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Neural Networks and Multivariate Analysis Based on Geochemical Data to Determine Stone Provenance From Ancient Calabrian Quarries (Southern Italy)

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study shows an innovative approach to determine the origin of some Calabrian rocks quarried used in ancient times. Twenty‐five quarries, distributed in all the Calabrian provinces (Southern Italy), were studied and sampled. Ten samples were taken from each quarry, for a total of 250 samples.
Domenico Miriello, Stefano Columbu, Raffaella De Luca, Marco Lezzerini, Mirco Taranto, Fabrizio Antonelli   +5 more
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From Model to Practice: Testing Near‐Infrared Spectroscopy as a Bone Collagen Prescreening Tool

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Collagen is a vital archaeological material, preserving biochemical signatures that provide insights into past environments, diets, and human–animal interactions. However, diagenetic processes can lead to rapid and often inconspicuous degradation of collagen. Given the variability in collagen preservation and its significance for analyses such
Christina Ryder, Gerardo Celis, Thibaut Devièse, Thomas Higham, Katerina Douka, Loren Davis, Matthew Collins, Angela Perri, Heather Thakar, Matt Sponheimer   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Curated character of the Initial Upper Palaeolithic lithic artefact assemblages in Bacho Kiro Cave (Bulgaria).

PLoS ONE
The dispersal of Homo sapiens across Eurasia during MIS 3 in the Late Pleistocene is marked by technological shifts and other behavioral changes, known in the archaeological record under the term of Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP).
Tsenka Tsanova, Vincent Delvigne, Svoboda Sirakova, Elka Anastasova, Pedro Horta, Ivaylo Krumov, João Marreiros, Elena Nacheva, Zeljko Rezek, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Nikolay Sirakov   +10 more
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Cazadores recolectores tempranos, supervivencia de fauna del pleistoceno (equus sp. y glyptodon sp.) y tecnologia lítica durante el holoceno temprano en la frontera Uruguay-Brasil

Revista de Arqueologia, 2010
On this paper we show records of Pleistocene fauna from the archaeological site of PayPaso 1, located near of the Quarai River. On this site we recovered two extinct species, Equus sp. (ancient horse) e Glyptodon sp.
Rafael Suárez, Guaciara M. Santos
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Technologies of Transition: Pottery Production and Specialization in Early Rome and Its Neighbors. Neutron Activation Analysis of Regional Assemblages and a Mineralogical‐Petrographic Study of Impasto Chiaro‐Sabbioso

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The following paper investigates ceramic production and signs of specialization in Rome and the wider region during the early first millennium bce, through an archaeometric approach using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA), and complementary techniques.
Mattia D'Acri, Maria Verde, Alberto De Bonis, Vincenzo Morra, Brandi L. MacDonald   +4 more
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An Experimental Approach on Pearl Shell (Pinctada margaritifera) for a Microwear Study of Shell Artefacts From French Polynesia

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pinctada margaritifera (black‐lipped pearl oyster) artefacts are ubiquitous in the archaeological record throughout the Pacific and particularly in Polynesia. Despite efforts towards the development of typologies, the lack of microwear and use‐wear studies has prevented the development of technological approaches. We used 20 pearl shell valves
Jemma McGloin, Sofia Samper‐Carro, Guillaume Molle   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Out in the cold? A review of Early Middle Palaeolithic settlements in northern Central Europe, age data and geological preconditions for site formation and preservation

Boreas, EarlyView.
The characteristics of settlement of Neanderthals in northern Central Europe during the earlier phases of the Middle Palaeolithic (Marine Isotope Stage 8–6) have been a matter of debate for decades, specifically regarding the population dynamics at such latitudes during the coldest phases. In this paper, we review the known archaeological record of the
Gianpiero Di Maida, Jutta Winsemann, Malte Hoffmann, Tobias Lauer, Utz Böhner, Thomas Terberger   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lithics and personhood in the lateglacial of north west Europe

, 2009
This thesis examines aspects of human personhood as expressed through lithic artefacts in north west Europe during the Lateglacial. The research sites are Hengistbury Head in Britain, Rekem in Belgium and a cluster of sites in the Neuwied Basin, in ...
Kofidou, Fotini
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Towards an ‘absolute’ timing of biostratigraphic and environmental phases from the Saalian late glacial to the Weichselian pleniglacial in central Europe—Insights from a lacustrine succession in Lichtenberg, northern Germany

Boreas, EarlyView.
Palynological records are central to the biostratigraphic subdivision of the Late Pleistocene in central Europe. Yet many interglacial and interstadial phases—such as the Eemian, Brörup and Odderade—remain only poorly constrained in time due to limited numerical dating.
Michael Hein, Thomas Kasper, Alexis Badai Samudra, Martin Theuerkauf, Markus Lothar Fischer, Neda Rahimzadeh, Maria Sekar Proborukmi, Sonja Rigterink, Agnieszka Gruszczyńska, Christian Zeeden, Simon Parfitt, David John Horne, Lucy Roberts, Dustin White, Lisa Brogmus, Hans von Suchodoletz, Tobias Lauer, Marcel Weiss, David Colin Tanner, Brigitte Urban   +19 more
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Using Fire for Woodworking: An Experimental Exploration of Use-Wear on Lithic Tools

Mariel Bencomo is beneficiary of a grant (FPU17/02885) funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport of Spanish Government.Throughout prehistoric times, woodworking was an essential activity.
Bencomo Viala, Mariel, Jardón Giner, Paula   +1 more
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