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Technological innovations and hafted technology in central China ~160,000-72,000 years ago. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Yue JP, Song GD, Yang SX, Kang SG, Li JY, Marwick B, Ollé A, Fernández-Marchena JL, Shu PX, Liu HY, Zhang YX, Huan FX, Zhao QP, Qiao BT, Shen ZS, Deng CL, Petraglia M.   +16 more
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Resilience, innovation and collapse of settlement networks in later Bronze Age Europe: New survey data from the southern Carpathian Basin. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Molloy B, Jovanović D, Bruyere C, Estanqueiro M, Birclin M, Milašinović L, Šalamon A, Penezić K, Ramsey CB, Grosman D.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

“Flames Over Persepolis”: New Scientific Evidence Supporting Historical Perspectives

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the burning of Persepolis Terrace, historically attributed to Alexander III in 330 bce. A review of classical accounts and excavation reports, combined with diagnostic surveys, confirms the fire's historicity and provides novel insights.
Maria Letizia Amadori, Ileana De Giuseppe, Fabrizio Frontalini, Luca Pellegrino, Richard W. Jordan, Pierfrancesco Callieri, Emad Matin, Alireza Askari Chaverdi, Hamid Fadaei, Valeria Mengacci, Fulvio Fantino   +10 more
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The impacts of European arrival on Australian dingoes. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Scarsbrook L, Cairns KM, Mitchell KJ, Bougiouri K, Evin A, Harris AC, Wood AE, Zhang Z, Lawson DJ, Alves JM, Ditchfield PW, Granja-Martins S, Styring AK, Tabbada K, Thalmann O, Crowther MS, Curry M, Feuerborn TR, Koungoulos LG, Letnic M, Reed EH, Sabin R, Parker HG, Ostrander EA, Frantz LAF, Larson G, Fillios MA.   +26 more
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Medicine for the Material World

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It is clear that many of the inorganic materials of antiquity have been used both as medicines for human ills and also as agents in technological processes. This paper speculates that there might have been a stronger link between these two functions in the past, based on the concept of “active agents”—materials that are efficacious at curing ...
A. M. Pollard
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Prehistoric hunting megastructures in the Adriatic hinterland. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Vrhovnik DM, Fabec T.
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Morphological and Morphometric Analysis of Animal Hair From 18th Century Burial Sites in Mazamet (Southwest France)

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Morphological and morphometric analysis of archaeological animal hairs offers a nondestructive method to explore past clothing. We examined hair from two 18th‐century burial areas (SP03 and SP04) in Mazamet, France. SP03 specimens exhibited a continuous medulla, a low medullary index (0.2 ± 0.03) and cuticular features suggesting goat or ...
C. Michel, S. Duchesne, F. Bourgailh, F. Callede, C. H. Le Noheh, M.‐L. Merleau, D. Paya, I. Baker, F. Savall, C. Guilbeau‐Frugier   +9 more
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High abundance of Early Miocene sea cows from Qatar shows repeated evolution of seagrass ecosystem engineers in Eastern Tethys. [PDF]

PeerJ
Pyenson ND, Sakal F, LeBlanc J, Blundell J, Klim KD, Marshall CD, Velez-Juarbe J, Wolfe K, Al-Naimi F.   +8 more
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Investigating Technology and Raw Materials Source of the Archaic and Classical Architectural Terracottas From the Athenaion in Castro (Apulia, Italy)

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since 2000, archaeological excavations have brought to light the sanctuary of Athena in Castro (Apulia, Italy), including terracotta roofs dated between the 6th and 4th centuries bce. Based on their morphological and stylistic features, it is suggested that the terracotta items were manufactured in the Greek colony of Taras (modern Taranto ...
M. M. N. Franceschini, T. Ismaelli, S. Vettori, L. Chelazzi, S. Ciattini, F. Di Benedetto, C. Grifa, E. Cantisani   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sowing, Monitoring, Detecting: A Possible Solution to Improve the Visibility of Cropmarks in Cultivated Fields. [PDF]

J Imaging
Materazzi F.
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