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Selection of Appropriate Metagenome Taxonomic Classifiers for Ancient Microbiome Research

open access: yesmSystems, 2018
Metagenomics enables the study of complex microbial communities from myriad sources, including the remains of oral and gut microbiota preserved in archaeological dental calculus and paleofeces, respectively.
Irina M. Velsko   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Management mechanisms of immovable cultural heritage in Ethiopia: an assessment of heritage protection institutions and frameworks

open access: yesCogent Arts & Humanities
This study critically examines the existing immovable cultural heritage management mechanisms in Ethiopia, with the aim of assessing the opportunities and challenges related to heritage management institutions and laws.
Tsegaye Ebabey Demissie   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Virtually dead: digital public mortuary archaeology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Over recent decades, the ethics, politics and public engagements of mortuary archaeology have received sustained scrutiny, including how we handle, write about and display the archaeological dead.
Alison Atkin   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Leveraging Big Multitemporal Multisource Satellite Data and Artificial Intelligence for the Detection of Complex and Invisible Features: The Case of Extensive Irrigation Mapping

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The detection of buried or obscured archaeological features remains a central challenge in landscape archaeology, particularly in the irrigated floodplains of Mesopotamia where levees and canals formed the basis of complex agrarian systems. This study presents a deep learning–based approach for the large‐scale, automated detection of ancient ...
Nazarij Buławka   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tal I — an archaeological site of the medieval principality of Emder [PDF]

open access: yesВестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии
The paper reports on the materials of the settlement of Tal I located on the Endyr River, left tributary of the Ob River. Remains of two medieval dwellings, which appeared at different times, have been discovered at the settlement, and also data have ...
Koksharov S.F.   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The evolution of prehistoric archaeology under the Third Reich: as seen in the experiences and work of German archaeologists, Nazis, and the Ahnenerbe Institute [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The discipline of prehistoric archaeology changed dramatically under the Third Reich. The Nazis manipulated data provided by archaeologists, anthropologists, ethnologists, linguists, and many more areas of study in order to promote the nationalistic ...
Christensen, Laura
core  

Scanning Parametric Sediment Echosounder as Tool for Underwater Archaeological Prospection

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Underwater cultural heritage 3D prospection techniques, especially for remains that are partly buried in the ground, are only very rarely available and often can only be applied with considerable technical effort. To overcome this limitation, we evaluate a methodological adaption of widely used and available single channel parametric sediment ...
Dennis Wilken   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Solutions for urban sanitation: A case study of Imhoff tank technology in Bandung, Dutch East Indies (1917‒1938)

open access: yesІсторія науки і техніки
This research investigates how municipalities managed wastewater in the Dutch East Indies in the early 20th century. We focus on Bandung, one of the most important cities in the Dutch East Indies, which transformed into a modern residential area ...
Iwan Hermawan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Panorama de los estudios sobre Teotihuacan: una corrección historiográfica

open access: yesAnales de Antropología, 2017
El libro de George Cowgill titulado Ancient Teotihuacan(Cowgill, 2015) es una magistral obra narrativa que sintetizacerca de mil a˜nos de la historia del Valle de Teotihuacan, engran parte con base en un análisis cuantitativo de los mate-riales ...
Esther Pasztory
doaj   +1 more source

Technology Transfer to Underwater Archaeology: The LAHKE Project at the Submerged Neolithic Site of La Marmotta

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This document is a report on the field application of non‐invasive geophysical and robotic prospecting methods at the submerged Neolithic site of La Marmotta (Lake Bracciano, Italy), within the LAHKE (LAke Heritage Knowledge and Exploration) project; the study focuses on the practical validation, adaptation and transfer of existing ...
dell' Erba Ramiro   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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