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Vessels of Change: A Long-Term Perspective on Prehistoric Pottery Use in Southern and Eastern Middle Sweden Based on Lipid Residue Analyses

open access: yesCurrent Swedish Archaeology, 2009
The analysis of lipid residues in prehistoric pottery has quite recently become an integrated tool in Swedish archaeology. As such it is an approach that has also been adopted in large rescue archaeology projects.
Sven Isaksson
doaj   +1 more source

Studies of technology in prehistoric archaeology

open access: yesZbornik Matice srpske za drustvene nauke, 2011
Technology studies have always been the most important focus of archaeology, as a science which analyzes human past through the study of material culture. To say that something is technological in archaeology, means to put the concept of technology in the centre of theoretical studies, and to study not only the form of the object, but also ...
openaire   +2 more sources

The Bronze Age Tombs of Northwest Arabia: A Chrono‐Typological Study From AlUla and Khaybar, Saudi Arabia

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Northwest Arabia is marked by tens of thousands of monumental burial structures, most of which appear to have been built during the Bronze Age. These funerary features range from simple cairns and tower tombs through to large ‘pendant’ burials with elaborate tail constructions.
Hugh Thomas   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dating the Early Neolithic in Pelagonia

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica
Since Gordon V. Childe first discussed the diffusion of culture from the Near East into Europe 100 years ago, various models for the advance of the Neolithic way of life have been proposed.
Goce Naumov, Agathe Reingruber
doaj   +1 more source

Rise of the south: How Arab‐led maritime trade transformed China, 671–1371 CE

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 3-38, March 2025.
Abstract China's center of socioeconomic activities was in the North prior to the Tang dynasty but is in the South today. We demonstrate that Arab and Persian Muslim traders triggered that transition when they came to China in the late seventh century, by lifting maritime trade along the South Coast and re‐creating the South.
Zhiwu Chen, Zhan Lin, Kaixiang Peng
wiley   +1 more source

“We All Live in One World”: Challenging Settler Mythologies With Sovereign Assertions

open access: yesAnthropology &Education Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper examines how settler colonial myths perpetuate systemic inequities in the education of Native students in Southern Utah. It critiques the “two‐worlds” narrative used to justify marginalization and explores how Native parents use sovereign assertions to challenge these injustices.
Cynthia Benally, Donna Deyhle, Beth King
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of LiDAR visualisations on semantic segmentation of archaeological objects [PDF]

open access: yesIGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Deep learning methods in LiDAR-based archaeological research often leverage visualisation techniques derived from Digital Elevation Models to enhance characteristics of archaeological objects present in the images. This paper investigates the impact of visualisations on deep learning performance through a comprehensive testing framework.
arxiv   +1 more source

Ancient proteins from ceramic vessels at Çatalhöyük West reveal the hidden cuisine of early farmers

open access: yesNature Communications, 2018
Ancient diets have been reconstructed from archaeological pottery based on lipid remains, but these can lack specificity. Here, Hendy and colleagues analyze ancient proteins from ceramic vessels up to 8000 years old to produce a more nuanced ...
Jessica Hendy   +18 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advancements in radiocarbon dating: An overview of its impact on Mexican archaeology

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, we provide a concise historical summary tracing the evolution of radiocarbon dating techniques in Mexico and Central America. We explore the contributions of early pioneers who first employed radiocarbon dating methods, leading to the establishment of a Mexican accelerator mass spectrometry laboratory. The study highlights its
Corina Solís   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Olmec mirrors: an example of archaeological American mirrors [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2007
Archaeological mirrors from the Olmec civilization are described according to bibliographic references and to personal observations and photographs.
arxiv  

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