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Portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (pXRF) has been recently adopted by the Soil Science community for uses in both field and laboratory, obtaining the total content of several chemical elements in a few seconds.
Sérgio Henrique Godinho Silva+4 more
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High-Precision Geochronology [PDF]
High-precision geochronology is integral to testing hypotheses regarding the correlation, causes, and rates of events and processes in Earth history.
Kuiper, Klaudia F., Schmitz, Mark D.
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Coade, Blashfield or Doulton? The in situ identification of ceramic garden statuary and ornament from three eighteenth and nineteenth century manufacturers [PDF]
In the eighteenth century, the emergence of a neo-classical style in architecture created a growing demand for a range of classically-inspired products - not only for architectural decoration but also for ornamentation of the garden. Producing individual
Barone+14 more
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ABSTRACT This study aims to understand the composition and application of red rock art from the Pedra do Maçaranduba archaeological site, located on the coast of Piauí (Brazil). This is a pioneering study of archaeological rock art sites found in the coastal region of Brazil.
Nayara Martins Bezerra Lima+5 more
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Seeing the forest for the trees: Assessing technological variability in ancient metallurgical crucible assemblages [PDF]
Metallurgical crucible remains have been found in many archaeological contexts and in varying degrees of preservation. The reconstruction of metallurgical activity through the study of these remains, by means of microscopy and chemical analysis, is ...
Rademakers, Frederik W., Rehren, Thilo
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This article presents the first archaeometric research carried out so far on a group of obsidian artifacts collected in the promontory of Pirozza-Spalmatore, the site of a Neolithic settlement on the small island of Ustica (Sicily, Italy).
Franco Foresta Martin, Tykot Robert H.
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Digital terrain models (DTM) have been used in soil mapping worldwide. When using such models, improved predictions are often attained with the input of extra variables provided by the use of proximal sensors, such as magnetometers and portable X-ray ...
Sérgio Henrique Godinho Silva+5 more
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El prestigio de los objetos: mangos de marfil en el mundo ibérico
El estudio se centra en una serie de mangos de marfil de características morfotécnicas similares, recuperados en espacios de hábitat y funerarios ibéricos y datados entre el s. IV y el s. II a. C.
Consuelo Mata Parreño+5 more
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Non‐visible aspects of ceramics: Archaeological science approaches in Andean pottery studies
Abstract This article examines the history of the application of archaeological science in studies of pre‐Hispanic pottery from the Andes, South America, through academic publications from the 1960s to the present. It details the questions addressed by, analytical tools used for and theoretical underpinnings of investigations into provenance and ...
Andrea Martínez‐Carrasco+1 more
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Preliminary ethnoarchaeological research on modern animal husbandry in Bestansur, Iraqi Kurdistan: integrating animal, plant and environmental data [PDF]
This paper presents preliminary results from an ethnoarchaeological study of animal husbandry in the modern village of Bestansur, situated in the lower Zagros Mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan.
Aziz, Kamal Rauf+4 more
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