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Geochemical and radiometric analyses of archaeological remains from Easter Island’s moai (statue) quarry reveal prehistoric timing, provenance, and use of fine–grain basaltic resources

, 2018
Dale Simpson, J.A. Van Tilburg, Laure Dussubieux   +2 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Was the Inca Economy Based on “Protomoney”? Or, Why Accounting Systems Should Not Be Conflated With Concepts of Exchange Value

Economic Anthropology, Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT The khipu knotted string records in the ancient Andes were accounting systems, but they did not indicate any concepts of commensurability or exchange value. They were not incipient money; instead, monetized commerce appears to have predated the economic organization of the Inca society. The article begins by tracing the emergence of coinage in
Alf Hornborg
wiley   +1 more source

VORTEX (Variscite origin recognition technology X-ray based) Data. A European geoarchaeological green phosphate compositional dataset. [PDF]

Data Brief
Sánchez-Gómez D, Garrido-Cordero JÁ, Martínez-Blanes JM, García RV, Edo I Benaiges M, Sousa AC, Vega MDZ, Borrell F, Bermejo RB, Ramírez PB, Odriozola CP.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Investigating the submerged prehistory of the eastern Adriatic:progress and prospects [PDF]

, 2011
Bekić, Luka, Benjamin, Jonathan, Bonsall, Clive, Komšo, Darko, Koncani Uhač, Ida   +4 more
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Comparative Fluctuating Asymmetry and Directional Asymmetry in Four Cattle Skulls

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 12, Issue 1, January 2026.
This graphical abstract illustrates the comparison of directional asymmetry (DA) and fluctuating asymmetry (FA) in the skulls of four cattle breeds (Eastern Anatolian Red, Southern Anatolian Red, Holstein and Simmental). Using geometric morphometrics (3D landmarks, Procrustes analysis, PCA and ANOVA), 89 skulls were analysed.
Nicoleta Manuta, Vezir Januzi, Ermiş Ozkan, Burak Ünal, Buket Çakar, Fatma İşbilir, Oleg P. Melnyk, Barış Can Güzel   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regional disparities in US media coverage of archaeology research. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Alex B, Ji J, Flad R.
europepmc   +1 more source

‘That Profession and Habit that None Other Be of Within this Realm’: The Battel Hall Retable, Visual Culture and Intersections of Community Identity in a Late Medieval English Convent

History, Volume 111, Issue 394, Page 30-53, January 2026.
Abstract The Battel Hall Retable – created around the late fourteenth to early fifteenth century and once belonging to the Dominican nuns of Dartford Priory – offers a rare glimpse into the visual lives of late medieval English nuns, inviting an insight into the intersections of communal identities for these women religious.
ELIZABETH GOODWIN
wiley   +1 more source

From antiquity to modern hygiene: the archaeological and medicinal legacy of lavender as a promising antimicrobial agent. [PDF]

GMS Hyg Infect Control
Civilyte A, Karanikola K, Kramer A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Theorizing White Ignorance From Du Bois to Mills: Narrative and Consumptive Innocence

The British Journal of Sociology, Volume 77, Issue 1, Page 153-162, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Starting with Du Bois, scholars of race have investigated the role of White ignorance as it perpetuates White supremacy. Today, Charles Mills and scholars continue this inquiry by expanding the importance of White ignorance to include multiple forms. This article contributes to this inquiry by highlighting the role and types of White innocence.
Miguel Montalva Barba, Camille Petersen
wiley   +1 more source

Earliest evidence of smoke-dried mummification: More than 10,000 years ago in southern China and Southeast Asia. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Hung HC, Deng Z, Liu Y, Ran Z, Zhang Y, Li Z, Kaifu Y, Huang Q, Nguyen KTK, Le HD, Xie G, Nguyen AT, Yamagata M, Simanjuntak T, Noerwidi S, Fauzi MR, Tolla M, Wetipo A, He G, Sawada J, Zhang C, Bellwood P, Matsumura H.   +22 more
europepmc   +1 more source