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Innovation within socio-economic boundaries. A discussion on the case of matt-painted pottery in southern Albania [PDF]

open access: yesStudia Hercynia
Innovation in prehistoric pottery production and consumption is a subject of extensive discussion, particularly in relation to how the introduction of new attributes contributes to broader transformations in technology, production methods, and economic ...
Esmeralda Agolli
doaj   +1 more source

Automating Archaeological Discovery: Assessing Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) Tools for Stone Wall Identification in Kweneng, South Africa

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The discovery of archaeological sites traditionally entails the utilisation of physically demanding exploration methodologies, including terrain surveying and the analysis of historical records. Recent technological developments have led to an increased use of non‐invasive remote sensing techniques, including Google Earth, LiDAR and aerial ...
Mncedisi J. Siteleki
wiley   +1 more source

Pottery of the Southern Aral Region in the Golden Horde Period

open access: yesАрхеология евразийских степей
The article presents the results of long-term archaeological studies on pottery in the Southern Aral region. The author mainly discuss the pottery quarter of the Mizdakhkan settlement in the Golden Horde period.
Saypov T. Sadulla
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of ecological process on indigenous pottery as a cultural tourism product: A case of Zulu pottery [PDF]

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2019
This exploratory case study aims to document the ecological factors influencing the production and development of indigenous pottery as a tourism product, using Zulu pottery in South Africa as a case study.
Folasayo Enoch Olalere
doaj  

A Newly Discovered Tablet‐Making Facility in Nineveh: Insights From Scientific Analysis

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper addresses the question of tablet technology in the Neo‐Assyrian capital city of Nineveh. Recent excavations in the lower town of Nineveh by the Iraqi–Italian Archaeological Expedition uncovered an exceptional assemblage of more than 200 tablets from an elite residence that appears to have included a scriptorium.
Mathilde Jean   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Learning Across the Divide: Understanding Knowledge Sharing Through Petrographic Analysis on Ceramics From the Rhine‐Meuse Delta During the Middle to Late Neolithic Transition (3400–2200 bce)

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vlaardingen (VL) communities on the Dutch West coast (3400–2200 bce) are part of a unique, long‐term continuity in the European Neolithic. Despite large‐scale changes in European populations during the Neolithic, the genomic diversity and cultural practices of VL communities can be retraced to the Mesolithic.
Jisca de Bruin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Glazed Ceramics of the Golden Horde Solkhat: possibilities for historical interpretations

open access: yesАрхеология евразийских степей
The article presents the results of an analysis of ceramic material as a historical source. Due to the fact that pottery bears a significant share of information on chronology, determining the nature of craft production and the level of development of ...
Dzhamile. Е. Seidalieva
doaj   +1 more source

Procurement of Senonian Flint for Bladelets Production at the Early PPNB Site of Nahal Zahal in the Northern Negev Established for the First Time Using Chemical Composition Analysis

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The hypotheses of Senonian flint to be a prime source of prehistoric “chalcedony” flint artefacts from the Negev Desert (Israel) was not investigated in detail thus far. By combining trace‐element profiling with statistical interpretation, ten flint items from Nahal Zahal, an Early Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B site in the northern Negev, were ...
Meir Finkel   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The oldest pottery in hunter-gatherer communitiesand models of Neolithisation of Eastern Europe

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2015
The characteristics of the oldest pottery in Eastern Europe, located in three main regions, the Lower Don and Lower and Middle Volga, and a description of different Early Neolithic types of pottery production are described in this article.
A. Mazurkevich, Ekaterina Dolbunova
doaj   +1 more source

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