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{"title":"Ice Patches and Obsidian Quarries: Integrating Research Through Collaborative Archaeology in Tahltan Territory","authors":"Duncan McLaren, Brendan Gray, Rosemary Loring, Ts̱ēmā Igharas Igharas, Rolf Mathewes, Lesli Louie, Megan Doxsey-Whitfield, Genevieve Hill, Kendrick Marr","doi":"10.1080/00934690.2023.2272098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2023.2272098","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47452,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY","volume":"8 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135870890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Settlement Chronology and Subsistence Patterns in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico","authors":"Christopher S. Jazwa, Amira F. Ainis, Ryan B. Anderson, Karim Bulhusen Muñoz, Emmanuel Reyes Estrada, Harumi Fujita","doi":"10.1080/00934690.2023.2270823","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2023.2270823","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTCabo Pulmo National Park (CPNP), within the East Cape of Baja California Sur, Mexico, is the location of a highly productive rocky reef ecosystem that was likely attractive to people throughout the Holocene. AMS radiocarbon dates from sites along the coast and faunal data from two excavated sites, D20 and D27, indicate people were present in the region by at least 7120–6755 cal b.p. (D34), but evidence of persistent occupation and possibly higher population densities postdates 2110–1945 cal b.p. (D27, Unit 1). The most prominent sites with intact stratified archaeological deposits appear to be focused adjacent to prominent rocky points, where assemblages include a variety of marine mollusks, fish, birds, terrestrial and marine mammals, and sea turtle remains. At both D20 and D27, there is evidence people targeted small fishes including sardines, likely with nets. This study highlights the strong archaeological potential in CPNP to address questions about human coastal adaptations and population history during the Holocene, emphasizing the importance of protecting cultural resources in an area at risk from growing tourism and residential development.KEYWORDS: Baja California SurCabo Pulmocoastal adaptationsradiocarbonshell middens AcknowledgmentsWe would like to thank the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) and Cabo Pulmo National Park, including Carlos Godinez Reyes and Abigail Reynoso Altamirano, for assistance with permissions and logistical help in initiating fieldwork. Fieldwork and laboratory analysis were funded by Santa Clara University and the University of Nevada, Reno. Kirk Schmitz assisted with site visits, sample collection, and excavation, and Andrea Hernández assisted with excavation. Enah Fonseca assisted with compiling references for past work in Baja California. Judge Daniel Weinstein assisted with logistics and housing, and Henri op den Buys and Pilu Hermosillo assisted with logistical support, including storage of excavated materials in Cabo Pulmo during the period of travel restrictions during the COVID 19 pandemic. Thank you also to Christina Luke and two anonymous reviewers for their comments on our manuscript.Additional informationNotes on contributorsChristopher S. JazwaChristopher S. Jazwa (Ph.D. 2015, Pennsylvania State University) is an Associate Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research interests include island and coastal archaeology, human behavioral ecology, radiocarbon dating, and stable isotope ecology.Amira F. AinisAmira F. Ainis (Ph.D. 2019, University of Oregon, RPA) is an Assistant Professor at California State University, Los Angeles. Her research interests include diachronic adaptations to coastal and island ecosystems, marine paleoecology, marine historical ecology, prehistoric fisheries, and archaeomalacology.Ryan B. AndersonRyan B. Anderson (Ph.D. 2014, University of Kentucky) is an Assistant Professor in the Anthropology Department at Santa Clara University and a ","PeriodicalId":47452,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY","volume":"7 7","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135113827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Role of the Field Architect in the Digital Age: Integrating Human and Electronic Recording at the Villa Arianna in Roman Stabiae","authors":"Joseph C. Williams, Thomas Howe, Adan Ramos, Gabriel Maslen","doi":"10.1080/00934690.2023.2264613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2023.2264613","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTDigital recording technologies such as lidar and photogrammetry bring higher efficiency to archaeological recording, as well as the allure of automation. How do the promises of the digital age impact the role and methods of field architects, members of an archaeological team responsible for illustrating architectural finds? Between 2011 and 2022, University of Maryland field architects grappled with this question while recording the frescoed rooms of the Villa Arianna in Roman Stabiae. Like other Roman houses preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius in a.d. 79, the villa contains many building phases, destruction deposits, and large spaces adorned with detailed frescoes. To accurately capture this diversity, the field team integrated several digital-assisted recording techniques with traditional manual approaches. While electronic technologies aided the architects in measuring the villa at multiple scales, we found that they could not replace the field architect’s capacity for granular first-hand observation, historical learning, and interpretation of archaeological signatures.KEYWORDS: Field architectdigitalarchaeological illustrationfrescoStabiaeVilla AriannaRoman Geolocation InformationThe plan (see Figure 2) showing the Villa Arianna in Castellammare di Stabia, Italy, uses geo-referenced benchmarks from Vittorio Fontanella’s survey between April and June 2010, with elevation levels obtained by Thomas Howe in June 2010. BM 4–6 are the benchmarks used for the “First Complex” of the Villa Arianna, the focus of this study. The benchmarks are registered to the following Gauss-Boaga national grid coordinates: BM 4: X Easting 2477059.9339, Y Northing 4505546.6179, Z Elevation masl 48.501; BM 5: X Easting 2477080.5349, Y Northing 4505554.8649, Z Elevation masl 49.616; BM 6: X Easting 2477122.8300, Y Northing 4505589.8595, Z Elevation masl 49.692.AcknowledgmentsThis research has been generously funded by the Wilhelmina F. Jashemski and Stanley A. Jashemski Research Grant Program and was carried out with the support of the Restoring Ancient Stabiae Foundation and the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Pompei, Ercolano e Stabia. A great debt of gratitude is due to Robert Lindley Vann, originally the PI of the archaeological work-study program at the Villa Arianna in Stabiae. Thanks are also due to the many UMD students and alumni who made the architectural drawings and to the staff of the Vesuvian Inn.Additional informationNotes on contributorsJoseph C. WilliamsJoseph C. Williams (Ph.D. 2017, Duke University) is an architectural historian and Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Maryland. His research uncovers the nature of builders’ knowledge before modernity, with a focus on ancient and medieval southern Italy and its Mediterranean orbit. In particular, he applies the methods of building archaeology to examine construction techniques and their role in premodern design process. Williams developed these methods d","PeriodicalId":47452,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136212321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Household Labor Practices and Dryland Agroforestry in Upland Kula, Maui Island","authors":"Michael J. Kolb, Patty J. Conte, Valerie Curtis, Jim Hayden","doi":"10.1080/00934690.2023.2263698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2023.2263698","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThe relationship between agricultural systems and the development of complex societies in ancient Hawai`i has been debated for decades. To contribute to this debate, we examine a terrace complex representing an extended family agricultural land plot in the Kula dryland field system of East Maui, Hawaiian Islands. Botanical, faunal, soil, and architectural analysis data reveal a variety of household labor practices related to agroforestry ca. a.d. 1400–1820. A pre-human open forest soil substrate was replaced with stone agricultural terracing which was in turn enclosed by upslope-downslope garden walls that parceled the terrace complex into distinct garden areas. These results lead us to conclude that a wide range of specialized upland activities were practiced, including food cultivation, forestry, pig husbandry, and bird-hunting. The net sum of these local activities helped underpin the formative process of larger regional-level agricultural systems which in turn can inform us about polity-level staple and wealth finance systems.KEYWORDS: Agriculturehuman-environmental interactionBayesian modelpig husbandrybirding huntingHawai`i AcknowledgementsWe would like to express our gratitude to our colleague and former supervisor Ross Cordy, Professor of Hawaiian-Pacific Studies at the University of Hawai`i West O`ahu, for his valuable input and guidance in the development of this research project. We express our thanks to Tom Dye, Noa Kekuewa Lincoln, and two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments on this manuscript. Fieldwork was conducted in 1994 and 1995 under the auspices of the State of Hawaii Department of Hawaiian Home Lands as part of its mandate to develop and deliver lands to native Hawaiians. We would also like to thank Jane Allen, David Addison, Linda Scott Cummings, Patrick Kirch, Gail Murakami, Jade Moniz Nakamura, Jenny O'Clary, Tracy Tam Sing, and the late Alan Ziegler and Stoors Olsen for sharing their professional expertise. We also extend our sincere appreciation to the 1994 crew of the University of Hawai`i Kēōkea Archaeological Field School: Brock Adamchak, Stephanie Allen, Don Coloma, Karen Gulick, William (Koa) Hodgins, Lori Johnson, Kate Mortellaro, Amy Kaawaaloa, Erika Radewagen, Carter Richardson, Vincent Sava, Jacqueline Skeet, Kirsten Stromgren, and Cynthia Taylor.Disclosure StatementThe authors report there are no competing interests to declare.Additional informationFundingThis work was funded by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, the Hawai`i Department of Land and Natural Resources, and the 1994 University of Hawai`i Kēōkea Archaeological Field School.Notes on contributorsMichael J. KolbMichael J. Kolb (Ph.D. 1991, UCLA) is Professor of Anthropology at Metropolitan State University and Presidential Teaching Professor Emeritus at Northern Illinois University. His research focuses on ancient and historical political economies and the building of monumental architecture. He has published, amongst other","PeriodicalId":47452,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136212317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Women in the Lab, Men in the Field? Correlations between Gender and Research Topics at Three Major Archaeology Conferences","authors":"Yichun Chen, Ben Marwick","doi":"10.1080/00934690.2023.2261083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2023.2261083","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTRising interest in gender equality in society has resulted in greater scrutiny of gender inequality in academic communities. Analysis of authorship of peer-reviewed publications shows that archaeology, like other academic fields, has long been dominated by men. We ask if gender disproportionality is evident in the topics presented by archaeologists at major conferences, particularly the Society of American Archaeology (SAA), the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA), and the Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) meetings. Does participants’ gender correlate with the topics of their presentations? We analyzed presenters’ names in published programs to infer gender. We used machine learning to identify topics from presentation titles. We found distinctive topics that are strongly associated with women, such as cultural heritage, GIS, and isotope analyses. Awareness of these correlations between research topics and gender is important to ensure equitable participation in archaeology and unbiased access to training opportunities for students.KEYWORDS: gendersociopolitics of archaeologytopic modelingconferences AcknowledgementsThanks to the organizers of the SAA, EAA, and CAA meetings for sharing their data in a format suitable for quantitative analysis. Earlier versions of this research were presented at the University of Washington Undergraduate Research Symposium in 2020 and the SAA meetings in 2021. We’re grateful for questions and feedback from those events that helped to improve this paper. Thanks to Catherine Jalbert and Laura Heath-Stout for their encouragement and detailed feedback that greatly improved earlier drafts of this paper.Additional informationNotes on contributorsYichun ChenYichun Chen is an undergraduate student at the University of Washington whose majors are economics (BA) & philosophy (Ethics) and minors are applied mathematics & anthropology.Ben MarwickBen Marwick (Ph.D. 2008, Australian National University) is a professor of archaeology in the University of Washington Department of Anthropology. His research focuses on hominin dispersals into mainland Southeast Asia, forager technologies, and ecology in Australia, mainland Southeast Asia, and elsewhere. He analyzes how archaeology engages with local and online communities, with popular culture, and is interested in techniques and methods for reproducible research, open science, and investigating the sociopolitics of the discipline. ORCiD: 0000-0001-7879-4531.","PeriodicalId":47452,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135425351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"In Search of a Borderland: Material Culture Patterns on the Southern Limits of the North American Southwest","authors":"John Philip Carpenter, Guadalupe Sánchez, Rommel Tapia-Carrasco, Andrew R. Krug, Edson Cupa, Dakota Larrick, Carlos Eduardo Hernández, Robin R. Singleton, Matthew C. Pailes","doi":"10.1080/00934690.2023.2258715","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2023.2258715","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTRecent research conducted in southern Sonora, Mexico provides an opportunity to revisit debates about interaction between Mesoamerica and the North American Southwest (NAS). In the borderland between these traditions, communities show few signs of cultural amalgamation, instead exhibiting either an avoidance of overt identity markers or an emphasis on more local connections. This pattern contrasts with most discussions of Mesoamerican influence on the NAS that focus on regionally atypical centers of foreign goods consumption or evidence of foreign religious traditions in distant localities. By recentering on local contexts where cultural amalgamation is expected but minimal, we raise important questions about why more distant groups found Mesoamerican societies to be worthy of emulation. The results suggest researchers should devote equal attention to cases in which distinct identities are erased or suppressed as they do to cases in which social boundaries are maintained or created anew.KEYWORDS: Borderlandssocial boundariescultural amalgamationMesoamericaNorth American SouthwestRio SonoraSerrana AcknowledgementsWe extend our profound appreciation to the communities that hosted this research, including Rosario de Tesopaco, Nuri, Quiriego, Sahuaripa, Tacupeto, Onapa, Choix, and Mochicahui. We are further indebted to other regional scholars whose data sharing made this research possible, especially Cristina García-Moreno, Emilliano Gallaga, and the late Richard Pailes.Disclosure StatementThe authors report there are no competing interests to declare.Notes1 From provided figures, three of these appear to be “Santa Ana” described above, which are likely not from the core Casas Grandes region.Additional informationFundingThis work was supported in large part by National Science Foundation Grant BCS 1724445, with supplemental funding by a University of Oklahoma Junior Faculty Fellowship, a Rust Family Foundation Grant, and the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia.Notes on contributorsJohn Philip CarpenterJohn Philip Carpenter (Ph.D. 1996, University of Arizona) is a researcher at the Instituto Nacional de Antropología and Historia, Sonora. His interests include ethnohistory and social organization.Guadalupe SánchezGuadalupe Sanchez Miranda (Ph.D. 2010, University of Arizona) is a researcher at the Instituto Nacional de Antropología and Historia, Sonora who specializes in hunters and gatherers of the Sonoran Desert.Rommel Tapia-CarrascoRommel Tapia-Carrasco is a licenciatura student (Pasante) at the Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia affiliated with the Instituto Nacional de Antropología and Historia, with research interests that span from the Mayan region to the Sonoran Desert.Andrew R. KrugAndrew R. Krug (M.A. 2018, University of Missouri) is a Ph.D. student at the University of Oklahoma who focuses on theories of exchange and sourcing methodologies.Edson CupaEdson Cupa is a licenciatura student (Pasante) at the Escuela Nacio","PeriodicalId":47452,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135817522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Furrows Without Ridges: Evidence for an Agricultural Field at Angel Mounds (12Vg1), Southwestern Indiana, USA","authors":"Edward W. Herrmann, Rebecca A. Hawkins, Christina M. Friberg, Jayne-Leigh Thomas, Jack Rossen, August G. Costa","doi":"10.1080/00934690.2023.2259179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2023.2259179","url":null,"abstract":"Evidence of precontact agricultural practices demonstrating how and where crops were grown is often scant because of poor preservation and modern land use practices. As a result, relatively few sites have been identified that document farm fields or garden beds. We document remnants of a ridge and furrow agricultural system found at Angel Mounds, an important regional Mississippian site, in Indiana, USA. Researchers have identified many different cultigens from Angel Mounds, but the location, type, and age of fields had not been identified previously. Our research team recovered data indicating that the third terrace of Angel Mounds supported ridge and furrow agriculture where villagers grew maize, beans, and gourds for several centuries. This study suggests that agricultural evidence is extant in buried contexts and that these features are easily overlooked using traditional geophysical and survey techniques.","PeriodicalId":47452,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135864636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Towards an Integrated Approach to Studying the Stratified Ceramics from Dandanakan/Daş Rabat, Turkmenistan (9th–12th Centuries <scp>a.d.</scp> )","authors":"Carmen Ting, Martina Rugiadi, Paul Wordsworth","doi":"10.1080/00934690.2023.2258479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2023.2258479","url":null,"abstract":"This study draws on archaeological, stylistic, and technological evidence to explore ceramic and brick production of the medieval Islamic period in the southern Karakum region in Turkmenistan, home to many urban sites along the so-called Silk Roads. We focus on a 9th–12th centuries a.d. assemblage recovered from the site of Dandanakan/Daş Rabat during the first season of ToKa (Town of Karakum project) in 2019. Special emphasis is paid to characterizing the local ceramic fabrics and ceramic technologies through macroscopic examination and petrography, SEM-EDS, and FTIR analyses. Our results show that unglazed and glazed earthenware were manufactured using two local or regional clay outcrops, also employed in the brick kilns detected outside of Dandanakan’s city walls. A different clay was used for the slip of the glazed earthenware. These all had high lead-silica glazes, except for the turquoise glazes detected on both earthen- and siliceous wares.","PeriodicalId":47452,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136237263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluating Systematic Use of Ground Penetrating Radar and Auger Surveys to Determine Activity Areas at Three Open Air Sites in Central Alaska","authors":"Briana N. Doering, K. Hladek, M. Herron, Joshua D. Reuther, Julie Esdale, Charles E. Holmes, Gerad M. Smith","doi":"10.1080/00934690.2023.2248572","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2023.2248572","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study explores various testing techniques’ ability to identify activity areas across deeply stratified, open air archaeological sites. To determine the efficacy of different site testing techniques, a systematic ground penetrating radar and auger survey was completed at three sites in central Alaska: Swan Point, Bachner, and Niidhaayh Na’. The results show that both ground penetrating radar and auger survey can indicate subsurface geology, important for sites without exposed vertical deposits. Additionally, systematic auger surveys can be used to identify activity areas at large sites and in components up to 4 m below surface prior to full-scale excavation. This can help archaeologists identify earlier archaeological components and target specific areas that are directly related to their research questions while preserving the rest of the site for future investigations. Compared to traditional shovel testing, auger surveys provide a consistent, efficient, and rigorous method for assessing buried cultural remains.","PeriodicalId":47452,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY","volume":"48 1","pages":"518 - 533"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43110948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Settlement Discontinuities in Southwestern Arabia during the Middle and Late Holocene: The Bayḥān (Yemen) Region","authors":"J. Breton, B. Coque-Delhuille, C. Edens","doi":"10.1080/00934690.2023.2248408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2023.2248408","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Recent research has produced an increasingly nuanced but still incomplete understanding of Neolithic through Iron Age communities in southwestern Arabia. Present evidence indicates that foraging communities in the lowland interior of Yemen adopted animal herding during the 6th millennium b.c. and irrigation farming during the 3rd millennium b.c. or possibly earlier. Survey in the Wādī Bayḥān area has identified multiple settlement discontinuities. Prehistoric structures in Wādī Ṣurbān reflect episodic occupation, probably by Bronze Age pastoralists. Geomorphological evidence for Bronze Age irrigation systems appears in large valleys; these systems continued into the Iron Age and developed in small valleys. Geomorphological and archaeological evidence suggests an occupation hiatus around 700 b.c. in some larger valleys such as Wādī Ḍurā’. Settlement discontinuities seem to have responded to abrupt climate fluctuations and to regional political history.","PeriodicalId":47452,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY","volume":"48 1","pages":"483 - 501"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42821383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}