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The cropping systems reflected by weeds in the Eastern Jianghuai region during the late Zhou period 周末江淮东部地区杂草反映的种植制度

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-08-11 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-025-02302-7

Haiming Li, Xin Jia, Guozhu Bai, Zeli Wang, Shangrongjie Dong, Dongsheng Zhao, Zhujun Hu, Melissa M. Ritchey, Zhiping Zhang, Xinyi Liu

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Diversified subsistence strategies in early sedentary populations of mainland Southeast Asia: insights from the faunal remains at Lò gạch, Southern Vietnam 东南亚大陆早期定居人群的多样化生存策略：来自越南南部Lò gạch的动物遗骸的见解

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-08-09 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-025-02295-3

Quý Thị Kim Trần, Christine Hertler, Kính Ngọc Đặng, Philip J. Piper

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Pottery production, early urbanization and the Uruk phenomenon at Tell Brak in Upper Mesopotamia 陶器生产，早期城市化和上美索不达米亚泰尔布拉克的乌鲁克现象

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-08-05 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-025-02290-8

P. Fragnoli, R. Crocco, J. H. Sterba, F. Balossi Restelli

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A 7th century BCE Hacksilber hoard from Mras ed-Din: metrology, functional analysis, lead isotopes and historical implications 公元前7世纪艾德丁先生的哈克西尔伯窖藏：计量、功能分析、铅同位素和历史意义

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-08-04 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-025-02274-8

Tzilla Eshel, Iris Groman-Yaroslavski, Harel Shochat, Yehudit Harlavan, Shay Bar

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New evidence for early pig iron production and refining technology on the foothills of the Swabian Mountains, Germany 德国斯瓦本山脉丘陵地带早期生铁生产和精炼技术的新证据

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-08-02 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-025-02288-2

Guntram Gassmann, Roland Schwab

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New insights into the history of the Masjed-e Jameʿ of Golpayegan: a scientific analysis of architectural decorations 对Golpayegan清真寺历史的新见解：对建筑装饰的科学分析

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-025-02292-6

Parviz Holakooei, Amir-Hossein Karimy, Iman Aghajani, Lorenz Korn

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Resource use and plaster manufacture in the arid steppe: Micromorphological analysis of floor sequences at the final PPNB site of Qdeir (Syria) 干旱草原的资源利用和石膏制造：Qdeir（叙利亚）PPNB最终站点地面序列的微形态学分析

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-07-28 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-025-02283-7

Joaquim Sisa-López de Pablo, Julia Wattez, Rosa M. Poch, Miquel Molist

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Chronological attribution of ancient iron-smelting furnaces (SE altai, mountains of South Siberia) based on analysis of archaeological charcoal 基于考古木炭分析的古代炼铁炉（西伯利亚南部阿尔泰山脉）的年代归属

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-07-24 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-025-02289-1

Roman Nepop, Anna Agatova, Vladimir Myglan, Valentin Barinov, Artem Nepop, Alexey Petrozhitskiy

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Ugly stones sharpen the wits: the Middle Palaeolithic of Piedmont in the context of Western Europe 丑石磨智：旧石器时代中期的皮埃蒙特在西欧的背景下

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-07-24 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-025-02284-6

Sara Daffara, Julie Arnaud, Gabriele L. F. Berruti, Sandro Caracausi, Marta Arzarello

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Identifying potential palaeolithic artificial memory systems via Spatial statistics: Implications for the origin of quantification 通过空间统计识别潜在的旧石器时代人工记忆系统：对量化起源的影响。

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-025-02286-4

Lloyd Austin Courtenay, Francesco d’Errico, Rafael Núñez, Damián E. Blasi

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