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A method for constructing demographic profiles of Capra aegagrus/C. hircus using logarithm size index scaling 利用对数大小指数缩放法构建海马/貘人口分布图的方法

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Journal of Archaeological Science Pub Date : 2024-10-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2024.106103

Melinda A. Zeder

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Life, death and environment at Lagore Crannog: Parasites, land-use and a royal residence in later prehistoric and early medieval Ireland 拉戈尔克兰诺格的生命、死亡与环境：寄生虫、土地利用和史前晚期与中世纪早期爱尔兰的皇家宅邸

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Journal of Archaeological Science Pub Date : 2024-10-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2024.106105

SE Jones , P Gleeson , O. López-Costas , A Martínez-Cortizas , T Mighall , G Noble

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The earliest evidence for deformation of livestock horns: The case of Predynastic sheep from Hierakonpolis, Egypt 牲畜角变形的最早证据：埃及希拉孔波利斯早先时期绵羊的案例

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Journal of Archaeological Science Pub Date : 2024-10-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2024.106104

Wim Van Neer , Bea De Cupere , Renée Friedman

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Zooarchaeological and ancient DNA identification of a non-local gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 美国路易斯安那州新奥尔良市非本地地鼠龟（Gopherus polyphemus）的动物考古学和古 DNA 鉴定

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Journal of Archaeological Science Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2024.106094

J. Ryan Kennedy , Thomas C.A. Royle , Luke S. Jackman , Cathy Ngọc Hân Tran , Dongya Y. Yang

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Proteomic sexing of archaeological cattle remains at Neolithic Kilshane 对新石器时代基尔沙恩的考古牛遗骸进行蛋白质组性别鉴定

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Journal of Archaeological Science Pub Date : 2024-10-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2024.106102

M. Buckley , F. Pigière , M. Pal Chowdhury , A.C. Kitchener , J. Smyth

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Ostrich eggshell beads: Hole drilling technology at Little Muck Shelter, South Africa 鸵鸟蛋壳珠：南非 Little Muck Shelter 的钻孔技术

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Journal of Archaeological Science Pub Date : 2024-10-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2024.106091

Nicole Leoni Sherwood , Tim Forssman

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Central-Eastern Europe as a centre of Middle Ages extractive metallurgy 中世纪采掘冶金中心--中东欧

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Journal of Archaeological Science Pub Date : 2024-10-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2024.106093

Jack Longman , Daniel Veres , Vasile Ersek , Calin G. Tamas , Aritina Haliuc , Eniko Magyari , Florin Gogaltan , Sampson Panajiotidis , Maria Papadopoulou

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A formal test using agent-based models of the circumscription theory for the evolution of social complexity 利用基于代理的模型对社会复杂性演化的周延理论进行正式检验

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Journal of Archaeological Science Pub Date : 2024-10-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2024.106090

A.J. Williams , A. Mesoudi

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Production perspectives of a high-status polychrome jewellery set from the Hunnic period (mid-5th century AD) Carpathian Basin 匈奴时期（公元 5 世纪中叶）喀尔巴阡山盆地一套高级多色首饰的制作视角

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Journal of Archaeological Science Pub Date : 2024-10-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2024.106085

Eszter Horváth , Viktória Mozgai , László E. Aradi , Boglárka Topa , Bernadett Bajnóczi

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NOthing goes to WAste (NOWA): A protocol to optimise sampling of ancient teeth 一切归于自然（NOWA）：优化古代牙齿采样的方案

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Journal of Archaeological Science Pub Date : 2024-10-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2024.106087

Carmen Esposito , Owen Alexander Higgins , Alessia Galbusera , Melania Gigante , Federico Lugli , Wolfgang Müller , Richard Madgwick , Alfredo Coppa , Stefano Benazzi , Luca Bondioli , Alessia Nava

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