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Deciphering Neolithic Habitation in Aegean Thrace Through Geophysical Prospection Surveys
ABSTRACT Despite the relatively extensive archaeological research conducted in Greece focusing on the Neolithic period, Aegean Thrace remains one of the least studied regions. To address this gap, the MAPFARM (Mapping the Early Farmers in Thrace) project employed systematic archaeological surface survey combined with large‐scale geophysical prospection
A. Sarris +7 more
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Fine Tools for Fine Work. The Form and Function of ‘Small Craft Tools’ from Bronze Age Kaymakçı (Türkiye) [PDF]
Tools have always played an extremely important, defining role in human life. A closer look at Small Craft Tools (SCTs), such as drills, awls, punches, and small chisels, not only allows us an insight into the exact production techniques of artefacts but
Kathleen C. Schaupp +3 more
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The Hugub open-air site in Ethiopia well-dated to between 600 and 500 ka yields the earliest securely dated and found in situ Late Acheulean archaeology in Africa.
W. Henry Gilbert +3 more
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Albert Einstein's 1916 Review Article on General Relativity [PDF]
The first comprehensive overview of the final version of the general theory of relativity was published by Einstein in 1916 after several expositions of preliminary versions and latest revisions of the theory in November 1915.
Sauer, Tilman
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ABSTRACT This study investigates the effectiveness of drone‐based remote sensing and Google Earth satellite imagery for archaeological prospection in the Bayan Gol Valley, Central Mongolia. Utilizing a fixed‐wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with RGB and multispectral sensors, we surveyed 655 ha to document Mongol‐period settlement structures
Peter Heimermann +4 more
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Amber imitation? Two unusual cases of Pinus resin-coated beads in Iberian Late Prehistory (3rd and 2nd millennia BC) [PDF]
A group of beads from the artificial cave of La Molina (Lora de Estepa, Sevilla) and Cova del Gegant (Sitges, Barcelona) were made from a biogenic raw material and intentionally covered by a layer of resin.
Avilés Escaño, Miguel Ángel +5 more
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Quartz technology in Scottish prehistory
The project Quartz Technology in Scottish Prehistory was initiated in the year 2000, and over the following five years a large number of quartz assemblages were examined from all parts of Scotland, and from all prehistoric periods. The general aim of the
A. Saville, T. Ballin
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ABSTRACT Preliminary geophysical investigations are a cost‐effective and efficient way to screen archaeological sites and locate buried structures. Ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) is one of the most widely used methods for archaeological prospection, but in some sites, it cannot be employed effectively due to the presence of clay or other electrically ...
Andrea Vergnano +5 more
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A Perspective on Arkansas Basin and Ozark Highland Prehistory [PDF]
It is, from time to time, valuable to reassess and perhaps shed new light on long-held perspectives. In The \u27Northern Caddoan Area\u27 was not Caddoan, Frank Schambach provides a provocative reinterpretation of the archaeology of the Arkansas Basin ...
Rogers, J. Daniel
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Testing the human factor: Radiocarbon dating the first peoples of the South Pacific [PDF]
Archaeologists have long debated the origins and mode of dispersal of the immediate predecessors of all Polynesians and many populations in Island Melanesia.
Anderson, Kathy +6 more
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