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What Do Lithics Tell Us About Cultural Evolution? Insights From the Central African Record

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While Western historical narratives often incorporate a biased vision of human evolution—driven by a progressive view tied to a progressively evolving state of culture—this paper proposes combining archaeological lithic data with epistemological reflections to critique the modern regime of historicity, where progress is assumed as rational ...
Isis Isabella Mesfin
wiley   +1 more source

Lasting Lower Rhine-Meuse forager ancestry shaped Bell Beaker expansion. [PDF]

Nature
Olalde I, Altena E, Bourgeois Q, Fokkens H, Amkreutz L, Baetsen S, Deguilloux MF, Fichera A, Flas D, Gandini F, Kegler JF, Kootker LM, van der Leije J, Leijnse K, van der Linde C, Kooijmans LL, Lauwerier R, Miller R, Molthof H, Noiret P, Raemaekers DCM, Rivollat M, Smits L, Stewart JR, Ten Anscher T, Toussaint M, Callan K, Cheronet O, Frost T, Iliev L, Mah M, Micco A, Oppenheimer J, Patterson I, Qiu L, Soos G, Workman JN, Edwards CJ, Lazaridis I, Mallick S, Patterson N, Rohland N, Richards MB, Pinhasi R, Haak W, Pala M, Reich D.   +46 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Mapping Palaeolithic Imprints: Spatial Analysis of Hand Stencils in El Castillo Cave (Spain) Through Geomatic Techniques

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We present the application of a new quantitative approach to space study in Palaeolithic cave art. Using GIS, we analysed the distribution and position of hand stencils in El Castillo cave to track the gestures and behaviours of Palaeolithic societies.
Olga Spaey, Iñaki Intxaurbe, Iñigo Urrestarazu‐Porta, Martin Arriolabengoa, Sergio Salazar, Verónica Fernández‐Navarro, Aritz Irurtzun, Diego Garate   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pre-Editorial: Towards a Public Archaeology

AP, 2016
Jaime Almansa Sánchez
doaj   +1 more source

Multiproxy stable isotope analysis provides insights into diet, animal management, and residential mobility in Old Bara, a metropolitan suburb of the Oyo Empire, West Africa. [PDF]

PLoS One
Akogun MO, Szpak P, Oelze VM, Leishman K, Hilsden J, Speller C, Janz L, Aleru JO, Ogundiran A.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Multi‐Analytical Approach for the Compositional Characterization and Chronological Discrimination of Benin (Nigeria) Metal Sculptures

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a multi‐analytical archaeometric approach for the compositional characterization and chronological discrimination of Benin metal sculptures in relation to the 1897 Punitive Expedition. The methodology integrates elemental composition (XRF and ICP), stable lead isotope ratios (MC‐ICP‐MS) for alloy system characterization ...
I. Torraba, D. A. Ahumada, H. Bagán, A. Tarancón, S. Eisenhofer, J. F. García   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Twenty years of PLOS One. [PDF]

PLoS One
Chenette EJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

Tracing Identity in a Fragmented Past: Multi‐Proxy Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains From Dungowan Creek, New South Wales, Australia

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human skeletal remains constitute critical archaeological evidence for reconstructing past societies, yet their investigation requires careful ethical, cultural, and legislative consideration. This paper reports on the discovery, recovery and analysis of a set of skeletal remains encountered during a cultural heritage management (CHM ...
Antonella Skepasianos, Cameron Neal, Sarah Croker, Anthony Dosseto, Michelle Fermor, Steve Talbott, Warren Mayers, Joel Mason, Florian Dux, Luke Kirkwood, Pamela Kottaras, Alan N. Williams   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

New evidence reveals dispersal of pearl millet from West Africa to South Asia by 2500 BCE. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Jiménez-Arteaga C, Parque Ó, Lancelotti C, Moderato M, Veesar GM, Abro T, Chandio A, Madella M.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Automating Archaeological Discovery: Assessing Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) Tools for Stone Wall Identification in Kweneng, South Africa

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The discovery of archaeological sites traditionally entails the utilisation of physically demanding exploration methodologies, including terrain surveying and the analysis of historical records. Recent technological developments have led to an increased use of non‐invasive remote sensing techniques, including Google Earth, LiDAR and aerial ...
Mncedisi J. Siteleki
wiley   +1 more source