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The First Occupations of Western Europe: Dispersals and Population Dynamics in the Early to Middle Pleistocene 西欧的第一次占领：早更新世到中更新世的扩散和种群动态

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Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory Pub Date : 2025-11-29 DOI: 10.1007/s10816-025-09752-2

Carolina Cucart-Mora, Diego Lombao, Antonio Pineda, Bruno Boemke, Beniamino Mecozzi, Marie-Hélène Moncel

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Snakes and Ladders: A technological approach to tool maintenance byproducts using module flake categories 蛇和梯子：一种使用模块薄片分类来处理工具维护副产品的技术方法

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Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory Pub Date : 2025-11-24 DOI: 10.1007/s10816-025-09754-0

David Nora, Ariel Malinsky-Buller, Boris Gasparyan, Artur Petrosyan, Ellery Frahm

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Sinkhole Microcosms: Understanding Persistence of Place Through Variable Cultivation Strategies in Northeastern Yucatán, Mexico 天坑微观世界：通过不同的种植策略了解东北地区的持久性Yucatán，墨西哥

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Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory Pub Date : 2025-11-19 DOI: 10.1007/s10816-025-09746-0

Maia Dedrick, Patricia A. McAnany, Adolfo Iván Batún Alpuche, Elizabeth A. Webb, Isaac A. Hart

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Evaluating Broadscale Deep Learning for Maya Settlement Detection in G-LiHT Lidar 在g - light激光雷达中评估玛雅聚落检测的大规模深度学习

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Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory Pub Date : 2025-11-19 DOI: 10.1007/s10816-025-09741-5

Benjamin J. Britton, Alec McLellan, Jeffrey Brewer, Christopher Carr, Nicholas Dunning, Lin Liu

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Graffiti, Atmosphere, and the Structure of Feeling of Marginal Places 涂鸦、氛围与边缘场所的感觉结构

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Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory Pub Date : 2025-11-19 DOI: 10.1007/s10816-025-09747-z

Peter Whitridge

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Agricultural Infrastructure Detection Through Multispectral Satellite Remote Sensing and PeruSAT-1 Images in Huarochirí, Peru 秘鲁Huarochirí多光谱卫星遥感和PeruSAT-1图像农业基础设施探测

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Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory Pub Date : 2025-11-19 DOI: 10.1007/s10816-025-09742-4

Gabriela Oré Menéndez

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Bayesian Inference of Sex-Specific Mortality Profiles and Product Yields from Unsexed Cattle Zooarchaeological Remains 动物考古遗存中无性别的牛的死亡率和产品产量的贝叶斯推断

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Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory Pub Date : 2025-11-06 DOI: 10.1007/s10816-025-09749-x

Yoan Diekmann, Rosalind E. Gillis, Ziye Lu, Anna Rudzinski, Maria De Iorio, Mark G. Thomas

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Qualitative and Quantitative Use-Wear Analysis of Percussive Stone Tools from Nyayanga (Homa Peninsula, Kenya) 肯尼亚霍马半岛尼亚扬加地区冲击性石器的定性和定量使用磨损分析

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Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory Pub Date : 2025-10-30 DOI: 10.1007/s10816-025-09744-2

Isabella Caricola, Luigi Germinario, Emma M. Finestone, Claudio Mazzoli, Laura Bishop, James S. Oliver, Rahab N. Kinyanjui, Peter W. Ditchfield, Richard Potts, Cristina Lemorini, Thomas W. Plummer

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Technological Trajectories in Iron Smelting: Slag Signatures, Recipes, and Traditions from Phnom Dek (Cambodia, 7th–20th c. CE) 炼铁的技术轨迹：金边的炉渣特征、配方和传统（柬埔寨，公元7 - 20世纪）

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Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory Pub Date : 2025-10-29 DOI: 10.1007/s10816-025-09740-6

Stéphanie Leroy, Mitch Hendrickson, Enrique Vega, Quan Hua, Kaseka Phon

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Development and Calibration of a Spatial Model for the Analysis of Paleolithic Archaeological Potential in the Duero Basin of the Iberian Peninsula 伊比利亚半岛Duero盆地旧石器时代考古潜力空间模型的开发与标定

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Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory Pub Date : 2025-10-25 DOI: 10.1007/s10816-025-09745-1

Amanda Merino-Pelaz, María de Andrés-Herrero, Andrés Díez-Herrero, David Álvarez-Alonso, Luis Miguel Tanarro

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