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From the Judaean Desert to the Great Sea : Qumran in a Mediterranean context [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The time when Qumran was studied in splendid isolation is long gone, but much work remains to be done when it comes to situating the site in its wider context.
Mizzi, Dennis
core   +1 more source

The Pacific Archaeology Radiocarbon Database

open access: yesArchaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper describes the Pacific Archaeology Radiocarbon Database (PARD), which includes radiocarbon data from archaeological sites excavated in an area commonly described as Near and Remote Oceania. The collated 14C database is available using ArcGIS Online, an online geospatial system with searchable fields and locational navigation.
Simon H. Bickler   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Peterson Ranch Site (41HS253), A Late 17th to Early 18th Century Ancestral Caddo Cemetery in the Little Cypress Creek Basin, Harrison County, Texas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The Peterson Ranch site (41HS253) is a late 17th to early 18th century Caddo cemetery in the Little Cypress Creek basin in the East Texas Pineywoods.
Perttula, Timothy K.
core   +1 more source

The Architecture of Large Kurgans of the Scythians and Their Periphery: A Challenge for Magnetometer Prospections in the Eurasian Steppe Belt

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The burial mounds of the early Iron Age, which we will refer to below as kurgans, from the nomadic equestrian warriors of Eurasia, form a very complex group of archaeological monuments. Archaeological excavations in Aržan 2 (Siberia) and Aleksandropol (Ukraine) show that the large burial mounds are complex architectural constructions.
Jörg W. E. Fassbinder, Anton Gass
wiley   +1 more source

Archaeological applications of naturally occurring nanomagnets

open access: yesJournal of Physics: Conference Series, 2005
The ubiquitous presence of iron minerals within the soils and sediments forming archaeological sites can often provide a valuable record of past human activity. These records are formed through the alteration of weakly magnetic minerals to fine grained iron oxides, such as magnetite or maghaemite, that leave an almost indelible magnetic ''finger print''
openaire   +2 more sources

Starry Messages: Searching for Signatures of Interstellar Archaeology

open access: yes, 2009
Searching for signatures of cosmic-scale archaeological artifacts such as Dyson spheres or Kardashev civilizations is an interesting alternative to conventional SETI.
Carrigan Jr, Richard A.
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The public perception of palaeontology in Scotland: "archaeologists dig dinosaurs" [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
There is very little written about how palaeontology is perceived by the public. Perhaps the reason is that very few professional palaeontologists have concerned themselves with public opinion, so engrossed they are with their own speciality and not ...
Clark, N.D.L.
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From Survey to Rescue Excavation: Ground Truthing Geophysical Data From the Timișoara‐Freidorf La Tène Culture Settlement

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The current study employs a geophysical approach, integrating magnetic and Electrical Resistivity Tomography techniques, to unveil the Timișoara‐Freidorf La Tène culture settlement in the lowlands of the Banat region, southwestern Romania, within the context of a rescue excavation.
A. C. Ardelean   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pottery Studies and Archaeometry: Between Scientific Analyses and Archaeological Interpretation

open access: yesEtnoantropološki Problemi, 2017
The consideration of the relationship between pottery studies and the application of hard sciences in archaeology includes the scrutiny of the importance of pottery studies in the history of archaeology as a discipline, and especially the differences in ...
Jasna Vuković
doaj   +1 more source

Megaliths, monuments and materiality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Stones, and especially the arrangement of large stones in relation to one another, have long been the focus of attention in megalith studies, a concern reflected in the name itself. It is, however, a blinkered view.
Darvill, Timothy
core   +2 more sources

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