AntiquityPub Date : 2026-07-20DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2026.10392
Axel Mjærum,Ellen K. Friis,Trygve Hesthagen,Andreas J. Kirchhefer
{"title":"The introduction of fish to the Scandinavian mountains by hunter-fisher-gatherers 5000 BC","authors":"Axel Mjærum,Ellen K. Friis,Trygve Hesthagen,Andreas J. Kirchhefer","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2026.10392","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10392","url":null,"abstract":"Deglaciation of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet ( c . 8000 BC) opened the mountainous areas of inland southern Norway for human habitation, but topographic barriers prevented the migration of fish into upland watercourses. Dates from four fish traps found in the exposed bed of Lake Tesse, within the central mountainous region of Norway, are reported here, with the earliest (at around 5000 BC) indicating that Mesolithic hunter-fisher-gatherers were exploiting fish that could have been present within the lake only through human-mediated introduction. These results help illuminate an early example of environmental management, and perhaps even a form of food production, among hunter-fisher-gatherers.","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"487 1","pages":"1202-1218"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149092829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AntiquityPub Date : 2026-07-20DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2026.10401
Ali Sadraei,Mahya Azar,Javad Khodadoust
{"title":"Pleistocene occupations of Northern Khorasan: first evidence from Esfarayen Plain, north-eastern Iranian Plateau","authors":"Ali Sadraei,Mahya Azar,Javad Khodadoust","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2026.10401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10401","url":null,"abstract":"Field surveys in the Esfarayen Plain, north-eastern Iran, documented evidence of hominin occupations at 24 localities in Northern Khorasan. These findings help transform our understanding of Palaeolithic populations in north-eastern Iran and underscore the importance of this region in the dispersal of hominins into the interior of Asia.","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149092828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multiproxy analysis reveals migration and potential origins of the first Christians in medieval Vilnius","authors":"Giedrė Motuzaitė Matuzevičiūtė,Rytis Jonaitis,Irma Kaplūnaitė,Rūta Brindzaitė,Marine Morvan,Christophe Snoeck,Rimantas Jankauskas","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2026.10389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10389","url":null,"abstract":"Before Catholicism was officially adopted in AD 1387, the Lithuanian city of Vilnius was assumed to be largely pagan. Identification of Christian burials within a large medieval cemetery (late thirteenth–fourteenth centuries) in the city was therefore unexpected. Here, the authors employ multiproxy isotopic analyses of bone collagen, dentine and enamel to examine the origins of 15 individuals from the cemetery. Based on the results, the authors argue that males were more socially mobile than females, with one male possibly having immigrated from south-eastern Europe, supporting historical accounts of a multiethnic founder community including immigrant Orthodox Christians and local converts.","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"177 1","pages":"1404-1420"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149092830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Memory of the kings of Bia/Urartu: inscribed royal bowls from Western Asia","authors":"Annarita Stefania Bonfanti,Roberto Dan,Nzhdeh Yeranyan,Astgh Poghosyan","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2026.10395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10395","url":null,"abstract":"Through autoptic examination, macrophotography and comparative palaeography, this study identifies changes in sign forms, engraving techniques and associated iconography in a corpus of Urartian inscribed bronze bowls. Evolving scribal practices, and the transformation of monumental cuneiform into portable media, highlight the role of inscribed metal vessels in expressing Urartian kingship.","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149092831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AntiquityPub Date : 2026-07-14DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2026.10378
Franco D. Rossi,David Stuart,Heather Hurst
{"title":"The identification and work of an eighth-century Maya mathematician","authors":"Franco D. Rossi,David Stuart,Heather Hurst","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2026.10378","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10378","url":null,"abstract":"Maya glyphic texts from the Classic period (250–900 CE) typically chronicle the exploits of historical or divine characters; everyday or functional records are rare. Here, the authors offer a reconstruction and transcription of a ‘microtext’ painted on an interior wall of Structure 10K-2 at the site of Xultun, Guatemala. The text records a unique astronomical formula that concludes with a name, attributing the work to an individual named Sak Tahn Waax (‘White-chested Fox’). To date, this is the only known example of a Classic Maya mathematician directly credited for their work, attesting to the value of its intellectual authorship.","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"76 1","pages":"1369-1384"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149092833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AntiquityPub Date : 2026-07-14DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2026.10394
Christina M. Giovas,Claudia T. Kraan,Kelsey M. Lowe,Michiel Kappers,Amy Ann Victorina,Christine Conlan,Shira Yoshimi Maezumi
{"title":"Cultural landscapes reveal 5700 years of human–environment interaction on Curaçao","authors":"Christina M. Giovas,Claudia T. Kraan,Kelsey M. Lowe,Michiel Kappers,Amy Ann Victorina,Christine Conlan,Shira Yoshimi Maezumi","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2026.10394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10394","url":null,"abstract":"From 2022–2025, the Curaçao Cultural Landscape Project conducted archaeological and palaeoecological investigations of Rif Sint Marie and Jan Thiel, Curaçao, to reconstruct long-term landscape history. Results reveal a 5700-year settlement history, strategic adaptations enacted by diverse cultural groups and the legacy of past human activities within the contemporary landscape.","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149092832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In the heat of the furnaces: 300 years of metalmaking at Bronze Age Taldysai, central Kazakhstan","authors":"Ilaria Calgaro,Antonina Sergeevna Yermolayeva,Miljana Radivojević","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2026.10390","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10390","url":null,"abstract":"High-resolution archaeometallurgical analysis of production debris offers a direct means of reconstructing ancient metalmaking traditions, yet remains underexplored relative to the study of finished artefacts. By integrating slag morphology, microstructure and compositional data from Late Bronze Age Taldysai, this study reconstructs, for the first time in Eurasian Steppe archaeology, a continuous 300-year tradition of copper-alloy production. The results reveal technological continuity alongside innovation, including advanced furnace designs, shared metallurgical knowledge and episodes of experimentation. The authors state that these findings position local semipastoralist communities not as peripheral adopters but as active innovators at the heart of Bronze Age Eurasian metallurgical developments.","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"21 1","pages":"1293-1311"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149092835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AntiquityPub Date : 2026-07-10DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2026.10388
Julia Montes-Landa,Andreu Moya i Garra,Natàlia Alonso,Marcos Martinón-Torres
{"title":"An early lead-smelting tradition in north-east Iberia: a short-lived innovation of the third millennium BC","authors":"Julia Montes-Landa,Andreu Moya i Garra,Natàlia Alonso,Marcos Martinón-Torres","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2026.10388","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10388","url":null,"abstract":"The polymetallic origins and non-linear development of metallurgy have only relatively recently attracted more scholarly attention. Within this framework, the identification of three lead-smelting slag nodules in early second-millennium BC contexts at Minferri (Catalonia, Spain) provides what is currently the earliest direct evidence of lead smelting in Iberia. These materials are linked to previous indirect evidence of lead smelting in the area from the early third millennium BC. Despite the persistence of lead smelting across the Pyrenees in southern France, it was abandoned in north-east Iberia after the mid-second millennium BC, highlighting divergent sociotechnological pathways even in areas of close cultural contact.","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"295 1","pages":"1277-1292"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149092838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AntiquityPub Date : 2026-07-06DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2026.10391
Sina Clara Lehnig,Nikola Babucic
{"title":"Forced resettlement as an imperial strategy: evidence from the Ligures Baebiani in Roman Samnium","authors":"Sina Clara Lehnig,Nikola Babucic","doi":"10.15184/aqy.2026.10391","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10391","url":null,"abstract":"Forced population resettlement constituted a strategic instrument in the territorial expansion of the Roman Empire. Survey and geophysical data from Macchia di Circello (Campania) offer novel evidence on the settlement of a forcibly relocated community, the Ligures Baebiani, transferred from Liguria to Samnium in the second century BC.","PeriodicalId":8058,"journal":{"name":"Antiquity","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149092836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}