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This article presents the scientific findings obtained from archaeological research conducted by the joint Uzbek-Chinese international archaeological expedition in the ruins of Mingtepa, a major archaeological monument o...

Several archaeological black earth (ABE) sites occur in the Amazon region. They contain fragments of ceramic artifacts, which are very important for the archaeological purpose. In order to improve the archaeological stud...

Defining wealth broadly to include wealth in people, relational connections, and material possessions, we examine the prehistory of wealth inequality at the level of the residential units using the consistent proxy of Gi...

This is the first part of a special issue on the impact of Upper Pleistocene climatic and environmental change on hominin occupations and landscape use. In this part there are six contributions: Davies, W., and Nigst,...

Historic-archaeological, also ethnographic studies and numerous historical sources and scientific data confirm that the city of Ganja has moved at least five times since its foundation. The original city of Ganja is cons...

Over the past four decades, global actualistic taphonomy studies have grown significantly, driven by increased interest in present day patterns and processes of fossilization. South America has mirrored this trend, thoug...

En este trabajo se abordará el concepto de Antropoceno desde una mirada arqueológica, poniendo especial énfasis en los aportes que dicha disciplina puede brindar al estudio de esta temática. Cuando la arqueología se...

In the Deseado Massif there are many stratified archaeological sites located in caves and rockshelters. The cultural sequences, proposed in the past century, include an occupational hiatus and cultural changes that were ...

In a recent study we found that crania from South Amerindian populations on each side of the Andes differ significantly in terms of craniofacial shape. Western populations formed one morphological group, distributed cont...

The Roca San Miguel (RSM) archaeological site was occupied during Mousterian times. Here we present a geoarchaeological and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the site. Five stratigraphic units (A to E) formed by diffe...

During the 6th century CE, many Late Antique cities in the eastern Mediterranean-especially in Anatolia-underwent major changes. By the 7th century CE, most had gradually lost their urban functions. As populations declin...

Sloths and ground sloths (Xenarthra: Tardigrada) are among the most conspicuous mammals in the Cenozoic faunas of South America. During the late Pleistocene and the early Holocene, all the megafaunal xenarthrans became e...

The identification of the zoological origin of coprolites is important to infer paleoecological characteristics of ancient wildlife. The aim of this study was to design a reliable tool to distinguish coprolites of artiod...

Anatomical features related to water deficiency were analyzed in archaeological plant charcoal as a paleoenvironmental indicator. The end of the Aguada settlements in the Valley of Ambato (Catamarca, Argentina), which to...

Studying demographic changes in past human populations is of great interest due to their role in processes of cultural change as well as the biological evolution of populations. Despite this, a general consensus about th...

Archaeological research suggests significant human occupation in the arid Andean highlands during the 13th to 15th centuries, whereas paleoclimatic studies reveal prolonged drier and colder conditions during that period....

The article is devoted to the study of the scientific and teaching activities of Kadyr and Maryam Gubaidullins, who were actively engaged in the study of the history and ethnography of the Tatars in the 1920s. The contri...

Fil: Podgorny, Irina. Universidad de La Plata. Archivo Histórico; Argentina. Fil: Podgorny, Irina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Uno de los elementos iniciales que surge de est...