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A bifacial paradise—The site of Ochtmissen, Germany, and its lithic assemblage in the context of the last glacial (early MIS 4) in the north‐central European Lowland

Boreas, EarlyView.
The Palaeolithic site of Ochtmissen (Lower Saxony, Germany) was excavated in fluvial terrace deposits during the winter of 1993/1994. The current study presents, for the first time, a thorough analysis of the lithic assemblage, encompassing its primary technological and typological characteristics, as well as the type and age of the fluvial deposits ...
Gianpiero Di Maida, Jutta Winsemann, Markus Fuchs, Niklas von Soest, Thomas Terberger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mid‐infrared spectroscopy applied to a multi‐level cave system (Montmaurin, SW France): An innovative method for assessing sediment provenance

Sedimentology, Volume 73, Issue 5, Page 1722-1749, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Deciphering sediment provenance is essential to understand depositional patterns and dynamics. This question is particularly important in archaeological contexts to constrain the sedimentological history of unearthed material—an information critically needed, for example, to estimate the age of the deposits—or to apprehend sediment movement ...
Fuchs Coraline, Rambeau Claire, Ertlen Damien, Rixhon Gilles, Perrenoud Christian, Ponche Jean‐Luc, Trautmann Martine, Benarioumlil Sylvain, Vialet Amélie   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Eye makeup in Northwestern Iran at the time of the Assyrian Empire: a new kohl recipe based on manganese and graphite from Kani Koter (Iron Age III)

Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue S1, Page S7-S21, April 2026.
Abstract Kohl was ubiquitous in ancient Egypt and the Middle East, and routinely included among the toiletries deposited in burials. For Egypt, kohl recipes are increasingly well‐studied and known to use a range of inorganic and organic ingredients. Although these are often lead‐based, manganese‐ and silicon‐rich compounds are also attested.
Silvia Amicone, Baptiste Solard, Shelir Amelirad, Eghbal Azizi, Lara Maritan, Maxime Rageot, Christoph Berthold, Karen Radner   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Productions, commerces et consommation du fer dans le Sud de la Gaule de la Protohistoire à la domination romaine

Gallia, 2014
In South Gaul, the iron craft appears during Protohistory, and its generalization spreads over a long span under continental and Mediterranean influences.
Gaspard Pagès
doaj   +1 more source

Food web reconstruction of Barmaky, the oldest post‐LGM hunter‐gatherer site in north‐western Ukraine

Boreas, Volume 55, Issue 1, Page 182-197, January 2026.
The site of Barmaky currently marks the oldest Epigravettian occupation of north‐western Ukraine shortly after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), dated to around 19 cal. ka BP. Stable isotope analyses of bone collagen from six terrestrial mammals and two bird species show a comparatively highly structured palaeo‐food web.
Lilian Reiss, Kerstin Pasda, Christoph Mayr, Patrick Ludwig, Laura Stiller, Victor Chabai, Andreas Maier   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Un Préhistorien dans l'histoire : Gabriel Camps (1927-2002)

إنسانيات, 2003
Gabriel Camps born in Algeria in 1927 was one of the last great representants of the Algiers school of prehistory and archaeology of North African Saharan Protohistory.
Saddek Benkada
doaj   +1 more source

Human–Bird Interactions Across Time and Space in a Bronze Age City: The Case of Tell Atchana, Alalakh (Amuq Valley, Turkey)

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 35, Issue 6, Page 597-611, November/December 2025.
ABSTRACT Birds have played both subsistence and symbolic roles in past human societies, with their significance evolving alongside sedentary lifestyles and agriculture. Although Neolithic settlements in Western Asia primarily relied on domesticated mammals, birds remained a marginal resource, their importance varying by region.
Marcel van Tuinen, Lionel Gourichon, Anderson L. Carter, K. Aslıhan Yener, Müge Bulu, Murat Akar, Canan Çakırlar   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Animal Husbandry, Cultural Change, and Economic Networks: An Archaeozoological Perspective on the Transformation of Iron Age Oppida Societies

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 35, Issue 2, March/April 2025.
ABSTRACT In the 2nd century bce, with the Iron Age Oppida Civilisation, Central Europe experienced an unprecedented degree of urbanization, economic centralization, and supra‐regional exchange. However, from 80 bce onwards, in the Northern Alpine Foreland (present‐day southern Germany), these structures declined, leading to the abandonment of both ...
Simon Trixl, Janette Horvath
wiley   +1 more source

Organic Residue Analysis on Iron Age Ceramic Mugs (5th–1st Century BC) from Valle Camonica—UNESCO Site n. 94, Northern Italy

Heritage
The paper is dedicated to the study of organic remains in ceramic drinking vessels from protohistoric Northern Italy. These one-handled mugs are a typical item of the prealpine area, dating from the 5th to the 1st century BCE, and possibly carried high ...
Paolo Rondini, Giulia Patrizi, Giuseppe Egidio De Benedetto   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Le site mégalithique de Wanar (Sénégal)

Afrique Archéologie Arts, 2009
This article presents the results of the first excavations conducted on the World Heritage megalithic site of Wanar, which are part of a new program of scientific cooperation between France and Senegal (2008-2011).
Luc Laporte, Hamady Bocoum, Régis Bernard, Francis Bertin, Vincent Dartois, Adrien Delvoye, Malik Diop, Abdoulaye Kane, Laurent Quesnel   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source