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The Southern Frontier of the Meroitic State: The View from Jebel Moya [PDF]
, 2014 The site of Jebel Moya, excavated in the early twentieth century, represents arguably the largest pastoral mortuary complex in Africa. Jebel Moya is resituated in relation to the neighbouring Meroitic-era agro-pastoral settlements and the only known ...
Brass, M
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Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Access to freshwater has always been a critical factor in sustaining human settlements, especially in regions with limited water resources. In the Mediterranean region, where dry summers and karst landscapes limit water availability, ancient societies developed advanced methods for collecting and storing rainwater. Among these, cisterns played
Fabian Welc +7 more
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Repatriation, doxa, and contested heritages: the return of the Altai princess in an international perspective [PDF]
, 2014 Using Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of habitus and doxa, the authors analyze the contested heritage debates surrounding the sensational Scythian burial discovery of the Altai Princess, also called the Ice Maiden, on the Ukok plateau.
Plets, Gertjan +3 more
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Evolution in Archaeology [PDF]
, 2008 This review begins with a brief outline of the key concepts of Darwinian archaeology. Its history is then summarized, beginning with its emergence as a significant theoretical focus within the discipline in the early 1980s; its main present-day currents ...
Shennan, SJ
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Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Kalavan‐2, a high‐altitude (∼1640 m a.s.l.) open‐air site in Armenia, preserves stratified Middle Paleolithic occupations with a rich small‐vertebrate record. Luminescence dating has placed site formation between ~60 and 45 ka, but without independent chronological control of the microvertebrate accumulation.
Dominik L. Rogall +4 more
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Brexit, Archaeology and Heritage: Reflections and Agendas
Papers from the Institute of Archaeology, 2017 This brief reflection considers some of the inter-relationships of, and implications for, archaeology and heritage in the narrow majority ‘Leave’ vote in the 2016 referendum on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, and the ...
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Research, protection and evaluation of Sicilian and Mediterranean marine cultural heritage
Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage, 2009 Underwater archaeology in the Mediterranean should be based on a comprehensive, deep knowledge of a wide context of cultural environment. It is impossible to carry out an in-depth study of a specific wreck or site without having an overall cultural as ...
Sebastiano Tusa
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A radiocarbon database for Scottish archaeological samples [PDF]
, 2000 For the majority of dating laboratories and their respective user communities, the journal Radiocarbon is no longer regarded as the medium for primary publication of radiocarbon measurements.
Ashmore, P.J. +2 more
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Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The southwestern Cape of South Africa experiences a complex and dynamic climate, shaped by the interplay between the temperate Southern Hemisphere westerly winds and the subtropical easterlies. Despite the climatic sensitivity of the region, relatively few studies have examined how conditions have varied since the last deglaciation in response
Marc Humphries +3 more
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