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A Highest Purpose of Archaeology -Towards a Future Worthy of our Children [PDF]
How could an archaeologist become ambassador of peace? This opinion paper collects some of the considerations underlying my academic works on the relationship between archaeology and human development.
Carbone, Fabio
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ABSTRACT Waste disposal processes and landfill management are crucial subjects in the field of settlement archaeology. Our study is focused on understanding the processes that are connected to the formation of the infills of settlement features and the recycling of the building materials (daub and wood) and waste management.
Tereza Šálková+10 more
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Mixture model of pottery distributions from Lake Chad Basin archaeological sites reveals ancient segregation patterns [PDF]
We present a new statistical approach to analyzing an extremely common archaeological data type -- potsherds -- that infers the structure of cultural relationships across a set of excavations. This method, applied to data from a set of complex, culturally heterogeneous sites around the Mandara mountains in the Lake Chad Basin, articulates currently ...
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Theoretical Framework of Archaeology in the Holy Quran [PDF]
The foundational theoretical frameworks in archaeology, largely borrowed from other scientific disciplines, have a relatively short history within the field.
Mahdi Mortazavi
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ABSTRACT This paper presents a novel methodology and workflow successful in identifying and mapping undercanopy archaeology in woodland Mediterranean areas. The study area is characterized by dense vegetation typical of the Mediterranean area, located in southern Tuscany (Italy), within the territory of the ancient city of Rusellae next to the ...
G. P. Cirigliano+6 more
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Introduction: Doing Archaeology as a Feminist [PDF]
Gender research archaeology has made significant contributions, but its dissociation from the resources of feminist scholarship and feminist activism is a significantly limiting factor in its development.
Wylie, Alison
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Dialogues in the making: Collaborative archaeology in Sudan*
In this paper we introduce the Mograt Island Collaborative Project. Launched in 2014, this project aims to share archaeological narratives with members of a local community in Sudan, and with other stakeholders engaged with the area’s past, building on a
C. Näser, G. Tully
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ABSTRACT This study presents a comprehensive approach to verifying a presumed western gate at Pohansko by integrating nondestructive geophysical methods (ERT, magnetometry and core prospection) with traditional archaeological excavation. The identification and characterization of gates by nondestructive methods within early mediaeval fortified sites ...
Petr Dresler+6 more
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There are many understudied fruits of great economic and productive importance for regional agricultural hubs. Guava is an American fruit species with attractive nutritional and adaptability characteristics. However, in many countries like Mexico, its cultivation is still limited to small‐to‐medium size plantings and home gardens and depends on poorly ...
Luis Diaz‐Garcia+1 more
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Imaging in conservation: looking at artefacts under new light’ ICON Archaeology and Science groups conference review [PDF]
Review of conference. ‘Imaging in Conservation: Looking at Artefacts Under New Light’ was held on 10th–11th November 2011 at STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Oxfordshire.
Holt-Farndale, Joanna, Skipper, Lynda
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