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Soil Nutrients and Agricultural Infrastructure in the South Kohala Field System, South Kohala, Hawaiʻi 南科哈拉田间系统的土壤养分和农业基础设施，南科哈拉，夏威夷

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2026-09-30 DOI: 10.1002/gea.70074

Katherine Peck, Thomas Haensel, Noa Lincoln, Michael Graves

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Site Formation Processes at the Hester Site (22MO569): A Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene Occupation on the Tombigbee River Alluvial Plain in Northeast Mississippi, USA 赫斯特遗址（22MO569）的遗址形成过程：美国密西西比州东北部Tombigbee河冲积平原晚更新世/全新世早期的占领

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2026-09-20 DOI: 10.1002/gea.70079

James L. Strawn, D. Shane Miller, Derek T. Anderson, Stephen B. Carmody

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The Usage History of the Aqueduct of Nîmes Reconstructed From Carbonate Archives: Operation, Modifications and Late Antique Breakdown and Change 从碳酸盐档案中重建的n<s:1> mes渡槽的使用历史：操作、改造和后期古董的破坏和变化

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2026-09-15 DOI: 10.1002/gea.70076

Gül Sürmelihindi, Cees Passchier, Andrew Wilson, Christopher Day, Christoph Spötl, Samuel Hollowood, Regina Mertz-Kraus, Michael Weber

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Geophysical Surveys and LiDAR Topographic Analysis of the Vallum and Its Wider Landscape at Milking Gap, Hadrian's Wall 哈德良长城挤奶沟峡谷及其更广阔景观的地球物理测量和激光雷达地形分析

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2026-09-14 DOI: 10.1002/gea.70077

Sam Bithell, Stefan Nielsen, Richard Hingley

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Geomorphological Context and Weathering Processes of the Rock Art Shelters of La Tunita (Sierra de Ancasti, Northwest Argentina) La Tunita （Sierra de Ancasti，阿根廷西北部）岩石艺术庇护所的地貌背景和风化过程

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2026-08-27 DOI: 10.1002/gea.70075

María Marta Sampietro-Vattuone, José Luis Peña-Monné, Domingo Carlos Nazar, Guillermo Adrián de la Fuente, Rosario García-Gimenéz, Virginia Rubio-Fernández, Luis Alberto Longares-Aladrén, Elio Rodríguez, Walter Ariel Báez, Flávia Goncalves de Mesquita

{"title":"Geomorphological Context and Weathering Processes of the Rock Art Shelters of La Tunita (Sierra de Ancasti, Northwest Argentina)","authors":"María Marta Sampietro-Vattuone, José Luis Peña-Monné, Domingo Carlos Nazar, Guillermo Adrián de la Fuente, Rosario García-Gimenéz, Virginia Rubio-Fernández, Luis Alberto Longares-Aladrén, Elio Rodríguez, Walter Ariel Báez, Flávia Goncalves de Mesquita","doi":"10.1002/gea.70075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.70075","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study analyzes the geomorphological context, weathering processes, and evolution of granitic shelters bearing rock art in the Parque Arqueológico Provincial La Tunita (Sierra de Ancasti, Northwest Argentina), a key repository of Aguada Culture pictographs (<i>ca</i>. 600–900 AD). The research pursued four main objectives: (i) to characterize the spatial location and geomorphological setting of the principal shelters; (ii) to generate a three-dimensional record of the cavities in relation to the distribution of pictographs; (iii) to identify inherited morphologies and ongoing degradative processes; and (iv) to propose a geomorphological evolutionary model for the area. Methodological procedures combined systematic photogrammetric recording with the production of 3D models. Weathering diagnosis was supported by X-ray diffraction (XRD) to determine lithological composition, alteration products, and patinas, complemented by petrographic thin sections. The evolutionary model indicates that megatafoni and vault morphologies correspond to forms developed through prolonged weathering under warm–humid conditions. The tafoni interiors show vaults and ribs, some of which display higher resistance to uniaxial compression (RCU) than the surrounding rock. Active weathering results from the combined influence of humidity, salts, and biological/anthropic agents. Weathering fronts, gypsum and calcite neoformation, together with capillary humidity, partially affect the pictographs. Physical disintegration—granular disaggregation and exfoliation—is concentrated in overhangs and block supports, where compressive stress and water infiltration through fractures compromise the edges of certain paintings.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55117,"journal":{"name":"Geoarchaeology-An International Journal","volume":"41 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148848965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Resilience and Cultural-Economic Adaptation Strategies of Neolithic Communities in Fars During the 8.2 ka BP Climatic Event, Southwest Asia 西南亚8.2 ka BP气候事件中法尔斯地区新石器时代群落的复原力与文化经济适应策略

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2026-08-12 DOI: 10.1002/gea.70073

Morteza Khanipour, Minoo Salimi

{"title":"Resilience and Cultural-Economic Adaptation Strategies of Neolithic Communities in Fars During the 8.2 ka BP Climatic Event, Southwest Asia","authors":"Morteza Khanipour, Minoo Salimi","doi":"10.1002/gea.70073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.70073","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Iran is among the regions most vulnerable to environmental and climatic change. Similar environmental transformations also occurred in the past, leaving deep impacts on the habitability and cultural trajectories of human societies. One of the most significant of these transformations was the 8.2 ka BP climatic event, which has been associated with notable shifts in the subsistence systems of seventh-millennium BC communities across the Northern Hemisphere. However, no in-depth study has yet examined the effects of this event on Neolithic societies in Iran. This paper examines the possible implications of the period of climatic instability associated with the 8.2 ka BP event for Neolithic communities in southern Iran, drawing primarily on long-term archaeological surveys and excavations conducted by the author in southern Iran. In addition, previously published archaeological data from Fars, along with relevant climatic and environmental proxy records from Western Asia, were also taken into consideration. The principal objective of this study is to identify and interpret the cultural and economic adaptation strategies developed by Neolithic societies to Holocene climatic fluctuations. Results suggest that during the latter half of the seventh millennium BC, Neolithic communities in the Fars Cultural Zone experienced significant changes in settlement organisation and subsistence strategies, accompanied by developments in craft production and regional exchange. Together, these patterns indicate a flexible process of cultural and economic adaptation during a period of increasing environmental uncertainty broadly associated with the 8.2 ka BP climatic event.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55117,"journal":{"name":"Geoarchaeology-An International Journal","volume":"41 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148753576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Production Sequence of Rio Grande Glaze Ware as Revealed Through Petrographic Analysis 通过岩相分析揭示里约热内卢大釉瓷器的生产顺序

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2026-08-09 DOI: 10.1002/gea.70072

Suzanne L. Eckert, Kari L. Schleher, Deborah L. Huntley

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Correction to “Retraction: Applying Geoarchaeological Principles to Marine Archaeology: A Reappraisal of the “First Marine” and “In Situ” Lithic Scatters in the Dampier Archipelago, NW Australia” 对“撤回：将地质考古原理应用于海洋考古：重新评估澳大利亚西北部丹皮尔群岛的“第一海洋”和“原位”石器散落物”的修正

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2026-07-28 DOI: 10.1002/gea.70071

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Post-Depositional Chemical Processes Affecting Paleoindian Stone Artifacts in Grass Valley, Nevada 影响内华达州格拉斯谷古印第安人石器的沉积后化学过程

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2026-07-16 DOI: 10.1002/gea.70068

Robert G. Elston, Charles G. (Jack) Oviatt, D. Craig Young

{"title":"Post-Depositional Chemical Processes Affecting Paleoindian Stone Artifacts in Grass Valley, Nevada","authors":"Robert G. Elston, Charles G. (Jack) Oviatt, D. Craig Young","doi":"10.1002/gea.70068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.70068","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Irremovable silica and iron deposits, as well as dissolution etching on Paleoindian lithic artifacts from Grass Valley, Nevada, can imitate wear polish and obscure use-wear traces on lithic tools. Previously unrecognized on Great Basin artifacts, researchers unfamiliar with such accumulations may mistake silica crusts on buried artifacts for carbonates or fail to recognize silica-glazed or etched artifacts without examination under magnification. Because these deposits cannot be entirely removed without artifact damage, our goal is to describe their genesis and effects so other researchers can recognize and avoid misinterpreting them in future lithic studies. This study describes the alterations and processes that create these phenomena, places them in regional and specific contexts, identifies the types and sources of iron and silica involved, and examines variation with toolstone type, landform age and stability, soil type, pH, and depth below the surface. These processes are likely to affect lithic artifacts elsewhere in a broad region of arid North America west of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountains with tephra-rich duric soils and in other regions with similar climate, sources of silica, and soil chemistry.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55117,"journal":{"name":"Geoarchaeology-An International Journal","volume":"41 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148467365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The La Bajada Site: An Early Archaic Site in the Northern Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico La Bajada遗址：新墨西哥州北部里约热内卢格兰德山谷的早期古代遗址

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2026-07-15 DOI: 10.1002/gea.70070

Bradley J. Vierra, M. Steven Shackley, Fred Nials

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