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Archaeological evaluation : Store Street, Ancoats, Manchester [PDF]

, 2017
In March 2017, Salford Archaeology was commissioned by CgMs Consulting to carry out an archaeological evaluation of land between Store Street and Millbank Street in the Ancoats area of Manchester (centred on NGR 385150 398175).
Mottershead, SC
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Development of non-destructive methodology using ATR-FTIR with PCA to differentiate between historical Pacific barkcloth [PDF]

, 2019
Barkcloths, non-woven textiles originating from the Pacific Islands, form part of many museum collections and date back to the 18th and 19th centuries.
Holmes-Smith, A. Sheila, Lennard, Frances, Smith, Margaret J.   +2 more
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Geoarchaeological evidence of the AD 1642 Yellow River flood that destroyed Kaifeng, a former capital of dynastic China

, 2020
Rising global temperatures will increase the number of extreme weather events, creating new challenges for cities around the world. Archaeological research on the destruction and subsequent reoccupation of ancient cities has the potential to reveal ...
Cao, J., Chen, P., Ge, Q., Liu, H., Lu, P., Park, E., Qin, Z., Storozum, M., Wan, J., Wang, H., Wang, S., Yang, R.   +11 more
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Chemical Properties and Microbial Analysis of Waterlogged Archaeological Wood from the Nanhai No. 1 Shipwreck

, 2021
The Nanhai No. 1 was a wooden merchant ship of the Southern Song Dynasty, which wrecked and sank in the South China Sea, Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province, China. The Nanhai No.
Yeqing Han, Du Jing, Xinduo Huang, Kaixuan Ma, Yu Wang, Pei-Yu Guo, Naisheng Li, Zhiguo Zhang, Jiao Pan   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Wood technology: a Glossary and Code for analysis of archaeological wood from stone-tool cultures

, 2021
In this glossary, we aim to initiate a synthesis and standardisation of analytical terms for early wood technologies from stone-tool using cultures.
A. Milks, J. Lehmann, U. Böhner, D. Leder, T. Koddenberg, M. Sietz, T. Terberger   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Role of Sculpture in Communicating Archaeology in Museums [PDF]

, 2013
In this article I discuss an innovative museum strategy that aims to create a more evocative and engaging visitor experience. I argue that the inclusion of contemporary art, and specifically sculpture in exhibition design, activates visitor agency ...
Roberts, LA
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Combining microscale ATR-FTIR and chemometrics to interpret degradation characteristics of earlywood, latewood, and compression wood in waterlogged archaeological pine wood

Heritage Science
Interpreting the degradation characteristics of waterlogged archaeological wood (WAW) is crucial for the conservation of wooden cultural heritage. Generally, multidisciplinary diagnostic methods, including physical, micromorphological, and chemical ...
Ren Li, Zhiguo Zhang, Lichao Jiao, Yafang Yin, Fude Tie, Manli Sun   +5 more
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Some problems in the study of the chronology of the ancient nomadic cultures in Eurasia (9th - 3rd centuries BC) [PDF]

, 2002
This research is focused on the chronological investigations of ancient nomads belonging to the Scythian cultures which occupied the steppe and forest-steppe zones of Eurasia during the 9th-3rd centuries BC.
Alekseev, A.Y., Bokovenko, N.A., Boltrik, Y., Chugunov, K.A., Cook, G., Dergachev, V.A., Kovaliukh, N., Possnert, G., Scott, E.M., Sementsov, A., Skripkin, V., van der Plicht, J., Vasiliev, S., Zaitseva, G.   +13 more
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The microstratigraphy of middens: capturing daily routine in rubbish at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey [PDF]

, 2011
Microstratigraphy — the sequencing of detailed biological signals on site — is an important new approach being developed in the Çatalhöyük project. Here the authors show how microscopic recording of the strata and content of widespread middens on the ...
Almond, Matthew J., Bull, Ian D., Matthews, Wendy, Shillito, Lisa-Marie   +3 more
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Controlled depolymerisation, as assessed by analytical ultracentrifugation, of low molecular weight chitosan for potential use in archaeological conservation [PDF]

, 2018
The heterogeneity and molecular weight of a chitosan of low molecular weight (molar mass) and low degree of acetylation (0.1), for potential use as a consolidant for decayed archaeological wood, has been examined by sedimentation velocity and ...
C Tanford, Caitlin M. A. McQueen, E McHale, E McHale, F Ma, F Tian, FM Almutairi, G Morris, GA Morris, GA Morris, GA Morris, Gary G. Adams, H Cölfen, HK Holme, I Fiebrig, J Dam, Jennifer M. K. Wakefield, JM Creeth, KLB Chang, M Christensen, N Errington, P Schuck, RB Gillis, Richard B. Gillis, S Braovac, S Braovac, S Mao, S-M Wang, SE Harding, SE Harding, SE Harding, Stephen E. Harding, V Jenssen, Z Ma   +33 more
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