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Critiquing the logics of prestige in the interpretation of Cycladic Figurines: Towards an archaeological theory of value 基克拉迪人雕像解释中的声望逻辑批判：走向一种考古价值理论

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2025.101680

Alexander Aston

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Mind the gap: Modeling Mississippian migration and frontier settlement in southwest Virginia, USA 注意差距：模拟密西西比移民和美国弗吉尼亚州西南部的边境定居

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2025.101664

Brandon T. Ritchison , C. Zoe Doubles , Maureen S. Meyers

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Dearly De-Parted: Ancestors, body partibility, and making place at Dos Hombres, Belize 亲爱的分离：祖先，身体分离，在伯利兹的Dos Hombres安家

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2025.101681

Angelina J. Locker

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Diasporic Kinship: Indentured laborers and the archaeology of relations in Mauritius 散居的亲属关系：毛里求斯的契约劳工和关系考古学

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2025.101666

Julia Jong Haines

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Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) castration in Fennoscandia: Domestication theory, archaeological methods, and interpretive perspectives 芬诺斯坎迪亚驯鹿（Rangifer tarandus）阉割：驯化理论，考古方法和解释观点

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2025.101678

Mathilde van den Berg

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Intragroup social differentiation and household inequality in prehistoric Mumun settlements of Korea 史前朝鲜木门聚落的族群内部社会分化和家庭不平等

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2025.101679

Minkoo Kim

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Corrigendum to “A collaborative synthetic view of migration in archaeology: Addressing challenges for policymakers” [J. Anthropol. Archaeol. 78 (2025) 101667] “考古学中移民的协同综合观点：解决政策制定者的挑战”[J]。Anthropol。考古，78 (2025)101667]

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2025.101676

Christopher S. Beekman , Andrew W. Kandel , Joan Anton Barceló , Rachael Kiddey , Hélène Timpoko Kienon-Kaboré , Corey S. Ragsdale , Kouakou Sylvain Koffi , Gninin Aïcha Touré , Laura Mameli , Jeffrey H. Altschul , Christine Lee , Ibrahima Thiaw , CfAS Human Migration Group

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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 : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2025.101677

Federico Mosna , Carlos Rengifo

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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 : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2025.101686

Daniel A. LaDu

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Who is keen about jades? Evidence for socioeconomic differences between early Neolithic households at Chahai in Northeast China 谁喜欢玉器？中国东北察海地区新石器时代早期家庭社会经济差异的证据

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2025.101683

Yumeng Qu

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