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Mineral beads in an early domestic space of Northwest Argentina: Complementary non-invasive analytical techniques for findings from the Soria 2 site in the Yocavil Valley, Catamarca, Argentina 阿根廷西北部一个早期家庭空间中的矿物珠：阿根廷卡塔马卡省约卡维尔山谷索里亚 2 号遗址发现的非侵入性分析技术的互补性

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Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports Pub Date : 2025-04-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105164

Valeria Palamarczuk , Romina C. Spano , Diego G. Lamas , Esteban E. Asto Ramos , María Cecilia Fuertes , Eugenia Tomasini

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Reconstructing pre-European marine habitats using archaeological assemblages: A case-study from the Ōtata midden, New Zealand 利用考古组合重建前欧洲海洋栖息地：以新西兰Ōtata midden为例

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Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports Pub Date : 2025-04-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105160

Matthew Campbell , Richard Walter , Louise Furey , Emma Ash , Andrew McAlister , Monica Tromp , Malcolm Reid , Jingjing Zhang , Michelle Simone , Julian Lilkendey , Lindsey White , Armagan Sabetian

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A pXRF analysis of utilitarian pottery from the Late Classic Maya polity of Lower Dover, Belize 伯利兹下多佛的古典晚期玛雅政体的实用陶器的pXRF分析

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Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports Pub Date : 2025-04-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105123

Yijia Qiu , J. Britt Davis , John P. Walden , Bryan K. Hanks , Julie A. Hoggarth , Rafael A. Guerra , M. Kathryn Brown , James F. Garber , Jaime J. Awe , Claire E. Ebert

{"title":"A pXRF analysis of utilitarian pottery from the Late Classic Maya polity of Lower Dover, Belize","authors":"Yijia Qiu , J. Britt Davis , John P. Walden , Bryan K. Hanks , Julie A. Hoggarth , Rafael A. Guerra , M. Kathryn Brown , James F. Garber , Jaime J. Awe , Claire E. Ebert","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105123","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105123","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The distribution of utilitarian pottery was a key component of the Classic (∼300–900 CE) Maya domestic economy, yet few studies have used geochemical sourcing of pottery to reconstruct local patterns of household interaction. Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) analysis of pottery offers a promising approach, since it requires little sample preparation and is minimally destructive. While previous pXRF studies have identified limitations in sensitivity and precision, the method enables rapid analysis of large assemblages, which is necessary for characterizing inter- and intra-assemblage geochemical variability. To test this method, we analyzed 1,236 utilitarian pottery sherds from three ceramic types (Belize Red, Cayo Unslipped, and Dolphin Head Red) recovered from eight household contexts in two districts at Lower Dover, a small Late Classic (600–900 CE) Maya polity in the upper Belize River Valley of west-central Belize. Most vessels share similar geochemical compositions, suggesting local production; however, a small number of outliers likely represent imported items. Analyzed specimens fall into six compositional groups, most of which were also evenly distributed among different settlement groups, suggesting relatively uniform consumption across social statuses. This may imply that the inhabitants of hinterland districts acquired some of their pottery from a common, centralized marketplace rather than through localized or household-level production and exchange. As one of the largest ceramic pXRF studies in the Maya region, and one of the few focused on household contexts, this case study demonstrates the potential of pXRF for reconstructing pottery consumption and procurement patterns at the polity, district, and household level.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"64 ","pages":"Article 105123"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143865071","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}

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Production of metates in central Mexico: Techniques (know-how) and chaine operatoire of a traditional lithic craft in Turícuaro (Michoacán, Mexico) 墨西哥中部的金属酸盐生产：Turícuaro （Michoacán，墨西哥）传统石制工艺的技术（诀窍）和链式操作

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Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports Pub Date : 2025-04-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105153

Caroline Hamon , Gregory Pereira , Laurent Aubry , Oryaëlle Chevrel , Claus Siebe , Osiris Quezada-Ramirez , Nanci Reyes-Guzmán

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Two ancient Maya tattooing tools from Actun Uayazba Kab, Roaring Creek Valley, Belize 两个古玛雅纹身工具，来自伯利兹咆哮溪谷的Actun Uayazba Kab

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Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports Pub Date : 2025-04-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105158

W.James Stemp , Lorne Voorhis , Christophe Helmke , Cameron S. Griffith , Jaime J. Awe

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Testing the effect of circumscription on the evolution of social complexity in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, using agent-based models 使用基于主体的模型测试墨西哥瓦哈卡山谷限制对社会复杂性演变的影响

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Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports Pub Date : 2025-04-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105147

A.J. Williams , A. Mesoudi

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Comparative PGAA and LA-ICP-MS analyses of Late Bronze Age weapons and armour 青铜时代晚期武器和盔甲的PGAA和LA-ICP-MS分析比较

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Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports Pub Date : 2025-04-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105151

János Gábor Tarbay , Boglárka Maróti , Mihály Braun

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The Roman way: Investigating the cremation conditions during the Roman period in Belgium using a multi-proxy and multi-sampling approach 罗马方式：使用多代理和多抽样方法调查罗马时期比利时的火葬条件

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Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports Pub Date : 2025-04-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105156

Elisavet Stamataki , Kevin Salesse , Giacomo Capuzzo , Ioannis Kontopoulos , Marta Hlad , Sarah Dalle , Charlotte Sabaux , Barbara Veselka , Rica Annaert , Mathieu Boudin , Philippe Claeys , Amanda Sengeløv , Martine Vercauteren , Eugène Warmenbol , Britt Claes , Guy Destexhe , Laureline Cattelain , Sonja Willems , Guy De Mulder , Christophe Snoeck

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A high-resolution paleoenvironmental record based on phytoliths from the Armenian Highlands: The Upper Paleolithic of Aghitu-3 Cave 基于亚美尼亚高地植物岩的高分辨率古环境记录：Aghitu-3洞穴旧石器时代晚期

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Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports Pub Date : 2025-04-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105148

Johan Jarl , Boris Gasparyan , Andrew W. Kandel , Alexia Smith , Angela A. Bruch

{"title":"A high-resolution paleoenvironmental record based on phytoliths from the Armenian Highlands: The Upper Paleolithic of Aghitu-3 Cave","authors":"Johan Jarl , Boris Gasparyan , Andrew W. Kandel , Alexia Smith , Angela A. Bruch","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105148","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105148","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The rich archaeological record of the Late Pleistocene in the southern Caucasus and Armenian Highlands offers archaeologists a unique opportunity to study the behavioral patterns of the varied groups of hominins who occupied the region. As choices around subsistence, migration, and social networks, take place within regional and local paleoenvironmental conditions, understanding these is critical to any archaeological interpretation. Building on previous research linking modern vegetation types with distinct phytolith assemblages, this study uses phytoliths as a proxy to examine the Upper Paleolithic paleoenvironment in the northeastern Armenian Highlands. Based on relative abundance and linear discriminant analysis, phytolith assemblages from the archaeological site of Aghitu-3 Cave (40–24 ka) are used to test the hypothesis that modern phytolith data can function as a proxy for paleoenvironmental reconstruction. This particularly well-stratified Upper Paleolithic site is located in southern Armenia. The results of this study show clear differences in vegetation throughout the site’s 16,000-year sequence. These shifts likely represent the expansion and retreat of subalpine woodland and herb-dominated grassland biomes against the dominant steppe environment in the region. Although regional climate data show rapid and intense shifts in climatic conditions through MIS 3 and 2, the phytolith assemblage at Aghitu-3 suggests that local environmental response was muted. Additionally, phytoliths from intensified human occupation deposited in Archaeological Horizon III (∼29–24,000 cal BP) suggest that the inhabitants utilized sedge as raw material, likely for bedding or basketry. This study shows the potential of phytolith analysis for paleoenvironmental reconstruction and beyond, in the southern Caucasus and Armenian Highlands.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"64 ","pages":"Article 105148"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143850265","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}

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From centre to fringe: An investigation of Late Warring States Period vitreous beads in the Western Rong-barbarian cemetery, Shijia-Yucun site 从中心到边缘：石家峪村遗址西戎蛮族墓园战国晚期玻璃珠的调查

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Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports Pub Date : 2025-04-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105127

Ren Yubo , Wen Rui , Wang Yongan

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