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Advanced geometrical constructs in a Pueblo ceremonial site, c 1200 CE

, 2017
Summer 2015 marked the 100th anniversary of the excavation by J.W. Fewkes of the Sun Temple in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, an ancient complex prominently located atop a mesa, constructed by the ancestral Pueblo peoples approximately 800 years ago.
Towers, Sherry
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Crisis Preparation, Capacity Building, and Community Resilience: Lessons From Maui

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The 2023 Maui wildfires provide a unique context to explore the impact of nonprofit crisis networks taking a proactive role in community crisis response, leveraging resources, expertise, and networks. The Hawaiʻi Community Foundation (HCF) has been a key player in Maui's local response, providing critical support, mobilizing volunteers, and ...
Lauren Azevedo, Kaila Witkowski, Ratna Dougherty, Christa Remington   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Crabb Site (41TT650), a Prehistoric Caddo Site on Tankersley Creek, Titus County, Texas [PDF]

, 2004
In this article, we discuss the archaeological findings at the Crabb site (411T650), a prehistoric Caddo settlement on an upland remnant/knoll in the Tankersley Creek floodplain in Titus County, Texas. Tankersley Creek is one of the principal tributaries
Crabb, Marty, Nelson, Bo, Perttula, Timothy K., Schniebs, LeeAnnaa   +3 more
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Lions as Bone Accumulators? Exploring Multi‐Predator Contributions to the Olduvai Carnivore Site (OCS) (Tanzania) Through AI and Metric Analyses

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Lions (Panthera leo) are apex predators with a well‐documented influence on ecological dynamics, yet their potential role as bone‐accumulating agents remains poorly understood and often debated. Previous taphonomic studies have largely attributed bone accumulations in African savannah ecosystems to other carnivores, such as spotted hyenas ...
Blanca Jiménez‐García, Enrique Baquedano, Manuel Domínguez‐Rodrigo   +2 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
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States and Social Complexity: The Indus Valley (Harappan) Civilisation [PDF]

, 2012
This article explores 'statehood' and argues Indus Valley (Harappan) Civilisation was not a state like contemporary Sumer and Egypt were, despite being equally complex - hence calling for revision of the unilineal anthropological model culminating in the
Riisfeldt, Thomas David
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Sharp Force Trauma and Chop Mark Identification Bias: Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Bone Morphology, Cortical Thickness, and Ax Material

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sharp force trauma (SFT) is the main criterion used to identify chop mark butchery in zooarchaeology, yet its reliability as a diagnostic feature has not been systematically tested. Chop marks reflect both cutting and fracturing processes and exhibit characteristics of both sharp and blunt trauma.
Tiffany Okaluk, Justin Dallmann, Haim Cohen, Tina L. Greenfield, Itzick Shai   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

NEW STONE STATUES OF THE SACA PERIOD FROM SARYARKA

Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета, 2014
The paper introduces into scientific use five anthropomorphic stone statues found in Early Iron Age burial sites and barrows in Saryarka territory.
A. Z. Beisenov, L. N. Ermolenko
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The Caddoan Ceramics from the Gray\u27s Pasture Site (41HS524), Harrison County, Texas [PDF]

, 2000
This paper discusses the Caddoan ceramics recovered during the 1992 Northeast Texas Archeological Society Field School at the Gray\u27s Pasture site (41HS524) on Clark\u27s Creek, a few miles south of Hallsville, Texas and about 2 miles from the Sabine ...
Nelson, Bo, Perttula, Timothy K., Turner, Mike   +2 more
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Emic–Etic Perspectives on Southeast Asian Cultural Attitudes Surrounding Human Remains

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Community ethics and cultural attitudes vary across contexts in which professionals work with human remains. Southeast Asia is home to millions; thus, there are challenges when attempting to understand and articulate the diversity in cultures, ideologies, and ethics surrounding the dead.
Tatfeef Haque, Edwin Miguel Anadon, Ker Woon Choy, Elaine Yih‐Ning Chu, Chong Chin Heo, Toetik Koesbardiati, Winsome Hin‐Shin Lee, Chin‐Hsin Liu, Delta Bayu Murti, Sophorn Nhoem, Patara Rattanachet, Erwin Mansyur U. Saraka, Kathleen Felise Constance Tantuico, Minh Tran, Sarah Agatha Villaluz, Wan Xian Yeo, Naruphol Wangthongchaicharoen, Nandar Yukyi, Pratiwi Yuwono, Michael Rivera   +19 more
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