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Statistical Inference of Prehistoric Demography from Frequency Distributions of Radiocarbon Dates: A Review and a Guide for the Perplexed
The last decade saw a rapid increase in the number of studies where time–frequency changes of radiocarbon dates have been used as a proxy for...
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The Evolution of Lower Egyptian Culture During the Formative Stages of the Egyptian State at Tell el-Iswid: The Contribution of Ceramic Technology
This article focuses on ceramic technology at Tell el-Iswid dating to the second half of the fourth millennium BC—Buto IIIa and Naqada III(A2)-B...
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From Hafting to Retooling: Miniaturization as Tolerance Control in Paleolithic and Neolithic Blade Production
Hafting of stone tools and the creation of composite artifacts represent major developments in the early evolution of human technologies, with...
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Revisiting Kalundu Mound, Zambia: Implications for the Timing of Social and Subsistence Transitions in Iron Age Southern Africa
Novel trajectories of food production, urbanism, and inter-regional trade fueled the emergence of numerous complex Iron Age polities in central and...
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The indigenous bioculture of the Pungalá parish of Ecuador an approach to their culinary and medicinal heritage
The food and culinary heritage with medicinal uses are a fascinating field that combines history, culture, and health through food. Over the...
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Survey and Explorations of the Prehistoric Sites in the Highlands of Southwest Angola
The area of the escarpment of Angola between Namib and Huíla Province, about 150 km from the Atlantic coast, yields abundant evidence for human...
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Pikunda-Munda and Batalimo-Maluba
The spread of pottery-producing communities into the Congo rainforest is commonly linked to demic diffusion, driven by the so-called “Bantu...
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Embalming in France (from Twelfth to Nineteenth Century): Principle and Development of Techniques
Why and how does one embalm a dead body in France? Beyond the simple material aspects of conserving a corpse in the different time periods, the...
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Embalming in France (from Twelfth to Nineteenth Century): Principle and Development of Techniques
Why and how does one embalm a dead body in France? Beyond the simple material aspects of conserving a corpse in the different time periods, the...
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A Metallographic Study of Objects and Fragments from the Site of Igbo Isaiah, Igbo-Ukwu, Nigeria
This work presents a new analytical and metallographic examination of fragmentary objects and components from Igbo-Ukwu, eastern Nigeria dating to...
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Indian Glass: Chronology and Distribution in Eastern Africa
The elemental analysis via laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) of ancient glass beads from archaeological sites...
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Beloved Things: Interpreting Curated Pottery in Diasporic Contexts
Historical archaeologists often view curated or heirloom pottery as a frustrating anomaly in the dating of historical-period sites or contexts. Fewer...
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Out of the Cave and into the Light: Perspectives and Challenges of Radiocarbon Dating an Open-Air Aurignacian Site (Régismont-le-Haut, Mediterranean France)
This article presents the methods and results regarding the radiocarbon (AMS) dating of the site of Régismont-le-Haut. This site is one of the very...
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Predictive Knowledge Infrastructures and Future-related Expertise Before the Cold War
Experts, Social Scientists, and Techniques of Prognosis in Cold War America convincingly demonstrates the importance of RAND’s Delphi method and...
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Insights into Young Adults’ Views on Long-term and Short-term Romantic Relationships in the United Kingdom
Social progressions such as the feminist movement and technological advances may have influenced the way young adults perceive romantic...
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Efficient and alternative approaches for imputing missing data to estimate population mean
Missing data is a routine occurrence in surveys for collecting data. The manuscript presents two novel classes of imputation techniques based on the...
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The Relationship Context of Early Transitions to Parenthood: The Influence of Arrest
In the U.S., many young adults who have had contact with the criminal justice system are parents. Using the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study ( n =...
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The Stonemasons’ Marks in the Cathedral of Santo Domingo, the First Cathedral of the New World
In the Middle Ages and early modern period, masons inscribed symbols on dressed stonework and ashlars to identify the work of the individual or team...
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History of Ancient Chinese Sericulture: Mulberry Trees, Silkworms, Silk Fibers and Textiles
China is the world’s earliest country to rear silkworms and produce silk, and for a considerable period of time was the only country in the world...