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Bridge over Olduvai Gorge: Capacity building and conservation of lithics and fossils [PDF]
This paper explores decision-making processes involved in the conservation of lithics and fossils excavated at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. The site is renowned for discoveries of early humans from the Palaeolithic period, lithics and fossils that ...
Díaz Pila, E +2 more
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X‐ray computed tomography study of terrestrial analog cores in preparation for Mars sample return
Abstract Mars Sample Return (MSR) is expected to transform planetary science by providing unprecedented access to pristine Martian material. Initial characterization in the sample receiving facility (SRF) will rely on nondestructive techniques such as X‐ray computed tomography (XCT) to document the condition, distribution, and internal features of ...
Sophie Benaroya +3 more
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Despite the delicate context owing to the nature of the substrate and to more recent structures, the excavation site of the Vallier Ouest (Mainvilliers, Eure-et-Loir, France) revealed indications of the presence of a settlement dated from the ancient ...
Frédéric Dupont +5 more
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Archive Report: The Lithic Assemblage from the Antonine Wall Roman Fort at Croy Hill, Croy, North Lanarkshire [PDF]
An analysis of the lithic assemblage from the excavations undertaken by Professor W S Hanson at The Roman Fort ...
Wright, Dene
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Bio‐mediated cementation of supratidal beach sediments associated with groundwater springs
ABSTRACT The formation of beachrock, sensu stricto, via carbonate precipitation in the intertidal zone is widespread throughout the tropics and subtropics. While cementation of supratidal beach sediments has also been noted in several locations, it has received much less attention.
Thomas William Garner +1 more
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Importation of Obsidian at Cerro Palenque, Honduras: Results of an Analysis by EDXRF
The results of source analysis by EDXRF of obsidian artifacts from the Mesoamerican site of Cerro Palenque in Honduras are reported and changes over time discussed. Sources of obsidian include Ixtepeque, El Chayal, Jalapa, San Martin Jilotepeque, and San
Hendon, Julia A.
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Refits, cobbles, and fire: Approaching the temporal nature of an expedient Gravettian lithic assemblage from Lagar Velho (Leiria, Portugal). [PDF]
Alonso-Fernández ES +5 more
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The Pool Burn basin is a tectonic depression that became almost isolated from the regional drainage system by river reorientation during Pleistocene uplift of surrounding ridges. Consequently, detrital gold in the basin was largely locally derived, from supergene zones on orogenic deposits and recycled from paleoplacers in erosional remnants of Miocene
Marshall Palmer, Dave Craw
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The lithic assemblage of the promontory site at Ras il-Pellegrin
The promontory of Ras il-Pellegrin, located in the northwestern part of Malta, is nowadays an isolated,yet archaeologically rich site. The few archaeological studies on this promontory and in the surrounding area indicate an interesting prehistoric use ...
Clive Vella
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