Deep Learning-Based Computer Vision Is Not Yet the Answer to Taphonomic Equifinality in Bone Surface Modifications by Lloyd Austin Courtenay, Nicolas Vanderesse, Luc Doyon, Antoine Souron

“…The concept of equifinality is a central issue in taphonomy, conditioning an analyst’s ability to interpret the formation and functionality of palaeontological and archaeological sites. This issue lies primarily in the methods available to identify and characterise microscopic bone surface modifications (BSMs) in archaeological sites. …”
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Archaeological heritage and problems of its preservation in Ghor province, Afghanistan by Aleksiejus Luchtanas

“…Within the distance of 60 km from the centre of province Chaghcharan, archaeological sites of value were visited and registered. …”
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Modelização gráfica da Pré-História do Rio Grande do Sul: Os sítios arqueológicos ameríndios, culturas e temporalidades by Danilo Alexandre Galhardo, Juliana Aparecida Rocha Luz Zago, Thiago Moraes Passos, David Lugli Turtela Pereira

“…This article worked with data from archaeological sites dating from different Amerindian cultures – archaeological traditions – in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (Southern Brazil), collected from archaeological synthetic works. …”
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The use of underground storage organs in the Early Neolithic (Linearbandkeramik and Blicquy/Villeneuve-Saint-Germain) in the Paris Basin: the contribution of starch grain analyses by Clarissa Cagnato, Caroline Hamon, Aurélie Salavert, Michelle Elliott

“…This paper presents the results of a study of starch grains recovered from millstones from various archaeological sites located in the Paris Basin. Our results highlight the use of tubers by these first agricultural populations at the beginning of the Neolithic (Linearbandkeramik and Blicquy-Villeneuve-Saint-Germain; 5200-4700 BC), providing new data on their contribution to the diet of agro-pastoral societies.…”
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Horse in the Palaeometal era cultures of the Minusinsk basin by Poliakov Andrei V.

“…The article presents modern data on the stages of development of horse use by man in the Palaeometal epoch on the example of archaeological sites of the Minusinsk basin. The beginning was made in the Afanasievo era and can probably be considered as periodic domestication or early stages of domestication. …”
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Entre Mochica et Lambayeque : retracer les identités de la période Transitionnelle dans les empreintes du quotidien by Sâm Ghavami

“…This article proposes to assess the nature of the relationships that the archaeological sites of San José de Moro and Huaca Bandera would have maintained during the Transitional Period, through a comparative analysis of domestic ceramics. …”
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The German Margarete defensive line from World War II in southwestern Slovakia. Archaeological evidence and historical facts by Pavol Šteiner, Jozef Kónya

“…Research on features of this kind brings them into the public eye, allowing them to be registered as archaeological sites and developed as historical heritage sites. …”
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Mountainous cultural crossroads: voyages for ochre quarrying by Julia Kościuk-Załupka

“…The discussion is additionally illustrated by examples of 10 archaeological sites with described ochre traces from the Early Neolithic period. …”
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Un archéologue capucin en Éthiopie (1922-1936) : François Bernardin Azaïs by Amélie Chekroun

“…This new documentation will help the researcher to increase the knowledge about the archaeological sites of southern Ethiopia and the history of Ethiopian institutions like the National Library or the National Museum and an archaeological institute. …”
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Initial Encounters: Seeking traces of ancient trade connections between West Africa and the wider world by Sonja Magnavita

“…This can mainly be set down to the dearth of convincing material evidence from other archaeological sites in West Africa, the Sahara and North Africa — the result of a lack of research and, perhaps too, of trade in “invisible” merchandise Previous archeological studies on this topic are discussed; and the preliminary findings of recent research in the eastern Niger Bend, presented.…”
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Intercultural Dialogues About Ancestral Territories in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina by Mirta Fabiana Millán, María Gabriela Chaparro, Mercedes Mariano

“…For this purpose, we chose three archaeological sites that have been systematically analyzed and studied by researchers, to rethink them as ancient territories, which from the kimun (knowledge) of the Mapuche people, make other logics about space and time possible. …”
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Recognizing plague epidemics in the archaeological record of West Africa by Daphne E. Gallagher, Stephen A. Dueppen

“…Many archaeological sites in the central West African savanna were either abandoned or reduced in size between the 14th and 15th centuries CE. …”
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Analysis of the Magnetic Anomalies of Buried Archaeological Ovens of Aïn Kerouach (Morocco) by Abderrahim Ayad, Saâd Bakkali

“…Aïn Kerouach is one of the most important archaeological sites in the northern part of Morocco. The main buried archaeological ruins in this area were surveyed in 1977 using magnetic prospecting. …”
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Cerro San Antonio (L1): A Palimpsest of the South-Central Andean Past (ca. 1500 BC - AD 1950) in the Middle Locumba Valley, Tacna, Peru by Matthew J. Sitek

“…This article delineates these occupations in order to understand changes and continuities in the use of this landform over millennia, and ultimately, brings attention to one of Tacna’s most important archaeological sites.…”
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Processus de (re)territorialisation de l’héritage colonial by Romeo Carabelli

“…After questioning the appropriateness of imagining built heritage as a kind of actor able to catalyse the imaginary to interact with the surrounding space and society, the text sets out the two heritagization processes of these towns re-planned at the end of the twentieth century, recovering the archaeological sites with private and public strategies.…”
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La volaille en région Centre-Val de Loire du Néolithique à nos jours. Approche archéozoologique by Colin Duval, Grégory Bayle, Séverine Braguier, Olivier Cotté, Alexandre Fontaine, Chloé Genies, Frédéric Poupon, Julie Rivière, Marilyne Salin, Marie-Pierre Horard-Herbin

“…The information gathered concerns 282 archaeological sites and covers a period from Prehistory to the present day. …”
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Anatomy of the endemic palms of the Near and Middle East: archaeobotanical perspectives by Romain Thomas

“…Woody petioles and midribs of these five genera constitute a common source of fuel, as shown by the many palm fragments found in domestic hearths on archaeological sites. They are also transformed into furniture, small fishing boats or other carpentry works. …”
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Archéologie participative avec les Wayana dans les Tumuc-Humac (Mont Mitaraka, crique Alama, Guyane Française) by Marie Fleury, Aimawale Opoya, Aitalewa Palanaiwa, Anaima Putpu, Daniel Sabatier, Martijn van den Bel

“…In October 2018, three researchers and three Wayana went on a mission there and were able to identify eight archaeological sites and three more possible sites with an average of one site per km2. …”
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Two in one: the use of "deer" stone for making a statue in the Turkic period (results of photogrammetry in the archaeological and architectural complex "Burana Tower" in Kyrgyzstan... by Tishkin Alexey A., Tabaldiev Kubatbek Sh., Bondarenko Sergey Y.

“…Their context with well-known archaeological sites is not completely clear, although there is a connection with the eight-stone ring laying. …”
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First Geoarchaeological and Archaeometric Investigation at the Lucanian (4th–3rd Century BCE) Site of Laurelli (Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni UNESCO Global Geopark—Southern I... by Ettore Valente, Antonia Serritella, Maria Luigia Rizzo, Michele Scafuro, Carlo Scirocco, Domenico Guida, Mario Valiante, Chiara Comegna, Giuseppina Balassone, Alberto De Bonis, Celestino Grifa, Elda Russo Ermolli

“…The Lucanian site of Laurelli represents one of the largest, still poorly investigated, pre-Roman archaeological sites of the Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni Geopark (southern Italy). …”
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