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Yuhuangmiao: the socio-cultural dynamics of a community between the steppes and the Chinese plains 玉皇庙：草原与中原之间一个社区的社会文化动态

Asian archaeology Pub Date : 2024-12-09 DOI: 10.1007/s41826-024-00098-4

Limin Huan, Ursula Brosseder

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Critical Perspectives on Research on the Origins of Chinese Civilization: Foundations, Key Elements, Characteristics, and Insights 中国文明起源研究的批判性视角：基础、关键要素、特点和启示

Asian archaeology Pub Date : 2024-11-25 DOI: 10.1007/s41826-024-00097-5

Tianjing Duan, Xinyao Dai

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Correction: The Archaeology of the Qin Capital City of Yong 更正：秦都雍考古

Asian archaeology Pub Date : 2024-10-14 DOI: 10.1007/s41826-024-00096-6

Yaqi Tian

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The Archaeology of the Qin Capital City of Yong 秦都庸城考古

Asian archaeology Pub Date : 2024-09-16 DOI: 10.1007/s41826-024-00093-9

Yaqi Tian

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Lithic artifacts and industry of the Xiaoyushu Site, Heilongjiang Province, China 黑龙江省小榆树遗址的石器文物与工业

Asian archaeology Pub Date : 2024-09-16 DOI: 10.1007/s41826-024-00095-7

Qiankun Quan, Pengxu Pan, He Tian, Shuguang Bao

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Mortuary rituals and social change from the Neolithic to the Iron Age in Thailand 从新石器时代到铁器时代，泰国的丧葬仪式与社会变迁

Asian archaeology Pub Date : 2024-09-05 DOI: 10.1007/s41826-024-00094-8

C. F. W. Higham

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Xiangsheng ceramics unearthed from the sites of the five dynasties and ten kingdoms and related issues 五代十国遗址出土的祥符瓷器及相关问题

Asian archaeology Pub Date : 2024-06-12 DOI: 10.1007/s41826-024-00091-x

Xinyi Zhang

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Lithic assemblage from the xiagachacunnanshan site, chaoyang city, liaoning province 辽宁省朝阳市霞匣村南山遗址出土的石器组合

Asian archaeology Pub Date : 2024-05-28 DOI: 10.1007/s41826-024-00089-5

Jiaxing Song, Chunxue Wang

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Conservation of waterlogged archaeological wood: what we can learn from the Vasa experience? 水涝考古木材的保护：我们能从瓦萨的经验中学到什么？

Asian archaeology Pub Date : 2024-05-13 DOI: 10.1007/s41826-024-00090-y

Nan Feng, Yuyang Tzeng, Lehao Zhou

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Ancient DNA study of canid remains excavated from the Houtaomuga archaeological site, Northeast China 中国东北后桃花洼考古遗址出土犬科动物遗骸的古 DNA 研究

Asian archaeology Pub Date : 2024-05-07 DOI: 10.1007/s41826-024-00088-6

Xingcheng Wang, Lixin Wang, Dawei Cai

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