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Bipedalism or bipedalisms: The os coxae of StW 573
Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.There has been a long debate about the possibility of multiple contemporaneous species of Australopithecus in both eastern and southern Africa, potentially exhibiting different forms of bipedal locomotion. Here, we describe the previously unreported morphology of the os coxae in the 3.67 Ma Australopithecus prometheus StW 573 from Sterkfontein Member 2
Robin Crompton +15 more
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An early Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Quarrington, near Sleaford, Lincolnshire : report on excavations, 2000-2001 [PDF]
, 2004 [FIRST PARAGRAPH] The early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries in the Kesteven part of Lincolnshire form two distinct distribution patterns (Fig.1): a north-south line along, or just to the west of, the limestone edge between the former Roman towns of Lincoln and ...
Dickinson, T.M.
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Metaphors and the Invention of Writing
Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract The foundation of ancient, invented writing systems lies in the predominant iconicity of their sign shapes. However, these shapes are often used not for their referential meaning but in a metaphorical way, whereby one entity stands for another.
Ludovica Ottaviano +3 more
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2016 Archaeological Investigations at the T. M. Sanders Site (41LR2), Lamar County, Texas [PDF]
, 2017 On March 4th and 5th, 2016, Bo Nelson and Mark Walters returned to the T. M. Sanders site (41LR2) to inspect the property after Julia Trigg Crawford, the main landowner of the site, informed us that the fields at the site had been prepped for this year ...
Nelson, Bo +2 more
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Measuring Beyond the Standard: Informal Measurement Systems as Cognitive Technologies
Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the role of measurement as a cognitive technology across human history, emphasizing the coexistence of formal and informal measurement systems. While standardized systems dominate contemporary culture and are well documented across large‐scale societies of the past, this manuscript highlights the less explored domain of ...
Roope O. Kaaronen +2 more
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SERF Archive Report: Lithics from WH15 [PDF]
, 2018 Analysis of the lithic assemblage from SERF excavations of an Early Neolithic pit cluster, and a Bronze Age cist with cremation deposit undertaken at Wellhill, Dunning in ...
Wright, Dene
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Fat residue and use-wear found on Acheulian biface and scraper associated with butchered elephant remains at the site of Revadim, Israel [PDF]
, 2015 The archaeological record indicates that elephants must have played a significant role in early human diet and culture during Palaeolithic times in the Old World.
A., Zupancich +5 more
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Archaeometry, Volume 67, Issue 5, Page 1267-1282, October 2025.Abstract We examine the number of sites with silver objects in China over a period of 3500 years to suggest that technologies that stimulated the indigenous exploitation of silver‐bearing ores were innovated during the Spring and Autumn period (c. 770–476 BCE), and that increased centralisation and bureaucratisation from the Warring States period (475 ...
Jonathan R. Wood, Yaxiong Liu
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Archaeology of Atafu, Tokelau: Some initial results from 2008 [PDF]
, 2009 Surface survey, shovel testing, and stratigraphic excavations were done on Atafu Atoll in Tokelau during August 2008. Initial results suggest that Fale Islet has the most potential for further archaeological research.
Addison, David J. +7 more
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Lithic economies and community organization at La Laguna, Tlaxcala [PDF]
, 2016 Site-wide, assemblage-based lithic analyses help to elucidate community dynamics including variability in domestic economies, technological skill and decision making, exchange networks, and ritual practices.
Carballo, David M., Walton, David P.
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