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Grave monuments of the adygs in the 14th – 16th centuries: general characteristics and the problem of cultural and ethnic belonging

open access: yesКавказология, 2022
The funeral and memorial rites of the Adygs are one of the fundamental, structure-forming elements of the spiritual culture of the people. Starting from the late middle ages and up to the present time, the burial practices of the Adygs have been ...
Timur R. Zagazezhev
doaj   +1 more source

What Makes a Mound? Earth-sourced materials in late iron age burial mounds

open access: yes, 2021
The interpretation of Late Iron Age burial mounds often focuses exclusively on the discovered contents, the social identity or role of the interred and the economic and political implications that can be extracted. This article considers the mound itself
Cannell, Rebecca J.S.
core   +1 more source

7000 Years of Aboriginal Mining at Sugarloaf Hill in the Riverland Region of South Australia

open access: yesArchaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Silcrete and chert are commonly represented in Aboriginal archaeological lithic assemblages across large parts of the southwestern Murray‐Darling Basin (MDB). In South Australia (SA), these materials were sourced from a series of quarries located along the incised course of the Murray River through the upper Riverland region.
Craig Westell   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coherence‐Gated Wrapped‐Phase InSAR With Matrix‐Based Uncertainty Diagnostics for Burial‐Mound Hotspot Ranking (Sicily, Italy)

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Burial mounds are key elements of Mediterranean funerary landscapes, but in intensively cultivated coastal plains their low‐relief expression is easily obscured by ploughing, levelling and rapidly changing surface conditions, making single‐date observations unreliable.
Salvatore Polverino   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Synergy between Artificial Intelligence, Remote Sensing, and Archaeological Fieldwork Validation

open access: yesRemote Sensing
The increasing relevance of remote sensing and artificial intelligence (AI) for archaeological research and cultural heritage management is undeniable. However, there is a critical gap in this field.
Daniel Canedo   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Issue of Chronology And Periodization of Sites from the Piseraly-Andreevka Horizon

open access: yesПоволжская археология, 2017
The article considers the periodization of antiquities from the Andreevka burial mound based on a classification of burials into ground and inlet types.
Stavitsky Vladimir V.
doaj   +1 more source

Ancient burial mounds as a symbolic system

open access: yes, 2021
У статті йдеться про проблему раннього датування курганів Північного Надчорномор’я та Передкавказзя. Доведено, що помилковим є датування таких курганів за датами, які пов’язані з сакральними спорудами (святилищами).
Іванова, С.В.
core   +1 more source

Leveraging Big Multitemporal Multisource Satellite Data and Artificial Intelligence for the Detection of Complex and Invisible Features: The Case of Extensive Irrigation Mapping

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The detection of buried or obscured archaeological features remains a central challenge in landscape archaeology, particularly in the irrigated floodplains of Mesopotamia where levees and canals formed the basis of complex agrarian systems. This study presents a deep learning–based approach for the large‐scale, automated detection of ancient ...
Nazarij Buławka   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

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