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Magnetic Fabric: A Geophysical Approach for Identifying China's Neolithic Rammed Earth

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Volume 27, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract Accurate identification of rammed‐earth remains is essential for understanding early social complexity in Neolithic China. However, scientific methods for identifying rammed‐earth materials in Chinese prehistoric archeology remain limited, and identification still rely largely on field observations.
Fen Wang, Hao Wu, Lishan Liao, Qingyi Zhao, Zehao He, Shutong Wei, Chao Zhu, Zongguo Zhang, Xinquan Dang, Yiqi Dai, Zhubin Li, Yuxuan Xie, Shuai Yao, Jingyi Shen, Qingyu Lu, Qiong Chen   +15 more
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Fats, Fire and Bronze Age Funerary Rites: Organic Residue Analysis of Wide Horizontal Rim Vessels From Burial Contexts in Northwest Portugal

Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 3, Page 298-310, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This study presents the first GC‐MS–based analyses of wide horizontal rim vessels with well‐defined funerary contexts, from Middle Bronze Age Portugal (Quinta do Amorim 2 and Pego). Organic residues from two vessels revealed ruminant fats and plant oils, alongside molecular markers of heat exposure.
João Vinícius Back, César Oliveira, Ana M. S. Bettencourt, Hugo Aluai Sampaio, Luciano Vilas Boas, Luís Gonçalves   +5 more
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From the Epipalaeolithic into the earliest Neolithic (PPNA) in the South Levant

Documenta Praehistorica, 2020
This paper examines the nature of initial neolithisation indications during the terminal Pleistocene and earliest Holocene in the Southern Levant. This interval corresponds to a period of significant and geographically variable environmental changes in ...
Anna Belfer-Cohen, Nigel Goring-Morris
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The Geographical Distribution of Lactose Tolerance‐Associated Alleles 13910*T and 13915*G Is Strongly Linked to Male Founder Events in Eurasia

American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 38, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Lactose tolerance (lactase persistence) represents a very progressive human adaptation, the origins of which remain incompletely understood. This study aims to examine the geographical distribution of the two alleles associated with lactose tolerance in Eurasia (13910*T and 13915*G) in relation to the main Y haplogroups and autosomal ancestry ...
Pavel Grasgruber
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Women's Labor Force Participation After Disasters: The Case of Nurdağı, Türkiye, Following Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes

Earthquake Spectra, Volume 42, Issue 2, May 2026.
Economic functionality is essential for the recovery of cities and communities following disasters. A crucial factor in reducing business disruptions and guaranteeing their continuity is the capacity of employees to resume work. Facilitating the reintegration of employees into the workforce can expedite their post‐disaster recovery process and assist ...
Ezgi Orhan, Anne M. Wein, Cynthia A. Kroll   +2 more
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Reconstructing the Holocene explosive eruptive history of the Erciyes volcano (Turkey) using proximal and distal tephra records

Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 41, Issue 4, Page 645-659, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Mount Erciyes, the largest active volcano of Central Anatolia (Turkey), erupted explosively during the Holocene, producing the Karagüllü, Perikartin and Dikkartin tuff rings. Even though major cities like Kayseri and its ~1 million residents sit directly on these pyroclastic deposits, the timing and magnitude of the explosive eruptions have ...
Ivan Sunyé‐Puchol, Rengin Özsoy‐Ünal, Xavier Bolós, Victoria C. Smith, Efe Akkas, Lorenzo Tavazzani, Jan Aymerich, Manuela Nazzari, Pierre Lacan, Victoria Cullen, Olivier Bachmann, Piergiorgio Scarlato, Silvio Mollo   +12 more
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To the Question of the Cultural Status of Early Neolithic Sites in the Forest Middle Volga Region

Археология евразийских степей
The presented article examines the aspect of the cultural affiliation of the Mari sites, attributed by researchers to the Early Neolithic. The existing theories regarding the origin of the tradition are analyzed.
Alexander S. Kudashov
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A Review of Bioarcheological Investigations in Iron Age Cambodia

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 454-468, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT Archeological research within Cambodia is quite extensive, with significant projects led by both Cambodian archeologists and international researchers alike. Many of these projects have uncovered human skeletal remains. This article reviews archeological human skeletal studies in Cambodia, synthesizing published and unpublished data, primarily
Sophorn Nhoem, Kate Domett, Nigel Chang, Louise Shewan   +3 more
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Wealth inequality and epidemics in the Republic of Venice (1400–1800)

The Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 811-849, May 2026.
Abstract This article analyses wealth inequality in the Republic of Venice during 1400–1800. The availability of a large database of homogeneous inequality measurements allows us to produce the most in‐depth study of the factors affecting inequality at the local level available thus far for any preindustrial society.
Guido Alfani, Matteo Di Tullio, Mattia Fochesato   +2 more
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Lime plaster cover of the dead 12,000 years ago – new evidence for the origins of lime plaster technology

Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2019
The production of lime plaster is especially important as a technological development in human prehistory as it requires advanced knowledge and skills to transform rocks to a plastic yet durable material.
David E. Friesem, Itay Abadi, Dana Shaham, Leore Grosman   +3 more
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