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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 +11 more
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Mississippi River Pre-loess Terrace Deposits: Distribution of aggregate resources
Pre-loess Terrace Deposits are a Pleistocene, high-quality aggregate resource of gravel, sand, and clay subjacent to loess of varying thickness along the eastern valley wall of the Yazoo Basin in Mississippi.
Leard, Jonathan
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One‐Class Autoencoders for Porcelain Art Attribution: The Case of William Billingsley
ABSTRACT This comprehensive study explores the application of advanced machine learning techniques, specifically one‐class autoencoders, for the authentication and attribution of English porcelain artworks. Focusing primarily on the works of William Billingsley (1758–1828), one of England's most celebrated porcelain decorators, we demonstrate how ...
Hassan Ugail +3 more
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A Newly Discovered Tablet‐Making Facility in Nineveh: Insights From Scientific Analysis
ABSTRACT This paper addresses the question of tablet technology in the Neo‐Assyrian capital city of Nineveh. Recent excavations in the lower town of Nineveh by the Iraqi–Italian Archaeological Expedition uncovered an exceptional assemblage of more than 200 tablets from an elite residence that appears to have included a scriptorium.
Mathilde Jean +7 more
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ABSTRACT Riverine and valley systems across the globe have been central to the development of past urban centres. By AD 900, the Shashe and Limpopo Rivers seem to have facilitated the interaction and integration of early farming communities in southern Africa. This paper focuses on the application of geoarchaeological perspectives made available by the
B. S. Nxumalo
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Various ideas about the main controlling factors for terrace formation in the Lower Miño River basin are proposed, but no consensus exists. Absence of fossils and other chronostratigraphical markers make long-distance correlations between the terraces ...
Vidal-Romani, J.R. +6 more
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Morphometric and Paleobiological Insights Into Pleistocene Sicilian Wolf Populations
ABSTRACT The Pleistocene wolves (Canis lupus) from Sicily represent one of the few known insular populations of this species from that time period. Despite their potential relevance for understanding carnivore adaptations in insular contexts, no dedicated study has previously investigated their morphology and evolutionary significance.
Domenico Tancredi +3 more
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This paper presents the mapping results of a Quaternary river terrace staircase associated with the evolution of the Rio Almanzora in SE Spain. Prior to map compilation a formal landform stratigraphy was constructed from remote sensing and field ...
Meikle C, Stokes M, Maddy D
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ABSTRACT The cuticle and medulla of guard hairs exhibit distinct morphological patterns among mammalian species. To investigate this variability in marsupials from the Brazilian Amazon, we analysed guard hairs from nine Didelphimorphia species and incorporated data from an additional 25 didelphid species.
Matheus M. Bitencourt +4 more
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Aerial View from the Terrace Motel overlooking City of Austin where the highway across the Colorado River is ...
Douglass, Neal
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