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Bodies in transition: Tooth ablation from Neolithic to Iron Age in Vietnam and Southeast Asia 过渡中的身体：越南和东南亚从新石器时代到铁器时代的牙齿消融

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Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2025-10-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2025.100661

Yue Zhang

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Cattle traction in the Xiongnu empire: Zooarchaeological evidence from the Mongolian steppe 匈奴帝国的牛牵引：来自蒙古大草原的动物考古证据

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Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2025-09-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2025.100643

Tuvshinjargal Tumurbaatar , Cheryl A. Makarewicz

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Early beginnings: Naissance of architecture in the Levant – Special issue in honor of Anna Belfer-Cohen 早期开端：黎凡特建筑的诞生——纪念安娜·贝尔弗-科恩的特刊

IF 1.1 2区历史学

Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2025-09-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2025.100659

Leore Grosman, Hadas Goldgeier

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Controlling the north. The Bandivan fortress, a protohistoric (Kura-Araxes), Urartian, Orontid and medieval site in the Amasia Depression, Shirak Region, Armenia 控制北方。班迪万要塞，位于亚美尼亚Shirak地区Amasia洼地的原始历史（Kura-Araxes）， Urartian， Orontid和中世纪遗址

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Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2025-09-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2025.100657

Roberto Dan , Artur Petrosyan , Priscilla Vitolo , Andrea Cesaretti , Elena Fausti , Onofrio Gasparro , Boris Gasparyan

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Spatiotemporal dynamics of prehistoric millet agriculture dispersal in Northwest China 中国西北史前谷子农业传播的时空动态

IF 1.1 2区历史学

Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2025-09-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2025.100658

Chengbang An (安成邦) , Lei Tang

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Kalai Hissor - Medieval site in Baysuntau piedmonts. Stratigraphic analysis Kalai Hissor - Baysuntau山前的中世纪遗址。地层分析

IF 1.1 2区历史学

Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2025-08-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2025.100648

Ladislav Damašek , Daniel Pilař , Markéta Šmolková , Kahramon Toshaliyev

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Political boundary between Dvāravatī and Ancient Khmer kingdoms: The recognition of ancient frontier networks in Eastern Thailand before the 11th century CE Dvāravatī与古高棉王国之间的政治边界：公元11世纪前对泰国东部古代边界网络的承认

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Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2025-07-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2025.100647

Patcharaporn Ngernkerd, Rasmi Shoocongdej, Saritpong Khunsong

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Corrigendum to “Reassessing archaeological evidence for the Gandhāra still reconstruction and ‘Ancient Indian’ distillation hypothesis” [Archaeological Research in Asia 43 (2025) 100634] “重新评估Gandhāra蒸馏器重建和“古印度”蒸馏假说的考古证据”的勘误表[亚洲考古研究43 (2025)100634]

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Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2025-07-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2025.100646

Nicholas Groat

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Wild yaks, domesticated yaks, and the emergence of transhumant pastoralism in the Mongolian Altai 野生牦牛、驯养牦牛与蒙古阿尔泰地区游牧牧业的出现

IF 0.9 2区历史学

Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2025-07-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2025.100642

Esther Jacobson-Tepfer

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The prehistoric Bilat Cave shell assemblages in Mindoro Island, Central Philippines: A coastal environment and lifeways study 菲律宾中部民都洛岛史前比拉特洞穴贝壳组合：沿海环境和生活方式研究

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Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2025-07-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2025.100641

Marie Grace Pamela G. Faylona , Alfred F. Pawlik

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