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{"title":"Dietary reconstruction of domestic mammals in the Keriya Valley (Xinjiang, China) during the Bronze and Iron Ages using stable isotope analysis of animal hair","authors":"Clara Azémard ,&nbsp;Sebastien Lepetz ,&nbsp;Corinne Debaine-Francfort ,&nbsp;Idriss Abduressul ,&nbsp;Denis Fiorillo ,&nbsp;Séverine Zirah ,&nbsp;Antoine Zazzo","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104920","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104920","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Textiles can provide a wealth of information about the practices of ancient cultures. Here we present the carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analyses of a large corpus of well-preserved animal fibres from two Bronze and Iron Age sites in the Keriya Valley (Xinjiang, NW China), an area which lies at the crossroads of exchange and circulation of goods, practices and culture in Eurasia. Our aim is to reconstruct the diets of domesticated herbivores (goat, sheep, cattle, camel) found at these sites in order to shed light on pastoral practices. Caprines and cattle relied heavily on C₃ plants with a δ¹³C mean ratio of −19.8 ± 1.5 ‰ and −20.3 ± 1.8 ‰ respectively, in accordance with other studies in Xinjiang. Occasional consumption of C₄ plants is also observed in caprines. These variations may be due to herd mobility and/or seasonal availability of local vegetation or textile trade. Two Iron Age individuals (a camel and a bovid) show a high C₄ plants intake. This diet is highly unusual in this context and specific herding practices with millet feeding could be considered.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 104920"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143147424","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":"Reflectance transformation imaging at a microscopic level: A new device and method for collaborative research on artifact use-wear analysis","authors":"Jerome Robitaille","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104914","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104914","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper outlines the technical foundation and operational principles of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) technology, emphasizing its pivotal role in archaeological artifact analysis and documentation. It reflects on RTI studies to demonstrate its significant impact in providing detailed multi-directional insights, particularly in use-wear analysis. A comparative assessment of images captured through different techniques reveals that Microscopic-RTI delivers exceptionally comprehensive information, markedly enhancing the visual representation of active tool surfaces. These findings accentuate the substantial value of Microscopic-RTI in research and documentation for use-wear analysis, affirming its effectiveness as an integral and complementary tool alongside other imaging technologies.</div><div>This study demonstrates that RTI can successfully examine features at a microscopic level. Specifically, it evaluates various microscopy-scale photography methods, focusing on the ‘highlight’ method (H-RTI) for documenting sub-millimetre details, such as those examined in use-wear analysis. The study investigates the implementation of Microscopic-RTI, a novel RTI method that utilizes a microscope, for the exaination and documentation of archaeological and experimental use-wear on stone tools. This technique enables the capture of fine surface details that may not be identifiable through ordinary photography and microscopy.</div><div>Given the prohibiting cost of an RTI dome, this study proposes the cost-effective make-shift construction of a simile dome and reviews how it functions along with appropriate RTI programs for documentation of use-wear, hoping to propel the subdiscipline of use-wear analysis to more accurate and objective documentation and interpretation of use-wear which can be widely shared and used.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 104914"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143148088","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":"Island Southeast Asia and ancient glass exchange: Insights from jar burial sites in Bacong, central Philippines","authors":"Alexandra De Leon ,&nbsp;Laure Dussubieux ,&nbsp;Laura Junker ,&nbsp;Eusebio Dizon","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104946","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104946","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Much remains unknown about the participation of Philippine social groups in ancient glass trade during the period known in the Philippines as the “Metal Age” (ca. 500 BCE – 1000 CE). This study hopes to address the poor understanding of ancient glass exchange in the Philippines through the examination of glass beads recovered from the Bacong region jar burials in Central Philippines. Elemental analysis using laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) is utilized to address questions on compositional similarity of Bacong glass beads with glass beads from South and Southeast Asia and identify networks of exchange Bacong communities took part in. Compositional analysis determines that there are four types of glass found in Bacong including mineral soda-high alumina glass (m-Na-Al), mineral soda glass with moderate lime and alumina concentrations (m-Na-Ca-Al), soda plant ash and lime silica glass (v-Na-Ca) and potash (K) glass. Additionally, the Sr and Nd isotope signatures of two m-Na-Al 1 and two m-Na-Ca-Al beads were measured in an attempt to elucidate more precisely their provenance. The isotope results study determines that these glass beads are likely sourced from Sri Lanka and South India reflecting maritime exchange between island Southeast Asian communities with South Asia possibly in the early to mid-first millennium CE.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 104946"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143148094","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":"Weaving traditions based on activity patterns in a pre-Columbian Diaguita community (AD 900 – 1536) of the semi-arid region of Chile","authors":"Rodrigo Retamal ,&nbsp;Paola González ,&nbsp;Aryel Pacheco","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104967","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104967","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Objective&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;This study aims to analyze patterns of entheseal changes to infer activity patterns in a sample (n = 112) of adult individuals from the El Olivar cemetery, Coquimbo Region, Chile.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Methods&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;The degree of muscular development was evaluated at 32 entheses for both the right and left sides of the appendicular skeleton. In cases where entheses were absent, univariate imputations were performed using ordinal logistic regressions. The entheses were grouped according to their primary movements. Muscle groups were standardized and analyzed independently by sex to control for sexual dimorphism. Age-related effects were addressed using ordinary regression models, and individuals with spondyloarthropathies (n = 10) were removed from the sample. Factor analysis was conducted for both non-imputed and imputed variables, and the results were compared and interpreted to infer movements and activity patterns among the analyzed individuals. Inferred activities were compared with available archaeological and ethnographic data.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Results&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;Males exhibited greater robustness in certain movements and on the right side, while females displayed lower robustness with no side differences. Distinct movement distributions along the first and second factors were observed between the sexes. Females concentrated thigh and upper limb movements as primary contributions to the first factor, whereas leg and foot movements contributed significantly to the second factor. Males showed a more scattered distribution of movements, with most upper limb movements primarily located on the right side of the plot, indicating a substantial contribution to the first factor. The right and left upper limbs among males demonstrated different movement distributions.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Discussion&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;After controlling for confounding factors, movements displayed an unequal distribution between males and females, suggesting that other factors may be related, such as the performance of different activities associated with workload and daily tasks. The concentration of upper limb and thigh movements in higher values of the first factor among females indicates activities primarily involving these body parts, while the lower limb remained fixed, as in kneeling or squatting positions. The second factor suggests activities like walking or running, which primarily engage the lower limb, with less involvement of the upper limb. Male movements appear to exhibit greater variability compared to female movements. Factor analyses indicate that shoulder movements and elbow flexion suggest engagement in activities requiring a wide range of upper limb movements. Furthermore, side associations imply that males engaged in certain activities that preferentially utilized one upper limb over the other. Grave goods from this site suggest deliberate ritual practices that intertwined the identities of certain individuals with specific act","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 104967"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143148141","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":"From pottery use-alteration to food habits: Perspectives from a 20th century Diola Kassa midden (Lower Casamance, Senegal)","authors":"Pauline Debels ,&nbsp;Julien Vieugué ,&nbsp;Léa Drieu ,&nbsp;Aline Garnier ,&nbsp;Moustapha Sall ,&nbsp;Anne Mayor","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104898","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104898","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>During the last decade, use-wear analysis on pottery has seen significant advances, both in the refining of reference collections and the application of this methodology to the archaeological material. Despite these contributions, the field has not yet paralleled the widespread dissemination achieved by lithic or bone materials. This paper aims to contribute to the methodology of the functional study of ceramic vessels and the interpretation of use-alterations. The method used is based on the determination of the main morpho-stylistic groups of a ceramic assemblage and their correlated use-alterations. It has been implemented on 365 pots and 3037 sherds from a well-preserved 20th century midden in Lower Casamance (Senegal), allowing for a statistically significant multivariate analysis.</div><div>By delivering information on pottery way of use, content and the types of contact, this analysis has yielded significant results regarding the correlations between pottery use-alterations and morpho-types, revealing specialized functions. The study of way of use evidenced eight main functional categories (cooking, transporting, storing etc.), while content was evidenced by specific alterations (carbonate dissolution, spalls) and the intersection with organic residues analysis and phytolith analysis. Finally, the types of contact on some of the groups could be evidenced. In particular, distinction between abrasion types has provided insights on material hardness, while pattern distribution evidenced the use of different pottery closing systems, utensils and associated motions. The investigation of pottery function significantly contributes to the reconstruction of past culinary and craft practices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 104898"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143146973","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":"From Macro to Micro: Integrated analysis of Funnel Beaker Culture pottery from Kiełczewo (Western Poland)","authors":"Małgorzata Szczepaniak ,&nbsp;Iwona Sobkowiak-Tabaka ,&nbsp;Anita Przybysz ,&nbsp;Paweł Wolniewicz","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104938","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104938","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Pottery is an artifact that is most commonly encountered by archaeological sites and demonstrates considerable resistance to post-depositional processes. Analyzing the pottery production process provides valuable insights into past human activities. This paper addresses the application of macroscopic and petrographic analysis, in addition to Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) to the pottery assemblage from the Kiełczewo site in western Poland, associated with the Funnel Beaker Culture (FBC). A total of 26 pottery fragments were selected for analysis. Thin sections were prepared and examined using a polarizing microscope, and the same pieces underwent ICP-MS analysis to determine the composition of the clay bodies used in vessel production and the various chemical composition groups of the pottery. Additionally, these analyses allowed for the identification of different workshops and the suggestion of possible imports of the vessels.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 104938"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143148061","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":"Levantine pioneering industry: Late 19th century CE glassmaking at the Mizgaga factory (Haifa, Israel)","authors":"Giulia Fogarizzu ,&nbsp;Alicia Van Ham-Meert ,&nbsp;Patrick Degryse ,&nbsp;Bracha Zilberstein ,&nbsp;Thilo Rehren","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104935","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104935","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We investigate the glass produced at the late 19th century CE glass factory of Mizgaga near Haifa, modern-day Israel with two main questions in mind: firstly, to understand the raw materials used, and secondly to test for any technological relationship to contemporary glassmaking in Europe. We show that the silica source is similar to the sand exploited more than a millennium earlier for Roman and Byzantine glass making in the same region, but with a different lime source, while a modern, likely industrially-produced soda was used as flux, despite the proximity to the large mineral natron deposits in northern Egypt. The soda-lime-silica recipe has close similarities to contemporary European glass production, but differs in its soda content, resulting in a softer and overall easier to work glass, more suitable for the inexperienced labour force available at the time.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 104935"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143148064","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":"Vessels on the floor − pottery in the construction of the household","authors":"Inês Soares","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104947","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104947","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>On the southern slope of Sabugal Castle (Sabugal, Guarda, Beira Interior, Portugal), the identification of an Iron Age domestic unit, characterized by a compacted clay floor, serves as the starting point for this study. Beneath the circulation floor, several pottery sherds were found, associated with the foundation phase of the domestic unit and the internal levelling of the circulation area within the hut.</div><div>The analysis of manufacturing traces is crucial for understanding the pottery sherds collected beneath the floor, shedding light on their various meanings and uses throughout their life cycle, including their reuse beneath the floor.</div><div>We will analyse the forming techniques based on the distribution and orientation of particles and voids in the sherds’ paste, as well as characteristics associated with the surface finishes of the samples.</div><div>The results will allow us to discuss the process of reuse and recycling of pottery sherds, from their original function to their incorporation into the floor’s foundation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 104947"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143148123","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":"Paleolithic occupations in the Lahn Valley of Central Germany: New dating and ZooMS results from Wildscheuer, Wildweiberlei, and Wildhaus","authors":"Keiko Kitagawa ,&nbsp;Daniel Burger-Völlmecke ,&nbsp;Sam Brown ,&nbsp;Jesper Olsen ,&nbsp;Felix Riede","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104951","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104951","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>There is limited evidence of repeated occupations by Neanderthals or modern humans in the part of Central Germany that roughly corresponds to the present-day Federal State of Hesse. The Lahn Valley located in the southwestern sector of this region is an exception. Based on early excavations of a series of now destroyed sites, the Lahn Valley has yielded sparse evidence of Neanderthal occupation from the Middle Paleolithic and has produced a more substantive Upper Paleolithic sequence including the Aurignacian, Gravettian, and Magdalenian, as reflected in the lithic and organic material culture. The present study attempted (i) to gain greater understanding of the chronology and use of animals by humans in the Wildscheuer cave, and (ii) to contextualize the Lahn Valley in the broader Paleolithic landscape of Central Europe. We targeted over a dozen samples consisting of faunal remains with fresh fractures, osseous artifacts, and human remains that derive from the cave site. The results confirm previous findings with the dates concentrated around the middle-to-late Aurignacian. These data suggest that, unlike cave-rich areas to the south (i.e. the Swabian Jura), the Wildscheuer was occupied neither immediately nor consistently when modern humans arrived in the region but also that multiple occupational events took place during the remainder of the Upper Paleolithic. This aligns with the ursid remains from the nearby Wildweiberlei, which predate the human occupation. Conversely, our dating efforts did not find evidence of substantial Gravettian or Magdalenian occupation in Wildscheuer, although this may also be a result of our modest sample size. In addition, ZooMS analysis revealed one of the first evidence of the use of wooly rhinoceros in the production of osseous artifacts such as smoothers. This study calls for renewed attention to the Lahn Valley as archaeometric methods that may be applied to legacy materials improve, and in tandem with our greater understanding of the early to late Upper Paleolithic in Central Europe on a regional to sub-regional scale.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 104951"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143148140","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":"An archaeometric study on the explanation of nutritional habits in the Neolithic period of Western Anatolia: Determination of organic residues in ceramic samples obtained from the Yeşilova Höyük site by GC–MS","authors":"İsmail Tarhan ,&nbsp;Şeküre Çelikten ,&nbsp;Zafer Derin","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104954","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104954","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study, 50 Neolithic sherds that were found during the excavation of the İzmir Yeşilova Höyük site were subjected to organic residue analysis (ORA) to identify foods prepared or stored in relevant vessels. The residues obtained from the sherds Y16, Y19, Y30, Y31-Y35, Y44, and Y50 were likely to be carcass meat fat, which is consistent with the situation that the stearic acid ratio in the detected organic residue (OR) was higher than palmitic acid. The dehydroabietic acid content detected in the Y26 indicates that this residue may contain decomposed pine resin. Due to the long and odd-numbered n-alkane species detected, especially C29, residues of plant origin may have been encountered in Y06, Y07, Y12, Y18, Y26, Y29, Y39, Y42, and Y43. Based on the collected data, it is predicted that this society, which is thought to have changed from a hunter-gatherer to a settled lifestyle not too long ago, has advanced to a point where it may profit from animal domestication. It is also thought that this civilization used plants for various purposes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 104954"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143148066","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}