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A versatile integrated protocol to extract organic balms from archaeological linen: A new way to provide reliable radiocarbon dating for contaminated textile 从考古亚麻布中提取有机香膏的多功能综合方案：为受污染纺织品提供可靠放射性碳年代测定的新方法

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Journal of Archaeological Science Pub Date : 2025-03-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2025.106203

Marie Ferrant , Ludovic Bellot-Gurlet , Emmanuelle Delqué-Količ , Anita Quiles

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Cattle domestication revisited: Middle Nile evidence suggests independent origins in Africa 10,000 years ago

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Journal of Archaeological Science Pub Date : 2025-03-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2025.106202

Marta Osypińska , Piotr Osypiński , Paweł Wiktorowicz , Marek Chłodnicki , Roman Łopaciuk , Przemysław Bobrowski , Marzena Cendrowska , Justyna Kokolus , Huyam Khalid Madani

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Pompeian pigments. A glimpse into ancient Roman colouring materials

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Journal of Archaeological Science Pub Date : 2025-03-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2025.106201

Celestino Grifa , Chiara Germinario , Sabrina Pagano , Andrea Lepore , Alberto De Bonis , Mariano Mercurio , Vincenzo Morra , Gabriel Zuchtriegel , Sophie Hay , Domenico Esposito , Valeria Amoretti

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Phosphatic crusts as macroscopic and microscopic proxies for identifying archaeological animal penning areas

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Journal of Archaeological Science Pub Date : 2025-03-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2025.106207

Federico Polisca , Marta Dal Corso , Maela Baldan , Mara Bortolini , Dario Battistel , Gregorio Dal Sasso , Francesca Gherardi , Matthew Canti , Giorgio Piazzalunga , Cristiano Nicosia

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Identifying habitual sled-pulling in dogs through the study of entheseal changes

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Journal of Archaeological Science Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2025.106204

Jessica Sick , Angela R. Lieverse , Tatiana Nomokonova , Robert J. Losey

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Transport of seashells through Gallia Narbonensis: Archaeobiogeography, provenance and trade of smooth scallop Flexopecten glaber revealed through geometric morphometrics

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Journal of Archaeological Science Pub Date : 2025-03-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2025.106182

Cyprien Mureau , Vianney Forest , Angèle Jeanty , Sarah Ivorra , Gaël Piquès , Vincent Bonhomme , Allowen Evin

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Unveiling the craftsmanship and knowledge behind iranian stuccoes (11th–14th centuries): New insights from an archaeometric perspective

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Journal of Archaeological Science Pub Date : 2025-03-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2025.106199

Moslem Mishmastnehi , Tomasz M. Stawski , Negar Eftekhari , Kathrin P. Schneider , Carmela Vaccaro , Iman Aghajani , Ana Marija Grbanovic , Lorenz Korn

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Physicochemical analysis of grey pigments from pre-Columbian archaeological ceramics from the sites of Alto del Cardal and Nuevo Corinto (Costa Rica): First identification of fired bone mixtures in Central America

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Journal of Archaeological Science Pub Date : 2025-03-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2025.106198

Matthieu Ménager , Paula Sibaja Conejo , Patricia Fernandez Esquivel

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Bioarchaeological insights into Late Eneolithic violence: Analysing a grave from the Sadowie cemetery, Poland

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Journal of Archaeological Science Pub Date : 2025-03-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2025.106185

Wojciech Pasterkiewicz , Anita Szczepanek , Zdzislaw Belka , Jolanta Dopieralska , Anna Juras , Maciej Chyleński , Danuta Piniewska-Róg , Artur Moskała , Janusz Skrzat , Paweł Jarosz

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Reply to “Burnt ant nests and their parallels with Mesolithic charcoal-rich pits: A comment on Huisman et al. (2024)” By Philippe Crombé and Roger Langohr

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Journal of Archaeological Science Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2025.106188

Hans Huisman , Hans Peeters , Jan-Willem de Kort , Jap Smits

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