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Objective-We previously reported that a history of abuse was associated with a poorer response to combination treatment in the Treatment of Resistant Depression in Adolescents study (TORDIA). We now report on the nature and correlates of... more
A large and complex lithic collection from Pelješac, a peninsula on the eastern Adriatic seaboard of southern Croatia, provides extensive information about raw materials, formal typology, and technology of flaked stone artifacts from the... more
A wide variety of methods are used in archaeological research today, including 3D imaging techniques (photogrammetry) which are involved at different stages starting from explorations preceding excavation to multiple studies. The... more
The authors present a remarkable site with a remarkable interpretation: a structured platform of dugong bones, containing skulls laid in parallel and ribs in sets, together with artefacts of the Neolithic period. They propose that the... more
Determining the duration of occupations at Middle Palaeolithic archaeological sites is essential to enhancing our understanding of Neanderthal behaviour and subsistence strategies. Identifying occupation length in these contexts presents... more
The research of Angkor Wat, Pompeii, Stonehenge can be best analyzed in terms of heritage and scholarship. In the article entitled The last garum of Pompeii: Archaeozoological analyses on fish remains from the "garum shop," and related... more
Carbon ( 13 C: 12 C) and oxygen ( 18 O: 16 O) stable isotope ratio analysis was performed on well-preserved tooth enamel carbonate from fossil fauna recovered from a single excavation at the early hominid site of Allia Bay, East Turkana,... more
This paper presents the characterisation of 48 ceramic samples from Cova d'En Pardo (Alicante, Spain). Provenance and technology analysis are carried out on materials dated back to different Early and Middle Neolithic cultural phases,... more
We investigated selected pre-Columbian Costa Rican metal objects by digital microscopy and portable XRF to reconstruct their manufacturing technique and technological choices. Lost-wax casting was confirmed as the production technique of... more
The goal of this paper is to present an operational protocol for 3D site recording at an aerial scale using ground-based photogrammetry methods. These methods are easily accessible, time- and cost-effective, and practicable in a wide... more
Textiles from Cabo Verde were highly prized for trading along the West African coast, from the second half of the 16th century to the end of the 18th century. They originated from the fusion of different cultural sources making their... more
Pottery decoration, though not essential for a vessel's function, offers key insights into past societies. Beyond aesthetics, it reflects technological skill, social identity, and cultural interaction. This study examines Bell Beaker... more
In the highlands of northern Chile, research on industrial mining camps and agropastoral sites (estancias) shows the relevance of a contemporary archaeology perspective for studying the impacts of capitalist expansion, ruination and... more
This article tests a model for the political economy of the Wari Empire (AD 600-1000) of Peru. This model divides the empire into core and periphery zones. In the core, Wari political economy was organized to extract surplus agricultural... more
Analysis of three different realms of inequality in two pairs of small-scale pre-industrial societies in two very different and culturally unconnected regions -Hohokam and Mimbres in the US Southwest and Greenland and Iceland in the North... more
A research article recently published by C.U.P. on behalf of ANTIQUITY Ltd., as an open access article, concerns the recent discovery of an archaeological complex which is basically a large modular building dated to the middle of the... more
Remains of the cultural objects which were used, modified, or discarded by prehistoric people, intensely become the primary evidence of the archaeological investigation. Analysis of those material remains helps archaeologists to... more
Remains of the cultural objects which were used, modified, or discarded by prehistoric people, intensely become the primary evidence of the archaeological investigation. Analysis of those material remains helps archaeologists to... more
The analysis of a funerary area dated to the late 9th millennium BC (Early to Middle PPNB) sheds new light on the ritual practice of the first farming communities in Southern Syria. Deceased individuals were buried in oval graves, placed... more
Until recently, we used to suppose that the (apparently) abrupt abandonments of Classic Maya cities during the Terminal Preclassic, Terminal Classic, or even Postclassic periods corresponded to cultural or civilizational collapses.... more
Amazonian earthworks, which are an important testimony to ancient anthropogenic landscape modifications, have a significant variety of structures and sizes, and are found in different geographical and ecological locations that indicate... more
Anthropologists working with hunter-gatherer societies have discovered formal optimization models (Keene 1979; Reidhead 1980; Winterhalder and Smith 1981)"'. Such models have been used extensively in other fields, especially economics,... more
Adopting a building and village biography approach combining archaeology and ethnography, we critically reevaluate the historical argument that Neolithic villages were occupied by many thousands of people. Focusing on the settlement at... more
Classic Maya sacred/divine kingship can be defined as a specific configuration of monumentality in civil-religious architecture, dynastic rule, and graded status distinctions. All three components were lost through various processes of... more
Archaic states were unstable entities and centralisation was threatened by fragmentation particularly at the death of semi-divine leaders. Royal funerals were therefore important state events as they engaged a significant proportion of... more
Recent archaeological surveys in 2009 and 2010 at Bozköy-Hanaytepe in the Troad have recovered material very similar to the Early Bronze Age levels of Troy. Bozköy-Hanaytepe located 13 km south of Troy, is about 110 m in diameter and... more
How can archaeologists contribute to tracing the evolutionary dynamics of the coupled human-natural systems that characterize the Anthropocene? We present a Socio-Ecological Systems (SES) framework to integrate models of human and natural... more
The acquisition and use of stone raw materials by prehistoric groups requires many strategic decisions that affect various costs and benefits. These decisions entail consideration of a number of characteristics of the available materials... more
The place of domestic and wild suids in the Late Chalcolithic (5th millennium cal BC) Gumelniţa communities of Romania: a zooarchaeological approach combining stable isotope and geometric morphometric analyses.
From the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries onward, the Salar de Ascotán, in northern Chile, was redefined by the mining economy which transformed the watershed into a great borax mining zone. Not only did this high-altitude... more
This study provides an ecological explanation for the distribution of Arctic Small Tool tradition (ASTt) settlements in Alaska and the origin of their arctic maritime adaptation. Theoretically grounded in the ideal free distribution (IFD)... more
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Research on the third millennium BC in Western Europe has tried for decades to understand the mechanisms of the large-scale cultural changes that took place during its course. Few studies have focused on technological traditions, although... more
Palaeoenvironmental research is playing an important role in recent archaeological investigations. We present preliminary results of geoarchaeological analyses conducted at a palaeochannel located between two prehistoric archaeological... more
Stone quarries are often archaeologically framed from a processual perspective as raw material sources which influenced hunter-gatherer mobility and exchange relationships. But quarries were also important social places which persisted... more
This paper employs new phytolith evidence to consider how Early Epipaleolithic people at the site of Kharaneh IV (Azraq Basin, Jordan) used local plant resources to construct their huts, and furnish their indoor space. Fortyfive sediment... more
The Natufian culture marks a dramatic in the cultural evolution of our species, the shift from mobile to sedentary communities. Within this framework, analysis of their use of plants is pivotal for social and economic reconstruction.... more
Archaeological interpretations of continuity and abandonment can have significant implications for descendent communities. Such interpretations are contingent on the social and spatial scale of analysis. We assess the evidence for... more
Archaeological research conducted in Eastern Arabia over the past decades has provided valuable insights into the social and cultural significance of certain animal species in prehistoric communities. This study examines 26... more
The aim of this study is to look at upper body functional modifications caused by mechanical loading. We look at 4th lumbar vertebra as well as fibrous humeral musculoskeletal stress markers (MSMs). This study uses information provided by... more
The three main types of tanged flint arrowheads (A, B, and C) characteristic of the Neolithic Pitted Ware hunter, fisher and gatherers of southwestern Scandinavia are traditionally viewed as chronological conditioned. However, recent... more
THE MIND OF Lewis Binford is nimble and constantly evolving. In part, one can map Binford\u27s prodigious intellectual growth by looking at the research trajectories of his students, who often continue on paths they began under his... more
Disposal of the dead is a multi-step process usually involving several people and multiple locations over time. Understanding the size and internal composition of a cemetery generated by this process is important for estimating the social... more
Indigenous American archaeology has, from its inception, been fraught with unbalanced ethics, biased settler-colonial interpretations, and a lack of critical theorizing. This paper explores the complex questions and novel epistemological... more
Archaeological cultural taxonomy is a practical necessity. It singles out more or less coherent patio-temporal entities and facilitates scholarly exchange and communication. However, these practical conventions tend to take an... more