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Examining long-term fuel and land use patterns at Ziyaret Tepe, Türkiye using an integrated analysis of seeds, wood charcoal, and dung spherulites
This study presents the results of a combined dendrological, macrobotanical, and dung spherulite analysis of flotation samples collected from Bronze...
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Were metalworkers itinerant? Interdisciplinary analysis of a metalworker’s burial at the Krivoe Ozero late Bronze Age cemetery (southern Trans-Urals, Russia)
Diagnosing the mobility of individuals involved in metal production helps to understand practices of metallurgy and related social processes in the...
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Techné of Rock Engravings—the Timna Case Study
Traditionally, rock engravings were studied through their visual characteristics. They have been analyzed with comparative and interpretative...
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“Gravettians in the Altmühl Valley”? Comprehensive Reassessment and New Data from the Sequence from the Abri I im Dorf (Neuessing, Bavaria, Germany)
Due to the high density of cave and rock shelter sites, the Altmühl Valley is one of the most essential regions of southern German Palaeolithic...
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The Initial Upper Paleolithic from Tolbor-16, Mongolia: Characteristics of the Lithic Assemblage and Their Evolutionary Implications
According to fossil evidence, the Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) refers to archaeological assemblages associated with the early dispersal of Homo...
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Reconstructing the trade history: provenance study of Han bronze mirrors in and out of Han China
A rapidly increasing number of bronze mirrors dated to the Chinese Han dynasty (202 BC – AD 220), known for their unique decorative patterns and...
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Metal Trade and Contraband: Archaeological Discoveries and Insights from the Nanhai No.1 Merchant Shipwreck
The archaeological evidence from the Nanhai No.1 shipwreck provides tangible evidence for the study of maritime trade during the Song Dynasty,...
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One Thousand Years of Mediterranean Silver Trade to the Levant: A Review and Synthesis of Analytical Studies
Silver exchanged by weight for its intrinsic value was the most important measure of value and means of payment in the southern Levant, starting from...
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Application of electrochemical methods to assess the stability and investigation of factors influencing the ancient copper-arsenic artefacts from 3rd Millennium BC
The Bazman district constitutes one of the four regions of Iranshahr in the Sistan and Baluchistan province southeast of Iran. This study examines...
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The New Industrial City within Detroit: An Archaeology of Urbanization and Civic Organization in Twentieth-Century Hamtramck
Hamtramck, a small, century-old city completely enveloped by Detroit, is promoted by its leadership as “the world in 2.1 square miles.” This slogan...
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Use-Wear Analysis of Obsidian and Other Volcanic Rocks: An Experimental Approach to Working Plant Resources
This experimental study aims to contribute to functional analysis research on tools which specifically served to work wood and non-woody plants. They...
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Late Holocene vegetation dynamics: degree and regional patterns of the Dark Ages woodland regeneration (ad 300–700) in the Netherlands
During the Dark Ages, which include the Late Roman period ( ad 270–450) and the Early Middle Ages ( ad 450–1050), large-scale vegetation development in...
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Archaeology meets environmental genomics: implementing sedaDNA in the study of the human past
Sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) has become one of the standard applications in the field of paleogenomics in recent years. It has been used for...
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Hidden Histories of Captive and Enslaved Maya Women in the Indigenous Americas
Few archaeological studies of Pre-Columbian Maya peoples mention enslaved individuals. While ethnohistoric texts attest to the likelihood of...
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Say Her Name: Resistance, Race Riots, and a Bioarchaeology of Black Life in New York City
#SayHerName and #BlackLivesMatter carry on the deep tradition of organized Black resistance to white supremacy. Focusing riots and rebellions in New...
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The Droke Family Burial Ground (3BE655): The Civil War, Civilian Dead, and Wartime Exigencies
The Droke Family Burial Ground in Bentonville, Arkansas, was explored archaeologically in 2000, resulting in the discovery of just three graves....
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Provenance analysis of red sandstone ground stone tools from the tell site of Hódmezővásárhely-Gorzsa (SE Hungary)
Hódmezővásárhely–Gorzsa is a multi-period tell settlement in South Hungary in the centre of the Great Hungarian Plain, about 15 km southwest of the...
