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Dome ovens in Late Bronze Age Southern Etruria: Sorgenti della Nova as a case study (2019)
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Catacchio, N. N., Dimitrova, C. V., Pitone, M. R., & Falco, M. D. (2019). Dome ovens in Late Bronze Age Southern Etruria: Sorgenti della Nova as a case study. IpoTesi di Preistoria, 12(1), 81-96. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1974-7985/10262

L'abitato di Sorgenti della Nova, datato al Bronzo Finale, è caratterizzato da una organizzazione degli spazi di tipo proto urbano, che ospita una serie di strutture complesse, tra le quali abitazioni straminee di pianta ellittica, una serie di grott... Read More about Dome ovens in Late Bronze Age Southern Etruria: Sorgenti della Nova as a case study.

Neolithic farming and wild plant exploitation in western Britain: archaeobotanical and crop stable isotope evidence from Wales (c. 4000–2200 cal BC) (2019)
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Treasure, E., Gröcke, D., Caseldine, A., & Church, M. (2019). Neolithic farming and wild plant exploitation in western Britain: archaeobotanical and crop stable isotope evidence from Wales (c. 4000–2200 cal BC). Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 85, 193-222. https://doi.org/10.1017/ppr.2019.12

The introduction of agriculture is a key defining element of the Neolithic, yet considerable debate persists concerning the nature and significance of early farming practices in north-west Europe. This paper reviews archaeobotanical evidence from 95... Read More about Neolithic farming and wild plant exploitation in western Britain: archaeobotanical and crop stable isotope evidence from Wales (c. 4000–2200 cal BC).

Los huesos olvidados del dolmen de Carrascal (Agualva, Sintra, Portugal). Examinando los restos humanos antiguos (2019)
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Silva, A. M., Sousa, A. C., Boaventura, R., & Scarre, C. (2019). Los huesos olvidados del dolmen de Carrascal (Agualva, Sintra, Portugal). Examinando los restos humanos antiguos. Trabajos de Prehistoria, 76(2), 345-356. https://doi.org/10.3989/tp.2019.12242

El dolmen de Carrascal (Sintra, Portugal) fue descubierto a finales del siglo XIX. Los restos óseos humanos depositados en el Museu dos Serviços Geológicos (Lisboa) han sido re-analizados con un programa que investiga el estilo de vida de las poblaci... Read More about Los huesos olvidados del dolmen de Carrascal (Agualva, Sintra, Portugal). Examinando los restos humanos antiguos.

A multi-isotope (C, N, O, Sr, Pb) study of Iron Age and Roman period skeletons from east Edinburgh, Scotland exploring the relationship between decapitation burials and geographical origins (2019)
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Moore, J., Rose, A., Anderson, S., Evans, J., Nowell, G., Grocke, D., …Montgomery, J. (2020). A multi-isotope (C, N, O, Sr, Pb) study of Iron Age and Roman period skeletons from east Edinburgh, Scotland exploring the relationship between decapitation burials and geographical origins. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 29, Article 102075. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.102075

Recent excavations at Musselburgh, East Lothian (Scotland) revealed twelve skeletons, radiocarbon dated to the Iron Age and Roman period. The high incidence of skeletal trauma characteristic of decapitation in those of Roman date makes this site unus... Read More about A multi-isotope (C, N, O, Sr, Pb) study of Iron Age and Roman period skeletons from east Edinburgh, Scotland exploring the relationship between decapitation burials and geographical origins.

Geoarchaeological insights into the location of Indus settlements on the plains of northwest India (2019)
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Neogi, S., French, C. A., Durcan, J. A., Singh, R. N., & Petrie, C. A. (2020). Geoarchaeological insights into the location of Indus settlements on the plains of northwest India. Quaternary Research, 94, 137-155. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2019.70

This article presents a geomorphological and micromorphological study of the locational context of four Indus civilisation archaeological sites—Alamgirpur, Masudpur I and VII, and Burj—all situated on the Sutlej-Yamuna interfluve in northwest India.... Read More about Geoarchaeological insights into the location of Indus settlements on the plains of northwest India.

The Archaeology of Pig Domestication in Eurasia (2019)
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Price, M., & Hongo, H. (2020). The Archaeology of Pig Domestication in Eurasia. Journal of Archaeological Research, 28(4), 557-615. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10814-019-09142-9

The multifaceted behavioral and ecological flexibility of pigs and wild boar (Sus scrofa) makes study of their domestication both complex and of broad anthropological significance. While recognizing contextual contingency, we propose several “pathway... Read More about The Archaeology of Pig Domestication in Eurasia.

At the world’s edge: reconstructing diet and geographic origins in medieval Iceland using isotope and trace element analyses (2019)
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Walser, J. W. I., Kristjánsdóttir, S., Gröcke, D. R., Gowland, R., Jakob, T., Nowell, G., …Montgomery, J. (2020). At the world’s edge: reconstructing diet and geographic origins in medieval Iceland using isotope and trace element analyses. American journal of physical anthropology, 171(1), 142-163. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23973

Objectives. A multi-isotope study was conducted on individuals buried at Skriðuklaustur monastery (AD 1493–1554) to investigate their geographic origins and dietary composition. Comparative material from individuals excavated from Skeljastaðir, an in... Read More about At the world’s edge: reconstructing diet and geographic origins in medieval Iceland using isotope and trace element analyses.

Identifying archaeological evidence of past earthquakes in a contemporary disaster scenario: Case-studies of damage, resilience and risk reduction from the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake and past seismic events within the Kathmandu Valley UNESCO World Heritage Property (Nepal) (2019)
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Davis, C., Coningham, R., Acharya, K., Kunwar, R., Forlin, P., Weise, K., …Schmidt, A. (2020). Identifying archaeological evidence of past earthquakes in a contemporary disaster scenario: Case-studies of damage, resilience and risk reduction from the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake and past seismic events within the Kathmandu Valley UNESCO World Heritage Property (Nepal). Journal of Seismology, 24(4), 729-751. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10950-019-09890-7

The 2015 Gorkha Earthquake was a humanitarian disaster but also a cultural catastrophe that damaged and destroyed historic monuments across Nepal, including those within the Kathmandu Valley UNESCO World Heritage Property. In the rush to rebuild, tra... Read More about Identifying archaeological evidence of past earthquakes in a contemporary disaster scenario: Case-studies of damage, resilience and risk reduction from the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake and past seismic events within the Kathmandu Valley UNESCO World Heritage Property (Nepal).