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Quality from Kent: Preliminary results from the analysis of fifth‐ to seventh‐century silver alloys

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores early results from the chemical and lead isotope analysis of 30 silver‐alloy objects from southeast England dating between the fifth and seventh centuries CE, presenting limited aspects of the three main analyses that were conducted. First, a comparison of the results gained from surface x‐ray fluorescence (pXRF) values and
Toby F. Martin, Matthew J. Ponting
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Cultural innovation can increase and maintain biodiversity: A case study from medieval Europe. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Spitzig A, Rösch M, Woodbridge J, Bauch M, Guzowski P, Erhart P, Fyfe R, Marinova E, Izdebski A.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Ceramic Production and Geodiversity in Iron Age Iberia: An Archaeometric Study of Pottery from Castrejón de Capote (SW Spain)

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The hillfort of Castrejón de Capote is one of the best investigated settlements of Late Iron Age southwest Iberia. Located in the territory that the classical sources attributed to the Celtici, it was occupied between the early 4th and the 1st centuries bce.
Beatrijs de Groot, Luis Berrocal‐Rangel, Manuel Fernández‐Götz   +2 more
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Ancient DNA reveals 4000 years of grapevine diversity, viticulture and clonal propagation in France. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Noraz R, Chauvey L, Wagner S, Estrada O, Wales N, Bonnaire E, Cabanis M, Derreumaux M, Figueiral I, Hallavant C, Marinval P, Matterne V, Ros J, Rovira N, Tillier M, Bovagne M, Chausserie-Laprée J, Nicolas C, Daveau I, Delassus D, Gailledrat E, Ginouvez O, Houix B, Jung C, Kuchler P, Leroux L, Macario R, Marlière E, Pasqualini M, Piques G, Pomaredes H, Robert J, Roms C, Roth-Zehner M, Scrinzi M, Taras-Thomas M, Torres Costa J, Besnard G, Terral JF, Bacilieri R, Bouby L, Orlando L.   +41 more
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An Archaeometric Approach to Reveal Organic Compounds via GC‐MS Analyses of Two Discovered Incense Burners at Daba Al‐Bayah

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study focuses on two terracotta incense burners discovered in the Daba Al‐Bayah necropolis in the Musandam Peninsula (Oman), associated with an Iron Age collective tomb (LCG‐2). Through gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC‐MS), the organic residues preserved within these artifacts were analyzed to investigate their use and ...
Francesco Genchi, Federica Spagnoli, Vittorio Vinciguerra, Stefania Garzoli   +3 more
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8,000 years of wild and domestic animal body size data reveal long-term synchrony and recent divergence due to intensified human impact. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Mureau C, d'Oliveira L, Peyron O, Blaise E, Renaud A, Balcarcel A, Jeanjean M, Bonhomme V, Bouby L, Ros J, Evin A.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Fiery Eyes of a Maenad: Origin Determination of Faceted Garnet Eye Inlays in a Roman Bronze Bust From Southern Tyrol

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 1837, the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck, Austria, purchased a Roman bronze statue of a maenad from the 2nd century ce with red garnets as facetted eye inlays found near Brixen, Southern Tyrol. These garnets were investigated using optical microscopy, a portable hand‐held and a stationary micro‐X‐ray fluorescence device, as
H. Albert Gilg, Simon Wagner, Anton Höck, Peter Tropper   +3 more
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Identification and measurement of intensive economic growth in a Roman imperial province. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Ortman SG, Lobo J, Lodwick L, Wiseman R, Bulik O, Harbison V, Bettencourt LMA.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Bilateral Supracondylar Process in a Subadult in the Late Antique Age: A Case Report

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the excavation procedures for the railway trait Napoli‐Cancello, in the city of Afragola (Naples), several burials dating back to the Late Antique Age were found. One of them was an amphora burial (enchytrismòs) and contained the skeletal remains of a subadult individual affected by bilateral supracondylar process. Supracondylar process
Barbara Albanese, Daniele Maria Gibelli, Sergio Cascella, Cristina Cattaneo   +3 more
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Medical Humanities in the Nordics. [PDF]

J Med Humanit
Söderfeldt Y, Bodin M, Hansson K.
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