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Dealing With Inbuilt Age: A Bayesian Approach to Radiocarbon Dating of Rice, Bamboo and Charcoal From Non Ban Jak, Thailand

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT New radiocarbon determinations from rice grains and bamboo have been obtained from Non Ban Jak, Northeast Thailand. These, along with charcoal, date a late Iron Age building sequence. The results come from short‐lived species and charcoal with potential inbuilt age. We built a series of Bayesian models to obtain a reliable chronology.
C. F. W. Higham, T. F. G. Higham
wiley   +1 more source

Book Review: The Art of Prehistoric Textile Making: The Development of Craft Traditions and Clothing in Central Europe by Karina Grömer

EXARC Journal, 2016
Textile research has made significant advances in recent years as new technologies and methods are developed, tested, and applied to the analyses of archaeological textiles.
Raylene McCalman
doaj  

The peculiarities of archaeological textile materials and the methods of their attribution [PDF]

Povolzhskaya Arkheologiya (The Volga River Region Archaeology), 2015
The main peculiarities of textile materials, discovered in different archaeological sites with various conditions of archaeological transformation are considered in the article. The special keeping conditions have a specific influence on the textile material. This conditions change their forms and characteristics of textile materials.
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The Fiery Eyes of a Maenad: Origin Determination of Faceted Garnet Eye Inlays in a Roman Bronze Bust From Southern Tyrol

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 1837, the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck, Austria, purchased a Roman bronze statue of a maenad from the 2nd century ce with red garnets as facetted eye inlays found near Brixen, Southern Tyrol. These garnets were investigated using optical microscopy, a portable hand‐held and a stationary micro‐X‐ray fluorescence device, as
H. Albert Gilg, Simon Wagner, Anton Höck, Peter Tropper   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tracing Identity in a Fragmented Past: Multi‐Proxy Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains From Dungowan Creek, New South Wales, Australia

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human skeletal remains constitute critical archaeological evidence for reconstructing past societies, yet their investigation requires careful ethical, cultural, and legislative consideration. This paper reports on the discovery, recovery and analysis of a set of skeletal remains encountered during a cultural heritage management (CHM ...
Antonella Skepasianos, Cameron Neal, Sarah Croker, Anthony Dosseto, Michelle Fermor, Steve Talbott, Warren Mayers, Joel Mason, Florian Dux, Luke Kirkwood, Pamela Kottaras, Alan N. Williams   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Newly Discovered Tablet‐Making Facility in Nineveh: Insights From Scientific Analysis

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper addresses the question of tablet technology in the Neo‐Assyrian capital city of Nineveh. Recent excavations in the lower town of Nineveh by the Iraqi–Italian Archaeological Expedition uncovered an exceptional assemblage of more than 200 tablets from an elite residence that appears to have included a scriptorium.
Mathilde Jean, Michela Spataro, Jonathan Taylor, Gianfranco Ulian, Giovanni Valdré, Gabriele Giacosa, Eleonora Mariani, Nicolò Marchetti   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Learning Across the Divide: Understanding Knowledge Sharing Through Petrographic Analysis on Ceramics From the Rhine‐Meuse Delta During the Middle to Late Neolithic Transition (3400–2200 bce)

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vlaardingen (VL) communities on the Dutch West coast (3400–2200 bce) are part of a unique, long‐term continuity in the European Neolithic. Despite large‐scale changes in European populations during the Neolithic, the genomic diversity and cultural practices of VL communities can be retraced to the Mesolithic.
Jisca de Bruin, Erik Kroon, Lasse van den Dikkenberg, Dennis Braekmans   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Archaeological textiles - links between past and present. NESAT XIII

, 2017
Proceedings from the international conference NESAT XIII (North European Symposium for Archaeological Textiles)
Bravermanová, M.
core  

Revue : "Archaeological Textiles Review"

[English version below] Le nouveau numéro de l'Archaeological Textiles Review (n° 67) est disponible et téléchargeable sur le site de la revue. Directrices de publication : Karina Grömer, Mary Harlow, Jane Malcolm-Davies, Ulla Mannering, Kayleigh Saunderson et Elsa Yvanez. _____ The latest issue of Archaeological Textiles Review (No.
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Timing the Sacred: A Multi‐Step Chronological Framework for the Llullaillaco Inca Burial

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Absolute radiocarbon dating offers high precision, but its application to historical contexts, such as the Inca civilization, requires a rigorous methodological approach. This research examines methods to enhance chronological accuracy through a case study of artifacts from the Llullaillaco Capacocha sacrifice.
Dominika Sieczkowska‐Jacyna, Gabriela Recagno Browning, Mario Bernaski, Fernanda Zigaran, Maksymilian Jędrzejowski, Jacek Pawlyta, Andrzej Rakowski, Johan Reinhard, Sturt W. Manning, Dagmara Socha   +9 more
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