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A Bronze to Iron Age fishing economy at Kalbāʾ 4 (Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates) (2023)
Journal Article
Lidour, K., Beech, M. J., Eddisford, D., Phillips, C. S., Schwall, C., & Jasim, S. A. (2023). A Bronze to Iron Age fishing economy at Kalbāʾ 4 (Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates). Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 34(1), 44-62. https://doi.org/10.1111/aae.12227

This paper represents a study of archaeological fish remains retrieved from the excavations conducted by C. S. Phillips between 1993 and 2001 at Kalbāʾ 4 (Emirate of Sharjah, UAE). Kalbāʾ 4 is a major coastal site that was continuously occupied from... Read More about A Bronze to Iron Age fishing economy at Kalbāʾ 4 (Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates).

Wealth in Livestock, Wealth in People, and the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Jordan (2023)
Journal Article
Price, M., & Makarewicz, C. A. (2023). Wealth in Livestock, Wealth in People, and the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Jordan. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, https://doi.org/10.1017/s0959774323000136

Within archaeology, the value of livestock is usually presented in terms of use values, the calories and products animals provide humans. Yet domestic animals are also sources of wealth that accrue symbolic and social values, tying livestock producti... Read More about Wealth in Livestock, Wealth in People, and the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Jordan.

In the Bosom of the Earth. A New Megalithic Monument at the Antequera World Heritage Site (Spain) (2023)
Journal Article
García Sanjuán, L., Wheatley, D., Lozano Rodríguez, J., Shaw Evangelista, L., González García, A., Cintas-Peña, M., …Rivera Jiménez, T. (2023). In the Bosom of the Earth. A New Megalithic Monument at the Antequera World Heritage Site (Spain). Antiquity, https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.35

Antequera is widely recognised as an outstanding example of the European megalithic phenomenon. One of its most remarkable features is the intense relationship between conspicuous natural formations and human-made monuments. In September 2020 a grave... Read More about In the Bosom of the Earth. A New Megalithic Monument at the Antequera World Heritage Site (Spain).

Long-term trends in settlement persistence in Southwest Asia: Implications for sustainable urbanism, past, present and future (2023)
Journal Article
Lawrence, D., de Gruchy, M. W., Hinojosa-Baliño, I., & Al-Hamdani, A. (2023). Long-term trends in settlement persistence in Southwest Asia: Implications for sustainable urbanism, past, present and future. Urban Studies, https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980231161245

Southwest Asia saw the emergence of large settlements in the Early Holocene, and the world’s first urban communities around 6000 years ago, with cities a feature of the region ever since. These developed in diverse environmental settings, including t... Read More about Long-term trends in settlement persistence in Southwest Asia: Implications for sustainable urbanism, past, present and future.

Hunter-gatherer genetic persistence at the onset of megalithism in western Iberia: New mitochondrial evidence from Mesolithic and Neolithic necropolises in central-southern Portugal (2023)
Journal Article
Carvalho, A. F., Fernández-Domínguez, E., Arroyo-Pardo, E., Robinson, C., Cardoso, J. L., Zilhão, J., & Gomes, M. V. (2023). Hunter-gatherer genetic persistence at the onset of megalithism in western Iberia: New mitochondrial evidence from Mesolithic and Neolithic necropolises in central-southern Portugal. Quaternary International, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2023.03.015

Despite its strategic importance at the furthermost edge of the Neolithic expansion in Europe, archaeogenetic data from Mesolithic and Neolithic human remains from Portugal are still very limited. Here we present ancient mtDNA evidence (mostly unpubl... Read More about Hunter-gatherer genetic persistence at the onset of megalithism in western Iberia: New mitochondrial evidence from Mesolithic and Neolithic necropolises in central-southern Portugal.

Multifactorial approach to describe early diagenesis of bones: The case study of the Merovingian Cemetery of Saint-Linaire (France) (2023)
Journal Article
Maurer, A., Zeitoun, V., Bardi, J., Millard, A. R., Ségalen, L., Guérin, F., …Person, A. (2023). Multifactorial approach to describe early diagenesis of bones: The case study of the Merovingian Cemetery of Saint-Linaire (France). Quaternary International, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2023.03.003

The excavation of the Merovingian cemetery of Saint-Linaire (France) was an opportunity to describe the completeness of the tombs preserved from soil erosion. An anthropobiological study was carried out on the osteological material and the different... Read More about Multifactorial approach to describe early diagenesis of bones: The case study of the Merovingian Cemetery of Saint-Linaire (France).

The Bishop Big Dig : Test pitting in Bishop Auckland 2022 (2023)
Data
Gerrard, C. (2023). The Bishop Big Dig : Test pitting in Bishop Auckland 2022. [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.15128/r2rv042t15k

This report presents the results of a programme of test-pitting in Bishop Auckland, a medium sized market town in County Durham. A total of 107 1m2 test pits were dug between January and December 2022. The project was funded by the ESRC and by Durham... Read More about The Bishop Big Dig : Test pitting in Bishop Auckland 2022.

Egyptian Trade on the Central Levantine Coast During the Early Dynastic Period: A Ceramic-Material Perspective (2023)
Journal Article
Jean, M., & Badreshany, K. (2023). Egyptian Trade on the Central Levantine Coast During the Early Dynastic Period: A Ceramic-Material Perspective. Journal of ancient Egyptian interconnections, 37, 171-190

This paper compares pottery finds from the Central Levant (Lebanon) and imported vessels found in Egyptian Early Dynastic contexts to help unravel the dynamics of trade activities between the two regions at the beginning of the third millennium BCE.... Read More about Egyptian Trade on the Central Levantine Coast During the Early Dynastic Period: A Ceramic-Material Perspective.

Identity and Monumentality: The construction of an Early Bronze Age landscape on the Lebanese coast (2023)
Journal Article
de Vreeze, M., & Badreshany, K. (2023). Identity and Monumentality: The construction of an Early Bronze Age landscape on the Lebanese coast. Journal of ancient Egyptian interconnections, 37, 109-134

This article will discuss the role of monuments in the construction of the Early Bronze Age (EBA) landscape on the Lebanese coast. The discussion focuses on Byblos, where an extensively excavated EBA town plan shows evidence of at least seven temples... Read More about Identity and Monumentality: The construction of an Early Bronze Age landscape on the Lebanese coast.

The ‘Combed Ware’ storage and transport vessels from Khirbet ez-Zeraqon: a reappraisal of the EB II-III evidence in light of recent studies (2023)
Journal Article
Tumolo, V., & Badreshany, K. (2023). The ‘Combed Ware’ storage and transport vessels from Khirbet ez-Zeraqon: a reappraisal of the EB II-III evidence in light of recent studies. Journal of ancient Egyptian interconnections, 37, 301-324

The present study offers new petrographic data on selected pottery from the EB II-III site of Khirbet ez-Zeraqon in northern Jordan, which includes storage and transport vessels with combed surfaces traditionally grouped under the label “Combed Ware.... Read More about The ‘Combed Ware’ storage and transport vessels from Khirbet ez-Zeraqon: a reappraisal of the EB II-III evidence in light of recent studies.

Rock art technology, Reflectance Transformation Imaging and experimental archaeology: recent research on Iberian Late Bronze Age warrior stelae (2023)
Journal Article
Diaz-Guardamino, M. (2023). Rock art technology, Reflectance Transformation Imaging and experimental archaeology: recent research on Iberian Late Bronze Age warrior stelae. Complutum (Madrid), 34(Especial), 145-162. https://doi.org/10.5209/cmpl.85238

This article proposes a methodological approach to the study of rock art technology that combines the application of digital imaging techniques (particularly Reflectance Transformation Imaging, RTI) with rock art recreation experiments. It is argued... Read More about Rock art technology, Reflectance Transformation Imaging and experimental archaeology: recent research on Iberian Late Bronze Age warrior stelae.

From Midas to Cyrus and Other Stories. Papers on Iron Age Anatolia in honour of Geoffrey and Françoise Summers (2023)
Book
Draycott, C. M., Branting, S., Lehner, J. W., & Özarslan, Y. (Eds.). (in press). From Midas to Cyrus and Other Stories. Papers on Iron Age Anatolia in honour of Geoffrey and Françoise Summers. British Institute at Ankara

The period of Anatolian history between the death of the semi-legendary king Midas of Gordion ca 700 BC and the advent of the Achaemenid Persian Empire ca 550 BC is dominated by certain narratives: the rise of the Mermnad Lydian Kingdom, from Gyges t... Read More about From Midas to Cyrus and Other Stories. Papers on Iron Age Anatolia in honour of Geoffrey and Françoise Summers.

Kinship practices in Early Iron Age South-east Europe: genetic and isotopic analysis of burials from the Dolge njive barrow cemetery, Dolenjska, Slovenia (2023)
Journal Article
Armit, I., Fischer, C., Koon, H., Nicholls, R., Olalde, I., Rohland, N., …Reich, D. (2023). Kinship practices in Early Iron Age South-east Europe: genetic and isotopic analysis of burials from the Dolge njive barrow cemetery, Dolenjska, Slovenia. Antiquity, 97(392), 403-418. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.2

The burial of multiple individuals within a single funerary monument invites speculation about the relationships between the deceased: were they chosen on the basis of status, gender or relatedness, for example? Here, the authors present the results... Read More about Kinship practices in Early Iron Age South-east Europe: genetic and isotopic analysis of burials from the Dolge njive barrow cemetery, Dolenjska, Slovenia.

Geochemical ­Prospection­ and the Identification ­of Site­ Activity ­Areas (2023)
Book Chapter
Milek, K., Heron, C., Armitage, R. A., & Manoukian, N. (2023). Geochemical ­Prospection­ and the Identification ­of Site­ Activity ­Areas. In M. Pollard, R. A. Armitage, & C. A. Makarewicz (Eds.), Handbook of Archaeological Sciences (1025-1044). (2nd Edition). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119592112.ch51

The archaeological record is much more than distinct, intentionally produced features and objects, such as buildings, earthworks, hearths, ditches, pits, artefacts, and ecofacts. The analysis of spatial patterning in the geochemistry of soils and sed... Read More about Geochemical ­Prospection­ and the Identification ­of Site­ Activity ­Areas.

Provenancing antiquarian museum collections using multi-isotope analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Neil, S., Evans, J., Montgomery, J., Schulting, R., & Scarre, C. (2023). Provenancing antiquarian museum collections using multi-isotope analysis. OSJ. Open Science journal, 10(2), Article 220798. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220798

Many of the most significant archaeological sites in Europe were excavated by antiquarians over one hundred years ago. Modern museum collections therefore frequently contain human remains that were recovered during the nineteenth and early twentieth... Read More about Provenancing antiquarian museum collections using multi-isotope analysis.