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New Insights Into Early Islamic Hydro-Agricultural Strategies in Northwest Arabia: A Geoarchaeological Study of al-Bint Dam (Sadd al-Bint) 对阿拉伯西北部早期伊斯兰水利农业战略的新认识：al-Bint大坝（Sadd al-Bint）的地质考古研究

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-09-28 DOI: 10.1002/gea.70030

Bruno Depreux, Munirah AlMushawh, Stephen McPhillips, Guillaume Chung-To, Sylvain Colin, Elora Chambraud, Kévin Guadagnini, Saifi AlShilali, Mashael AlDughailbi, Fatimah AlRashidi, Khalid AlKhaldi, Charlotte Faiers, Rémy Crassard, Guillaume Charloux

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Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of the Settlement Area of Ancient Bubastis (Tell Basta), Southeastern Nile Delta (Egypt) 埃及尼罗河三角洲东南部古Bubastis （Tell Basta）聚落区古环境重建

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-09-23 DOI: 10.1002/gea.70029

Philipp Garbe, Amr Abd El-Raouf, Martin Behl, Ashraf Es-Senussi, Eva Lange-Athinodorou, Julia Meister

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WITHDRAWAL: Provenance Study of Marble Artifacts From the Berenike (Egypt) Archaeological Site Based on Petrographic and Isotopic Data 撤回：基于岩石学和同位素数据的埃及Berenike考古遗址大理石器物来源研究

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-09-05 DOI: 10.1002/gea.70028

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The Flooding of Lagash (Iraq): Evidence for Urban Destruction Under Lugalzagesi, the King of Uruk and Umma 拉加什洪水（伊拉克）：乌鲁克和乌玛国王卢加尔扎格西统治下城市毁灭的证据

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-08-26 DOI: 10.1002/gea.70027

Reed Goodman, Liviu Giosan, Zhixiong Shen, Paul Zimmerman, Andreas Lang, Stefan Constantinescu, Sara Pizzimenti, Zaid Alrawi, Holly Pittman

{"title":"The Flooding of Lagash (Iraq): Evidence for Urban Destruction Under Lugalzagesi, the King of Uruk and Umma","authors":"Reed Goodman, Liviu Giosan, Zhixiong Shen, Paul Zimmerman, Andreas Lang, Stefan Constantinescu, Sara Pizzimenti, Zaid Alrawi, Holly Pittman","doi":"10.1002/gea.70027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.70027","url":null,"abstract":"High-resolution remote sensing, magnetometry, and trench stratigraphy identify a significant flood event at Lagash (modern Tell al-Hiba) during the late Early Dynastic period (ca. 2400–2350 BC). Satellite imagery and magnetometry reveal a 90-meter-wide meander belt—3–15 times broader than documented canals—adjacent to primary temple districts. Test trenches further exposed over one meter of flood-deposited silt covering existing architecture. Optically stimulated luminescence dating (central age: 2390 ± 220 BC) aligns closely with radiocarbon dates obtained from contemporaneous burn layers elsewhere on the site. Displaced artifacts, including an inscribed foundation nail from the reign of King Enannatum I (ca. 2425 BC) and diagnostic ceramics, confirm that the flood occurred after his rule but before Akkadian occupation. Integrating geomorphic, sedimentological, and textual evidence, we propose that the flooding was triggered when Lugalzagesi of Uruk-Umma (reigned ca. 2350 BC) intentionally breached or precipitated the failure of Lagash's principal canal embankments during or immediately following his documented attack on the city. This event illustrates how critical infrastructure for irrigation and transportation could be deliberately exploited to exacerbate the environmental and economic impacts of warfare. By closely associating the flood, the military siege, and subsequent demographic decline within a single generational timeframe, our study refines third-millennium BC Mesopotamian chronology and underscores the interconnected roles of hydrology, conflict, and urban resilience in early urban societies.","PeriodicalId":55117,"journal":{"name":"Geoarchaeology-An International Journal","volume":"40 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/gea.70027","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144897746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Correction to “A Newly Identified Basalt Adze Quarry at Honoko'i Gulch, East Moloka'i, Hawaiian Islands” 更正“夏威夷群岛东莫洛卡岛Honoko'i Gulch新发现的玄武岩Adze采石场”

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-07-20 DOI: 10.1002/gea.70026

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Planetary Geoarchaeology of Comets: Site Formation Processes on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko 彗星的行星地质考古学：67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko上的遗址形成过程

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1002/gea.70023

Luca Forassiepi, Justin A. Holcomb

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Long-Term Occupation on Shifting Wetlands Around the Haimenkou Site in Yunnan, Southwest China 云南海门口遗址周边流动湿地的长期占用研究

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1002/gea.70025

Kai Su, Tristram Kidder, Hongliang Lu, Deyun Zhao, Luo Wang, Yujun Duan

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Quantifying Water and Tillage Soil Erosion Risk to the Neolithic Settlement Site of Bylany (Czech Republic) 捷克比伦尼新石器时代居民点水土流失风险量化研究

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-07-14 DOI: 10.1002/gea.70024

Nikola Derková, Markéta Končelová, Roman Křivánek, Barbora Strouhalová, Tomáš Chuman

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Geoarchaeology of Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene Occupation at the EL Peregrino and Colina Castor Sites on Cedros Island, Baja California, Mexico 墨西哥下加利福尼亚州塞德罗斯岛EL Peregrino和Colina Castor遗址晚更新世至全新世早期占领的地质考古

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-07-14 DOI: 10.1002/gea.70022

Loren G. Davis, Matthew R. Des Lauriers, Lorena Becerra-Valdivia, David Rhode, David B. Madsen, Antonio P. Michelini

{"title":"Geoarchaeology of Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene Occupation at the EL Peregrino and Colina Castor Sites on Cedros Island, Baja California, Mexico","authors":"Loren G. Davis, Matthew R. Des Lauriers, Lorena Becerra-Valdivia, David Rhode, David B. Madsen, Antonio P. Michelini","doi":"10.1002/gea.70022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.70022","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 This study presents the geoarchaeological and chronometric analysis of two Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene archaeological sites: El Peregrino (PAIC-88) and Colina Castor (PAIC-91), located on Cedros Island, Baja California, Mexico. Both sites are situated at the base of fossil spring localities above modern sea level and contain stratified cultural materials associated with now-extinct freshwater sources that likely played a critical role in supporting early human occupation within an otherwise arid coastal setting. Bayesian chronological modelling, predicated on > 40 new radiocarbon measurements, places the onset of occupation at El Peregrino and Colina Castor during the Younger Dryas, with El Peregrino dating from 12,905 to 12,050 cal BP and Colina Castor from 12,780 to 12,105 cal BP. Stratigraphic and sedimentological data indicate site formation through a combination of alluvial fan deposition, aeolian input, and localised floralturbation around spring margins. Marine shell and lithic artifacts were transported inland as far as 15 km from the paleo-coastline during periods of lower sea level. These findings expand the known spatial and temporal range of Late Pleistocene coastal foragers in North America and highlight the importance of freshwater availability in structuring early human mobility and site selection along the Pacific coast. The Cedros Island record provides a rare inland perspective on early maritime adaptations during the transition from the Pleistocene to the Holocene.</div>","PeriodicalId":55117,"journal":{"name":"Geoarchaeology-An International Journal","volume":"40 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144615532","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 Roman Water Management of Arles as Read in Aqueduct Carbonate Archives 《碳酸盐渡槽档案》中记载的罗马人对阿尔勒的水管理

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2025-06-28 DOI: 10.1002/gea.70020

Gül Sürmelihindi, Cees Passchier, Andrew Wilson, Christoph Spötl

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