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The exploitation of silver deposits in early medieval Europe: some documentary, economic and social problems

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract Focusing on Southern Europe, this article sheds light on the mining landscape of the early Middle Ages. Based on the current state of historical and archaeological knowledge, the article raises a number of questions that can be extended to other European regions.
Nicolas Minvielle Larousse
wiley   +1 more source

Les datations radiocarbone du Tardigravettien ancien à crans de l’abri de Chinchon 1 à Saumane‑de‑Vaucluse et la chronologie du Paléolithique supérieur récent provençal

Gallia Préhistoire, 2016
The lithic industry with shouldered points and truncated backed bladelets from the rockshelter of Chinchon 1 in the Vaucluse has been variously interpreted over the past few decades : some authors clearly see it as belonging to an ultimate, classic ...
Jacques Élie Brochier
doaj   +1 more source

Estimación de edades arqueológicas usando la hidratación de obsidianas: dos fuentes de los andes meridionales [PDF]

, 2016
Obsidian is abundant in archaeological sites throughout Mendoza Province, Argentina but no obsidian hydration rates exist to date these assemblages.
Bettinger, Robert, Carpenter, Tim, Garvey, Raven, Gil, Adolfo Fabian, Neme, Gustavo Adolfo   +4 more
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Annual radiocarbon record indicates 16th century BCE date for the Thera eruption

Science Advances, 2018
New annual radiocarbon calibration data offer a resolution to controversial dating of the Bronze Age eruption of Thera. The mid-second millennium BCE eruption of Thera (Santorini) offers a critically important marker horizon to synchronize archaeological
C. Pearson, Peter W. Brewer, David M Brown, Tim Heaton, Gregory W. L. Hodgins, A. Jull, T. Lange, M. Salzer   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Living by the lake: Plant food diversity in a prehistoric lake‐dwelling community in the Republic of North Macedonia

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the relationship between wetland ecosystems and prehistoric lakeshore settlements within the Lake Ohrid basin (a biodiversity hotspot) by considering plant food systems at Ploča Mičov Grad, North Macedonia. The mid‐fifth millennium (c.4555–4373 to 4437–4241 cal BCE) waterlogged assemblage contained a diverse spectrum of ...
Amy Holguin, Michael Charles, Ferran Antolín, Rachel Ballantyne, Müge Ergun, Albert Hafner, Stefanie Jacomet, André F. Lotter, Goce Naumov, Johannes Reich, Raül Soteras, Elizabeth Stroud, Willy Tinner, Rachel Wood, Amy Bogaard   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bomb-spike dating of a mummified baboon in Ludwig Cave, Namibia [PDF]

International Journal of Speleology, 2007
In 1982 a mummified adult female baboon was discovered on a ledge in Ludwig Cave in Namibia. A toe bone was removed for dating in July 1995. AMS radiocarbon dating of bone collagen, tendon, and skin indicates a post-modern age.
Hodgins Greg, Brook George A., Marais Eugene   +2 more
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Is comparability of C-14 dates an issue?: A status report on the fourth international radiocarbon intercomparison [PDF]

, 2001
For more than 15 years, the radiocarbon community has participated in a series of laboratory intercomparisons in response to the issue of comparability of measurements as perceived within the wider user communities (Scott et al.
Bryant, C.,, Carmi, I.,, Cook, G.T.,, Gulliksen, S.,, Harkness, D.D.,, Heinemeier, J.,, McGee, E.,, Naysmith, P.,, Plicht, J. van der,, Possnert, G.,, Scott, E.M.,, Strydonck, M. van,   +11 more
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‘Missing persons’: Ancient legacies of human–environment interaction in tropical natural properties inscribed under the 1972 World Heritage Convention

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract Cultural and natural values form the core of World Heritage designation. Properties displaying both values, however, comprise a fraction of inscriptions (currently c. 3%) to the World Heritage List. In 1992, when that fraction stood at c. 5%, adoption of the popular ‘cultural landscapes’ category of cultural heritage in 1992 was therefore ...
Ryan J. Rabett
wiley   +1 more source

Radiocarbon offsets and old world chronology as relevant to Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia and Thera (Santorini) [PDF]

, 2020
Sturt W. Manning, Lukas Wacker, Ulf Büntgen, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Michael Dee, Bernd Kromer, Brita Lorentzen, Willy Tegel   +7 more
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Anthromes and terrestrial carbon

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Anthony P. Walker, Rose Z. Abramoff, Kathryn Baragwanath, Matthew E. Craig, Yadvinder Malhi, Crystal N. H. McMichael   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source