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New challenges in the study of lithic raw materials in central Italy at the dawn of metal working societies: La Pietra and other radiolarite quarry-workshops in Tuscany

Journal of Lithic Studies, 2016
In central-southern Tuscany radiolarite has been used as a lithic raw material throughout prehistory. During the Copper Age it was selected for the local production of leaf-shaped artefacts. In the area considered, the Copper Age record is almost totally
Sem Scaramucci, Vanessa Volpi, Armando Costantini, Marco Giamello, Alessandro Donati, Biancamaria Aranguren, Adriana Moroni   +6 more
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X-ray fluorescence spectrometry applied to digital mapping of soil fertility attributes in tropical region with elevated spatial variability

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2021
Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometry offers valuable information for prediction models of soil fertility attributes spatial variation, although this approach is yet scarce in tropical regions.
LUCAS BENEDET, MATHEUS S. NILSSON, SÉRGIO HENRIQUE G. SILVA, MARCELO H.P. PELEGRINO, MARCELO MANCINI, MICHELE D. DE MENEZES, LUIZ ROBERTO G. GUILHERME, NILTON CURI   +7 more
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Socio‐Cultural Connectivity Along the Zagros Mountains: A SEM‐EDS Study of Rare Neolithic Obsidian Artifacts From the Kohgiluyeh Region (Southwest Iran)

Geoarchaeology, Volume 40, Issue 3, May/June 2025.
ABSTRACT Recent archaeological investigations in the Kohgiluyeh region of southwestern Iran revealed numerous Neolithic sites along with diverse settlement strategies adapted to the local resources and environmental conditions of this high mountainous stretch of the Zagros Mountains.
Daniele Moscone, Mauro Pallara, Ahmad Azadi, Pasquale Acquafredda, Andrea Ricci   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cultic resilience and inter-city engagement at the dawn of urban history: protohistoric Mesopotamia and the ‘city seals’, 3200-2750 BC [PDF]

, 2019
Within the context of early urbanism, elite groups developed the world’s earliest writing in Mesopotamia, 3200-2750 BC, comprising administrative documents in the form of inscribed clay tablets.
Adams R. M., Algaze G., Algaze G., Amiet P., Amy Richardson, Benati G., Black J., Black J., Charvát P., Collon D., Daszkiewicz M., Dick M., Englund R. K., Goren Y., Green M. W., Groneberg B., Guichard M., Jacobsen T., Knott E., Liverani M., Martin H. P., Matthews R., Nissen H. J., Nissen H. J., Pournelle J. R., Roger Matthews, Rothman M. S., Sallaberger W., Steinkeller P., Steinkeller P., Szarzyńska K., Uchida E., Van De Mieroop M., Velduis N., Zettler R., Zettler R.   +35 more
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Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometry applied to the prediction of chemical attributes in Inceptisols under different land uses

Ciência e Agrotecnologia
Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometry has been increasingly adopted for varying studies worldwide. This work aimed at characterizing effects of soil management on the content of chemical elements detected by pXRF in managed and unmanaged areas ...
Anita Fernanda dos Santos Teixeira, David C. Weindorf, Sérgio Henrique Godinho Silva, Luiz Roberto Guimarães Guilherme, Nilton Curi   +4 more
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Portable X-ray Fluorescence (pXRF) as a Tool for Environmental Characterisation and Management of Mining Wastes: Benefits and Limits

Applied Sciences, 2022
Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) is one of the main geochemical techniques employed in multi-elemental analysis screening for contaminated sites management.
Nicolò Barago, Elena Pavoni, Federico Floreani, Matteo Crosera, Gianpiero Adami, Davide Lenaz, Francesca Larese Filon, Stefano Covelli   +7 more
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A micro‐geoarchaeological investigation of a cultivation pit (maite) on Teti'aroa atoll, Central‐East Polynesia

Archaeology in Oceania, Volume 60, Issue 1, Page 17-41, April 2025.
ABSTRACT Cultivation pits represented the principal form of horticultural features developed by past atoll communities in Central‐East Polynesia (CEP), and they are still utilised on some atolls in Oceania. The majority of information about the use of cultivation pits in CEP derives from ethnographic and preliminary archaeological investigations.
Elisa Scorsini, Tim Denham, Emilie Dotte‐Sarout, Yannick Devos, Luc Vrydaghs, Guillaume Molle   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

An assessment of multimodal imaging of subsurface text in mummy cartonnage using surrogate papyrus phantoms [PDF]

, 2018
Ancient Egyptian mummies were often covered with an outer casing, panels and masks made from cartonnage: a lightweight material made from linen, plaster, and recycled papyrus held together with adhesive.
Bergmann, Uwe, Christens-Barry, William, Davis, Peter Graham, Endrizzi, Marco, Fan, Shuting, Farsiu, Sina, Fitzgerald, Anthony, Gibson, Adam, Griffiths, Jennifer, Jones, Cerys, Li, Guorong, Manning, Phillip L., Maughan Jones, Charlotte, Mazza, Roberta, Mills, David P., Modregger, Peter, Munro, Peter R. T., Olivo, Alessandro, Piquette, Kathryn E., Stevenson, Alice, Terras, Melissa, Toth, Michael B., Venugopal, Bindia, Wallace, Vincent, Wogelius, Roy A.   +24 more
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Geochemical and Documentary Topography of a Medieval Silver Valley: Detection of Workshops and Identification of Their Function

Archaeological Prospection, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 345-374, April/June 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper presents the interdisciplinary investigation (archaeology, geochemistry, history) of a medieval silver and lead production site located in southern France, in the Minier valley (Occitanie, Aveyron, Le‐Viala‐du‐Tarn). In order to identify the production sites, in situ geochemical surveys were carried out using a portable X‐ray ...
Céline Tomczyk, Alain Bernat, Jérôme Belmon, Nicolas Minvielle Larousse   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ceramic composition at Chalcolithic Shiqmim, northern Negev desert, Israel: investigating technology and provenance using thin section petrography, instrumental geochemistry and calcareous nannofossils [PDF]

, 2018
Technological innovations in ceramic production and other crafts are hallmarks of the Chalcolithic period (4500–3600 BCE) in the southern Levant, but details of manufacturing traditions have not been fully investigated using the range of analytical ...
Burton, Margie M, Levy, Thomas E, Quinn, Patrick S, Tamberino, Anthony   +3 more
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