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Contagion in the Capital: Exploring the Impact of Urbanisation and Infectious Disease Risk on Child Health in Nineteenth-Century London, England (2021)
Journal Article
Newman, S. L., & Hodson, C. M. (2021). Contagion in the Capital: Exploring the Impact of Urbanisation and Infectious Disease Risk on Child Health in Nineteenth-Century London, England. Childhood in the Past, 14(2), 177-192. https://doi.org/10.1080/17585716.2021.1956059

Nineteenth-century London was notorious for overcrowding, poor housing, and heavy air pollution. With a large proportion of its population living in conditions of poverty, diseases flourished as people were increasingly drawn to the industrialising c... Read More about Contagion in the Capital: Exploring the Impact of Urbanisation and Infectious Disease Risk on Child Health in Nineteenth-Century London, England.

Early Balkan Metallurgy: Origins, Evolution and Society, 6200–3700 BC (2021)
Journal Article
Radivojević, M., & Roberts, B. W. (2021). Early Balkan Metallurgy: Origins, Evolution and Society, 6200–3700 BC. Journal of World Prehistory, 34(2), 195-278. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10963-021-09155-7

This paper analyses and re-evaluates current explanations and interpretations of the origins, development and societal context of metallurgy in the Balkans (c. 6200–3700 BC). The early metallurgy in this region encompasses the production, distributio... Read More about Early Balkan Metallurgy: Origins, Evolution and Society, 6200–3700 BC.

Multi-isotope evidence of population aggregation in the Natufian and scant migration during the early Neolithic of the Southern Levant (2021)
Journal Article
Santana, J., Millard, A., Ibáñez-Estevez, J. J., Bocquentin, F., Nowell, G., Peterkin, J., …Kafafi, Z. (2021). Multi-isotope evidence of population aggregation in the Natufian and scant migration during the early Neolithic of the Southern Levant. Scientific Reports, 11(1), Article 11857. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90795-2

Human mobility and migration are thought to have played essential roles in the consolidation and expansion of sedentary villages, long-distance exchanges and transmission of ideas and practices during the Neolithic transition of the Near East. Few is... Read More about Multi-isotope evidence of population aggregation in the Natufian and scant migration during the early Neolithic of the Southern Levant.

New insights into the manual activities of individuals from the Phaleron cemetery (Archaic Athens, Greece) (2021)
Journal Article
Karakostis, F. A., Buikstra, J. E., Prevedorou, E., Hannigan, E. M., Hotaling, J., Hotz, G., …Harvati, K. (2021). New insights into the manual activities of individuals from the Phaleron cemetery (Archaic Athens, Greece). Journal of Archaeological Science, 131, Article 105415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2021.105415

Until the early 5th century BC, Phaleron Bay was the main port of ancient Athens (Greece). On its shore, archaeologists have discovered one of the largest known cemeteries in ancient Greece, including a range of burial forms, simple pits, cremations,... Read More about New insights into the manual activities of individuals from the Phaleron cemetery (Archaic Athens, Greece).

Alloparenting Adolescents: Evaluating the Social and Biological Impacts of Leprosy on Young People in Saxo-Norman England (9th to 12th Centuries AD) through Cross-Disciplinary Models of Care (2021)
Book Chapter
Filipek, K. L., Roberts, C., Gowland, R. L., & Tucker, K. (2021). Alloparenting Adolescents: Evaluating the Social and Biological Impacts of Leprosy on Young People in Saxo-Norman England (9th to 12th Centuries AD) through Cross-Disciplinary Models of Care. In E. J. Kendall, & R. Kendall (Eds.), The Family in Past Perspective: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Familial Relationships Through Time (30-57). Routledge

The majority of historical sources describe past attitudes towards people with leprosy as negative, focussing on ostracism and damnation, and this is thought to have impacted on the care that sufferers received. More recent historical and archaeologi... Read More about Alloparenting Adolescents: Evaluating the Social and Biological Impacts of Leprosy on Young People in Saxo-Norman England (9th to 12th Centuries AD) through Cross-Disciplinary Models of Care.

Poisoned pregnancies: consequences of prenatal lead exposure in relation to infant mortality in the Roman Empire. (2021)
Book Chapter
Moore, J., Williams-Ward, M., Filipek, K., Gowland, R., & Montgomery, J. (2021). Poisoned pregnancies: consequences of prenatal lead exposure in relation to infant mortality in the Roman Empire. In E. J. Kendall, & R. Kendall (Eds.), The Family in Past Perspective: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Familial Relationships Through Time (137-158). Routledge

Large families were often a desired outcome of Roman marriages; laws were even passed to encourage procreation. Despite this, large families were not the norm. The high infant mortality, miscarriage and stillbirth rates throughout this period probabl... Read More about Poisoned pregnancies: consequences of prenatal lead exposure in relation to infant mortality in the Roman Empire..

Sandhills, sandbanks, waterways, canals and sacred lakes at Sais in the Nile Delta (2021)
Journal Article
Wilson, P., & Ghazala, H. (2021). Sandhills, sandbanks, waterways, canals and sacred lakes at Sais in the Nile Delta. E&G - Quaternary Science Journal, 70(1), 129-143. https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-70-129-2021

The paper explores the relationship between the archaeological zones of the ancient city of Sais at Sa el-Hagar, Egypt, and the natural landscape of the western central Nile Delta and, in particular, the extent to which the dynamic form of the landsc... Read More about Sandhills, sandbanks, waterways, canals and sacred lakes at Sais in the Nile Delta.

Ancient agriculture in Southeast Arabia: A three thousand year record of runoff farming from central Oman (Rustaq) (2021)
Journal Article
Purdue, L., Kennet, D., Garnier, A., Parton, A., Djerbi, H., Botan, S., …Moger, D. (2021). Ancient agriculture in Southeast Arabia: A three thousand year record of runoff farming from central Oman (Rustaq). CATENA, 204, Article 105406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105406

Runoff farming is a key hydro-agricultural strategy that has proven efficient in arid areas. Research in Arabia on the function, development, maintenance, durability and abandonment of this technology is scarce. A multiproxy investigation (cartograph... Read More about Ancient agriculture in Southeast Arabia: A three thousand year record of runoff farming from central Oman (Rustaq).

Ancient genomes reveal structural shifts after the arrival of Steppe-related ancestry in the Italian Peninsula (2021)
Journal Article
Saupe, T., Montinaro, F., Scaggion, C., Carrara, N., Kivisild, T., D’Atanasio, E., …Scheib, C. L. (2021). Ancient genomes reveal structural shifts after the arrival of Steppe-related ancestry in the Italian Peninsula. Current Biology, 31(12), 2576-2591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.022

Across Europe, the genetics of the Chalcolithic/Bronze Age transition is increasingly characterized in terms of an influx of Steppe-related ancestry. The effect of this major shift on the genetic structure of populations in the Italian Peninsula rema... Read More about Ancient genomes reveal structural shifts after the arrival of Steppe-related ancestry in the Italian Peninsula.

Risk and resources: an evaluation of the ability of national soil datasets to predict post-depositional processes in archaeological sites and heritage at risk (2021)
Journal Article
Reid, V., & Milek, K. (2021). Risk and resources: an evaluation of the ability of national soil datasets to predict post-depositional processes in archaeological sites and heritage at risk. Heritage, 4(2), 725-758. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage4020041

Previous studies have demonstrated the vast range of physical, chemical and biological processes that influence the preservation of archaeological sites, yet characterisation at the site-level remains largely unexplored. National datasets on soil typ... Read More about Risk and resources: an evaluation of the ability of national soil datasets to predict post-depositional processes in archaeological sites and heritage at risk.

Conservation genetics of the European fallow deer: a reply to Marchesini et al (2021)
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Baker, K. H., Gray, H. W., Pekşen, Ç. A., & Hoelzel, A. R. (2021). Conservation genetics of the European fallow deer: a reply to Marchesini et al. Mammalian Biology, 101(3), 313-319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-021-00121-6

In this letter, we revisit a study we published in 2017, following comment in a paper by Marchesini et al. published in this volume. We provide some further analyses that help us to reinforce the original conclusions of our earlier paper, and to addr... Read More about Conservation genetics of the European fallow deer: a reply to Marchesini et al.

Death Metal: Evidence for the impact of lead poisoning on childhood health within the Roman Empire (2021)
Journal Article
Moore, J., Filipek, K., Kalenderian, V., Gowland, R., Hamilton, E., Evans, J., & Montgomery, J. (2021). Death Metal: Evidence for the impact of lead poisoning on childhood health within the Roman Empire. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 31(5), 846-856. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3001

The use of lead was ubiquitous throughout the Roman Empire, including material for water pipes, eating vessels, medicine, and even as a sweetener for wine. The toxicity of lead is well established today, resulting in long-term psychological and neuro... Read More about Death Metal: Evidence for the impact of lead poisoning on childhood health within the Roman Empire.

A New Method for the Large-Scale Documentation of Pottery Sherds Through Simultaneous Multiple 3D Model Capture Using Structure from Motion: Phoenician Carinated-Shoulder Amphorae from Tell el-Burak (Lebanon) as a Case Study (2021)
Journal Article
Göttlich, F., Schmitt, A., Kilian, A., Gries, H., & Badreshany, K. (2021). A New Method for the Large-Scale Documentation of Pottery Sherds Through Simultaneous Multiple 3D Model Capture Using Structure from Motion: Phoenician Carinated-Shoulder Amphorae from Tell el-Burak (Lebanon) as a Case Study. Open Archaeology, 7(1), 256-272. https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2020-0133

This paper presents a new rapid, low-cost method for the large-scale documentation of pottery sherds through simultaneous multiple 3D model capture using Structure from Motion (SfM). The method has great potential to enhance and replace time-consumin... Read More about A New Method for the Large-Scale Documentation of Pottery Sherds Through Simultaneous Multiple 3D Model Capture Using Structure from Motion: Phoenician Carinated-Shoulder Amphorae from Tell el-Burak (Lebanon) as a Case Study.

Chinese Ceramics Unearthed from the Site of Jahan Nama Palace, Iran (2021)
Journal Article
Razeghi, H., Zhang, R., Soljo, B., Chen, B., & Wang, G. (in press). Chinese Ceramics Unearthed from the Site of Jahan Nama Palace, Iran. Muṭāli̒āt-i bāstānshināsī مطالعات باستانشناسی (Online) (پیوسته),

As an important type of ancient artwork, the Chinese blue and white porcelain entered Iran through the artists and merchants during the Safavid era (1501–1736 AD), and it strongly influenced the Islamic ceramic industry at that time. Chinese blue and... Read More about Chinese Ceramics Unearthed from the Site of Jahan Nama Palace, Iran.

Rethinking Collective Burial in Mediterranean Caves: Middle Bronze Age Grotta Regina Margherita, Central Italy (2021)
Journal Article
Skeates, R., Beckett, J., Mancini, D., Cavazzuti, C., Silvestri, L., Hamilton, W. D., …Angle, M. (2021). Rethinking Collective Burial in Mediterranean Caves: Middle Bronze Age Grotta Regina Margherita, Central Italy. Journal of Field Archaeology, 46(6), 382-398. https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2021.1917137

Drawing on the results of new multi-method research in Grotta Regina Margherita—the largest known Middle Bronze Age mortuary cave in west-central Italy (ca. 1650–1450 b.c.)—this article helps to replace the generic idea of “collective burial” with a... Read More about Rethinking Collective Burial in Mediterranean Caves: Middle Bronze Age Grotta Regina Margherita, Central Italy.

Material Responses to the Great Depression in Northeast England (2021)
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Petts, D., O’Donnell, R., & Armstrong, K. (2021). Material Responses to the Great Depression in Northeast England. International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 25(4), 1165-1193. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10761-021-00595-7

The Great Depression of the 1920s and 1930s was a global economic crisis, yet to understand its impacts in material terms, it is necessary to recognize that they were situated within specific local and regional contexts. This article, drawing on the... Read More about Material Responses to the Great Depression in Northeast England.

Assessing pathological conditions in archaeological bone using portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) (2021)
Journal Article
Kilburn, N. N., Gowland, R. L., Halldórsdóttir, H. H., Williams, R., & Thompson, T. J. (2021). Assessing pathological conditions in archaeological bone using portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 37, Article 102980. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102980

This study aims to investigate the potential of portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (pXRF) for identifying pathological conditions in archaeological human skeletal remains. Bone element distribution in relation to known disease categories is ana... Read More about Assessing pathological conditions in archaeological bone using portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF).