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Volcanic glass

Random walks in handaxe knapping before 1.2 million years ago in East Africa at Melka Kunture (Upper Awash, Ethiopia)

Eduardo Méndez-Quintas, Rita T. Melis, Flavio Altamura, Patricia Bello-Alonso, Andrea Serodio Domínguez, Adugna Debalike Belayneh, Riccardo Salvini, Giuliano Ambrosetti, Margherita Mussi

published 24 Sep 2026

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Structure and leaching characteristics of basaltic glass-ceramics for immobilizing simulated actinides La, Ce and Nd

Qin Tong, Jun Liang

published 16 Sep 2026

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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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Improving micromorphological analysis with CNN-based segmentation of flint/obsidian, bone and charcoal

Rafael Arnay, Pedro García-Villa, Javier Hernández-Aceituno, Sara Rueda-Saiz, Carolina Mallol

published 20 Jan 2026

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Characterizing centrality: Obsidian consumption, supra-regional connectivity, and social reproduction at the Early Bronze Age sanctuary of Keros (Cyclades, Greece)

Tristan Carter, Rose Moir, Marina Milić, Colin Renfrew

published 11 Sep 2025

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The dichotomy of human decision-making: An experimental assessment of stone tool efficiency

David Nora, João Marreiros, Walter Gneisinger, Antonella Pedergnana, Telmo Pereira

published 18 Jul 2025

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Investigation on damage evolution mechanism of various FRP strengthened concrete subjected to chemical-freeze-thaw coupling erosion

Wei Li, Dayang Wang, Wenyuan Xu, Yongcheng Ji

published 21 May 2024

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First evidence for human occupation of a lava tube in Arabia: The archaeology of Umm Jirsan Cave and its surroundings, northern Saudi Arabia

Mathew Stewart, Eric Andrieux, James Blinkhorn, Maria Guagnin, Ricardo Fernandes, Nils Vanwezer, Amy Hatton, Mesfer Alqahtani, Iyad Zalmout, Richard Clark-Wilson, Yahya S. A. Al-Mufarreh, Mahmoud Al-Shanti, Badr Zahrani, Abdulaziz Al Omari, Faisal Al-Jibreen, Abdullah M. Alsharekh, Eleanor M. L. Scerri, Nicole Boivin, Michael D. Petraglia, Huw S. Groucutt

published 17 Apr 2024

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Identification of breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) and South American crops introduced during early settlement of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), as revealed through starch analysis

Paloma Berenguer, Claudia Clavero, Mónica Saldarriaga-Córdoba, Antonio Rivera-Hutinel, Daniela Seelenfreund, Helene Martinsson-Wallin, Patricia Castañeda, Andrea Seelenfreund

published 20 Mar 2024

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Optimization design of fiber rubber asphalt gravel sealing layer based on fatigue crack resistance test

Jun’an Lei, Fujing Zhao, Yuanyuan Wang, Haicheng Su

published 22 Jan 2024

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Archaeological evidence for two culture diverse Neanderthal populations in the North Caucasus and contacts between them

Ekaterina V. Doronicheva, Liubov V. Golovanova, Vladimir B. Doronichev, Redzhep N. Kurbanov

published 13 Apr 2023

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Raw material choices and technical practices as indices of cultural change: Characterizing obsidian consumption at ‘Mycenaean’ Quartier Nu, Malia (Crete)

Tristan Carter, Vassilis Kilikoglou

published 23 Aug 2022

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Long-distance trade in the Middle Chalcolithic of the southern Levant: The case of the olivine beads from Tel Tsaf, Jordan Valley, Israel

Danny Rosenberg, Yael Elkayam, Yossi Garfinkel, Florian Klimscha, Vesna Vučković, Yaakov Weiss

published 10 Aug 2022

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