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A new methodology for incorporating weathering products into analyses of prehistoric pictorial matter: A case study at the Rocher Du Château schematic rock art site 将风化产物纳入史前图像物质分析的新方法：以Rocher Du ch<e:1>图岩石艺术遗址为例

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-06-10 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-025-02235-1

Aurélie Chassin de Kergommeaux, Émilie Chalmin, Pierre Bordet, Paul Henderson, Julien Jacquet, Quentin Lemasson, Marianne Le Turnier, Pauline Martinetto, Magali Rossi, Fayçal Soufi, Claudia Defrasne

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Aşıklı Höyük phytoliths: basketry and matting in households and burials Aşıklı Höyük植物岩：家庭和墓葬中的篮子和席子

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-06-10 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-025-02252-0

Georgia Tsartsidou, Mary C. Stiner, Mihriban Özbaşaran

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High resolution neutron tomography as non-invasive tool for the study of a filigree from the Medieval Chiaravalle Cross 高分辨率中子层析成像作为一种非侵入性工具用于研究中世纪恰拉瓦勒十字的细丝

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-06-07 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-025-02254-y

Luisa Vigorelli, Filomena Salvemini, Giulia Marcucci, Costanza Cucini, Daniela Di Martino, Maria Pia Riccardi

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Investigating the potential of magnesium isotopes in bioarchaeology: evidence from the Zaoshugounao Site 探讨镁同位素在生物考古中的潜力：枣树沟岙遗址的证据

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-06-05 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-025-02250-2

Keyu Liu, Xue Ling, Haifeng Dou, Yaopeng Qian, Zhen Wang, Yue Li, Kangjun Huang, Chunlei Zong

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Funerary practices in old Kingdom Egypt revealed through a cross-disciplinary study of a mummy with painted bandages from Gebelein (Upper Egypt) 古埃及王国的丧葬习俗通过对盖贝林（上埃及）一具带彩绘绷带的木乃伊的跨学科研究揭示。

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-06-05 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-025-02232-4

Rosa Boano, Elisa Fiore Marochetti, Gianluigi Mangiapane, Michael W. Dee, Roberta Genta, Francesca Zenucchini, Anna Piccirillo, Gino Carnazza, Giacomo Paolo Vaudano, Sergio E. Favero-Longo, Laura Guglielmone, Flavio Ruffinatto, Rivka Chasan, Cynthianne Spiteri, Beatrice Demarchi

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Comment on “shells with epiphragms in an Upper Capsian rammadiya at Kef Ezzahi (Central Tunisia): a local food tradition?” by Saafi (2024) 评论“Kef Ezzahi（突尼斯中部）的上Capsian rammadiya中的带有外皮的贝壳：当地的食物传统？”

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-05-30 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-025-02246-y

Mohsen Henchiri, Ramzi Amari, Walid Ben Ahmed

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Intensive consumption of Lithocarpus nuts in the Neolithic Pearl River Delta, China 新石器时代珠江三角洲地区石胡桃的密集消费

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-05-30 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-025-02249-9

Zhao Li, Yongchao Ma, Quan Li, Zhikun Ma, Changjiang Liu, Yan Li, Yong Cui, Xiaoyan Yang

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New insights of subsistence practices in the late Shang period of upper reaches of Hutuo river, Xinding basin, Shanxi Province: lipid residue evidence 山西新定流域滹沱河上游商代晚期生存实践的新认识：脂质残留证据

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-05-28 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-025-02241-3

Li Ding, Lizhi Wang, Qiang Lyu, Qin Yang, Yimin Yang

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Plant subsistence and environment in the Late Bronze Age of the Central Black Sea Region: archaeobotanical remains from Oymaağaç Höyük/Nerik and their Anatolian context 中部黑海地区青铜时代晚期的植物生存和环境：来自Oymaağaç Höyük/Nerik的考古植物遗迹及其安纳托利亚背景

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-025-02244-0

Corinna Rössner, Ivanka Hristova, Simone Riehl, Elena Marinova

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More than a fingerprint on a pebble: A pigment-marked object from San Lázaro rock-shelter in the context of Neanderthal symbolic behavior 不仅仅是鹅卵石上的指纹：在尼安德特人象征性行为的背景下，来自San Lázaro岩石庇护所的颜料标记物体

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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Pub Date : 2025-05-24 DOI: 10.1007/s12520-025-02243-1

David Álvarez-Alonso, M. de Andrés-Herrero, Andrés Díez-Herrero, S. Miralles-Mosquera, M. C. Sastre Barrio, M. Á. Maté-González, E. Nieva Gómez, M. R. Díaz Delgado, E. Ruiz Mediavilla

{"title":"More than a fingerprint on a pebble: A pigment-marked object from San Lázaro rock-shelter in the context of Neanderthal symbolic behavior","authors":"David Álvarez-Alonso, M. de Andrés-Herrero, Andrés Díez-Herrero, S. Miralles-Mosquera, M. C. Sastre Barrio, M. Á. Maté-González, E. Nieva Gómez, M. R. Díaz Delgado, E. Ruiz Mediavilla","doi":"10.1007/s12520-025-02243-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12520-025-02243-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The pebble discovered in the San Lázaro rock-shelter (Segovia, Central Spain) is the oldest known non-utilitarian object with a fingerprint made in Europe. Its morphology and the strategic position of an ocher dot, where a dermatoglyphic image has been detected, may be evidence of symbolic behavior. This object contributes to our understanding of Neanderthals’ capacity for abstraction, suggesting that it could represent one of the earliest human facial symbolizations in Prehistory. All the analyses carried out suggest an intentional effort to transport and paint the pebble for non-utilitarian purposes, suggesting that it is indeed the work of Neanderthals. The discovery is doubly exceptional because it includes the most complete dermatoglyphic image identified to date, with the exception of the partial fingerprint from Königsaue, both with a comparable minimum age. This dermatoglyphic image is not visible and it was revealed after a multispectral analysis. This method adds significant value to the identification that has been carried out of the human fingerprint, as it is the first time that such an analysis has been conducted with evidence as ancient as this, opening the door to future research and discoveries.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8214,"journal":{"name":"Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences","volume":"17 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12520-025-02243-1.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144125738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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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