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The organization of Chinese ceramic production from the Tang to the Ming periods: archaeological evidence from ceramic workshops (2024)
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Song, X., Zhang, R., & Kennet, D. (in press). The organization of Chinese ceramic production from the Tang to the Ming periods: archaeological evidence from ceramic workshops. World Archaeology, https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2024.2304327

This paper analyzes the plans and layouts of Chinese ceramic workshops from the Tang to Ming periods (seventh to seventeenth century AD) to understand how ceramic production was organized and how organization developed over time. Through the comparat... Read More about The organization of Chinese ceramic production from the Tang to the Ming periods: archaeological evidence from ceramic workshops.

Vitamin D status in post-medieval Northern England: Insights from dental histology and enamel peptide analysis at Coach Lane, North Shields (AD 1711–1857) (2024)
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Snoddy, A. M. E., Shaw, H., Newman, S., Miszkiewicz, J. J., Stewart, N. A., Jakob, T., …Gowland, R. (2024). Vitamin D status in post-medieval Northern England: Insights from dental histology and enamel peptide analysis at Coach Lane, North Shields (AD 1711–1857). PLoS ONE, 19(1), Article e0296203. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296203

Objectives: The post-medieval period in Europe saw a dramatic increase in metabolic bone disease related to vitamin D deficiency (VDD). Recent paleopathological work has utilized interglobular dentin (IGD) as a proxy for poor vitamin D status during... Read More about Vitamin D status in post-medieval Northern England: Insights from dental histology and enamel peptide analysis at Coach Lane, North Shields (AD 1711–1857).

First archaeological evidence for ginger consumption as a potential medicinal ingredient in a late medieval leprosarium at St Leonard, Peterborough, England (2024)
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Fiorin, E., Roberts, C. A., Baldoni, M., Connelly, E., Lee, C., Ottoni, C., & Cristiani, E. (2024). First archaeological evidence for ginger consumption as a potential medicinal ingredient in a late medieval leprosarium at St Leonard, Peterborough, England. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 2452. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52422-8

Leprosy was one of the most outwardly visible diseases in the European Middle Ages, a period during which leprosaria were founded to provide space for the sick. The extant documentary evidence for leprosy hospitals, especially in relation to diet, th... Read More about First archaeological evidence for ginger consumption as a potential medicinal ingredient in a late medieval leprosarium at St Leonard, Peterborough, England.

Genetic history of Cambridgeshire before and after the Black Death. (2024)
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Hui, R., Scheib, C. L., D'Atanasio, E., Inskip, S. A., Cessford, C., Biagini, S. A., …Kivisild, T. (2024). Genetic history of Cambridgeshire before and after the Black Death. Science Advances, 10(3), Article eadi5903. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adi5903

The extent of the devastation of the Black Death pandemic (1346-1353) on European populations is known from documentary sources and its bacterial source illuminated by studies of ancient pathogen DNA. What has remained less understood is the effect o... Read More about Genetic history of Cambridgeshire before and after the Black Death..

Neolithisation through bone: Stable isotope analysis of human and faunal remains from Syltholm II, Lolland, Denmark (2024)
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Gron, K. J., Gröcke, D. R., Groß, D., Rowley-Conwy, P., Robson, H. K., & Montgomery, J. (2024). Neolithisation through bone: Stable isotope analysis of human and faunal remains from Syltholm II, Lolland, Denmark. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 53, Article 104384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104384

Despite an increasing number of studies, the application of stable sulfur (δ34S) isotope analysis to prehistoric bone collagen remains in its infancy. Conventionally, stable sulfur isotope compositions reflect coastal proximity and the interaction be... Read More about Neolithisation through bone: Stable isotope analysis of human and faunal remains from Syltholm II, Lolland, Denmark.

A Bayesian astrochronology for the Cambrian first occurrence of trilobites in West Gondwana (Morocco) (2024)
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Sinnesael, M., Millard, A. R., & Smith, M. R. (2024). A Bayesian astrochronology for the Cambrian first occurrence of trilobites in West Gondwana (Morocco). Geology, 52(3), 205-209. https://doi.org/10.1130/G51718.1

The first occurrence of trilobites ~520 million years ago is an iconic feature of the Cambrian Explosion. Developing a robust evolutionary view on early Cambrian life is generally hindered by large uncertainties in the ages of fossil finds, and their... Read More about A Bayesian astrochronology for the Cambrian first occurrence of trilobites in West Gondwana (Morocco).

Microdebris Analysis of the Central Sewer and the Drainages of the Domus at Pompeiopolis (2023)
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Tatbul, M., Brizzi, M., Ricci, G., Abate, A., Gürdal, T., & Musso, L. (in press). Microdebris Analysis of the Central Sewer and the Drainages of the Domus at Pompeiopolis. Anadolu Araştırmaları / Anatolian Research, https://doi.org/10.26650/anar.2023.29.1365177

In archaeological research, the discard behavior of domestic and industrial spaces can be mostly understood through the inspection of primary refuse contexts such as intra-site garbage pits, cesspits, last activity remains of fireplaces, activity flo... Read More about Microdebris Analysis of the Central Sewer and the Drainages of the Domus at Pompeiopolis.

Guidance for the identification of bony lesions related to smallpox (2023)
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Crawford, R. R., Hodson, C. M., & Errickson, D. (2024). Guidance for the identification of bony lesions related to smallpox. International Journal of Paleopathology, 44, 65-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2023.12.002

This research aimed to address the underrepresentation of smallpox (osteomyelitis variolosa) in palaeopathology, providing a synthesis of published literature and presenting guidance for the identification of osteomyelitis variolosa in non-adult and... Read More about Guidance for the identification of bony lesions related to smallpox.

The role of geoarchaeology in the interpretation of fragmented buildings and occupation surfaces: The case of coastal settlements in northeast Scotland (2023)
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Reid, V., Milek, K., O'Brien, C., Sveinbjarnarson, Ó. G., & Noble, G. (2024). The role of geoarchaeology in the interpretation of fragmented buildings and occupation surfaces: The case of coastal settlements in northeast Scotland. Geoarchaeology, 39(3), 238-267. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.21990

Around the world, poorly preserved buildings and occupation deposits often represent the primary evidence for archaeological structures and settlements. Integrated geoarchaeological methods, such as soil chemistry and micromorphology, can be used to... Read More about The role of geoarchaeology in the interpretation of fragmented buildings and occupation surfaces: The case of coastal settlements in northeast Scotland.

Chronic maxillary sinusitis in palaeopathology: A review of methods (2023)
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Lee, M. J., Siek, T. J., & Hirst, C. S. (2024). Chronic maxillary sinusitis in palaeopathology: A review of methods. International Journal of Paleopathology, 44, 51-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2023.11.005

Objective This study reviews the palaeopathological literature discussing maxillary sinusitis to examine current trends and issues within the study of this condition, and to make recommendations for future research in this area. Materials Sevent... Read More about Chronic maxillary sinusitis in palaeopathology: A review of methods.

The Global Dynamics of Inequality (GINI) project: analysing archaeological housing data (2023)
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Bogaard, A., Ortman, S., Birch, J., Cervantes Quequezana, G., Chirikure, S., Crema, E., …Kohler, T. (2023). The Global Dynamics of Inequality (GINI) project: analysing archaeological housing data. Antiquity, https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.188

The GINI project investigates the dynamics of inequality among populations over the long term by synthesising global archaeological housing data. This project brings archaeologists together from around the world to assess hypotheses concerning the ca... Read More about The Global Dynamics of Inequality (GINI) project: analysing archaeological housing data.

Towards an antifragility framework in past human–environment dynamics (2023)
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Jaffe, Y., Caramanica, A., & Price, M. D. (2023). Towards an antifragility framework in past human–environment dynamics. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 10(1), Article 915. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-02413-3

Scholarship on human–environment interactions tends to fall under two headings: collapse or resilience. While both offer valid explanatory frameworks for human–environment dynamics, both view stress as a net negative that, if unchecked, disrupts syst... Read More about Towards an antifragility framework in past human–environment dynamics.

Knowledge and perception of leprosy amongst high school students in Italy: A survey (2023)
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Cristiani, E., Roberts, C., & Fiorin, E. (2023). Knowledge and perception of leprosy amongst high school students in Italy: A survey. Leprosy Review, 94(4), 341-349. https://doi.org/10.47276/lr.94.4.341

This study explores knowledge and perception of leprosy among adolescent Italian high school students. It primarily aimed to survey their knowledge and educate them about the social stigma linked with this infection, both past and present; it also in... Read More about Knowledge and perception of leprosy amongst high school students in Italy: A survey.

Pathways to the medieval hospital: collective osteobiographies of poverty and charity (2023)
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Inskip, S., Cessford, C., Dittmar, J., Rose, A., Mulder, B., O'Connell, T., …Robb, J. (2023). Pathways to the medieval hospital: collective osteobiographies of poverty and charity. Antiquity, 97(396), 1581-1597. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.167

Medieval hospitals were founded to provide charity, but poverty and infirmity were broad and socially determined categories and little is known about the residents of these institutions and the pathways that led them there. Combining skeletal, isotop... Read More about Pathways to the medieval hospital: collective osteobiographies of poverty and charity.

Failure on the frontier: a response to Price & Jaffe (2023)
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Kitching, P., & Witcher, R. (2023). Failure on the frontier: a response to Price & Jaffe. Antiquity, 97(396), 1613-1616. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.161

Price and Jaffe (2023) argue that acknowledging failure humanises the past. It can also serve as a lens through which to reflect on archaeological reasoning. Here, we turn to the Roman world, and the frontier of northern Britain in particular, to co... Read More about Failure on the frontier: a response to Price & Jaffe.

Ending the war on error: towards an archaeology of failure (2023)
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Price, M., & Jaffe, Y. (2023). Ending the war on error: towards an archaeology of failure. Antiquity, 97(396), 1598-1606. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.120

Failure is a fundamental part of the human condition. While archaeologists readily identify large-scale failures, such as societal collapse and site abandonment, they less frequently consider the smaller failures of everyday life: the burning of a me... Read More about Ending the war on error: towards an archaeology of failure.