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Marine Isotope Stage 4 glaciation in northern England, UK: Evidence from Victoria Cave, North Yorkshire

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Victoria Cave, north Yorkshire, England, contains a long sequence of Pleistocene clastic sediments and calcite flowstones. Earlier work, using U–Th dating, established that the flowstone units formed in interglacial stages corresponding to Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 13, 11, 9, 7 and 5.
Tom C. Lord   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Book Review: Experimental Archaeology: from Research to Society, by Isabel Cáceres et al

open access: yesEXARC Journal, 2019
“Experimental Archaeology: from Research to Society” is a transcript of the proceedings of the Vth International Congress of Experimental Archaeology in Tarragona, Spain, on the 25-27th October 2017.
Patricia Machado
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The Illusion of Structural Order: Evaluating the Suppression of Amorphous Carbon Black Pigment Bands in SSE‐Processed Handheld Raman Spectra

open access: yesJournal of Raman Spectroscopy, EarlyView.
The handheld Raman with SSE system efficiently mitigates fluorescence; however, it may also bias the Raman response towards graphitic domains in carbon‐based black pigments, thereby concealing amorphous carbon contributions that are critical for pigment type identification.
Zeynep Alp, Christoph Herm
wiley   +1 more source

Jewelled Byzantine and Medieval Reliquaries of the True Cross: Peridots and Other Gemstones in Material and Symbolic Perspective

open access: yesJournal of Raman Spectroscopy, EarlyView.
An interdisciplinary in situ study of jewelled reliquaries of the True Cross integrates gemmology and portable analytical techniques, revealing new evidence on the identification and symbolic role of peridots and other gemstones. ABSTRACT Jewelled crosses containing relics of the True Cross occupy a central position in the devotional, artistic and ...
Stefania Martiniello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A CURE for Teaching Experimental Archaeology

open access: yesEXARC Journal
This paper explores the ‘Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience’ (CURE) model as an effective approach to teaching experimental archaeology. While the CURE model has been successfully used in STEM fields to enhance student engagement and produce ...
Shelby S. J. Putt
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Conference Review: Fifth International Congress of Experimental Archaeology, Tarragona (Spain), October 2017

open access: yesEXARC Journal, 2018
Experimental archaeology is an important methodological resource for academic and historical scientific research, not separated from the rest of archaeological and historical sciences, and usually used to interpret the formation of the archaeological ...
Francesca Romagnoli   +1 more
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Evolution in Archaeology

open access: yes, 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, Stephen Shennan
core   +1 more source

Nutritional and sensory characteristics of local and hybrid East African Highland cooking bananas: Implications for breeding programs

open access: yesJSFA reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Bananas (Musa species) are an important staple food and cash crop in many parts of the world. The East African Highland cooking bananas form the backbone of food security for millions of Ugandans. The demand for high quality cooking bananas is thus closely linked to their sensory characteristics (which drive consumer preference) and
Willy Nelson Kisenyi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public Access to (Pre-)History Through Archaeology

open access: yesEXARC Journal, 2018
Public history, like experimental archaeology, is relatively new as an accepted academic program; the two fields are intrinsically linked and should, ideally, use interdisciplinary collaboration to better educate and involve the public in their work ...
Katie Stringer Clary
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Kernave Archaeological Site – the Place for Experimental and Living Archaeology

open access: yesEXARC Journal, 2018
Reikšminiai žodžiai: Kernavės archeologinis rezervatas; UNESCO vietovė; Eksperimentinė archeologija; Muziejus. Keywords: Kernavė archaeological site; UNESCO; Experimental archaeology; Museum Reikšminiai žodžiai: Eksperimentinė archeologija; Kernavė; Gyvenvietės; Muziejus po atviru dangumi; Experimental archaeology; Open Air Museum ...
openaire   +2 more sources

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