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Intentional incisions on Neolithic Obsidian arrowheads from Central Anatolia: A techno-functional and iconographic approach

Alice Vinet, Denis Guilbeau

published 28 Jul 2026

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New insights into the Trans-Saharan gold trade in the Islamic Middle Ages revealed by multi-isotopic (Pb–Fe–Cu) and elemental characterization of Fatimid gold coins

Louise de Palaminy, Sandrine Baron, Franck Poitrasson, Robert Kool, Maryse Blet-Lemarquand, François-Xavier Fauvelle

published 28 Jul 2026

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Profiling the diets of Classic Maya communities living in Southeastern Petén through stable isotope analysis

Gloria Ivonne Hernández Bolio, Nadia Neff, Keith Prufer, Patricia Quintana, Viorel Atudorei, Mara Reyes, Lilian Corzo, Vera Tiesler

published 22 Jul 2026

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Spatiotemporal evolution and clustering patterns of settlements from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age (9000–3000 BP) in the Songshan Mountain region, China

Lijie Yan, Xia Wang, Li Zhang, Fei Teng

published 22 Jul 2026

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New integrative methodology for the excavation and study of mass graves and partially commingled remains

Marcos De Andrés Montero, Luca Kis, Olga Spekker, Viktor Vig, Réka Kocsmár, Zsófia Simon, Béla Simon, Réka Neményi, Gábor Bertók, Balázs Tihanyi, György Pálfi

published 17 Jul 2026

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Continuity or change in the transition to Islam? A diachronic assessment of agricultural production at Old Dongola, Northern Sudan (14th–18th centuries CE)

Mohammed Nasreldein, Simone Riehl, Artur Obłuski

published 09 Jul 2026

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Archaeomagnetic dating as a tool to overcome the Hallstatt plateau: A combined chronological approach at the salt production site of Piscina Torta (Rome, Italy)

Luca Alessandri, Anita Di Chiara, Raquel Bonilla-Alba, Luca Cusimano, Giovanni Alberto Della Sala, Angelica Fiorillo, Virginia Gianni, Caterina Rossi, Agostino Sotgia, Fabio Florindo

published 08 Jul 2026

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Genetic histories of individuals from multi-faith medieval Sicily

Aurore Monnereau, Paola Orecchioni, Derek Hamilton, Eleanor Joan Green, Ian Noble, Richard Hagan, Marcela Sandoval-Velasco, Alessandra Molinari, Martin Carver, Camilla F. Speller, Nathan Wales

published 24 Jun 2026

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Assessing body position through experimental cremation: A pilot study using colorimetry and FTIR-ATR analyses

Paula Becerra Fuello, Javier Lescure, Aaron Lackinger, María Sedeño Ráez, Jesús Gámiz Caro, Gonzalo Aranda Jiménez

published 15 Jun 2026

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Specialized marine exploitation on African islands: A multiproxy archaeological analysis of the Playa Chica site, Gran Canaria (11th–13th CE)

Jonathan Santana, Jacob Morales, Simon-Pierre Gilson, Aitor Brito-Mayor, María del Carmen González-Ruiz, Paloma Vidal-Matutano, Miguel del Pino-Curbelo, Idaira Brito-Abrante, Pedro Henríquez-Valido, Javier Cruz Viera, Alberto Lacave-Hernández, Carmen Rodríguez Santana, Sandra Cancel, Marta Moreno-García, Amelia Rodríguez-Rodríguez

published 10 Jun 2026

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Identity and mobility through personal ornaments in Upper Paleolithic cantabrian hunter-gatherer societies: Insights from Llonín cave (Asturias, Spain)

Daniel Pérez-García de los Salmones, David Cuenca-Solana, Borja González-Rabanal, Ana B. Marín-Arroyo, Elsa Duarte-Matías, Marco de la Rasilla-Vives

published 08 Jun 2026

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Geoglyphs and formative-period activity in the middle Chillón Valley, Peru: Ceramic association and null-model tests of route proximity

Christian Mesía-Montenegro, Ángel Sánchez-Borjas

published 08 Jun 2026

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Tool-stone selection in the African Middle stone age at Sibhudu cave

Patrick Schmidt, Klaus G. Nickel

published 04 Jun 2026

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