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From Above and on the Ground: Geospatial Methods for Recording Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (2017)
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Rayne, L., Bradbury, J., Mattingly, D., Philip, G., Bewley, R., & Wilson, A. (2017). From Above and on the Ground: Geospatial Methods for Recording Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa. Geosciences, 7(4), Article 100. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences7040100

The EAMENA (Endangered Archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa) project is a collaboration between the Universities of Leicester, Oxford and Durham; it is funded by the Arcadia Fund and the Cultural Protection Fund. This paper explores the de... Read More about From Above and on the Ground: Geospatial Methods for Recording Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa.

Towards an Archaeology of Everyday Aesthetics (2017)
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Skeates, R. (2017). Towards an Archaeology of Everyday Aesthetics. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 27(4), 607-616. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0959774317000622

The concept of aesthetics has long been marginalized in archaeology. It was originally formulated in the eighteenth century as part of an appreciation of Greek art and was fundamentally concerned with appreciating a quasi-universal idea of beauty; an... Read More about Towards an Archaeology of Everyday Aesthetics.

An Identity Received from God: The Theological Configuration of Paul's Kinship Discourse (2017)
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Barclay, J. M. (2017). An Identity Received from God: The Theological Configuration of Paul's Kinship Discourse. Early Christianity, 8(3), 354-372. https://doi.org/10.1628/186870317x15017545210224

Im Gegensatz zu jüngeren Paulusdeutungen, die den Standpunkt vertreten, dass der Apostel die Ethnizität der ,,Heiden" neu bestimme, zeigt eine Untersuchung zweier paulinischer Motive (,,Nachkommen Abrahams" und ,,Annahme als Söhne") die Vorstellung e... Read More about An Identity Received from God: The Theological Configuration of Paul's Kinship Discourse.

The archaeology of earthquakes: The application of adaptive cycles to seismically-affected communities in late medieval Europe (2017)
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Forlin, P., & Gerrard, C. (2017). The archaeology of earthquakes: The application of adaptive cycles to seismically-affected communities in late medieval Europe. Quaternary International, 446, 95-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2017.06.030

The study of archaeseismology (or ‘earthquake archaeology’) focuses mainly on the analysis of earthquakes at an archaeological scale, either in order to reconstruct the parameters of past seismic events (ie. their intensity, chronology, magnitude, ep... Read More about The archaeology of earthquakes: The application of adaptive cycles to seismically-affected communities in late medieval Europe.

The fluvial evolution of the Holocene Nile Delta (2017)
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Pennington, B., Sturt, F., Wilson, P., Rowland, J., & Brown, A. (2017). The fluvial evolution of the Holocene Nile Delta. Quaternary Science Reviews, 170, 212-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.06.017

The evolution of the Nile Delta, the largest delta system in the Mediterranean Sea, has both high palaeoenvironmental and archaeological significance. A dynamic model of the landscape evolution of this delta system is presented for the period c.8000–... Read More about The fluvial evolution of the Holocene Nile Delta.

Putting the Spotlight on Small Metal Age Pottery Scatters in Northern Calabria (Italy) (2017)
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de Neef, W., Armstrong, K., & van Leusen, M. (2017). Putting the Spotlight on Small Metal Age Pottery Scatters in Northern Calabria (Italy). Journal of Field Archaeology, 42(4), 283-297-297. https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2017.1332930

This paper presents the results of an in-depth multidisciplinary restudy of small Metal Age surface scatters recorded in earlier fieldwalking surveys in northern Calabria (Italy). Guided by a stratified sampling approach based on site types and topog... Read More about Putting the Spotlight on Small Metal Age Pottery Scatters in Northern Calabria (Italy).

Empire, community, and culture on the Middle Euphrates: Durenes, Palmyrenes, villagers, and soldiers (2017)
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Kaizer, T. (2017). Empire, community, and culture on the Middle Euphrates: Durenes, Palmyrenes, villagers, and soldiers. Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, 60.1, 63-95. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-5370.12048

The focus of this paper is on the Middle Euphrates: Dura-Europos as its best-known urban settlement; a series of villages known mostly from two papyrological dossiers situated along the river; and the military stations on the Euphrates. The paper ask... Read More about Empire, community, and culture on the Middle Euphrates: Durenes, Palmyrenes, villagers, and soldiers.

Velocity-Based Terrain Coefficients for Time-Based Models of Human Movement (2017)
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de Gruchy, M., Caswell, E., & Edwards, J. (2017). Velocity-Based Terrain Coefficients for Time-Based Models of Human Movement. Internet Archaeology, https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.45.4

Few studies have calculated the relative difficulty of walking across different types of terrain (e.g. grass, asphalt, loose sand, and so on). Nonetheless, these relative values, called terrain coefficients, are integral, alongside slope, for generat... Read More about Velocity-Based Terrain Coefficients for Time-Based Models of Human Movement.

Quantifying erosion of at risk archaeological sites using repeat terrestrial laser scanning (2017)
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Kincey, M., Gerrard, C., & Warburton, J. (2017). Quantifying erosion of at risk archaeological sites using repeat terrestrial laser scanning. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 12, 405-424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.02.003

Effective heritage management is reliant on an understanding of the range of current and potential future threats facing archaeological sites. Despite this, the processes leading to the loss of in situ archaeological remains are still poorly understo... Read More about Quantifying erosion of at risk archaeological sites using repeat terrestrial laser scanning.

Mitogenome Diversity in Sardinians: A Genetic Window onto an Island's Past (2017)
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Olivieri, A., Sidore, C., Achilli, A., Angius, A., Posth, C., Furtwängler, A., …Torroni, A. (2017). Mitogenome Diversity in Sardinians: A Genetic Window onto an Island's Past. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 34(5), 1230-1239. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msx082

Sardinians are “outliers” in the European genetic landscape and, according to paleogenomic nuclear data, the closest to early European Neolithic farmers. To learn more about their genetic ancestry, we analyzed 3,491 modern and 21 ancient mitogenomes... Read More about Mitogenome Diversity in Sardinians: A Genetic Window onto an Island's Past.

A collaborative engineering and archaeology project to investigate decay in historic rammed earth structures: the case of the medieval preceptory in Ambel (2017)
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Miccoli, L., Gerrard, C., Perrone, C., Gardei, A., & Ziegert, C. (2017). A collaborative engineering and archaeology project to investigate decay in historic rammed earth structures: the case of the medieval preceptory in Ambel. International Journal of Architectural Heritage: Conservation, Analysis and Restoration, 11(5), 636-655. https://doi.org/10.1080/15583058.2016.1277283

This study assesses the structural vulnerability of part of a later medieval earthen building at Ambel (near Zaragoza, Spain), once a preceptory or monastic house belonging to the Military Orders. An inspection of its morphology and materials coupled... Read More about A collaborative engineering and archaeology project to investigate decay in historic rammed earth structures: the case of the medieval preceptory in Ambel.

Soundscapes of Temple Period Malta (2017)
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Skeates, R. (2017). Soundscapes of Temple Period Malta. Time and Mind: The Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture, 10(1), 61-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/1751696x.2016.1267920

During the later prehistoric Temple Period (c. 3400–2500 bc) we can begin to discriminate some of the diverse sounds and soundscapes that characterized the Maltese Islands. For example, we can imagine the sounds of the early farming communities, part... Read More about Soundscapes of Temple Period Malta.

The Rustaq Batinah Archaeological Survey. (2016)
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Kennet, D., Deadman, W., & al-Jahwari, N. (2016). The Rustaq Batinah Archaeological Survey. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 46, 155-168