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Caddo Pottery Vessels and Pipes from Sites in the Middle and Upper Sabine and Upper Neches River Basins, Smith and Wood Counties, Texas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This report documents two collections of Caddo ceramic vessels and pipes from sites of prehistoric to early historic age in Smith and Wood counties, Texas, in the upper Sabine and upper Neches river basins in East Texas. Most of these Caddo artifacts are
Marceaux, Shawn   +3 more
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Intensification in pastoralist cereal use coincides with the expansion of trans-regional networks in the Eurasian Steppe

open access: yes, 2019
The pace of transmission of domesticated cereals, including millet from China as well as wheat and barley from southwest Asia, throughout the vast pastoralist landscapes of the Eurasian Steppe (ES) is unclear.
Makarewicz, C., Ventresca Miller, A.
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Gender inequality in Ancient Rome through archaeometric studies of wine in funerary contexts

open access: yesQuaternary Environments and Humans
This article examines how the archaeometric and archaeological analysis of funerary assemblages in Roman tombs reveals gender inequality in Ancient Rome.
José Rafael Ruiz Arrebola
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Paleoparasitology of historical toilets and mummies in South Korea: trends and perspectives

open access: yesParasitology
Paleoparasitology has emerged as a discipline situated at the intersection of anthropology, archaeology, public health and medical science. In South Korea, research on mummies over the past few decades has yielded critical insights into historical ...
Jong Ha Hong   +7 more
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Learning from the Dead: How Burial Practices in Roman Britain Reflect Changes in Belief and Society

open access: yes, 2019
This paper begins by examining the burial traditions of the Iron age Britons and Classical Romans to see how these practices reflect their societal values and belief systems. The funerary methods of both the Britons and Romans are then analyzed following
Engel, Samuel F.
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Patterns in the modification of animal and human bones in Iron Age Wessex: revisiting the excarnation debate [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Social practices concerning the treatment of human and animal remains in the Iron Age have long been a focus of debate in archaeological literature. The absence of evidence of a formal burial rite and the regular retrieval of human remains from ‘special’
Madgwick, Richard
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Northwest Transdanubia from the end of the Early Bronze Age until the Koszider Period

open access: yesDissertationes Archaeologicae: Ex Instituto Archaeologico Universitatis de Rolando Eötvös Nominatae
Review article of the PhD dissertation submitted in 2023 to the Archaeology Doctoral Programme, Doctoral School of History, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, and written under the supervision of Gábor V. Szabó.
Eszter Melis
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Contextual significance of ritual evidence in Malta [PDF]

open access: yes, 1995
Archaeology has not yet provided us with the proper tools and the right means for reading the minds of our prehistoric ancestors from the material evidence they left us. When and if such means are ever made available, we may rest assured they will be
Bonanno, Anthony
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Interpretative possibilities and limitations of Saxe/Goldstein hypothesis

open access: yesBoletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas, 2012
The Saxe/Goldstein Hypothesis was generated within the processual archaeology milieu and therefore it was supposed to allow reconstructing the social dimensions of past populations by studying their mortuary practices.
André Strauss
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Reopening of the Sarmatian Graves: Looting or Ritual?

open access: yesEtnoantropološki Problemi
The archaeothanatological and bioanthropological analysis of the necropolis at the Neuropsychiatric Hospital “Park” in Vršac revealed a complex and multifaceted pattern of grave reopening during the period of Late Antiquity (4th century AD).
Tamara Šarkić
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