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Melle but not Melle? A mine’s mint as a hub for Carolingian silver coinage recycling 梅勒而不是梅勒？作为加洛林银币回收中心的矿山造币厂

IF 1.4 3区地球科学

Archaeometry Pub Date : 2026-07-03 Epub Date: 2024-11-20 DOI: 10.1111/arcm.13041

Guillaume Sarah

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The exploitation of silver deposits in early medieval Europe: some documentary, economic and social problems 中世纪早期欧洲银矿的开采：一些文献、经济和社会问题

IF 1.4 3区地球科学

Archaeometry Pub Date : 2026-07-03 Epub Date: 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1111/arcm.13035

Nicolas Minvielle Larousse

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The Damhus Hoard: New Insights Into Some of the Earliest Viking Silver Coinage Damhus窖藏：对一些早期维京银币的新见解

IF 1.4 3区地球科学

Archaeometry Pub Date : 2026-07-03 Epub Date: 2026-06-05 DOI: 10.1111/arcm.70168

Thomas Birch, Helle Horsnæs, Rasmus Andreasen, Claus Feveile, Stephen Merkel, Jane Kershaw, Guillaume Sarah, Rory Naismith, Jens Christian Moesgaard

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The Movement and Circulation of Silver in Early Medieval Europe 中世纪早期欧洲白银的流动和流通

IF 1.4 3区地球科学

Archaeometry Pub Date : 2026-07-03 Epub Date: 2026-06-15 DOI: 10.1111/arcm.70178

Jane Kershaw

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ε‐Polylysine Composite Microcapsules for In‐Situ Conservation of Waterlogged Wooden Cultural Relics 浸水木质文物原位保护的ε -聚赖氨酸复合微胶囊

3区地球科学

Archaeometry Pub Date : 2026-06-22 DOI: 10.1111/arcm.70181

Biao Wang, Bingjian Zhang, Yulan Hu, Xiaojing Kang

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What Can Lithics Tell Us About Dispersals: North-Eastern Africa as a Case Study 石器时代能告诉我们什么：以非洲东北部为例研究

IF 1.5 3区地球科学

Archaeometry Pub Date : 2026-06-02 Epub Date: 2026-01-14 DOI: 10.1111/arcm.70096

Alice Leplongeon

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What can lithics tell us about demography: people are not rocks (nor dates) 石器能告诉我们什么关于人口统计学：人不是石头（也不是日期）

IF 1.5 3区地球科学

Archaeometry Pub Date : 2026-06-02 Epub Date: 2025-06-17 DOI: 10.1111/arcm.70005

Peter Hiscock, Kim Sterelny

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What Do Lithics Tell Us About Cultural Evolution? Insights From the Central African Record 石器告诉我们文化演变的什么？来自中非记录的见解

IF 1.5 3区地球科学

Archaeometry Pub Date : 2026-06-02 Epub Date: 2026-02-03 DOI: 10.1111/arcm.70107

Isis Isabella Mesfin

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What can lithics tell us about food production during the transition to farming? Exploring harvesting practices and cultural changes during the neolithic in Southwest Asia: a view from Qminas (north-western Syria) 在向农业过渡的过程中，石器能告诉我们什么关于粮食生产的信息？探索西南亚新石器时代的收获实践和文化变迁：从Qminas（叙利亚西北部）观察

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Archaeometry Pub Date : 2026-06-02 Epub Date: 2025-06-01 DOI: 10.1111/arcm.13108

Fiona Pichon, Osamu Maeda, Juan José Ibáñez Estévez, Patricia Anderson

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What can lithics tell us about technological complexity? Reflections on and around the Hoabinhian phenomenon in the cobble world 关于技术的复杂性，岩石能告诉我们什么？关于鹅卵石世界中霍布汉现象及其周围的思考

IF 1.5 3区地球科学

Archaeometry Pub Date : 2026-06-02 Epub Date: 2025-03-29 DOI: 10.1111/arcm.13086

Yuduan Zhou, Xiangxi Lan, Zixuan Shen, Kaiwei Qiu, Yuanjin Jiang, Heng Sophady, Ruxi Yang, Hubert Forestier

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