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Durrington Walls to West Amesbury by way of Stonehenge: a major transformation of the Holocene landscape [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
A new sequence of Holocene landscape change has been discovered through an investigation of sediment sequences, palaeosols, pollen and molluscan data discovered during the Stonehenge Riverside Project.
Allen   +54 more
core   +1 more source

Raman Analysis of Roman Mosaics From the Upper Guadalquivir Valley (Spain)

open access: yesJournal of Raman Spectroscopy, EarlyView.
This work is focused on the Raman analysis of two Roman mosaics from Jaén (Spain) using portable and benchtop equipment, complemented by elemental analysis using EDXRF and petrographic analysis. The results obtained have provided a detailed characterisation of the tesserae.
A. Sánchez   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Albert Mayr (1868-1924) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
The Bavarian philologist Albert Mayr visited Malta during the autumn and winter months of 1897/98 and a second time in spring 1907. He is considered to have been a pioneer in many ways.
Stoger, Hanna
core  

Prehistoric Babies In The (Bio)Archaeological Record

open access: yes22nd Neolithic Seminar: Modelling the Processes of Neolithisation - Book of Abstracts, 2015
The whole evolution of human fertility is based only on indirect evidences, such as sites densities and paleodemographic reconstructions, and there is no evidence about number of babies born by prehistoric mothers. On those indirect evidences we have built one of the most important chapter of human evolution: people lived at the very low population ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Preparation and Identification of Heavy Minerals for Archaeometrical Studies: Villa of Fiumana (FC), Italy

open access: yesJournal of Raman Spectroscopy, EarlyView.
This paper presents a new protocol for the laboratory preparation of archaeological samples. Ceramics that have been hand‐crafted using different sediments as raw materials were collected in a Roman Villa sited in Fiumana (FC), Italy. This method aims at concentrating and analysing heavy minerals in the 15–250 μm grain size fraction, studying the ...
S. Andò   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hunters and Gatherers of the Rio Grande Plain and the Lower Coast of Texas [PDF]

open access: yes, 1976
This paper summarizes the prehistoric cultural manifestations found on the Rio Grande Plain of Texas. The primary goal in this paper is to briefly outline the major prehistoric cultural traditions on the Rio Grande Plain.
Hester, Thomas R.
core   +2 more sources

Beyond the Binary? A Multi‐Method Approach to Sexing Children at the Viking Age Site of Ihre, Gotland

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The assessment of sex is fundamental in osteoarcheological analysis, yet traditional morphological methods are less reliable for children due to the incomplete development of sexually dimorphic traits. This study applies a multi‐method approach—integrating morphological, metric, and genetic data—to assess sex and, through analysis of burial ...
Marieke Ivarsson‐Aalders   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

East Texas Caddo Ceramic Sherd Database [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
A considerable amount of effort has been expended over the years by archaeologists in the identification, description, and classification of ancestral Caddo ceramic vessels and sherds recovered from sites across East Texas, beginning with the masterful ...
Perttula, Timothy K.
core   +1 more source

Demographic Composition and Pathology of the Human Occupants and Sacrificial Victims at Ancient Korean Tombs

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Archaeological evidence demonstrates that mortuary practices involving human sacrifice, known in Korea as sunjang, were conducted in ancient Korea. However, few studies have examined the biological attributes of individuals associated with this practice to explore the relationship between sacrificial victims and principal tomb occupants or to ...
Eun Jin Woo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Caddo Lake Archaeology: Phase I of Archaeological Investigations Along Harrison Bayou, Harrison County, Texas [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
An important part of the mission of the Caddo Lake Institute, Inc. and its Caddo Lake Scholars Program is the preservation and protection of the unique and irreplaceable cultural heritage of Caddo Lake and its bioregion, the Big Cypress Bayou watershed ...
Iruegas, Sergio A.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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