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Loose change? Evaluating the roles of Chinese coins in the Angkorian Khmer Empire 零钱吗?评价中国钱币在高棉帝国中的作用

Asian archaeology Pub Date : 2025-05-20 DOI: 10.1007/s41826-025-00108-z

Mitch Hendrickson, Sébastien Clouet, Ellen Hsieh, Christian Fischer, Kaseka Phon, Dominique Soutif, Quan Hua, Julia Estève, Cristina Castillo Cobo

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Reflections on water: funerary practice and symbolism at the Bronze Age site of Xiaohe 对水的反思：小河青铜器时代遗址的丧葬实践与象征

Asian archaeology Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1007/s41826-025-00105-2

Gino Caspari

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Correction: The earliest archaeological record of Menispermaceae from the mid-Pleistocene Palaeolithic Gantangqing site in central Yunnan, Southwest China and its environmental implications 更正：中国西南滇中中更新世旧石器时代甘塘青遗址最早的半月虫科考古记录及其环境意义

Asian archaeology Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI: 10.1007/s41826-025-00109-y

Guan-Yu Chen, Jian-Hui Liu, Huan-Chong Wang, Yong-Jiang Huang

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Evaluating the impact of monumental landscapes on population aggregation in Hongshan Culture 红山文化纪念性景观对人口聚集的影响评价

Asian archaeology Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI: 10.1007/s41826-025-00106-1

Yanze Ge, Ruiyu Lu

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The Southeast Asian prehistoric house: a correlation between archaeology and linguistics 东南亚史前房屋：考古学与语言学的关联

Asian archaeology Pub Date : 2025-04-29 DOI: 10.1007/s41826-025-00107-0

C. F. W. Higham, M. J. Alves

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The earliest archaeological record of Menispermaceae from the mid-Pleistocene Palaeolithic Gantangqing site in central Yunnan, Southwest China and its environmental implications 滇中中更新世旧石器时代甘棠青遗址中月子科最早考古记录及其环境意义

Asian archaeology Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1007/s41826-025-00103-4

Guan-Yu Chen, Jian-Hui Liu, Huan-Chong Wang, Yong-Jiang Huang

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The “matrix” and related concepts in the Chinese archaeological excavation recording system 中国考古发掘记录系统中的“矩阵”及相关概念

Asian archaeology Pub Date : 2025-03-18 DOI: 10.1007/s41826-025-00104-3

Keyao Chen

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Archaeological study of the state sacrificial system of Qin’s 秦in the Yongcheng 雍城 Region 永城地区秦朝国家祭祀制度的考古研究

Asian archaeology Pub Date : 2025-03-17 DOI: 10.1007/s41826-025-00102-5

Aidong Chen

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Adaptation strategies in reindeer herding among the Evenki (Tungus) peoples: implications for the collapse of the Hongshan culture 鄂温克人（通古斯人）驯鹿放牧的适应策略：对红山文化崩溃的启示

Asian archaeology Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1007/s41826-025-00101-6

Zhe Zhang, Chunxue Wang

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The origin and flow of a Bronze Age urban population in ancient China: an investigation based on the craniometric study 中国古代青铜器时代城市人口的起源与流动：基于颅骨测量学的调查

Asian archaeology Pub Date : 2025-01-08 DOI: 10.1007/s41826-024-00100-z

Tao Han, Yaxiong Liu, Wenxin Zhang

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