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Potters’ technological choices in turbulent times: Exploring the transition from the Neolithic to the Copper Age on the Great Hungarian Plain through communities of practice and technological investment theories 动荡时代陶工的技术选择：通过实践社区和技术投资理论探索匈牙利大平原从新石器时代向铜器时代的过渡

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-10-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101622

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Sociopolitical evolution, population clustering, and technology among early sedentary communities in northeastern Andes, Colombia 哥伦比亚安第斯山脉东北部早期定居社区的社会政治演变、人口集群和技术

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-10-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101628

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The land of the last hunter-gatherer groups in the Ebro basin: Forgers of their own destiny 埃布罗河流域最后一批狩猎采集者的家园：自己命运的创造者

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-10-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101626

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Hunting, Herding, and diet breadth. A landscape based approach to niche shifting in subsistence economies (Gobi Desert) 狩猎、放牧和饮食广度。自给经济中基于景观的生态位转移方法（戈壁沙漠）

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-09-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101624

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The politics of provincial site planning and the architectural evolution of the Inka administrative center of Turi, northern Chile 省级遗址规划政治与智利北部图里因卡行政中心的建筑演变

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-09-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101623

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From space to Place: The making of temples 从空间到地点：寺庙的建造

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-09-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101625

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Postclassic Maya population recovery and rural resilience in the aftermath of collapse in northern Yucatan 后古典时期玛雅人口的恢复和尤卡坦北部崩溃后农村的恢复能力

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-08-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101610

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A comparative study of early shell knife production using archaeological, experimental and ethnographic datasets: 46,000 years of Melo (Gastropoda: Volutidae) shell knife manufacture in northern Australia 利用考古、实验和人种学数据集对早期贝刀生产进行比较研究：澳大利亚北部 46,000 年的 Melo（腹足纲：Volutidae）贝刀制造史

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101614

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Craft Specialization in the Highland Longshan Society: Perspective from the Bone Needle Workshop on the Central Mound at the Shimao Site, Shaanxi, China 高原龙山社会的手工业专业化：中国陕西世茂遗址中央土墩骨针作坊透视

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-07-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101611

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Animals of the Serranía de la Lindosa: Exploring representation and categorisation in the rock art and zooarchaeological remains of the Colombian Amazon Serranía de la Lindosa 的动物：探索哥伦比亚亚马逊岩画和动物考古遗迹中的表现形式和分类方法

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-07-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101613

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