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Sourcing carnelian beads from the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kish, Iraq, 2450–2200 BCE: Stylistic, technological and geochemical approaches

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract Trade between Mesopotamia and the Indus Civilization is studied through the analysis of Early Dynastic III Period (2600–2350 BCE) carnelian beads from the site of Kish, Iraq. Morphological and technological features of the beads are compared with beads from the Indus region.
J. Mark Kenoyer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cremation burials in early Bronze Age Malta : evidence from Tarxien and Ggantija [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
A common way of disposing of the dead across the entire Mediterranean (and even beyond) from prehistoric down to late Roman times was to bury the corpse - or the burnt remains, if cremated - in a built chamber or in a floor cavity and then cover it ...
Azzopardi, George
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Research Reports from the Programme for Belize Archaeological Project, Volume Three [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Table of Contents : Archaeological Investigations of the Programme for Belize Archaeological Project: An Introduction to Volume Three / by Fred Valdez, Jr. and Rissa M.
Trachman, Rissa M., Valdez, Fred Jr
core   +1 more source

What can lithics tell us about food production during the transition to farming? Exploring harvesting practices and cultural changes during the neolithic in Southwest Asia: a view from Qminas (north‐western Syria)

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the continuity and change in harvesting practices between the Late Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B (LPPNB) and the Early Pottery Neolithic at Qminas, north‐western Levant, through a traceological analysis of flint sickles. By combining qualitative traceological analysis with quantitative functional approaches, we demonstrate that ...
Fiona Pichon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Origin and structure of Devensian depressions at Letton, Herefordshire [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Groups of circular to oval enclosed depressions in soft sediments of Pleistocene age are relatively common in north-west Europe. These features are normally interpreted as being either glacial or periglacial in origin.
Astin, Timothy Robin   +2 more
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Assessing the Vulnerability of an Inuit Archaeological Site in a Changing Periglacial Environment: A Novel Multimethod Geophysical Approach in Arctic Geoarchaeology

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With northern regions warming at twice the global rate, assessing the state of archaeological sites in these areas is critically important. In this study, we used a multimethod geophysical approach (ERT, GPR, and EMI) to characterize the current geocryological conditions of an Inuit archaeological site on South Aulatsivik Island (Labrador ...
Rachel Labrie   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hudnall-Pirtle Site: An Early Caddoan Mound Complex in Northeast Texas [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
The Hudnall-Pirtle (41RK4) site is situated on a large T-1 alluvial terrace of the Sabine River in northern Rusk County of Texas. This part of Texas, comm.only referred to as Northeast Texas, is part of the Southern Gulf Coastal Plain, a relatively level,
Burseth, James E.
core   +1 more source

Navigating the Flames: Comparative Analysis of Cremation Practices in the Roman and Early Medieval Periods at Gbely‐Kojatín (SK) and Přítluky (CZ)

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cremation became the dominant funerary practice in the Middle Danube Region during the Roman Period (RP) (1st–4th century) and reappeared in the Early Medieval Ages (EMA) (6th/7th–8th century). This study aims to reconstruct differences in cremation conditions from the Gbely‐Kojatín site (Slovakia, RP and EMA) and the Přítluky site (Czech ...
Katarína Hladíková   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

ON THE ISSUE OF CHILD BURIAL GROUNDS ON THE TERRITORY OF WESTERN SIBERIA (based on the Bronze Age adornments research)

open access: yesВестник Кемеровского государственного университета, 2015
The paper deals with the issue of child burial grounds of the Bronze Age on theterritoryofWestern Siberia. It contains the results of quantitative and qualitative analyses of the burial mounds goods, a specific set of attributes and values associated ...
O. V. Umerenkova
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Documentation of Ancestral Caddo Ceramic Vessels from Sites in Red River County, Texas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The vessel collections at the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory at The University of Texas (TARL) have ancestral Caddo vessels from a number of sites along the Red River in the Mound Prairie area.
Perttula, Timothy K.
core   +1 more source

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