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Who made the Oldowan? Reviewing African hominin fossils and archaeological sites from 3.5 million years ago 谁造了奥尔当？回顾350万年前的非洲古人类化石和考古遗址

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2025-05-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2025.101704

Eleanor M. Williams , Alastair Key , Ignacio de la Torre , Bernard Wood

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“Weaving” the tupi: The study of kʷaẽ language and the persistence of pottery-making knowledge among the Akuntsu women, southwestern Amazon “编织”图皮：亚马孙西南部Akuntsu妇女对k -阿卡语的研究和对制陶知识的坚持

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2025-05-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2025.101691

Carolina Coelho Aragon , Roseline Mezacasa , Juliana Salles Machado

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Wetlands and grasslands: Habitat choice of hunters and herders across the transition to mobile pastoralism in Mongolia’s desert-steppe 湿地和草原：蒙古沙漠草原向流动畜牧业过渡过程中猎人和牧民的栖息地选择

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2025-05-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2025.101685

Jennifer M. Farquhar , Arlene Rosen , Loukas Barton , Robert Drennan , Claire E. Ebert , Dalantai Sarantuya , Yadmaa Tserendagva

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Commodification of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in 17th century southern New England 17世纪新英格兰南部白尾鹿的商品化

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2025-05-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2025.101693

Elic M. Weitzel

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Integrating cross-collections research and archival study: new insights on macaws and parrots from Chaco Canyon, NM 整合跨收藏研究和档案研究：新墨西哥州查科峡谷金刚鹦鹉和鹦鹉的新见解

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2025-05-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2025.101690

Katelyn J. Bishop

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Mask motifs in the land of geometrics. A systematic exploration of the rock art landscapes of Southern Mendoza region (Central-West Argentina) 几何领域的面具图案。对南门多萨地区（阿根廷中西部）岩石艺术景观的系统探索

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2025-05-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2025.101692

Danae Fiore , Agustín Acevedo , Hugo A. Tucker

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Mold-making technology at architectural compound 60 (CA-60): A newly discovered ceramic workshop at Huacas de Moche, Peru 建筑大院60 （CA-60）的模具制造技术：秘鲁Huacas de Moche新发现的陶瓷车间

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2025.101677

Federico Mosna , Carlos Rengifo

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Valencina: A copper age polity 瓦伦西娜：铜时代的政体

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2025-05-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2025.101688

Leonardo García Sanjuán , Timothy Earle

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A reappraisal of interaction spheres 对相互作用领域的重新评价

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2025-04-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2025.101686

Daniel A. LaDu

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Culinary chronicles of ancient Ebla: A multidisciplinary exploration of diet, nutrition, and health in a 3rd millennium BCE Syrian civilization 古代埃博拉的烹饪编年史：公元前三千年叙利亚文明中饮食、营养和健康的多学科探索

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2025-04-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2025.101689

Ninar AlJerf , Abdullah H. Maad , Loai Aljerf

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