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Byblos During the Chalcolithic Period (2024)
Book Chapter
Badreshany, K. (2024). Byblos During the Chalcolithic Period. In National Museum of Antiquities (the Netherlands), & Ministry of Culture/Directorate General of Antiquities (Lebanon) (Eds.), Byblos: A Legacy Unearthed (53-58). Sidestone Press. https://doi.org/10.59641/z8124cl

Evidence for domestic settlement during the Chalcolithic is scant at Byblos, in contrast to the remarkable number of richly adorned jar burials attributed to the period (Artin, this volume). The Chalcolithic as defined by Levantine archaeologists is... Read More about Byblos During the Chalcolithic Period.

The kurgans of the Alazani Valley in Eastern Georgia: A new assessment via remote sensing and targeted field survey (2024)
Journal Article
Fiori, S., Hopper, K., Rova, E., & Kvavadze, D. (2024). The kurgans of the Alazani Valley in Eastern Georgia: A new assessment via remote sensing and targeted field survey. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 57, Article 104659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104659

This paper presents the results of a landscape archaeological investigation conducted on the kurgans in the Alazani Valley, Eastern Georgia. Recognized for its remarkable kurgans, some exceeding 100 m in diameter, this region emerges as a pivotal are... Read More about The kurgans of the Alazani Valley in Eastern Georgia: A new assessment via remote sensing and targeted field survey.

Pierced, looped and framed: the (re)use of gold coins in jewellery in sixth‐ and seventh‐century England (2024)
Journal Article
Haworth, K. D., & Clarke‐Neish, K. M. (in press). Pierced, looped and framed: the (re)use of gold coins in jewellery in sixth‐ and seventh‐century England. Early Medieval Europe, https://doi.org/10.1111/emed.12714

The early medieval coin‐using economy is traditionally conceptualized as a masculine sphere with minimal female involvement. This article examines a corpus of 135 gold and pale gold coins of the later sixth and seventh centuries that underwent modifi... Read More about Pierced, looped and framed: the (re)use of gold coins in jewellery in sixth‐ and seventh‐century England.

A history of olive and grape cultivation in Southwest Asia using charcoal and seed remains (2024)
Journal Article
Deckers, K., Riehl, S., Meadows, J., Tumolo, V., Hinojosa Balino, I., & Lawrence, D. (2024). A history of olive and grape cultivation in Southwest Asia using charcoal and seed remains. PLoS ONE, 19(6), Article e0303578. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303578

Evaluating archaeobotanical data from over 3.9 million seeds and 124,300 charcoal fragments across 330 archaeological site phases in Southwest Asia, we reconstruct the history of olive and grape cultivation spanning a period of 6,000 years. Combining... Read More about A history of olive and grape cultivation in Southwest Asia using charcoal and seed remains.

A macroscopic assessment of porosity and new bone formation on the inferior pars basilaris: Normal growth or an indicator of scurvy? (2024)
Journal Article
Eggington, J., Pitt, R., & Hodson, C. (2024). A macroscopic assessment of porosity and new bone formation on the inferior pars basilaris: Normal growth or an indicator of scurvy?. International Journal of Paleopathology, 45, 62-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2024.05.001

This research aims to determine the aetiology of porosity and subperiosteal new bone formation on the inferior surface of the pars basilaris. A total of 199 non-adult individuals aged 36 weeks gestation to 3.5 years, from a total of 12 archaeological... Read More about A macroscopic assessment of porosity and new bone formation on the inferior pars basilaris: Normal growth or an indicator of scurvy?.

TOM ARMSTRONG BOWES, HERNE BAY MUSEUM AND THE LOWER PALAEOLITHIC OF THE KENTISH STOUR (2024)
Journal Article
Knowles, P. G., Wickstead, H., & White, M. J. (2024). TOM ARMSTRONG BOWES, HERNE BAY MUSEUM AND THE LOWER PALAEOLITHIC OF THE KENTISH STOUR. Antiquaries Journal, https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003581524000015

The Palaeolith collection of the antiquarian Dr Tom Armstrong Bowes was the founding component of Herne Bay's first museum and became one of the larger and more significant collections in the British Palaeolithic record. Its value to debates on the B... Read More about TOM ARMSTRONG BOWES, HERNE BAY MUSEUM AND THE LOWER PALAEOLITHIC OF THE KENTISH STOUR.

Making a U-turn on the Purfleet Interchange: Stone Tool Technology in Marine Isotope Stage 9 Britain and the Emergence of the Middle Palaeolithic in Europe (2024)
Journal Article
White, M., Rawlinson, A., Foulds, F., Dale, L., Davis, R., Bridgland, D., …Ashton, N. (2024). Making a U-turn on the Purfleet Interchange: Stone Tool Technology in Marine Isotope Stage 9 Britain and the Emergence of the Middle Palaeolithic in Europe. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology, 7(1), Article 13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41982-024-00177-z

This paper re-examines earlier Palaeolithic core technology from British sites assigned to MIS 11, 9, and 7 using primarily a châine opératoire approach, with the objective of better understanding the earliest occurrence and distribution of Levallois... Read More about Making a U-turn on the Purfleet Interchange: Stone Tool Technology in Marine Isotope Stage 9 Britain and the Emergence of the Middle Palaeolithic in Europe.

Wool they, won’t they: Zooarchaeological perspectives on the political and subsistence economies of wool in northern Mesopotamia (2024)
Journal Article
Price, M. D., & Wolfhagen, J. (2024). Wool they, won’t they: Zooarchaeological perspectives on the political and subsistence economies of wool in northern Mesopotamia. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 74, Article 101590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101590

An important facet in the study of complex societies involves documenting how the extraction of resources to support political structures (the political economy) impacted the subsistence economy of everyday life. Caprine production was a central feat... Read More about Wool they, won’t they: Zooarchaeological perspectives on the political and subsistence economies of wool in northern Mesopotamia.

First evidence for human occupation of a lava tube in Arabia: The archaeology of Umm Jirsan Cave and its surroundings, northern Saudi Arabia (2024)
Journal Article
Stewart, M., Andrieux, E., Blinkhorn, J., Guagnin, M., Fernandes, R., Vanwezer, N., …Groucutt, H. S. (in press). First evidence for human occupation of a lava tube in Arabia: The archaeology of Umm Jirsan Cave and its surroundings, northern Saudi Arabia. PLoS ONE, 19(4), Article e0299292. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299292

Recent advances in interdisciplinary archaeological research in Arabia have focused on the evolution and historical development of regional human populations as well as the diverse patterns of cultural change, migration, and adaptations to environmen... Read More about First evidence for human occupation of a lava tube in Arabia: The archaeology of Umm Jirsan Cave and its surroundings, northern Saudi Arabia.

Recovering a lost seismic disaster. The destruction of El Castillejo and the discovery of the earliest historic earthquake affecting the Granada region (Spain) (2024)
Journal Article
Forlin, P., Reicherter, K., Gerrard, C. M., Bailiff, I., & García Porras, A. (in press). Recovering a lost seismic disaster. The destruction of El Castillejo and the discovery of the earliest historic earthquake affecting the Granada region (Spain). PLoS ONE, 19(4), Article e0300549. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300549

This paper discusses recent archaeological fieldwork conducted at El Castillejo, a medieval Islamic settlement in Los Guájares, Granada, southern Spain. Results from combined archaeological excavation and archaeoseismological assessment of standing s... Read More about Recovering a lost seismic disaster. The destruction of El Castillejo and the discovery of the earliest historic earthquake affecting the Granada region (Spain).

Ancient pathogens and paleoepidemiology (2024)
Book Chapter
Blevins, K. E. (2024). Ancient pathogens and paleoepidemiology. In Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-99931-1.00202-6

The recovery of ancient pathogen genomes has greatly improved our understanding of infectious disease in the past. This chapter reviews the timeline and methodological advancements of pathogen paleogenomics and current sampling, labora-tory, bioinfor... Read More about Ancient pathogens and paleoepidemiology.

Provisioning urbanism: a comparative urban-rural zooarchaeology of ancient Southwest Asia (2024)
Journal Article
Gaastra, J. S., Lawrence, D., & Tumolo, V. (2024). Provisioning urbanism: a comparative urban-rural zooarchaeology of ancient Southwest Asia. Antiquity, 98(398), https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.24

Historically, urban centres are seen as consumers that draw in labour and resources from their rural hinterlands. Zooarchaeological studies of key urban sites in Southwest Asia demonstrate the movement of livestock, but the region-wide application of... Read More about Provisioning urbanism: a comparative urban-rural zooarchaeology of ancient Southwest Asia.

Enabling equitable and ethical research partnerships in crisis situations: Lessons learned from post-disaster heritage protection interventions following Nepal’s 2015 earthquake (2024)
Journal Article
Coningham, R., Lewer, N., Acharya, K. P., Weise, K., Kunwar, R. B., Joshi, A., & Parajuli Khanal, S. (2024). Enabling equitable and ethical research partnerships in crisis situations: Lessons learned from post-disaster heritage protection interventions following Nepal’s 2015 earthquake. Research Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1177/17470161241234502

The earthquakes which struck Nepal’s capital in 2015 were humanitarian disasters. Not only did they inflict tragic loss of life and livelihoods, they also destroyed parts of the Kathmandu Valley’s unique UNESCO World Heritage site. These monuments we... Read More about Enabling equitable and ethical research partnerships in crisis situations: Lessons learned from post-disaster heritage protection interventions following Nepal’s 2015 earthquake.

Big enough to matter: on the frequency and chronology of giant handaxes in the British Lower Palaeolithic (2024)
Journal Article
Dale, L., Rawlinson, A., Knowles, P., Foulds, F., Ashton, N., Bridgland, D., & White, M. (2024). Big enough to matter: on the frequency and chronology of giant handaxes in the British Lower Palaeolithic. Antiquity, 98(398), 305-322. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.30

Hypertrophic ‘giant’ handaxes are a rare component of Acheulean assemblages, yet have been central to debates relating to the social, cognitive and cultural ‘meaning’ of these enigmatic tools. The authors examine giant handaxes from the perspective o... Read More about Big enough to matter: on the frequency and chronology of giant handaxes in the British Lower Palaeolithic.

Cases of trisomy 21 and trisomy 18 among historic and prehistoric individuals discovered from ancient DNA (2024)
Journal Article
Rohrlach, A. B., Rivollat, M., de-Miguel-Ibáñez, P., Moilanen, U., Liira, A., Teixeira, J. C., …Prüfer, K. (2024). Cases of trisomy 21 and trisomy 18 among historic and prehistoric individuals discovered from ancient DNA. Nature Communications, 15(1), Article 1294. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45438-1

Aneuploidies, and in particular, trisomies represent the most common genetic aberrations observed in human genetics today. To explore the presence of trisomies in historic and prehistoric populations we screen nearly 10,000 ancient human individuals... Read More about Cases of trisomy 21 and trisomy 18 among historic and prehistoric individuals discovered from ancient DNA.

Provenance groups in a Roman jet jewelry collection at Aquincum (Budapest, Hungary) and comparison with jet and jet-like gemstones (2024)
Journal Article
Demény, A., Bondár, M., Karlik, M., Hegyi, I., Gábor Hatvani, I., Facsády, A. R., …Caldwell Steele, S. (2024). Provenance groups in a Roman jet jewelry collection at Aquincum (Budapest, Hungary) and comparison with jet and jet-like gemstones. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 54, Article 104413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104413

Jet and jet-like gemstones are found in graves from the Neolithic, but they became particularly popular during the Bronze Age and the Roman period. To discover their provenance, several techniques were used to determine distinctions between organic m... Read More about Provenance groups in a Roman jet jewelry collection at Aquincum (Budapest, Hungary) and comparison with jet and jet-like gemstones.

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)
Journal Article
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).