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Archaeology after the End of history

Historein, 2013
This paper offers a survey of the rapid changes observed in the field of archaeological theory in the last 20 years or so; in the midst of cataclysmic changes in the way scholars, and the public at large, attempt to comprehend the past, archaeologists have learnt to trust significantly less their valuable raw data and "facts", in favour of more nuanced
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USA Archaeology Museum Newsletter - October 2023

, 2023
In this edition of the Archaeology Museum\u27s newsletter: Choctaw Nation Visits the Museum Alabama Archaeology Day Alabama Archaeological Society Southwest Chapter Fall Speaker Series Halloween at the Museum Stretch & Relax with Yaupon Tea Tasting On ...
Museum, Archaeology
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Late Quaternary climatic variability in the Eastern Mediterranean recorded in Hermes Cave, Corinth Rift, Greece

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Greek peninsula lies at the intersection of major atmospheric circulation systems, making it a key location for reconstructing past climate variability in the Eastern Mediterranean. In this study, we present a new high‐resolution multi‐proxy speleothem record from Hermes Cave, located on the shoulder of the Corinth Rift in southern Greece.
Ch. Pennos, S. Pechlivanidou, S. Modestou, A. Persoiu, S.F.M. Breitenbach, U. Ninnemann, R.L. Gawthorpe, J. Maccali, S‐E. Lauritzen, R.Ø. Skoglund, Th. Thuesen   +10 more
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An ivory statuette depicting the god Thanatos discovered near Tomis (Moesia Inferior)

Dissertationes Archaeologicae: Ex Instituto Archaeologico Universitatis de Rolando Eötvös Nominatae
In recent years, real estate developments in Constanța prompted a series of preventive archaeological investigations, leading to the discovery of rich archaeological material.
Ingrid Petcu-Levei, Radu Petcu
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From Highlands to Henge: Refining the Provenance and Transport Pathways of Stonehenge's Altar Stone

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Altar Stone, the 6000 kg central sandstone megalith at Stonehenge in southern England, is suggested to have originated from the Orcadian Basin in northeast Scotland, some 700 km away. However, its source location within this large basin remains unresolved and its mode of transport uncertain.
Anthony J. I. Clarke, Remy L. J. Veness, Christopher L. Kirkland, Chris D. Clark, Niall Gandy, Andy Emery, Sarah L. Bradley, Jeremy C. Ely, Ignéczi Ádám   +8 more
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Marine Isotope Stage 4 glaciation in northern England, UK: Evidence from Victoria Cave, North Yorkshire

Journal 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, Peter Wilson, Joyce Lundberg, Adrian P. Palmer, Matt W. Telfer, Rhiannon E. Stevens, Phillip J. Murphy, Mark Lewis   +7 more
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Situating the Greenham archaeology: an autoethnography of a feminist project

, 2009
This paper discusses an ongoing investigation into the material cultural legacy and memory of the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp. Using an autoethnographic approach it explores how a project at Greenham became an exercise in feminist practice, which ...
Roseneil, Sasha, Sasha Roseneil, Yvonne Marshall, Armstrong, K., Marshall, Y., Marshall, Yvonne, Armstrong, Kayt, Kayt Armstrong   +7 more
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Farming in the shadows of Rome: A multi‐proxy palaeoenvironmental record from Loch Clunie—Perthshire

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Roman impacts on local society is a subject of international significance. Loch Clunie, Perthshire, lies only 5.4 km from Inchtuthil, the only Roman legionary fortress in Scotland, and contains two crannogs and a probable lakeside hillfort. Despite this proximity and the likelihood of local–Roman interaction, these sites remain unexcavated ...
Samantha E. Jones, Maarten Blaauw, Fraser Hunter, Olalla López‐Costas, Antonio Martínez Cortizas, Tim M. Mighall, Gordon Noble   +6 more
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Red House Farm, Potash Lane, Long Marston, Hertfordshire. Archaeological Strip, Map and Sample Investigation (OASIS ID: kdkarcha1-210713)

, 2018
In July 2015 KDK Archaeology Ltd undertook a Strip, Map and Sample investigation at Red House Farm, Potash Lane, Long Marston, Hertfordshire in order to fulfil Condition 6 of the Planning Consent for the development of the site. A total area of 482m; was
KDK Archaeology
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Shared foraging behaviors between hyenas and hominins in the Middle Paleolithic Levant: New evidence from Geula Cave, Israel

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While competition with large carnivores is likely to have shaped Middle Paleolithic hominins' subsistence behavior, palimpsested human and carnivore accumulations render the signal challenging to isolate. This study presents a detailed zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis of a non‐anthropogenic faunal assemblage from a MIS 5 (~130–80 ka ...
Meir Orbach, Omry Barzilai, Israel Hershkovitz, Ma'ayan Lev, Reuven Yeshurun   +4 more
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