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Assessing human diet and movement in the Tongan maritime chiefdom using isotopic analyses.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
The rise of stratified societies fundamentally influences the interactions between status, movement, and food. Using isotopic analyses, we assess differences in diet and mobility of individuals excavated from two burial mounds located at the `Atele ...
Christina Stantis   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

СОВРЕМЕННОЕ СОСТОЯНИЕ КУРГАННОГО МОГИЛЬНИКА «ЭЛИСТИНСКИЙ»

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2018
The article deals with the results of archaeological investigations of sepulchre «Elistinskiy» partially excavated in 1964. The author gives the description of modern state situation of this monument, its archaeological chart with instructions of the ...
Dmitriy Alekseyevich Buvaev
doaj   +1 more source

ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL BURIAL MOUNDS IN THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE NOGAI POPULATION OF THE STEPPE PRIKUMYE (HISTORIOGRAPHICAL AND ETHNOGRAPHICAL ASPECTS OF THE STUDY)

open access: yesКавказология, 2020
The article is devoted to ancient and medieval burial mounds preserved in the Prikumye steppes (Eastern regions of Stavropol and Northern regions of Dagestan).
V. A. FOMENKO, A. T. DZHUMAGULOVA
doaj   +1 more source

Ancestral Caddo Ceramic Vessels from the Wright Plantation (41RR7) and Rowland Clark (41RR77) Sites in the Harris Collection at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The collection of R. King Harris at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) at the Smithsonian Institution has ancestral Caddo ceramic vessels from the Wright Plantation (41RR7) and Rowland Clark (41RR77) sites along the Red River in East Texas ...
Perttula, Timothy K.
core   +1 more source

Bridging the Late Antique Gap in Northwest Arabia: New Archaeological Evidence on the Occupation of Wādī al‐Qurā (al‐ʿUlā [AlUla], Saudi Arabia) Between the Third and Seventh Centuries CE

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2019, the Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA) identified a Late Antique village 1 km south of ancient Dadan in the al‐ʿUlā valley (northwest Saudi Arabia). Three excavation seasons at this site (2021–2023) have uncovered a massive building constructed in the late third or early fourth cent.
Jérôme Rohmer   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Mounds to Monasteries: A Look at Spiro and Other Centers Through The Use of Metaphor [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Previous study of the extensive and elaborate funerary offerings at the Spiro site have explained their presence by an exchange system with Spiro functioning as a gateway center.
Brooks, Robert L.
core   +1 more source

The excavation of Non Ban Jak, Northeast Thailand - A report on the first three seasons [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Non Ban Jak is a large, moated site located in the upper Mun Valley, Northeast Thailand. Excavations over three seasons in 2011-4 have revealed a sequence of occupation that covers the final stage of the local Iron Age.
Cameron, Judith   +7 more
core   +3 more sources

Phantasmic Encounters in the Arctic: Haunting Materialities Beyond the Ghosts of War

open access: yesAnthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the vast north, ghostly experiences are common for locals and outsiders alike. Here, we explore how cultural‐natural attributes, like remoteness and extreme seasonal variation, compound experiences of the haunting in visceral ways. This provides the Arctic region with an unusually pronounced baseline of other‐than‐human agency, which in the
Aki Hakonen, Oula Seitsonen
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural heritage and biodiversity conservation – plant introduction and practical restoration on ancient burial mounds

open access: yesNature Conservation, 2018
Linking the conservation of cultural heritage and natural values provides a unique opportunity for preserving traditional landscapes and receives an increased awareness from stakeholders and society.
Orsolya Valkó   +8 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Coles Creek Culture and the Trans-Mississippi South [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
Certain Lower Mississippi Valley (LMV) traits, mostly Coles Creek ceramic traits, but also traits such as temple mounds and certain mortuary patterns, appear at Late Fourche Maline and Early Caddo sites in the Trans-Mississippi South, particularly at ...
Schambach, Frank F.
core   +1 more source

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