Nucleation sites and forest recovery under high shrub competition
Abstract Forests currently face numerous stressors, raising questions about processes of forest recovery as well as the role of humans in stimulating recovery by planting trees that might not otherwise regenerate. Theoretically, planted trees can also provide a seed source for further recruitment once the planted trees become reproductive, acting as ...
Tara Ursell, Hugh D. Safford
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Algunas referencias sobre el concepto de arqueología en España en el siglo XIX
In this article i propose to explain the concept of archaeology in this by the Spanish archaeologist in the european context, the evolution of the term and the difficulty to separate archaeology and fine arts.
Mª José Berlanga Palomo
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Review of: 'Crossroads and Boundaries: The Archaeology of Past and Present in the Malloura Valley, Cyprus', edited by M.K. Toumazou, P.N. Kardulias, and D.B. Counts (2011) [PDF]
The Athienou Archaeological Project has been carrying out excavation, survey and a wide range of analytical and community engagement activities in the Malloura Valley in central Cyprus since 1990.
Given, M.
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‘Have You Come to Take the King Away?’: A Survey of Archaeology and Folklore in Context
The past two decades have seen a significant increase in archaeological investigations implicitly, or explicitly, encompassing folkloric material. Many such publications begin with a brief mention of the early historical connection between the two ...
Tina Paphitis
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We evaluate the biogeomorphological impacts of seaweed on materials commonly used in maritime built heritage restoration. After 6 months of exposure to intertidal conditions, we found no evidence of enhanced deterioration of mortar prepared using natural cement when covered with seaweed compared to uncovered mortar.
Timothy Baxter+2 more
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Archaeological Knowledge Production and Global Communities: Boundaries and Structure of the Field
Archaeology and material cultural heritage enjoys a particular status as a form of heritage that, capturing the public imagination, has become the locus for the expression and negotiation of regional, national, and intra-national cultural identities. One
Laužikas Rimvydas+8 more
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The Archaeology of Childhood: Revisiting Mohenjodaro Terracotta
For long archaeologists have been perplexed that the excavated data are usually interpreted from an adult male perspective. The literature locating this and the concomitant rise of gendered archaeology thrives (Conkey and Spector 1984, Conkey and Gero ...
Ajay Pratap
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Bowls, Bobbins and Bones: Resolving the human remains crisis in British archaeology, a response [PDF]
In 2010 and 2011 a series of articles appeared in British Archaeology describing a crisis surrounding the archaeological investigation of human remains.
Sayer, Duncan
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Abstract The effects of the Younger Dryas (YD) fluctuation on Late Pleistocene hunter‐gatherers' settlement and subsistence systems in the southern Alps are poorly known. This is primarily due to the scarcity of archaeological sites dating from the YD, in contrast with the extensive evidence available from the lateglacial interstadial and the early ...
Diego E. Angelucci+2 more
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AutArch: An AI-assisted workflow for object detection and automated recording in archaeological catalogues [PDF]
The context of this paper is the creation of large uniform archaeological datasets from heterogeneous published resources, such as find catalogues - with the help of AI and Big Data. The paper is concerned with the challenge of consistent assemblages of archaeological data.
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