of few Earlier Stone Age sites in the Sand Sea of the Namib Desert. The site was first investigated in 1978 by Myra Shackley, who described 582 artifacts on the surface of a pan as representing an Acheulean butchery site. Descriptions of the artifacts, their number, and area were inconsistently reported. Recently rediscovered