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Gateshead: An Archaeological and Historical Overview

2019
Concentrates on the historic core of the town, revisiting aspects of Manders' History in the light of archaeological excavations and desk-based studies carried out since 1973.
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An Overview of the Archaeology of East Texas

Plains Anthropologist, 1981
This brief survey attempts to define, and to offer explanations for, the major patterns of aboriginal adaptations presently recognizable in the eastern part of Texas.
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Space Based Monitoring of Archaeological Looting: An Overview in Peruvian Archaeological Areas

2017
Illegal excavations represent one of the main risks which affect archaeological heritage throughout the world. Actions oriented to prevent looting can be supported by satellite technologies which can provide reliable information to: (i) detect and quantify looting phenomenon even over large and inaccessible areas, (ii) set up tools to undertake ...
Lasaponara R, Masini N
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Airborne Lidar in Archaeology: Overview and a Case Study

2013
Airborne laser scanning (ALS) is an optical measurement technique for obtaining high-precision information about the Earth's surface including basic terrain mapping (Digital terrain model, bathymetry, corridor mapping), vegetation cover (forest assessment and inventory), coastal and urban areas.
Masini, N.a, Lasaponara, R.b
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A critical overview of archaeological animal bone studies

World Archaeology, 1996
Abstract In the course of a general review of archaeological animal bone studies, this paper draws particular attention to the importance of data quality, and the assessment of the integrity and information potential of bone samples, and the integration of such studies with the rest of archaeology and with palaeobiology.
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An Overview of Rapid Prototyping in Archaeology

2014
This paper reviews the role of how rapid prototyping (RP), or additive manufacturing (AM), has helped reproduce replica models and convey ideas in an archaeological context. The key benefits are looked at, as well some continuous limitations. 3D printing has received a lot publicity in both professional engineering contexts and in mainstream media ...
Benham, Robert, Rehman, Fayyaz
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An Archaeological Overview of the Maros Group

1996
The Maros Group is a deceptively easy archaeological culture to know, with a record of excavations going back more than 100 years and a rich archaeological literature. Under its various appellations, it has been the subject of major archaeological syntheses in all three of the countries where it is known: Hungary (Banner 1931; Bona 1965, 1975 ...
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An Overview of Historical Archaeology in Queensland, Australia

International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 2013
The ability of historical archaeology to make a significant contribution to our understanding of Queensland’s recent past is hindered by factors including few practitioners, limited publications about historical archaeological research and a need to establish its relevance beyond the archaeological community.
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Field Method in Archaeology: Overview

2014
Archaeological investigation is a science that responds to the needs of research, to the way that information has survived in the ground and to the present ownership and stakeholders of the site or landscape in question. Research objectives, terrain, and the social context therefore have to be matched for every field project in a project design.
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Polish archaeology and computers: an overview

2003
To say that computers are fundamental tools in Polish academic research, and archaeology in particular, is untrue. Indeed, although computers may be present in the inventory of available research tools this does not necessarily mean that they are utilized effectively. However, the manner in which computers are used in research procedures can reveal the
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