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The development of pottery production, specialisation and standardisation in the Late Neolithic and Transitional Chalcolithic periods in the Central Plateau of Iran (2021)
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Marghussian, A., Coningham, R., & Fazeli, H. (2021). The development of pottery production, specialisation and standardisation in the Late Neolithic and Transitional Chalcolithic periods in the Central Plateau of Iran. Archaeological Research in Asia, 28, Article 100325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ara.2021.100325

The prehistoric pottery recovered from Sialk, Ebrahimabad and Pardis sites, the Central Plateau of Iran was studied using the XRF, XRD and SEM/EDX analyses, as well as typological classification. These studies showed the occurrence of a gradual evolu... Read More about The development of pottery production, specialisation and standardisation in the Late Neolithic and Transitional Chalcolithic periods in the Central Plateau of Iran.

A process of elimination? Reviewing the fragmented settlement record of eastern Pictland and its implications for future research (2021)
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Reid, V. (2021). A process of elimination? Reviewing the fragmented settlement record of eastern Pictland and its implications for future research

The evidence for early medieval settlement across Scotland’s eastern mainland is varied and whilst we continue to gain sites through new research and developer-led projects, our interpretation of the record is not advancing at an equal rate. Structur... Read More about A process of elimination? Reviewing the fragmented settlement record of eastern Pictland and its implications for future research.

Impact of anthropogenic activities on woodland in northern Syria (4th-2nd millennia BC): Evidence from charcoal assemblages and oak measurements (2021)
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Deckers, K., Polisca, F., Riehl, S., de Gruchy, M., & Lawrence, D. (2024). Impact of anthropogenic activities on woodland in northern Syria (4th-2nd millennia BC): Evidence from charcoal assemblages and oak measurements. Environmental Archaeology, 29(2), 129-164. https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2021.1989977

In this paper charcoals from the Syrian sites Tell Mozan and Tell Jerablus are investigated to understand the impact of 4th to 2nd millennium BC settlement and urbanization on the vegetation. In total 18,786 charcoal fragments from these sites have b... Read More about Impact of anthropogenic activities on woodland in northern Syria (4th-2nd millennia BC): Evidence from charcoal assemblages and oak measurements.

Viking Settlement in North East England in the ninth and tenth centuries (2021)
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Carson, J. (2021). Viking Settlement in North East England in the ninth and tenth centuries. Archaeologia Aeliana, 50, 153-181

Following a period of raiding which began in the late eighth century, Viking presence in England became more permanent from the mid-ninth century onwards, culminating in the eventual settlement of the Vikings. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle recorded that... Read More about Viking Settlement in North East England in the ninth and tenth centuries.

Feeling at home with anymals in Old Norse sources (2021)
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Evans Tang, H. J. (2021). Feeling at home with anymals in Old Norse sources. Home Cultures: The Journal of Architecture Design and Domestic Space, 18(2), 83-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/17406315.2021.1963622

While Viking-age and medieval Iceland was a place of domestic animals, studies of its literature and material culture have little considered the multi-sensory nature of anymal-human relationships.1 A farming society necessarily shapes its places and... Read More about Feeling at home with anymals in Old Norse sources.

First case of juvenile primary bone malignant neoplasm in ancient China: A skeleton from the Northern Wei Dynasty (386–534 CE) (2021)
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You, S., Li, M., Hou, X., Li, P., Sun, Y., Zhang, Q., & Wang, Q. (2022). First case of juvenile primary bone malignant neoplasm in ancient China: A skeleton from the Northern Wei Dynasty (386–534 CE). International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 32(1), 182-191. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3054

Discoveries of juvenile primary bone malignant neoplasm have been rare in archaeological settings. This study presents the first case as such from ancient China. An individual (M799) aged 14–17 years from the Dongxin cemetery of the Northern Wei Dyna... Read More about First case of juvenile primary bone malignant neoplasm in ancient China: A skeleton from the Northern Wei Dynasty (386–534 CE).

Height and health in Roman and Post-Roman Gaul, a life course approach (2021)
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Quade, L., & Gowland, R. (2021). Height and health in Roman and Post-Roman Gaul, a life course approach. International Journal of Paleopathology, 35, 49-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2021.10.001

Objective: The present study explores growth and health in Roman (1st-3rd centuries CE) and Post-Roman (4th-7th centuries CE) Gaul, incorporating a life-course approach, to better understand the influence of Roman practices and lifestyles on health,... Read More about Height and health in Roman and Post-Roman Gaul, a life course approach.

Making a Mark: Process, Pattern and Change in the British and Irish Neolithic (2021)
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Jones, A. M., & Díaz-Guardamino, M. (2022). Making a Mark: Process, Pattern and Change in the British and Irish Neolithic. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 32(3), 389-407. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0959774321000512

This paper presents key results of the Making a Mark project (2014–2016), which aimed to provide a contextual framework for the analysis of mark making on portable artefacts in the British and Irish Neolithic by comparing them with other mark-making... Read More about Making a Mark: Process, Pattern and Change in the British and Irish Neolithic.

A closer look at the forgotten bones of the Dolmen of Pedras Grandes (Odivelas, Portugal). Examining old human remains 7 (2021)
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Silva, A. M., Sousa, A. C., & Scarre, C. (2021). A closer look at the forgotten bones of the Dolmen of Pedras Grandes (Odivelas, Portugal). Examining old human remains 7. Spal (Sevilla. Internet), 2(30), https://doi.org/10.12795/spal.2021.i30.16

The Dolmen of Pedras Grandes (Odivelas, Lisboa, Portugal) was discovered and excavated at the end of the 19th century by Carlos Ribeiro. In 2004, this monument was re-excavated by Rui Boaventura and a complete study was conducted. The Dolmen of Pedra... Read More about A closer look at the forgotten bones of the Dolmen of Pedras Grandes (Odivelas, Portugal). Examining old human remains 7.

The Khandaq Shapur: Defense, Irrigation, Boundary, Frontier (2021)
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de Gruchy, M., Jotheri, J., Alqaragholi, H., Al-Janabi, J., Alabdan, R., Al-Talaqani, H., …Al-Rubaye, H. (2021). The Khandaq Shapur: Defense, Irrigation, Boundary, Frontier. Land, 10(10), Article 1017. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10101017

Khandaq Shapur has been named one of the great barriers of the ancient world, but very little is known about the monumental-scale linear feature. This interdisciplinary paper brings together archaeologists and historians to present (1) an updated his... Read More about The Khandaq Shapur: Defense, Irrigation, Boundary, Frontier.

The origin and legacy of the Etruscans through a 2000-year archeogenomic time transect (2021)
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Posth, C., Zaro, V., Spyrou, M. A., Vai, S., Gnecchi-Ruscone, G. A., Modi, A., …Krause, J. (2021). The origin and legacy of the Etruscans through a 2000-year archeogenomic time transect. Science Advances, 7(39), https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abi7673

The origin, development, and legacy of the enigmatic Etruscan civilization from the central region of the Italian peninsula known as Etruria have been debated for centuries. Here we report a genomic time transect of 82 individuals spanning almost two... Read More about The origin and legacy of the Etruscans through a 2000-year archeogenomic time transect.

Modern Siberian dog ancestry was shaped by several thousand years of Eurasian-wide trade and human dispersal (2021)
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Feuerborn, T. R., Carmagnini, A., Losey, R. J., Nomokonova, T., Askeyev, A., Askeyev, I., …Frantz, L. (2021). Modern Siberian dog ancestry was shaped by several thousand years of Eurasian-wide trade and human dispersal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(39), Article e2100338118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2100338118

Dogs have been essential to life in the Siberian Arctic for over 9,500 y, and this tight link between people and dogs continues in Siberian communities. Although Arctic Siberian groups such as the Nenets received limited gene flow from neighboring gr... Read More about Modern Siberian dog ancestry was shaped by several thousand years of Eurasian-wide trade and human dispersal.

Multiple hominin dispersals into Southwest Asia over the past 400,000 years (2021)
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Groucutt, H. S., White, T. S., Scerri, E. M., Andrieux, E., Clark-Wilson, R., Breeze, P. S., …Petraglia, M. D. (2021). Multiple hominin dispersals into Southwest Asia over the past 400,000 years. Nature, 597(7876), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03863-y

Pleistocene hominin dispersals out of, and back into, Africa necessarily involved traversing the diverse and often challenging environments of Southwest Asia1,2,3,4. Archaeological and palaeontological records from the Levantine woodland zone documen... Read More about Multiple hominin dispersals into Southwest Asia over the past 400,000 years.

Assessing How Representation of the Roman Past Impacts Public Perceptions of the Province of Britain (2021)
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Hingley, R. (2021). Assessing How Representation of the Roman Past Impacts Public Perceptions of the Province of Britain. Public Archaeology, 18(4), 241-260. https://doi.org/10.1080/14655187.2021.1947064

There is a lack of detailed research into the attitudes of the public in Britain to the Roman past. Information and views about the Roman period are communicated to people in the UK through education at school and also by the media (TV, films, the In... Read More about Assessing How Representation of the Roman Past Impacts Public Perceptions of the Province of Britain.