Holocene Environmental Archaeology of the Yangtze River Valley in China: A Review
The Yangtze River Valley is an important economic region and one of the cradles of human civilization. It is also the site of frequent floods, droughts, and other natural disasters. Conducting Holocene environmental archaeology research in this region is
Li Wu+7 more
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Expanding use of archaeology in climate change response by changing its social environment
Climate science has outlined targets for reductions of greenhouse gas emissions necessary to provide a substantial chance of avoiding the worst impacts of climate change on both natural and human systems.
M. Rockman, C. Hritz
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The MIMA project. Design, construction and performances of a compact hodoscope for muon radiography applications in the context of archaeology and geophysical prospections [PDF]
The Muon Imaging for Mining and Archaeology (MIMA) project aims at the development of a non-invasive technique for imaging dense structures or cavities, hidden in the underground or anyway surrounded by huge volumes of matter, based on Muon Absorption ...
G. Baccani+11 more
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Arkeologisk naturvitenskap eller naturvitenskapelig arkeologi?
Archaeological science or scientific archaeology? Modern archaeology depends heavily on other scientific disciplines. This “addiction” affects both archaeology and the supporting disciplines.
Arne B. Johansen
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Households without Houses : Mobility and Moorings on the Eurasian Steppe [PDF]
The research that provided the basis for this paper was carried out in collaboration with the Institutes of History and Archaeology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences and would not have been possible without my colleagues Chunag Amartuvshin, William ...
Wright, Joshua
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The birth of the clinic. An archaeology of medical perception
JOHN C. KRANTZ, jr., Historical medical classics involving new drugs, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins Co., 1974, 8vo., pp. x, 129, illus., $8.50. Reviewed by Edwin Clarke, M.D., F.R.C.P., Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 183 Euston Road ...
John C. Krantz
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Simulation of optically-stimulated luminescence of zircon [PDF]
Mineral zircon, ZrSiO4, belongs to a class of materials that can be used as a chronological tool in geology and archaeology for measurements of the natural radiation dose and the sample age by optical methods.
Aitken+8 more
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Rice and millet cultivated in Ha Long Bay of Northern Vietnam 4000 years ago
Research has generally outlined that the Neolithic East Asian farmers expanded into Southeast Asia, leading to substantial social and cultural transformations.
Weiwei Wang+6 more
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Animating archaeology: local theories and conceptually open-ended methodologies [PDF]
Animists’ theories of matter must be given equivalence at the level of theory if we are to understand adequately the nature of ontological difference in the past.
Alberti, Benjamin, Marshall, Yvonne
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