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Epigravettian barbed points from Vlakno cave (Croatia): the earliest evidence for barbed point technology in the Adriatic 弗拉克诺洞穴（克罗地亚）出土的上古时代带刺点：亚得里亚海带刺点技术的最早证据

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2024-11-14 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-024-02093-3

Selena Vitezović, Dario Vujević, Siniša Radović

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ExTraS program: documenting the processes of fixation, recording, and preservation of combustion products in speleothems ExTraS项目：记录洞穴中燃烧产物的固定、记录和保存过程

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2023-10-25 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-023-01869-3

Ségolène Vandevelde, Toomaï Boucherat, Adelphine Bonneau, Damien Deldicque, Lionel Marié, Ludovic Slimak, Christophe Petit

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Special pet, special care. Diet, provenance, and health analyses of a dog reveal strong ties with humans in Patagonia 特别的宠物，特别的照顾。巴塔哥尼亚一只狗的饮食、来源和健康分析揭示了它与人类的密切联系

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2023-10-25 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-023-01877-3

Lucio González Venanzi, Victoria Romano, Daniela Saghessi, Alejandro Serna, María del Rosario Vercellini, Luciano Prates

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Caodiaoniu: One of the oldest microblade sites in Northern China曹掉牛:中国北方最早的细石叶遗址之一 Caodiaoniu: One of the oldest microblade sites in Northern China

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2023-10-24 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-023-01867-5

Yanqing Deng, Haiyun Ren, Guoqiang Li, Siyi Gou, Weiping Ding, He Yang, Hua Tu, Yunian Zhang, Michael D. Petraglia

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Sixth-century Byzantine glass from Limes Fortifications on Serbian Danube 塞尔维亚多瑙河上利姆斯防御工事的六世纪拜占庭玻璃

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2023-10-23 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-023-01872-8

Roman Balvanović, Žiga Šmit, Milica Marić Stojanović, Perica Špehar, Olivera Milović

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Exploring connectivity in Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age Greece and the Balkans using cranial non-metric analysis 使用颅骨非度量分析探索青铜时代晚期/铁器时代早期希腊和巴尔干半岛的连通性

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2023-10-19 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-023-01862-w

Dimitra Ermioni Michael, Linda Fibiger, Ioanna Moutafi, Mario Šlaus, Maria Katsimicha, Mario Novak, Barry Molloy

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Too good to go? Neanderthal subsistence strategies at Prado Vargas Cave (Burgos, Spain) 太好了，不能去？Prado Vargas洞穴（西班牙布尔戈斯）的尼安德特人生存策略

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2023-10-16 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-023-01857-7

Héctor de la Fuente Juez, Marta Navazo, Alfonso Benito-Calvo, Florent Rivals, Mariano Amo-Salas, Pedro Alonso-García

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The frieze of the Art of War in the Ducal Palace of Urbino: conservation issues, materials, and executive techniques 乌尔比诺公爵宫的战争艺术雕带：保护问题、材料和执行技术

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2023-10-13 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-023-01868-4

Maria Letizia Amadori

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Human migrations and volcanic activity: Archaeomagnetic evidence of the probable abandonment of the Tingambato archaeological site due to the eruption of El Metate volcano (Mexico) 人类迁徙和火山活动：由于El Metate火山爆发，廷甘巴托考古遗址可能被遗弃的古地磁证据（墨西哥）

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2023-10-12 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-023-01866-6

Nayeli Pérez-Rodríguez, Juan Morales, José Luis Punzo-Díaz, Rubén Cejudo, Avto Goguitchaichvili

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Redefining lithic microdebitage with experimental archaeology 用实验考古学重新定义石器时代的微观缺陷

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2023-10-09 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-023-01858-6

Markus Eberl, Phyllis Johnson, Rebecca Estrada Aguila, Michael McBride

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