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{"title":"Care in Late Antiquity: Applying the bioarchaeology of care method in the case of an unprecedented pathology in an individual from Herrera de Pisuerga, northern Spain","authors":"Roberto Sáez ,&nbsp;María Edén Fernández Suárez ,&nbsp;Gustavo David Candela ,&nbsp;Paola Andrea Barrio Fioresta ,&nbsp;Alejandro León-Cristóbal ,&nbsp;Javier Romero ,&nbsp;Carmen Velayos Castelo","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104867","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104867","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although the study of past health-related caregiving has become an increasingly rewarding focus for bioarchaeologists seeking deeper insights into aspects of social relations in pre-modern cultures, to date there has been no bioarchaeological research into caregiving practices in the early historic periods of the Iberian Peninsula. This work remedies this deficiency. The well-preserved remains of Burial 16, an adult male recovered from the Late Antiquity cemetery of Herrera de Pisuerga (northern Spain) in 2016, display evidence of a severe trauma which is unusual in the osteoarchaeological record: a Monteggia dislocation fracture of the left forearm, which healed with radioulnar synostosis affecting the use of the left upper limb. The ramifications of this pathology for Burial 16′s ability to function independently within the community are analyzed using the bioarchaeology of care method, and results suggest the individual received long-term care in response to permanent limitation of the arm function, initially as direct support, then as “accommodation” from the group. Additionally, osteological evidence for significant dental pathology, associated, <em>inter alia,</em> with the loss of teeth and compromised masticatory function, are discussed in relation to possible requirements for further provision of health-related care. Employing a transdisciplinary approach, the moral aspects of caregiving and its motivations are also briefly discussed. This work provides a platform for future bioarchaeological research into caregiving during Late Antiquity, and contributes to the limited body of knowledge regarding the application of bioarchaeology of care in this period. We intend to extend bioarchaeology of care analysis to other burials in this cemetery, as well as to those from other communities, allowing a population-level analysis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 104867"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142661025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The “Sambaqui landscapes” project: Brief report","authors":"Leonardo Waisman de Azevedo,&nbsp;Taís Cristina Jacinto Pinheiro Capucho,&nbsp;Leidiana Alves da Mota,&nbsp;Yari Scheel-Ybert,&nbsp;Mayara Rosa Martins Lima,&nbsp;Pedro Glécio Costa Lima,&nbsp;Rubia Graciele Patzlaff,&nbsp;Nilber Gonçalves da Silva,&nbsp;Rita Scheel-Ybert","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104855","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104855","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Since at least 10.000 to 1.000 years BP, the Brazilian coast was occupied by sedentary communities that built monumental shellmounds interpreted as burial and ceremonial places, the <em>sambaquis</em>. One of the most intriguing aspects concerning <em>sambaqui</em> builders is the way they managed their landscape. Archaeobotany, the study of plant-people relationships in the past, is at the center of this debate. However, in 2018 a fire struck <em>Museu Nacional</em> (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), the institution that introduced and leads archaeobotanical research on <em>sambaquis</em>, threatening to create a hiatus in this discussion. In the tragedy, one of the most important archaeobotanical reference collections in Brazil was destroyed. In this research, we aimed to build archaeobotanical reference collections related to <em>sambaqui</em> landscapes, contributing to the recovery of Museu Nacional’s investigative capability in the area. So far, 39 samples have been collected for the wood and charcoal collections, 47 for the phytolith collection, 27 for the fruit and seed collections and 22 for the pollen collection, accompanied by 72 exsiccatae.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 104855"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142661021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How much did we lose? Investigating the impact of depositional environments on bone artifact preservation: Preliminary taphonomical findings","authors":"Justyna Orłowska","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104863","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104863","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The impact of the depositional environment on bone artifacts is a crucial aspect of traceological research related to prehistoric osseous tools. The conditions in which bone artifacts are deposited significantly influence their preservation and the visibility of manufacturing and use-wear traces. Various factors such as soil composition, climate, burial depth, microbial activity and taphonomic processes (e.g., scavenging, water transport, and plant roots), can alter the state of bone artifacts. These processes may introduce additional wear or modify existing traces. This study presents the preliminary results of a taphonomical research examining the impact of different soils and post-depositional changes (mainly plant roots and fungi) on the preservation and visibility of cultural modifications on bones. Thus, an experiment was conducted where specially prepared modern bone pieces with various manufacturing traces on their surfaces were deposited outdoors in five types of soil for periods of 3 and 6 years. The study’s findings provide numerous interesting observations and insights into the preservation of various types of manufacturing stigmata and the bones themselves, emphasizing the need for further in-depth research in this field. Furthermore, the presented findings may be helpful in taphonomic, traceological and forensic science research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 104863"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142661029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What jewelry did people wear in the Middle Byzantine period (10th-12th C. CE) in the Peloponnese? A technological and analytical case study","authors":"G. Logothetou ,&nbsp;S. Metaxas ,&nbsp;N.K. Kladouri ,&nbsp;A.G. Karydas ,&nbsp;N. Zacharias","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104778","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104778","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The present paper presents the preliminary results of the archaeometric analysis of a Middle Byzantine jewelry assemblage made of non-precious metals from the ancient site of Pallantion, near Tripoli (Peloponnese, Greece). The assemblage under examination consists of 26 artifacts, including earrings, finger rings and buckles. Macroscopic observations and optical microscopy were used to examine the manufacturing technology of the artifacts, with a particular focus on the manufacturing technology of wires. The proposed methodology combined a Handheld X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (HH-XRF) and a Micro X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (μ-XRF) to group the alloys used in the manufacture of the jewelry, despite the presence of corrosion. This methodology indicated that the majority of the artifacts was made of bronze, leaded or not, and gunmetal. Moreover, a quantification criterion was used to determine the state of preservation of the surface of the jewelry. Overall, the present study highlights the manufacturing technology of jewelry of the Middle Byzantine period and the tendency to imitate silver jewelry with lower-cost materials.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 104778"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142592624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Finding historical linkages between India and Myanmar through archaeological and physicochemical analysis of ceramics c. 1st century BCE to 13th century CE","authors":"Kaushik Gangopadhyay ,&nbsp;Rajat Sanyal ,&nbsp;Sharmistha Chatterjee ,&nbsp;Pritam Singh ,&nbsp;Chandrima Shaha ,&nbsp;Nabanita Naskar ,&nbsp;David Morgan ,&nbsp;Kamalika Sen","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104828","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104828","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Linkages of trade and culture between India and Myanmar, dating from the 1st millennium BCE, have been emphasized by several archaeologists. One of the significant set of artefacts that played a pivotal role in these processes of network is pottery. In this paper, the authors present the first ever comprehensive study of the physicochemical properties of potteries from important archaeological sites of India and Myanmar, chrono-culturally dated between 1st century BCE and 13th century CE. Results showed an interesting correlation among samples, underlining regular interactions between India and Myanmar. This possibly resulted not only in the transport of pottery but also in the sharing of its manufacturing techniques. A strong correlation in the composition of different elements, their interplay and the resultant structural details of the pottery obtained from the two regions play a key role in solving this ever-debated puzzle.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 104828"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142592515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A metal hoard from Susz provides new evidence for the use of bast cordage during the Lusatian period in Poland","authors":"Magdalena Przymorska-Sztuczka ,&nbsp;Jacek Gackowski ,&nbsp;Łukasz Kowalski ,&nbsp;Aldona Garbacz-Klempka ,&nbsp;Dariusz Kamiński ,&nbsp;Łukasz Szczepański","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104856","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104856","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Archaeological textiles and cordage from the 1st millennium BCE in Poland are relatively scarce. The majority of the available evidence has been preserved in a mineralised state or as imprints in association with metal and clay objects. Recently, the numerous remains of a bast cordage were identified among the metal artefacts from a Late Bronze Age metal hoard from Susz in north-eastern Poland, which has provided robust evidence for bast cordage production and use during that period. This paper presents and discusses the results of the technological and fibre identifications of the Susz cordage aided by archaeometallurgical and radiocarbon evidence to add more details to the biography of the hoard and place it more firmly within the context of the North European Bronze Age.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 104856"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142586263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Human diet and social complexity during the middle and late Dawenkou period at the Jiaojia Site, China","authors":"Meng Liu,&nbsp;Zhongming Tang,&nbsp;Yongsheng Zhao,&nbsp;Hao Wu,&nbsp;Luxia Cheng,&nbsp;Yu Dong,&nbsp;Fen Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104857","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104857","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Scholars have usually examined social complexity of the Dawenkou culture, Neolithic China through mortuary rituals, and have long assumed that there was graduated development of both social stratification and gender inequality. The newly discovered Jiaojia cemetery dated to the middle and late Dawenkou period, provides us a valuable opportunity to investigate the development of social complexity with a different perspective. We carried out stable isotopic analysis of human and animal bones from the Jiaojia site to explore the relationship between human diet and social complexity. The results indicate that Jiaojia people’s diets are dominated by C₄ foods (i. e. foxtail and broomcorn millet), and the contribution of C₄ foods increased significantly over time, suggesting the further development of millet farming. In addition, there were signs of food-based social stratification in the late phase of the Jiaojia site, more C₃ foods and meat were consumed by some elites. However, the dietary difference between males and females was not significant. This study demonstrates that dietary studies can be a valuable lens to examine the development of social complexity, and it also confirms that social complexity should be examined through multiple dimensions, mortuary practice is only one of them.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 104857"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142578317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Identifying construction technologies and environmental connections at the Iron Age IIA settlement of Kh. es-Suwweida, Israel: A microarchaeological study","authors":"Elle Grono ,&nbsp;Meir Edrey ,&nbsp;Bärbel Morstadt ,&nbsp;Philip Bampton ,&nbsp;Roni Zuckerman-Cooper ,&nbsp;Gal Bermatov Paz ,&nbsp;Dafna Langgut ,&nbsp;David E. Friesem","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104850","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104850","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The first season of excavations at Kh. es-Suwweida in northern Israel revealed strata from the late Iron Age IIA consisting of a series of massive fortification walls, rooms and internal compartments with potential floors. A microarchaeological investigation was undertaken to add high-resolution contextual and compositional data to the field evidence and characterize site formation processes, construction materials and technologies, and use of environmental resources. We applied a micro-archaeological approach to study sediments and archaeological materials via micromorphology, Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and micro-spectroscopy, and phytolith and pollen analysis. Two main construction technologies were identified: lime plasters produced from mixtures of pyrogenic lime and non-pyrogenic crushed chalk, and mudbricks prepared from sedimentary materials. An <em>in situ</em> lime constructed floor with multiple re-plastering and activity zones associated with the remains of a degraded mudbrick structure was reconstructed in one locality, and a collapsed burnt lime and mudbrick building with a wooden superstructure was reconstructed in another locality. The micro-archaeobotanical analyses identify domesticated barley, the cultural utilisation of grasses on-site, and a hinterland vegetation of open fields. The combined microarchaeological evidence enables a more detailed reconstruction of the variability in construction technologies and the sequence of collapse and degradation processes in an Iron Age settlement.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 104850"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142578316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tracing the path: First attempt of a multi-isotope approach to animal management in the Late Roman city of Torreparedones (Baena, Spain)","authors":"Santiago Guillamón Dávila ,&nbsp;Rafael M. Martínez Sánchez ,&nbsp;Alexandra Nederbragt ,&nbsp;Morten Andersen ,&nbsp;Richard Madgwick","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104851","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104851","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>During the 3rd century CE, the city of Torreparedones, in the province of Baetica, experienced a change in its social, urban and economic paradigm. To understand the complexity of the husbandry activities in the southern region of Roman Hispania during this period of change, a multi-isotope analysis has been undertaken. This analysis has included ¹³C, ¹⁵N, ¹⁸O and ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr in 15 animals combining bone collagen and tooth enamel samples. Four plant samples were also taken for the characterization of the local bioavailable Sr. The results suggest a great variety of management regimes in the four main taxa used in the site. Differences have been detected in the feeding of animals from the same species not only in the kind of graze consumed but also in seasonal access to food and water. The analysis of ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr has allowed local Sr bioavailability to be established and also to determine the likely local origins of 9 of the 15 animals. The use of predictive models suggests potential origins of some animals up to hundreds of kilometres away, pointing to wide-ranging trade routes worthy of exploration in future research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 104851"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142573137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Firewood exploitation in the Amu Darya valley of Uzbekistan from ca. 300 BCE to ca. 1400 CE","authors":"Raquel Piqué Huerta ,&nbsp;Josep Maria Gurt Esparraguera ,&nbsp;Verónica Martínez Ferreras ,&nbsp;Enrique Ariño Gil ,&nbsp;Rodrigo Portero ,&nbsp;Paula Uribe Agudo","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104837","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104837","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper presents the results of the analysis of charcoal recovered during recent excavations in the ancient city of Termez and other sites in the Amu Darya region of Uzbekistan, dated between 300 BCE and 1400 CE. The charcoal analysis focused on the identification of taxa with the aim of approximating the acquisition and use of firewood. It showed the use of plants that grew in the riparian forests near the course of the Amu Darya during the time of the sequence. <em>Tamarix</em> sp., <em>Fraxinus</em> sp., and Salicaceae are the most abundant remains. Other taxa such as <em>Elaeagnus</em> sp., <em>Vitis vinifera</em>, <em>Prunus</em> sp., and Maloideae are also present. The increase in the consumption of certain riparian taxa over time, together with the decline of others, indicates the impact of human activities on local ecosystems and species availability. The presence of economic species, such as <em>Vitis</em> sp. or <em>Ficus carica</em>, and other potentially cultivated species such as <em>Prunus</em> sp., in the area suggests the introduction and early practice of arboriculture, possibly supported by water resources.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 104837"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142553468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}