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First bioarchaeological evidence of the familial practice of embalming of infant and adult relatives in Early Modern France (2024)
Journal Article
Partiot, C., Bessou, M., Kacki, S., Penet, M., Sachau-Carcel, G., & Castex, D. (2024). First bioarchaeological evidence of the familial practice of embalming of infant and adult relatives in Early Modern France. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 27075. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-78258-w

While medieval and modern embalming practices in Western Europe are attested to historically and bioarcheologically, especially for famous historical figures, there are few recorded occurrences of this type of corpse preparation for a large number of... Read More about First bioarchaeological evidence of the familial practice of embalming of infant and adult relatives in Early Modern France.

Revealing continuity and sustainability through isotope analysis on the A14 project, Cambridgeshire, UK (2024)
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Wallace, M., Montgomery, J., Rogers, B., Moore, J., Nowell, G., Bowsher, D., & Smith, A. (2024). Revealing continuity and sustainability through isotope analysis on the A14 project, Cambridgeshire, UK. Quaternary Science Reviews, 346, Article 109059. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.109059

The A14 archaeological project was the largest commercial archaeological programme in the UK - spanning a 25 km stretch of rural Cambridgeshire, which included a pioneering and ambitious multi-isotope programme to examine crop, livestock and human re... Read More about Revealing continuity and sustainability through isotope analysis on the A14 project, Cambridgeshire, UK.

Assessment of the impact of the Syrian conflict on archaeological sites in the Daraa region (2024)
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Kassem, A. A., Hopper, K., Ibraheem, I. M., Hajj, H. E., Maier, A., Ali, A. A., & Richter, J. (online). Assessment of the impact of the Syrian conflict on archaeological sites in the Daraa region. Levant, https://doi.org/10.1080/00758914.2024.2420409

To date, the attention of both local and global cultural heritage preservation initiatives in Daraa Province, southern Syria, have focused on the well-known Bosra World Heritage site. A comprehensive investigation of damage to Daraa’s many other arch... Read More about Assessment of the impact of the Syrian conflict on archaeological sites in the Daraa region.

Locating al-Qadisiyyah: mapping Iraq’s most famous Early Islamic conquest site (2024)
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Deadman, W. M., Jotheri, J., Hopper, K., Almayali, R., al-Luhaibi, A. A., & Crane, A. (online). Locating al-Qadisiyyah: mapping Iraq’s most famous Early Islamic conquest site. Antiquity, https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.185

The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah (c. AD 637/8) was a crucial victory by the Arab Muslims over the forces of the Sasanian Empire during the early Islamic conquests. Analysis of satellite imagery of south-west Iraq has now revealed the likely location of th... Read More about Locating al-Qadisiyyah: mapping Iraq’s most famous Early Islamic conquest site.

Upper Palaeolithic fishing techniques: Insights from the engraved plaquettes of the Magdalenian site of Gönnersdorf, Germany (2024)
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Robitaille, J., Meyering, L.-E., Gaudzinski-Windheuser, S., Pettitt, P., Jöris, O., & Kentridge, R. (2024). Upper Palaeolithic fishing techniques: Insights from the engraved plaquettes of the Magdalenian site of Gönnersdorf, Germany. PLoS ONE, 19(11), Article e0311302. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311302

The ~15,800 year-old Magdalenian site of Gönnersdorf, in Germany, has produced 406 engraved schist plaquettes which have been extensively studied in the past. The introduction of advanced imaging technologies, notably Reflectance Transformation Imagi... Read More about Upper Palaeolithic fishing techniques: Insights from the engraved plaquettes of the Magdalenian site of Gönnersdorf, Germany.

Recommendations for stable isotope analysis of charred archaeological crop remains (2024)
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Styring, A. K., Vaiglova, P., Bogaard, A., Church, M., Gröcke, D. R., Larsson, M., Liu, X., Stroud, E., Szpak, P., & Wallace, M. P. (2024). Recommendations for stable isotope analysis of charred archaeological crop remains. Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, 3, Article 1465082. https://doi.org/10.3389/fearc.2024.1470375

Stable isotope analysis of plant remains recovered from archaeological sites is becoming more routine. There remains a lack of consensus, however, on how to appropriately select archaeological plant remains for isotopic analysis, how to account for d... Read More about Recommendations for stable isotope analysis of charred archaeological crop remains.

Understanding the long-term development of an irrigation network using a sinuosity-based automatic classification of waterways (2024)
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Boon, M., Motta, D., Massa, M., Wainwright, J., Lawrence, D., & Ayala, G. (online). Understanding the long-term development of an irrigation network using a sinuosity-based automatic classification of waterways. Holocene, https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836241285795

This study investigates the use of planform sinuosity as a metric to produce an automatic classification of waterways in the pre-modern and present-day irrigation networks in the Konya Plain in south-central Türkiye. Results show that such automatic... Read More about Understanding the long-term development of an irrigation network using a sinuosity-based automatic classification of waterways.

PLOMAT: plotting material flows of ‘commonplace’ Late Bronze Age seals in western Eurasia (2024)
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Tsouparopoulou, C., Maynard, G., & Russo, S. G. (online). PLOMAT: plotting material flows of ‘commonplace’ Late Bronze Age seals in western Eurasia. Antiquity, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.156

Since the mid-twentieth century, the study of designs on seals has often focused on exotica and elite items. The PLOMAT project investigates visual and material communication outside of elite exchange networks during the Late Bronze Age in western Eu... Read More about PLOMAT: plotting material flows of ‘commonplace’ Late Bronze Age seals in western Eurasia.

Modelling cultural responses to disease spread in Neolithic Trypillia mega-settlements (2024)
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Bentley, R. A., Carrignon, S., Gaydarska, B., Chapman, J., Buchanan, B., & O'Brien, M. J. (2024). Modelling cultural responses to disease spread in Neolithic Trypillia mega-settlements. Journal of the Royal Society. Interface, 21(219), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2024.0313

As zoonotic diseases coevolved with early agriculture, social distancing within dense human settlements could have conferred a selective advantage in terms of infection risk. Here, we consider the case of Trypillia mega-settlements after 4000 BC, as... Read More about Modelling cultural responses to disease spread in Neolithic Trypillia mega-settlements.

How Does Visibility Count? An Open Data‐Driven Approach to Compare the Use of Ground Visibility in Archaeological Field‐Walking Surveys in the Mediterranean Region (2024)
Journal Article
Strupler, N. (online). How Does Visibility Count? An Open Data‐Driven Approach to Compare the Use of Ground Visibility in Archaeological Field‐Walking Surveys in the Mediterranean Region. Archaeological Prospection, https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1964

There is a common agreement among archaeologists that assessing visibility in the field is essential to measure the accuracy of their observations. Archaeologists widely expect that low visibility negatively impacts the recovery rate of artefacts and... Read More about How Does Visibility Count? An Open Data‐Driven Approach to Compare the Use of Ground Visibility in Archaeological Field‐Walking Surveys in the Mediterranean Region.