Abstract. Archaeological investigations of the Terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene human occupation of the nearly 3 million square kilometres that make up the vast and diverse landscapes of the Arabian Peninsula are hampered by a series of shortcomings. Some of the problems when trying to reconstruct human occupation and behaviour based on material
Hilbert, Yamandú +7 more
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New foundations of study for the wrist-guards of the Spanish Plateau. Functional analysis as an approach to a debate [PDF]
Los brazales de arquero son un elemento característico del ámbito funerario de la Prehistoria reciente, concretamente del periodo comprendido entre el Campaniforme y el Bronce Pleno.
Muñoz Moro, Pedro
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The role of artificial contact materials in experimental use-wear studies: A controlled proxy to understand use-wear polish formation [PDF]
Traceological studies aim at the recognition and the identification of use-wear traces on artefacts to gain a functional interpretation of past human technologies.
Calandra, Ivan +3 more
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The first part of the article is devoted to a brief history of the emergence of the experimental traceological method in Russia and the foundation of the Experimental Traceological Laboratory by S.A.
Natalia N. Skakun +5 more
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The paper deals with the results of a typological and a functional study of stone objects collection part (408 items) originating from the Eneolithic dwelling of excavation 2 in a multi-layered Igim settlement situated in the Nizhnekamsk reservoir zone ...
Golubeva Ekaterina N.
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Rethinking use-wear analysis and experimentation as applied to the study of past hominin tool use [PDF]
In prehistoric human populations, technologies played a fundamental role in the acquisition of different resources and are represented in the main daily living activities, such as with bone, wooden, and stone-tipped spears for hunting, and chipped-stone ...
A Borel +115 more
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International Conference “Traceology in St. Petersburg. The 50th anniversary of the founding of the S.A. Semenov Laboratory”, 3–5 October 2023, St. Petersburg, Russia [PDF]
Olga Lozovskaya +2 more
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Bracelet from an Elunino burial at the Teleut Vzvoz-I site
The article studies a stone bead bracelet found in an Early Bronze Age burial of the Elunino archaeological culture during the excavation of the Teleut Vzvoz-I burial ground (heterogeneous in time) in the south of Western Siberia (Forest-Steppe Altai ...
I.A. Valkov
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A new combined approach using confocal and scanning electron microscopy to image surface modifications on quartzite [PDF]
YesConfocal microscopy has been increasingly employed in the field of traceology to acquire metrological data of surface changes on a micro-scale. However, its advantages for a traditional visual inspection of use-wear are rarely highlighted.
Evans, Adrian A. +2 more
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The Bronze Age Site of Tarangul (Aktobe Cis-Urals): Examining One Casting Mo
Introduction. In 2021, the Mugodzhar (Mugalzhar) Crew of the Margulan Institute of Archaeology investigated the site of Tarangul and discovered a casting mold ― a rare artifact of utmost interest related to metal production and processing. Goals.
Darkhan A. Baitileu +2 more
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