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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., Bass, Bryon, Christensen, Carl, Kalolo, John, Lundblad, Steve, Mills, Peter, Petchey, Fiona, Thompson, Adam   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Production of arsenical bronze using speiss on the Elephantine Island (Aswan, Egypt) during the Middle Kingdom (Middle Bronze Age) (c.2000–1650 BCE)

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper presents the first direct evidence of the slags produced during the cementation alloying process of Cu with speiss inside ceramic crucibles, thus representing Cu alloying with As in Middle Kingdom Egypt. The settlement deposits from the Middle Bronze Age were excavated on Elephantine Island, within modern Aswan.
Jiří Kmošek, Martin Odler
wiley   +1 more source

‘You Load Sixteen Tons, What Do You Get?’. The Jodłowno Hoard (Pomerania, Poland) as Evidence of Long‐Distance Contacts in the Early Iron Age

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents multifaceted analyses of metal artefacts from the Jodłowno Hoard (Northern Poland), revealing that the metal originated from Iberian polymetallic ore deposits. Transported as raw ingots via Atlantic maritime routes, this copper was reworked locally into regionally distinctive forms.
K. Nowak, P. Gan, Z. Stos‐Gale, K. Cywa, J. Karasiński   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Eufaula Mound: Contributions to the Spiro Focus [PDF]

, 2001
The main aim of the paper is the comparison of two archaeological sites, (1) the Eufaula site of McIntosh County, and (2) the Spiro site of Leflore County, Okla.
Orr, Kenneth G.
core   +1 more source

Fats, Fire and Bronze Age Funerary Rites: Organic Residue Analysis of Wide Horizontal Rim Vessels From Burial Contexts in Northwest Portugal

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents the first GC‐MS–based analyses of wide horizontal rim vessels with well‐defined funerary contexts, from Middle Bronze Age Portugal (Quinta do Amorim 2 and Pego). Organic residues from two vessels revealed ruminant fats and plant oils, alongside molecular markers of heat exposure.
João Vinícius Back, César Oliveira, Ana M. S. Bettencourt, Hugo Aluai Sampaio, Luciano Vilas Boas, Luís Gonçalves   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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, Lemorini, Cristina, N., Solodenko, O., Marder, R., Barkai, S., Nunziante Cesaro   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Edge Sharpness Does Not Vary Between Palaeolithic Flake Technologies, With the Possible Exception of Levallois Débitage

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Investigating why hominins adopted particular flake technologies during the Mid‐to‐Late Pleistocene is essential to understanding patterns of lithic innovation. This period witnessed the emergence of Levallois technologies (~350–250 ka) and later blades, each “replacing” earlier forms.
Anna Mika, Alastair Key
wiley   +1 more source

Techno-typological and use-wear insights on the chipped stone items discovered in the Glina Tell (in 1969)

Materiale și Cercetări Arheologice
In the collections of the Institute of Archaeology in Iași are stored various artefacts originating from the 1969 excavations from the Glina – La Nuci tell.
Vornicu, D., Minea, B.
doaj   +1 more source

The Ancestral Caddo Ceramic Assemblage from the D. W. Moye Site (41JP3) on the Angelina River, Jasper County, Texas [PDF]

, 2017
The D. W. Moye site (41JP3) was recorded by Gus E. Arnold in June 1940 as part of the WPA archaeological survey of East Texas. The site, estimated to cover ca.
Perttula, Timothy K.
core   +1 more source

Cave Palaeolithic of the Ural Mountains – a review

Boreas, EarlyView.
The Ural Mountains are of fundamental importance for studying early human migrations along the geographical limits between Europe and Asia. Geological processes and past climates gave rise to numerous caves, mostly in Palaeozoic carbonate formations.
Jiri Chlachula
wiley   +1 more source