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Carved in stone: Experimental criteria for identifying Paleolithic bas-relief production techniques and sculptors’ expertise

Émilie Brochard, Luc Doyon, Lloyd A. Courtenay, Gilles Tosello, Lila Geis, Francesco d’Errico

published 01 Apr 2026

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Unpacking lithic assemblage variability in the Early Upper Palaeolithic: A multivariate approach to the structure of the Iberian Aurignacian

Timothy Canessa, Paloma de la Peña

published 27 Mar 2026

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Archaeometric analysis of Early Bronze Age bread from Küllüoba Höyük

Salih Kavak, Yusuf Tuna, Yasin R. Eker, Şemsettin Akyol, Abdurrahim C. Özcan, Murat Türkteki

published 27 Mar 2026

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The mega-structure at Stăuceni-‘Holm’, Botoşani county, Romania and the debate about the governing of Cucuteni-Trypillia-settlements

Doris Mischka, Carsten Mischka, Adela Kovács, Constantin Aparaschivei, Elena Marinova

published 27 Mar 2026

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Aterian shell beads from the coastal site of El Mnasra Cave (Rabat-Témara, Morocco): Specificities of the north African MSA personal ornaments

Emilie Campmas, Matthieu Lebon, Catherine Dupont, Manon Bondetti, Eslem Ben Arous, Arnaud Lenoble, Driss Chahid, Pierre Lozouet, Ludovic Bellot-Gurlet, Mohamed Abdeljalil El Hajraoui, Roland Nespoulet

published 25 Mar 2026

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Reassessing Rujm el-Hiri: Aerial imagery and stone circles in the proto-historic Southern Levant

Michal Birkenfeld, Olga Khabarova, Lev V. Eppelbaum, Uri Berger

published 18 Mar 2026

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Baobab isotope records and rainfall forcing in Southwest Madagascar over the last 700 years

Estelle Razanatsoa, Lindsey Gillson, Grant Hall, Malika Virah-Sawmy, Stephan Woodborne

published 10 Mar 2026

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Ethnographic meta-analysis shows that thermoregulation activities predict needle and awl use in North America

McKenna Lynn Litynski, Sean Field, Randall Haas

published 05 Mar 2026

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Environmental changes and their effects on carbon isotope distribution in Lake Plateliai over the past 130 years: insights from sediment organic fractions and diatom assemblages

Rūta Barisevičiūtė, Jūratė Karosienė, Jūratė Kasperovičienė, Ričardas Paškauskas, Olga Jefanova, Piotr Szwarczewski, Žilvinas Ežerinskis, Laurynas Butkus, Justina Šapolaitė, Jonas Mažeika

published 04 Mar 2026

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Selective culinary uses of plant foods by Northern and Eastern European hunter-gatherer-fishers

Lara González Carretero, Alexandre Lucquin, Harry K. Robson, T. Rowan McLaughlin, Ekaterina Dolbunova, Jasmine Lundy, Giulia Moretti, Blandine Courel, Manon Bondetti, Marian Berihuete-Azorín, Daniel Groß, Jacek Kabaciński, Piotr Kittel, Elena Kostyleva, Olga Lozovskaya, Andrey Mazurkevich, Bente Philippsen, Andrey Skorobogatov, Roman V. Smolyaninov, John Meadows, Carl Heron, Oliver E. Craig

published 04 Mar 2026

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Earliest millet cultivation reflects steppe connections, dietary flexibility, and resilience in Bronze Age northern Greece

Kyriaki Karanikola, Soultana-Maria Valamoti, Giedrė Motuzaite Matuzeviciute

published 03 Mar 2026

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Serving the living and the dead: An integrated approach to Copper Age ceramic production and cultural dynamics in Campania, Southern Italy

Maria De Falco, Kamal Badreshany, Paola Aurino, Pierfrancesco Talamo, Robin Skeates

published 02 Mar 2026

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Chemical-mineralogical features and physical properties of archaeological adobe: The evidence from Tell Zurghul/Nigin (Dhi Qar, Iraq)

Luca Volpi, Francesco Santoro De Vico, Anna Arizzi, Nicola Lanzaro, Davide Nadali

published 23 Feb 2026

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