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Stable isotope analysis of freshwater gastropod carbonates from Swanscombe: Insights into climate stability and seasonality during MIS 11c

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Stable isotope analyses of freshwater mollusc carbonate can record environmental conditions at the time of mineralisation, yet this technique remains underused in British Middle Pleistocene fluvial sequences, despite the abundance of fossil shell material in these deposits.
Jennifer E. Sherriff, Ian Candy, Adrian P. Palmer, Danielle C. Schreve, Tom S. White   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Un archéologue capucin en Éthiopie (1922-1936) : François Bernardin Azaïs

Afriques, 2011
In 1922, the Capuchin monk François Bernardin Azaïs, a former missionary of the Province of Hārar between 1897 and 1913, was commissioned by the French government to realise some archaeological researches in Ethiopia.
Amélie Chekroun
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Jewelled Byzantine and Medieval Reliquaries of the True Cross: Peridots and Other Gemstones in Material and Symbolic Perspective

Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, EarlyView.
An interdisciplinary in situ study of jewelled reliquaries of the True Cross integrates gemmology and portable analytical techniques, revealing new evidence on the identification and symbolic role of peridots and other gemstones. ABSTRACT Jewelled crosses containing relics of the True Cross occupy a central position in the devotional, artistic and ...
Stefania Martiniello, Stefano Legnaioli, Simona Raneri   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Guide to the National Anthropological Archives: Smithsonian Institution, by James R. Glenn, National Anthropological Archives, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 1993

Bulletin of the History of Archaeology, 1993
The historian of archaeological science will find this volume an indispensable source for culling research materials from the National Anthropological Archives. The Guide is "an overview of the documentation in the Department of
Douglas R. Givens
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Bone Adaptation and Labor Organization in Co‐Located Medieval Anatolian Populations

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Skeletal evidence from geographically co‐located populations offers a rare opportunity to disentangle subsistence‐driven bone adaptation from socially organized labor. This study examines upper limb morphology in two Byzantine communities—the urban center of Tyana (10th–13th c.
Gökhan Çakan, Ahmet G. Erdemir, Adalet E. Yıldız, Üstün Aydıngöz, Osman Doğanay, Ömür Dilek Erdal   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Curating Archaeological Provenience Data Across Excavation Recording Formats

Humanities
Archaeological excavations today generate extensive datasets across survey, excavation, and analysis activities, especially when they are conducted in collaborative structures such as field schools.
Sarah A. Buchanan, Tiana R. Stephenson, Diletta Nesti, Marcello Mogetta   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Méta-analyse des sites archéologiques funéraires de Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur : vers une meilleure gestion des collections et de la recherche anthropologiques régionales

Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, 2005
Faced with the reasoned management and the development of hundreds of sites and anthropological collections in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur district, the intention of this work is to establish an objective assessment of the archaeological sites which ...
Daphné Deverly
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Administrative Traditions of the Majority World: A Commentary and Future Research Agenda

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Decolonising public administration is an urgent and necessary endeavour. In this short article we argue that we cannot, however, settle for shallow decolonialisations. We argue that the specific iterations of bureaucracy evidenced in post‐colonial states across the majority world can be conceptualised through the lens of administrative ...
Ibrahim Bornoma, Nick Kirsop‐Taylor, David Benson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Archives of the Archaeological Survey of Sudanese Nubia (1963-1969): An overview

Afriques
This article offers an overview of the archives of the Archaeological Survey of Sudanese Nubia, a large-scale survey and excavation mission carried out in northern Sudan from 1963 to 1969 in the context of the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
Marie-Paule Jung
doaj   +1 more source