ArchaeometryPub Date : 2025-07-22DOI: 10.1111/arcm.70028
R. G. V. Hancock, M. P. Gorton, W. C. Mahaney, S. Aufreiter, K. Michelaki
{"title":"On Sourcing Stonehenge Sarsen Stone #58: A Response to Nash and Ciborowski's Comments","authors":"R. G. V. Hancock, M. P. Gorton, W. C. Mahaney, S. Aufreiter, K. Michelaki","doi":"10.1111/arcm.70028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.70028","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This is a brief response to Nash and Ciborowski's comments in 2025 on our 2024 paper, which focused on the reinterpretation of geochemical data for Stonehenge stone #58 published by Nash et al. in 2020. We address the problems they perceived in our use of absolute elemental concentrations, our selection of discriminating elements, and single-sample comparisons and show the limited relevance of their arguments to our conclusions. We maintain that no definitive geochemical match for stone #58 can be argued based on the available data.</p>","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"68 1","pages":"48-50"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/arcm.70028","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146016487","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}
{"title":"Multianalytical Studies on the Mural Painting of Yongle Palace in Shanxi Province, China","authors":"Yuxuan Gong, Bochao Zhong, Chaoyang Li, Jing Xu, Xiaoyu Yue, Qian Ding","doi":"10.1111/arcm.70025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.70025","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Yongle Palace of the Yuan Dynasty is the earliest, largest, and best preserved Taoist temple in China and is famous for its exquisite mural paintings. To date, there are approximately 1000 m<sup>2</sup> of murals encompassed in Yongle Palace which is considered to be a rare masterpiece. Due to the environmental influences and the relocation impacts, the preservation status of the mural is poor, and conservation is urgently needed. However, there is a lack of scientific basis of the materials and techniques used in the mural painting, for which to understand the construction and material characterization of the mural are significant. In this study, the in situ nondestructive analysis was conducted by using p-XRF and colorimetry to characterize the painting pigment. The fragmented mural samples were then analyzed by applying digital microscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), granulometry, and Raman spectroscopy to identify the structural characteristics and determine the compositions. The results provided important information of the construction and materials used in Yongle Palace mural which could serve directly for the conservation and restoration works and would further enhance the understanding of techniques used in the mural paintings of the Yuan Dynasty.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"68 1","pages":"36-47"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146007871","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}
ArchaeometryPub Date : 2025-07-21DOI: 10.1111/arcm.70012
Vimal Kumar, Ashutosh S. Chauhan, Neeraj Verma, R. K. Patel, M. K. Bhatnagar
{"title":"Archaeometallurgical investigations and computed tomography of excavated ancient copper hoards in Ganaga-Yamuna Valley, archaeological site","authors":"Vimal Kumar, Ashutosh S. Chauhan, Neeraj Verma, R. K. Patel, M. K. Bhatnagar","doi":"10.1111/arcm.70012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.70012","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Ganga-Yamuna Valley in India has long been a site of archaeological significance, with numerous ancient copper hoards discovered over the years. These copper hoards have been the subject of intense study, as they offer a unique window into the metallurgical practices and trade networks of the region's past civilizations. The study was designed using recent advanced techniques EDXRF, FESEM-EDAX, and ICP-MS, including computed tomography scanning, to explore the copper metallurgy, casting technology, alloy composition, and the types of ores used in the creation material of excavated ancient copper hoards. The results of the present study denote that the studied copper hoard of the Ganeshpur assemblage was manufactured with pure copper (up to 98%) with the presence of Pb, Si, Co, Ni, and Fe as trace elements, and Ca, Cr, Al, Sn, and Au were reported as traceable impurities. The higher values of oxygen in SEM results are noticed in the microstructures and the formation of copper (I) oxide (Cuprite, Cu<sub>2</sub>O), and the higher value of carbon is also identified as malachite as green patina on the corroded portion. Trace elements analysis indicate that cuprite was smelted from raw ores containing copper, iron, and sulphite. The lost wax casting method (Cire Purdue Technology) was used for the casting of the objects in the ancient period, which were supported by the results of noninvasive medical Computed Tomography. As per correlation with archaeological references, previous excavations, and the results of the present study, these copper hoards of the Ganeshpur assemblage of the Ganga-Yamuna River valley may also be contemporary with the OCP period.</p>","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"68 1","pages":"20-35"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146002555","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}
ArchaeometryPub Date : 2025-07-15DOI: 10.1111/arcm.70019
Norma Ratto, Martin Orgaz, Marco Giovannetti, Guillermo de La Fuente, Rita Plá
{"title":"Convening spaces for the Inca: Volcanoes and circulation of pottery and people in a macro-regional perspective (northwestern Argentina region)","authors":"Norma Ratto, Martin Orgaz, Marco Giovannetti, Guillermo de La Fuente, Rita Plá","doi":"10.1111/arcm.70019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.70019","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study explores the role of <i>tambo</i> San Francisco (4000 m a.s.l.), located near the Incahuasi volcano and associated high-altitude sanctuary (6638 m a.s.l.), as a potential aggregation site for political commensalism and religious pilgrimage within the Inca Empire. We analysed 221 ceramic sherds, representing a variety of vessel types, recovered from six Inca-period sites situated across diverse environmental zones in west-central Catamarca, northwestern Argentina. These sites fulfilled different functions within the empire's broader expansion strategies during the 15th and 16th centuries. Instrumental neutron activation analysis was employed to obtain chemical fingerprints of the ceramics. The resulting geochemical data served as the basis for modelling the circulation of people and goods. The findings suggest that multiple archaeological sites were linked through ritualized mobility circuits, acting as nodes in pilgrimage and travel routes across intermontane valleys and highland environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"67 6","pages":"1712-1729"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145429326","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}
ArchaeometryPub Date : 2025-07-14DOI: 10.1111/arcm.70020
Paula Vitale, María Marcela Bax, Cristian A. Kaufmann, Julia Tasca, María A. Gutiérrez
{"title":"Experimental bone combustion and collagen preservation: implications for isotopic studies","authors":"Paula Vitale, María Marcela Bax, Cristian A. Kaufmann, Julia Tasca, María A. Gutiérrez","doi":"10.1111/arcm.70020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.70020","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper investigates the temperature's impact on collagen degradation to explore how combustion affects biological analysis, especially isotopic studies. We conducted a burning experiment of guanaco (<i>Lama guanicoe</i>) bones at low temperatures (up to 400°C). Different analytical techniques were performed to measure changes in color and dimension (% mass loss), organic composition (collagen yield and quality), mineralogical (crystallinity), and structural (porosity and morphology). The results show that the quantity and quality of collagen decrease significantly at temperatures of 150°C and 200°C, respectively. Over these temperatures, the collagen changes, and the results of the isotopic analysis on it would not be reliable.</p>","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"68 1","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146007486","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}
ArchaeometryPub Date : 2025-07-14DOI: 10.1111/arcm.70015
Krzysztof Bukowski, Agnieszka Pieńkowska, Barbara Woronko, Piotr Moska, Hubert Kiersnowski, Adam Piestrzyński, Waleed Awabh Harib Said Al-Ghafri
{"title":"Archaeometallurgy in northern Oman—Diachronic copper production on a smelting site in Wadi al-Salh","authors":"Krzysztof Bukowski, Agnieszka Pieńkowska, Barbara Woronko, Piotr Moska, Hubert Kiersnowski, Adam Piestrzyński, Waleed Awabh Harib Said Al-Ghafri","doi":"10.1111/arcm.70015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.70015","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Archaeometallurgical studies at the Salh site in northern Oman have provided new data on copper technology in the Bronze Age and Islamic periods. Archaeological results indicate that it may have functioned seasonally. Slag analyses have shown possible technological changes over the centuries. Smelting was carried out under reducing conditions, using oxidized copper ores weathering zone deposits. The scale of copper production at Salh1 was relatively small in both periods, but—due to its strategic location near important trade routes—the site could have functioned as part of a short-range as well as long-range mercantile network.</p>","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"67 6","pages":"1692-1711"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145429450","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}
ArchaeometryPub Date : 2025-07-11DOI: 10.1111/arcm.70018
Chenxi Liang, Wei He, Linhui Li, Jinxin Liu, Hang Xiao, Chenxiaoxue Jia, Yingfu Li, Guiying Zhang, Yuniu Li
{"title":"New evidence for early iron on the Western Xizang Plateau: Scientific analysis of selected iron objects excavated from the Sangdalongguo cemetery","authors":"Chenxi Liang, Wei He, Linhui Li, Jinxin Liu, Hang Xiao, Chenxiaoxue Jia, Yingfu Li, Guiying Zhang, Yuniu Li","doi":"10.1111/arcm.70018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.70018","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Sangdalongguo cemetery is located on the western Xizang Plateau (Tibetan Plateau), at Tuolin Town, Zhada County, Ali Prefecture, Xizang (Tibet). This paper studies the early use and production technologies of iron in western Xizang through scientific analysis of the iron objects excavated from the Sangdalongguo cemetery. The excavated iron objects are dated as early as the fourth century BCE. These are the earliest iron objects excavated from the western Xizang Plateau that have been scientifically analyzed. The results show that these iron objects are hypo-eutectoid steel products and were manufactured by forging processes. The emergence of iron objects on the western Xizang Plateau are more likely closely related to its cultural exchange between Xinjiang and Kashmir regions.</p>","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"67 6","pages":"1679-1691"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145429548","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}
ArchaeometryPub Date : 2025-07-10DOI: 10.1111/arcm.70016
Javier Rodríguez, José A. Peña
{"title":"Prehistoric migration routes to Europe and ancient trade routes across the Mediterranean: Commentary to 'Levantine Hacksilber and the flow of silver in early Mediterranean commerce' by Albarède et al.","authors":"Javier Rodríguez, José A. Peña","doi":"10.1111/arcm.70016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.70016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"67 6","pages":"1675-1678"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145429371","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}
ArchaeometryPub Date : 2025-07-08DOI: 10.1111/arcm.70014
Wesley D. Stoner, Daniela Hernández Sariñana
{"title":"Pottery production and Granular White imports at Late Formative San José Cuautitlan","authors":"Wesley D. Stoner, Daniela Hernández Sariñana","doi":"10.1111/arcm.70014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.70014","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study centers on a sample of ceramics (<i>n</i> = 37) from the site of San José Cuautitlan and contextualized within a much larger database of Formative ceramics (<i>n</i> = 1242), mostly from greater central Mexico. The sample was assayed through neutron activation analysis (NAA), with a subsample made into thin sections for petrographic analysis. In this article, we (1) situate the sample from San José within the longer history of ceramic traditions over the Formative period in the Basin of Mexico, (2) assess the pottery production recipe employed at San José in comparison to the composition of ceramics from neighboring segments of the Basin, and (3) source a sample of 10 Granular White amphora that were imported into the site. We demonstrate a low level of ceramic trade among sites within the Basin of Mexico. We also tentatively source Granular White amphora recovered at the site to central Morelos. Further, we show through a comparison of these Late Formative Granular White specimens to later Classic period Granular Ware from Teotihuacan and other sites that the source of this trade ware changed over time.</p>","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"67 6","pages":"1657-1674"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145429166","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}
ArchaeometryPub Date : 2025-07-04DOI: 10.1111/arcm.70013
Fanny Alloteau, Ayed Ben Amara, Nadia Cantin, François-Xavier Le Bourdonnec, Héctor Cabadas-Báez, Sergey Sedov, Alejandra Castañeda, Véronique Darras
{"title":"Archaeometrical study of ceramic materials from the Chupícuaro culture (Formative Period, Mesoamerica)","authors":"Fanny Alloteau, Ayed Ben Amara, Nadia Cantin, François-Xavier Le Bourdonnec, Héctor Cabadas-Báez, Sergey Sedov, Alejandra Castañeda, Véronique Darras","doi":"10.1111/arcm.70013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.70013","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study investigated the Chupícuaro ceramic production in Formative Mesoamerica through geochemical and petrographic examinations of a large set of Chupícuaro ceramic vessel sherds. The results are consistent with local domestic production using locally available resources, both for clays and for pigments of the painted decorations. Several production sites with their own sources of raw materials would have co-existed in the Acámbaro Valley, capable of great technical and stylistic mastery and uniformity. This production has evolved in the diachrony. In particular, the study reveals a change in the sources of raw materials between the two successive periods Chupícuaro and Mixtlan.</p>","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"67 6","pages":"1636-1656"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145429508","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}