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“Hidden” Landscape of Prehistoric Burial Monuments: The Use of Remote Sensing in the Detection of Neolithic Long Barrows in Bohemia (Czech Republic)

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Neolithic long barrows are among the earliest monumental structures in Europe, yet in many parts of Central Europe their surface expression has been largely erased by long‐term agricultural activity. This study evaluates the potential of integrated remote sensing approaches for identifying and contextualizing long barrows and associated ...
Petr Krištuf   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender and Prestige in Household Archaeology: Publication and Citation Trends, 1990–2019

open access: yesAdvances in Archaeological Practice
Feminist and gender-focused archaeology have advanced our field, but this research is marginalized rather than integrated into broader analyses of societies. To address this situation, I analyzed publication content and related equity issues.
Jessica MacLellan
doaj   +1 more source

Archaeology of Eastern North America: Papers in Honor of Stephen Williams, edited by James B. Stoltman. Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Archaeological Report No. 25, Jackson, MS, 1993

open access: yesBulletin of the History of Archaeology, 1995
This well-produced volume honors Stephen Williams, recently retired Peabody Professor of American Archaeology at Harvard University. Section one, on Williams' life, career, and publications, is of most interest to readers of BHA.
Andrew L. Christenson
doaj   +1 more source

Approaches to Sensory Landscape Archaeology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
As the medium through which humans interact with the physical world, senses are crucial to explore when trying to understand the beings that embody them.
Faycurry, Jessica
core   +2 more sources

Archaeology, science-based archaeology and the Mediterranean Bronze Age metals trade [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Archaeologists often seem either sceptical of science-based archaeology or baffled by its results. The underpinnings of science-based archaeology may conflict with social or behavioural factors unsuited to quantification and grouping procedures.
Knapp, A.B.
core   +1 more source

Multi‐Method Geophysical Surveys Between and Around the Kerlescan and the Manio Megalithic Alignments in Carnac (Morbihan, France)

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Carnac alignments in Morbihan (France) are among the most famous Neolithic sites of the world. Paradoxically, they have benefited little from a thorough renewal of archaeological data over the past century. There are many reasons for this, but it is mainly because the site has been regarded more as a monument to visit and protect than as ...
Guillaume Bruniaux   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘We Would Never Have Thought to Go There’ – The Changing Definitions of a Site in Central Italian Archaeology

open access: yesBulletin of the History of Archaeology, 2006
A ‘site’ is one of the key concepts in archaeology, and is not specific to central Italian archaeology. Archaeologists have tried to define what constitutes a site and how it can be measured.
Ulla Rajala
doaj   +1 more source

Contextual significance of ritual evidence in Malta [PDF]

open access: yes, 1995
Archaeology has not yet provided us with the proper tools and the right means for reading the minds of our prehistoric ancestors from the material evidence they left us. When and if such means are ever made available, we may rest assured they will be
Bonanno, Anthony
core  

The Layout and Size of an Early Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B Small Settlement Revealed by Geophysical Prospection at Harbetsuvan Tepesi in Southeastern Anatolia

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Upper Mesopotamia, the transition from the Pre‐Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) to Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) period, ca. 10 800–10 600 cal. BP, is marked by a series of changes in chipped stone industries, architectural forms, symbolic objects, regional distribution of settlements and long‐distance exchange networks among others.
Toshihiro Tada   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Geomorphometric Approach to Estimate the Deterioration of Earthen Archaeological Sites by Rainfall and Diffusion Processes: The Huaca Chornancap (Eighth–14th Century ad), Lambayeque, Peru

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rain‐induced erosion processes can severely damage Earthen archaeological sites. Huaca Chornancap (HCH; eighth–14th century ad) is a platform located in the Lambayeque region (Peru) exposed to seasonal rain due to El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
Luigi Magnini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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