【Archaeology】An Annotated WWII Underwater Archaeology Bibliography
With four decades of WWII underwater archaeology publications, the time is nigh to create a comprehensive bibliography and conduct an analysis of tren... [more]
【Archaeology】Dirt in the Wounds: Confronting Hard Histories through Public Community Archaeology in Boston
The majority of Boston's residents are minorities. These minority residents confront the ongoing effects of racism, including the hard histories of e... [more]
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Sources of mummy bitumen in ancient Egypt and Palestine
Bitumen used as a preservative in ancient Egyptian mummies was previously thought to come only fromt he Dead Sea in Palestine. Other, closer sources of bitumen were investigated at Abu Durba and Gebel Zeit on the shores of Egypt's Gulf of Suez. Bitumen f
Burnt animal sacrifice at the Mycenaean 'Palace of Nestor', Pylos
The burnt sacrifice of bare (defleshed) bones, described in Homer's Odyssey and well documented from Archaic and Classical Greece, is now clearly attested by burnt faunal remains from the 'Palace of Nestor' at Mycenaean Pylos. This evidence is of great
Analysis of Minoan white pigments used on pottery from Kommos, Palaikastro, Mochlos and Knossos
In order to elementally analyze the white paint from Bronze-Age Minoan pottery, sherds were sampled from four archaeological sites located on the central to eastern parts of the island of Crete: Kommos, Palaikastro, Mochlos and Knossos. PIXE analysis was
The age of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in the northern Eastern Woodlands of North Americ
This study addresses the lack of chronometric research on the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) to establish precisely the timing of its adoption and spread across the northern Eastern Woodlands of North America. Bean and directly associated maize sampl
Ancestral Pueblo trails and the cultural landscape of the Pajarito Plateau, New Mexico
Although trails are widely recognized as an important element in the shaping of social and economic space, poor preservation and complex interpretations have meant that they are rarely the subject of systematic archaeological analysis. Ancestral Pueblo tr
Rocks are heavy: transport costs and Paleoarchaic quarry behavior in the Great Basin
Central place foraging models are used to investigate assemblage variability at two Paleoarchaic (terminal Pleistocene/early Holocene) dacite quarries in the central and eastern Great Basin. Our analyses focus specifically on biface reduction and how vary
An evaluation of central-place foraging among mollusk gatherers in Western Kiribati, Micronesia: Lin
Contemporary observations of marine foraging in a variety of settings suggest that some mollusks tend to be over-represented in middens because of differential preservation relative to other mollusk species as well as other organisms. Ethnoarchaeologists
Three-dimensional distribution of minerals in the sediments of Hayonim Cave, Israel: Diagenetic proc
The mineral components of the sediments that accumulate in an archaeological constitute a potentially rich source of information on the diagenesis, and in turn the archaeology of the site. This detailed three-dimensional study of the mineral assemblages i
A cautionary tale on ancient migration detection: Mitochondrial DNA variation in Santa Cruz Islands,
Over the past decade, the origin of the first Malayo-Polynesian settlers of the island Pacific has become a contentious issue in molecular anthropology as well as in archaeology and historical linguistics. Whether the descendants of the ancestral Malayo-P
Historic dead sea level fluctuations calibrated with geological and archaeological evidence
The Dead Sea, the Holocene terminal lake of the Jordan River catchment, has fluctuated during its history in response to climatic change. Biblical records, calibrated by radiocarbon-dated geological and archaeological evidence, reinforce and add detail to
Wetland diagenesis and traces of early hominids, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Lateral variations in whole-rock and clay geochemistry of basal Bed II claystones in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, reflect water quality differences across the Eastern Lacustrine Plain similar to1.75 myr ago. Bulk Ba/Sr and (Na2O + K2O + MgO)/Al2O3 range from
Irreversible impact of past land use on forest soils and biodiversity
In western Europe, forest area has been expanding rapidly since the 19th century, mainly on former agricultural land. Previous studies show that plant diversity differs between these recent forests and ancient forests that were already forested at the tim
Engineering geological constraints for highways schemes in Ireland: N6 Kinnegad to Athlone dual carr
T his paper describes the methodology that was developed for a series of engineering geological constraints studies for highway schemes in Ireland. These comprised the synthesis of findings from two main study elements; an initial desk study review of pub
Ancient DNA in anthropology: Methods, applications, and ethics
Anthropologists were quick to recognize the potential of new techniques in molecular biology to provide additional lines of evidence on questions long investigated in anthropology, as well as those questions that, while always of interest, could not have
Differentiating Aspen and cottonwood in prehistoric wood from Chacoan great house ruins
Accurate taxonomic identification is an essential part of archaeological wood analysis. However, making identifications more precise than the genus level is usually not possible since species within the same genus typically possess very similar cellular m