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Residents of stilted houses and their burials in eastern China, 5500 BP: Excavation of the Gujiazhuang site on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay

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Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2024-12-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2024.100586

Fengya Ding , Zhanwei Du , Chaolong Yue , Shuzhi Wang , Yifan Zhao , Fan Yang , Yongchao Ma

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Agricultural development in southern Shandong, northern China, from the Warring States to the Han dynasty: New archaeobotanical evidence from the site of the ancient capital city of Zhu State

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Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2024-12-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2024.100583

Yingying Wu , Can Wang , Guoquan Lu , Zhaoyang Zhang , Donglei Cao

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Mobilizing architectural formal analysis for stratigraphic decision-making

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Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2024-12-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2024.100581

A. Gopher , G. Haklay

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Cultural exchange and technical artistry: Gold ornaments found in pre-imperial Qin Tomb at Ta’erpo, Shaanxi 文化交流与技术艺术：陕西塔儿坡先秦墓出土的金饰

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Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2024-11-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2024.100572

Yan Liu , Gaowen Xie , Xuyang Zhao , Juan Ji , James Lin , Ruiliang Liu , Donglin Du , Junchang Yang

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A computational perspective on the dynamics of early architecture 从计算角度看早期建筑的动态变化

IF 0.9 2区历史学

Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2024-11-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2024.100571

Hadas Goldgeier , Antoine Muller , Leore Grosman

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Unveiling the function of long-spouted ceramics at Sialk, Iran: Insights from organic residue analysis 揭示伊朗锡亚尔克长嘴陶瓷的功能：有机残留物分析的启示

IF 0.9 2区历史学

Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2024-11-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2024.100570

Emmanuelle Casanova , Julien Cuny , Antoine Zazzo , Marjan Mashkour

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The Longwangshan cemetery and the change in funerary practices in middle Yangzi during the late Neolithic Age, China 龙王山墓地与中国新石器时代晚期长江中游地区丧葬习俗的变迁

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Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2024-11-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2024.100567

Tao SHI , Yongfang LONG , Wei ZHOU

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Understanding settlement construction and chronology at Đền Đồi, Nghệ An province, Central Vietnam 了解越南中部义安省Đền Đồi 的定居点建设和年代学

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Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2024.100568

Nguyễn Thị Thúy , Lâm Thị Mỹ Dung , Nguyễn Thị Mai Hương , Nguyễn Thị Mỹ Linh , Elle Grono , Bianca Grenville , Peter Bellwood , Philip J. Piper

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New evidence for a 30–10 ka lithic assemblage at Jianshan Cave, Guangxi, South China 中国南方广西尖山洞 30-10 ka ka 石器组合的新证据

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Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2024.100563

Chun Tian , Hua Liang , Yanyan Yao , Jiazhi Li , Qizhi Jiang , Xi Mo , Bingsong Liang , Jianjun Guo , Wei Liao , Christopher J. Bae , Wei Wang

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The new chronology and material culture of a second millennium BC neolithic site in the heartland of the Tibetan Plateau: Qugong re-excavated 青藏高原腹地一处公元前二千年新石器时代遗址的新年代学和物质文化：曲贡遗址的重新发掘

IF 0.9 2区历史学

Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2024-10-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2024.100569

Xinzhou Chen , Hailun Xu , Linhui Li , Hongliang Lü

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