Underwater Drones as a Low-Cost, yet Powerful Tool for Underwater Archaeological Mapping: Case Studies from the Mediterranean by Eleni Diamanti, Øyvind Ødegård, Vasilis Mentogiannis, George Koutsouflakis

“…With advancements in Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) technology leading to increased capabilities and reduced costs, these compact and user-friendly drones are making underwater archaeological sites more accessible, reducing the need for human diving. …”
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Chronological Classification of Ancient Mortars Employing Spectroscopy and Spectrometry Techniques: Sagunto (Valencia, Spain) Case by M. Ramacciotti, S. Rubio, G. Gallello, M. Lezzerini, S. Columbu, E. Hernandez, A. Morales-Rubio, A. Pastor, M. de la Guardia

“…Results confirmed the effectiveness of the developed indirect chronology method, based on REE data, to discriminate among historic mortars from different construction periods on a wide scale including different Sagunto archaeological sites.…”
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Three thousand years of oyster fisheries: a view from Southeast Queensland, Australia by Tam Smith

“…Oysters are an almost ubiquitous presence in coastal archaeological sites globally. Southeast Queensland is no exception, with oysters frequently the dominant taxon in midden deposits. …”
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Ancient Tamil inscription recognition using detect, recognize and labelling, interpreter framework of text method by Balasubramanian Murugan, P. Visalakshi

“…Abstract Tamil is the oldest language spoken in Tamil Nadu, India, with inscriptions dating back to the third century BCE found in caves, temples, and archaeological sites. The style and content of these inscriptions have evolved over time, reflecting changes in society, governance, and language usage. …”
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THE STONE TOOL-MAKING TECHNIQUES USED BY THE HOABINHIAN INHABITANTS FROM THE LATE PLEISTOCENE TO THE EARLY HOLOCENE: A CASE STUDY OF PIT 3 AT CHO CAVE, HOA BINH PROVINCE by Thanh Son Pham, Gia Doi Nguyen

“… The collection of both shaped and unshaped stone tools discovered at Cho Cave during the 2004 excavation has provided new data on an early system of Hoabinhian archaeological sites in northern Vietnam. However, the attributes of unifacial and bifacial flaking techniques in Vietnam and Southeast Asia remain underexplored. …”
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Opportunities and challenges with the protection of ancient mining sites in mountain landscapes: A case study of the Kopaonik by Marić M.

“…The remains of ancient mining activities represent a significant part of Serbia's archaeological sites in the mountain landscapes, which are not yet officially treated as cultural heritage. …”
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The Remnants of Ancient Java as a Sign System in Bagelen Central Java by Niken Wirasanti

“…In addition, there are more than 26 archaeological sites in Bagelen region. Statues, lingga-yoni, lamps, and rings are correlated with the contents of the inscriptions, all of which show how the system and social structure of the residents worked and functioned in Bagelen region. …”
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Le regard des photographes commerciaux. Quelques clichés du fonds égyptien de la Collection Fouad Debbas à l’étude. by Yasmine Chemali, Anne-Hélène Perrot

“…Professional photographers sought to produce a large number of images – souvenirs of cities and archaeological sites – for these new travelers while a certain taste for the indigenous portrait developed at the same time. …”
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Human-environment interaction during the Holocene in Eastern South America: Rapid climate changes and population dynamics. by Astolfo G M Araujo, Letícia Cristina Correa, Glauco Constantino Perez, Enrico Dalmas Di Gregorio, Mercedes Okumura

“…About 15 years ago, we suggested that the low frequency of archaeological sites dating from the mid-Holocene in several regions of Lowland South America (which was then called the "Archaic Gap") was due to an increase in the magnitude of dry periods related to the mid-Holocene hypsithermal. …”
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE OF PREHISTORIC CAVES IN BA THUOC DISTRICT, THANH HOA PROVINCE: PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION by Khac Su Nguyen

“…Ba Thuoc is a mountainous district in western Thanh Hoa Province, where more than 20 archaeological sites have been discovered. One of the outstanding features here is the presence of Middle Pleistocene fauna in Lang Trang cave, including fossils of Gigantopithecus blacki, a giant ape. …”
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CULTURAL ARCHAEOLOGY: TEXT – CODE – SYSTEM OF REPETITIONS AND KEY-NAMES by Artyom V. Drobyshev

“…This is seen as the key reason for a great variety of interpretations of modern archaeological sites and text. It is concluded that this property of «archaeological» text can be perceived, on the one hand, as a negative factor, and on the other, to act as a «mirror» in which important processes taking place in modern society and culture are reflected.…”
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Evidence for the Paleoethnobotany of the Neanderthal: A Review of the Literature by Gerhard P. Shipley, Kelly Kindscher

“…., starch, pollen, phytoliths, and seeds) in soil and dental calculus, dental and tool wear, coprolites, and genetics, for Neanderthal’s nutritional, medicinal, and ritual use of plants, which includes 61 different taxa from 26 different plant families found at 17 different archaeological sites. Further, we updated and standardized botanical nomenclature from many sources published over many decades to provide a more stable foundation for future work.…”
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Exploitation des données de diagnostics en tranchées mécaniques par l’analyse spatiale by Sylvain Badey, Xavier Rodier

“…Secondly, as decision-making tool, they provide elements for the authorities to deal with the archaeological sites (excavations or preservation).…”
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Graines d'histoire by Claire Newton, Jean-Frédéric Terral, Sarah Ivorra, Muriel Gros-Balthazard, Claire Tito de Morais, Sandrine Picq, Margareta Tengberg, Jean-Christophe Pintaud

“…Within Phoenix dactylifera, the agrobiodiversity appears complex in terms of geographical structure; the distribution pattern of seed shapes points to human dispersal routes that spread cultivation from one or more initial ‘domestication centres’.In addition, this work provides a powerful tool to identify ancient forms as demonstrated by the analysis of well-preserved desiccated seeds from Egyptian archaeological sites (14th c. BCE - 8th c. CE) compared to the morphometrical reference model based on the analysis of modern material. …”
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Trade in floodplain medieval settlements of the Lower Kama region in the XII–XIV centuries (based on the finds of metal mirrors) by Rudenko Konstantin A., Kazakov Evgeniy P.

“…All these finds are from the collapsed cultural layer, as these archaeological sites were destroyed by the Kuibyshev reservoir from the middle of the XX century and now they do not exist. …”
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Ecogenomic insights into the resilience of keystone Blastococcus Species in extreme environments: a comprehensive analysis by Imed Sbissi, Farah Chouikhi, Faten Ghodhbane-Gtari, Maher Gtari

“…Ecogenomic assessments highlighted the genus's capabilities in substrate degradation, nutrient transport, and stress tolerance, particularly on stone surfaces and archaeological sites. The strains also exhibited plant growth-promoting traits, enhanced heavy metal resistance, and the ability to degrade environmental pollutants, positioning Blastococcus as a candidate for sustainable agriculture and bioremediation. …”
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Pre-Roman copper industry had no polluting impact on the global environment by Omri Yagel, Aaron Greener, Willie Ondricek, Erez Ben-Yosef

“…Based on high-resolution pXRF geochemical surveys of two smelting camps from different periods, accompanied by test excavations, we demonstrate that (1) mapping elemental concentrations in soil is an effective tool for identifying and characterizing various activity areas in archaeological sites, such as metal production, livestock penning and domestic and industrial waste disposal; (2) in Timna, the intra-site organization of production and scale of metallurgical activities changed substantially between the Early Bronze Age and the Iron Age; (3) the heavy metal enrichment (Cu/Pb) of soil due to smelting is spatially discrete, concentrated only in areas directly associated with these activities; and (4) this enrichment aligns with the spatial distribution of metallurgical waste, suggesting that lead emission to the atmosphere was minimal and that the documented heavy metals are not bioavailable. …”
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New evidence on the Late Bronze – Early Iron Age human nutrition in the Crimea (northern Pontic Region) based on the stable isotope analysis and radiocarbon dating by Kulkova Marianna A., Kashuba Maya N., Kulkov Aleksandr M., Kozhukhovskaya Yuliya V., Tikhomirov Vitaliy A., Streltsov Mihail A.

“…The application of geochemical methods (stable isotope δ13C, δ15N analysis, chemical elemental analysis and radiocarbon dating) for studying human and animal bones from burials and cultural layers of archaeological sites of Crimea made it possible to highlight the issues of the development of agriculture and cattle-bгeeding during the Late Bronze – Early Iron Ages. …”
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Islam and survivals of pre-islamic beliefs in the Gol­den Horde on the materials of architectural funeral structures by Zilivinskaya E.D.

“…The paper considers both archaeological sites and various images of mausoleums: drawings of the 18th–19th centuries, and photographs of the late 19th – early 20th centuries. …”
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Thinking through the tool: collaborative archaeological bodywork in immersive virtual reality by Giles Spence Morrow, Steven A. Wernke

“…Collaborative online iVR is used in this research as a key instrument for enhancing understanding and reinterpreting the digital records of two archaeological sites under excavation in Peru. The case studies analyzed show a variety of cultural, geographic, and temporal contexts in the Andean region, which illustrates the broad potential of iVR for archaeological hermeneutics. …”
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