Archaeometry

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(The median citation count of Archaeometry is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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First dye identification analyses conducted on textiles from Old Dongola (Sudan, 17th–18th centuries CE)17
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Scientific study of the pigments and binders used in mural painting from the 16th‐centuryceSt Mary's Church of Cheriapally, Kottyam, Kerala, and its relevance to conservation14
High tin or high lead: distinctive alloying practices of the pastoral Yuhuangmiao culture in Northeast China during the first millennium BCE13
Phoenician–Punic amphorae in northern coastal Etruria: New evidence from Pisa (Italy)10
Reflections into Ptolemaic glass: Colorless, white, blue, and green inlays from the workshop of Tebtynis10
Flying on wood and fabric: The tree species used for the construction of the Ansaldo A.1 “Balilla” biplane (1918)9
Archaeological and archaeometric investigation of the Roman marble cargos of Porto Cervo (Arzachena, Sassari, Italy) and Secche della Meloria (Livorno, Italy)9
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From OXALID to GlobaLID: Introducing a modern and FAIR lead isotope database with an interactive application9
Ancient white and grey marbles from Aphrodisias: multi‐method characterization8
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The Santa María pottery of El Bolsón valley (Catamarca, Argentina): Compositional characterization and implications on the elaboration processes, ca. 1000–1600 ce8
Lead isotopic compositions link copper axes from Kietrz (Poland, 3500–3350 BC) to Slovak and Balkan copper mines8
Gastrointestinal parasites in ancient South American camelid feces from the Atacama Desert (Pampa del Tamarugal, Tarapacá, northern Chile)8
The production of terra sigillata in Arezzo, Central Italy: an archaeometric investigation7
New virtual approach to the study of metallurgy through the analysis of slice marks from the Chalcolithic site of Zanjillas (Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid, Spain)7
Development of a tool to assess the methodological quality of studies reporting on archaeologically excavated human skeletons: An international Delphi study7
Application of computed tomography to the study of Mesolithic portable art: Results, interpretations and expectations—The case of an ornamented roe deer antler harpoon from Police, north‐west Poland7
Petrographic study of the pottery of hunter–gatherers from the lower basin of the Colorado river (Argentina) during the Late Holocene7
Microbotanical and chemical approach to grave goods content from Inca sacrifices (capacocha) at Llullaillaco Mountain, Salta, Argentina (ca. 1430–1520 ce)7
Beads for the nomads of late antiquity: Chemical characterization of glass from the Blemmyan tumuli at Kalabsha, Nubia, of the mid‐fourth century CE7
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Lead isotope ratio analysis of lead ingots and bronze wares unearthed from Yinxu6
Early use and production of iron in the northern Shaanxi: A perspective on iron objects excavated from the Yuejiazhuang cemetery site6
Microstructural and elemental analyses of slags excavated from the Gushishan iron‐smelting site, Sichuan Province, China6
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Local or imported? The origin of the raw material used in manufacturing bricks from castles of the Teutonic knights in north‐central Poland and their significance to our understanding of medieval cons6
Identifying pre‐Hispanic water storages in agricultural areas of south‐central Andes through diatom evidence6
Identification and analysis of gemstone binding materials on imperial rank belts excavated from the tomb of Murongzhi6
Pig management revealed by geometric morphometric analysis at the late Neolithic and Bronze Age Dinggong site in China6
Microcomputed tomography for discriminating between different forming techniques in ancient pottery: New segmentation method and pore distribution recognition6
Integrating Sr isotopes, microchemistry, and genetics to reconstruct Salmonidae species and life history6
New data on relevant ancient Egyptian wooden artifacts: Identification of wooden species and study of the state of conservation with multidisciplinary analyses5
Electrochemical methods to discriminate technology and provenance of Apulian red‐figured pottery. II: EIS5
Dendrochronological analysis of bowed and plucked instruments from the San Pietro a Majella Conservatory, Naples5
Chemical analyses on late antique glass finds from Histria, Romania5
‘Missing persons’: Ancient legacies of human–environment interaction in tropical natural properties inscribed under the 1972 World Heritage Convention5
Chemical investigation of herbal wine from Jin Yang ancient city site during the late Western Han period in China5
Historical lime‐based flooring mortars from the Church of Santa Maria de Alcobaça monastery (12th century), Portugal: A multi‐analytical approach5
The investigation and provenance of glass vessel fragments attributed to the Tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35, Valley of the Kings5
Multimethod characterization of terracotta figurines and lime mortar from the elite burials Shoroon Bumbagar I and II, Mongolia5
Ancient and historical cooking pots and food: an eternal communion. A topical review5
Realizing high photothermal conversion efficiency in traditional Chinese purple (BaCuSi2O6) pigment5
A mineralogical and geochemical database of Fe‐bearing mineral pigments from the south‐eastern alpine region5
Petrographic and geochemical analyses of pottery from Wadi Tanuf, Oman: Approaching pottery production in south‐eastern Arabia during the second and first millennia BCE5
Toxicological analyses of the bone matrix: Successes and challenges5
Recycling and the material science tetrahedron: Everyday strategies of making in high temperature technologies of Iron Age southern Africa5
Art historical and archaeometric analyses of the ‘animal style’ gold and silver ornaments (fourth–third centuries bce) found in north‐west China5
Compositional modification of nonmetallic inclusions in bloomery iron during post‐smelting treatments and its implication5
Recognizing heat‐treated chert: A comparison between infrared spectroscopy and fracture surface analysis5
Cathodoluminescence microscopy for interpreting the fabric and heating process of ancient pottery: Preliminary study on the technological features of pottery from the Kur River basin5
Geochemical signature identifying features and archaeological structures in eastern Amazonian Terra Preta sites5
Provenance, technology and possible function of Gáta–Wieselburg vessels from the Trieste Karst (northeastern Italy)4
Exploring new discoveries of steel fining in a Western Han Dynasty city in southwest China: A case study of steel fining remains excavated from the ancient Xindu city in Sichuan Province4
Characterisation of obsidian subsource variability at El Paredón, Mexico4
Stick to it! Mechanical performance tests to explore the resilience of prehistoric glues in hafting4
Evidence of glass bead‐making in the early Islamic Iberian Peninsula4
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Ancient potteries of Keeladi: A multidisciplinary analysis using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X‐ray powder diffraction and X‐ray fluorescence spectroscopy4
Inferring past demographic changes at different spatial scales in Northwest Patagonia and central‐south Chile: Comparing absolute dates with molecular data4
City size distribution of towns in the 17th century in Lower Silesia4
‘Nothing new under the sun’: Rethinking recycling in the past– Editorial4
Archaeological applications of lead isotopic analysis to non‐ferrous metals in Africa: A critical review4
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Characterization of historical mortar from Huilongguan temple site in Wudang Mountain, Hubei province, China4
Investigations on fire‐gilding4
Metallographic and neutron diffraction analysis on microstructural evolution and control in ancient Indian high carbon steel4
Rare colour in medieval China: Case study of yellow pigments on tomb mural paintings at Xi'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang dynasty4
Study on the glazed tiles of the Wenjiangduo site, Tibet, China (7th–9th centuries CE)4
Minero‐petrographic characterization of fine ware from Cales (South Italy)4
Four millennia of garnet trade in Northeast Africa—chemical analysis of ancient and Late Antiquity beads from Lower Nubian sites4
Unearthing the shadows of history: Chemical traces of Second World War atrocities in the Szpęgawski Forest and Death Valley, Poland4
Application of instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) to ceramics and clay sources for the late period (c. 950 years BP) in the Southern Argentine Puna: Interweaving sources, objects a4
Raman microspectroscopy applied to flint provenance at the chalcolithic settlement of Zambujal (Torres Vedras, Portugal)3
Mortars in context: An integrated study of mortars and plasters from the so‐called Ginnasio in Solunto (Sicily, Italy)3
Provenance analysis of Roman limestone artefacts from Colonia Iulia Emona (Marof archaeological site, Slovenia)3
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Characterization of archaeological lime mortars in a Ming dynasty tomb: A multi‐analytical approach3
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Direct evidence of the use of beehive products in pre‐Roman Sardinia3
When DNA can't help: The osteobiographical profile and stable isotope analysis as auxiliary tools for refining genealogical relationships, on the example of the Swéerts‐Sporck family3
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Breccia verde di Sparta, an elusive decorative stone used in antiquity3
Tricky technology of making silver seed beads in the Early Bronze Age, NW Caucasus3
Autonomous but not isolated: A petrographic study of Iron Age ceramics from a ‘deep‐rural’ community in Asturias (NW Iberia)3
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The modeling pastes of the monumental terracruda sculpture of the Silk Roads: Archaeometric study of the Tepe Narenj and Qol‐e‐tut examples (Kabul, Afghanistan)3
SLAG—software for reconstruction of historical smelting processes based on slag properties3
Deciphering the origin of small metal artefacts from Castillo de Huarmey (Peru) with Pb, Cu, and Ag isotopes3
Nitrogen cycling in western India as revealed by nitrogen isotopes, and the historic production of saltpetre3
Lithic analysis in African archaeology: Advances and key themes3
Isotopes and bioarchaeology in the Andes: Diet, life histories, and ritual3
Geometric morphometrics of the second molar teeth within the human population from the late medieval city of Iași, Romania3
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Results of micrometallographic analysis of metalworking tools in graves of metallurgists in Moravia/Czech Republic3
Strontium isotope identification of possible rural immigrants in 17th century mass graves at St. Gertrude Church cemetery in Riga, Latvia3
Reconstructing the social structure of kinship members in the Central Plains during the Late Shang and Western Zhou dynasties in China: A stable isotopic study on the Xisima site3
Experimental assessment of plan‐view and profile‐view gross‐edge curvature on stone flake slicing efficiency3
Mold‐deteriorated archaeological Egyptian papyri: Biodeteriogens, monitoring the deterioration, and treatment approach3
Mid‐Cretaceous calcarenite in stone products from the Roman colony of Emona, Regio X (modern Ljubljana, Slovenia)3
An archaeometric study of the Konya basin metallic ware through FTIR and XRD analysis with chemometrics: Central Anatolian Early Bronze Age ceramics2
High‐performance enrichment of casein and ovalbumin in wall painting with immunomagnetic beads2
Beyond painted pottery: a longue durée story of ceramic technology in prehistoric Northwest China2
Firing technology and physicochemical basis for porcelain from the Xing kiln in the late sixth century2
Metal resources and Han immigrants: Lead isotope analysis of metal relics excavated from Heimajing cemetery in Gejiu, Yunnan, China2
Classification of fragmented pottery with the use of Kohonen self‐organising maps (case study from the Hlyboke Ozero‐2 settlement in Eastern Ukraine)2
Test of the lateral angle method of sex estimation on Anglo‐Saxon and medieval archaeological populations with genetically estimated sex2
Baubles, bangles and beads: Recycling coloured glasses in the British Iron Age and Roman periods2
Rock surface luminescence dating of prehistoric rock art from central Iberia2
LA‐ICP‐MS analysis of glass beads from Tié (12th–14th centuries), Kanem, Chad: Evidence of trans‐Sudanic exchanges2
What a long strange trip it's been: The best of Mark Pollard and Archaeometry2
Determining firing temperature of clay‐based archaeological materials with FTIR absorptivity method2
Mercury poisoning in two patients with tertiary syphilis from the Ca’ Granda hospital (17th‐century Milan)2
Insights into cosmetic ingredients in the late Northern Song dynasty: A case study from the Shijiatang tomb, southern China2
Anthracological analysis of wooden shaft remains from the Roman‐period sacrificial lake of Nidajno, Czaszkowo 1 site, north‐eastern Poland2
Analysis of the CHARM Cu‐alloy reference materials using excimer ns‐LA‐ICP‐MS: Assessment of matrix effects and applicability to artefact provenancing2
The influence of soil environment on the degradation of archaeological leather2
The stratigraphic biography of an archaeological site. Timing depositional events2
Rapid and high‐resolution handheld X‐ray backscatter subsurface imaging for field archaeology prediction2
Minero‐chemical and provenance analysis of Achaemenian lapis lazuli cylinders from Persepolis2
ARubiaspp.‐based red pigment on bones from the megalithic passage grave ofEl Moreco(Huidobro, Burgos, Spain)2
Tracing origin and history of Virgin and Child in Majesty, the oldest wooden polychrome statuette in the Czech Republic2
Production and use of birch bark tar at the Neolithic pile‐dwelling of Palù di Livenza (North‐Eastern Italy) revealed by X‐ray computed micro‐tomography and synchrotron Fourier‐transform infrared spec2
On the nature of ceramics technology: from Empedocles to Dawkins2
Composition and affinities of glass from the Ma'agan Mikhael B shipwreck, Israel2
Technical changes in the glaze composition of tin‐glazed sculptures by Benedetto Buglioni c. 1490–15102
Characterisation of Jewellery with glass and garnet inlays from the Bohemian region and Great Migration Period2
Taking shape: A new geometric morphometric approach to quantifying dental fluctuating asymmetry and its application to the evaluation of developmental stress2
The analysis of two historic fired artificial stonewares: Coade stone (18th–19th centuries) and a recent discovery from Oxnead Hall, Norfolk (16th–17th centuries)2
Microbotanical analysis in artifacts of the CABUZA phase (900–1200 ce), Azapa Valley, northern Chile: Vessels and rites of “eating and drinking with the dead” in post‐Tiwanaku times2
In search of a better method to distinguish artefacts from geofacts2
Testing recipes: an experimental approach to paint production processes in Levantine rock art (Spain)2
Wood species of Karaburun anchors used in archaic period ships2
Black paintings in the late Yocavil ceramics (11th–17th centuries): Applying micro X‐ray diffraction to the study of archaeological potteries in Northwest Argentina2
On gold recycling. A physicochemical point of view2
Beads of Alexandria: Non‐invasive analysis of glass from Roman, Late Antique and Islamic Kom el‐Dikka, Egypt2
Applying sterols and bile acids as biomarkers for identifying human versus wild animals' faecal traces in cave sediments at archaeological sites1
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Static penetration assessment of stone weapon tip geometry metrics and comparison of static and dynamic penetration depths1
Silver recycling in the Viking Age: Theoretical and analytical approaches1
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Physical analysis and inverse methods applied to archaeological FIRE replications on ATACAMA desert soils, northern Chile1
Formation mechanism of the pinholes in brown glazed stoneware from Yaozhou kiln1
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Metallurgical study of copper objects from the Varanasi region, India (1200 BCE to 400 CE)1
Ceramic technology and paintings of archaic architectural slabs, louteria and antefixes from the Palatine Hill in Rome (Italy)1
Application of calcium isotopes to the study of calcareous materials on Chinese glaze: A new methodological approach1
Study on the strontium isotope standard in pig teeth excavated from Zaoshugounao site, Shaanxi Province of China1
Melle but not Melle? A mine’s mint as a hub for Carolingian silver coinage recycling1
Opium trade and use during the Late Bronze Age: Organic residue analysis of ceramic vessels from the burials of Tel Yehud, Israel1
There’s more to a vessel than meets the eye: Organic residue analysis of ‘wine’ containers from shipwrecks and settlements of ancient Cyprus (4th–1st century bce)1
Signs of the sacred at the sanctuary of Gravisca, Italy: reconstruction of an Etruscan ritual through a multidisciplinary approach1
Ceramic archaeometric studies in the Amazon and Caribbean regions: A review1
Research on the classification of ancient silicate glass artifacts based on machine learning1
A formalized approach to choosing the best methods for reconstructing stature in the case of poorly preserved skeletal series1
Investigating the potential of using reed (Phragmites) arrowshafts in prehistoric Europe through mechanical and experimental research1
Experimental research on the integrated treatment of de‐acidification and reinforcement of paper cultural relics by electrosorption1
Comparing Chemistries: Inter‐Laboratory Evaluation of Glass Bead Compositional Research in the Great Lakes Region1
Evaluating ChatGPT as a viable research tool for typological investigations of cultural heritage artefacts—Roman clay oil lamps1
The ARchaeological Organic residues Literature Database (AROLD): Construction of a tool for reviewing and querying published lipid data in organic residue analysis1
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Comparative microstructural and elemental analysis of iron artefacts from Kaveri valley archaeological sites1
Thermal transformation of chalcedonite artefacts from the Magdalenian site of Ćmielów 95”Mały Gawroniec” (Poland)1
International trade of lead for glazed tile production in ancient East Asia1
Burial offerings in intramural tombs at Middle Bronze Age Megiddo1
Inheritance relationship between Zhanggongxiang kiln celadon and Ru Guan celadon: Comments on the rationality of Raman Ip value evaluating firing temperature1
The oldest millet herbal beer in the Europe? The ninth century BCE bronze luxury bucket from Kladina, Czech Republic1
Advancements in radiocarbon dating: An overview of its impact on Mexican archaeology1
Colourants on the Persian architectural decorations from the 11th to the 15th century1
Diversification in subsistence pattern of animal resources in the Hengduan Mountains: Multi‐isotopic evidence of Yingpanshan and Guijiabao site (5300–4000 cal. BP), China1
Cave art resilience: An interdisciplinary proposal for monitoring the state of conservation in Santimamiñe, Lumentxa, and Altxerri heritage sites (northern Iberian peninsula)1
SEM technology for the analysis of tiny calcified remains from a pre‐Hispanic burial from El Hierro (Canary Islands)1
The time scale of nomadic steelmaking from molten cast iron1
First results of metallographic analysis and absolute dating of iron finds from Nowe Brzesko, site 26, Proszowice District1
Investigation of the recycling of Han Chinese bronze mirrors into Japanese imitation mirrors1
Phasing the history of ancient buildings through PCA on mortars’ mineralogical profiles: the example of the Sarno Baths (Pompeii)1
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Why not let them rest in pieces? Grog‐temper, its provenance and social meanings of recycled ceramics in the Baltic Sea region (2900–2300 BCE)1
The bad side of recycling: The use of ancient coins as a source of material for modern forgeries1
It was a dog's breakfast! A radiocarbon and isotope‐based study of dogs exploring dietary change during the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition in Denmark1
The evolution of strength, elasticity and rupture behaviour of birch tar made with ‘double‐pot’ techniques during tar cooking1
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Preliminary assessment of the efficacy of nano–MgO–based dispersion for the consolidation of artificial weathered sandstone1
Scientific analysis and research on the Warring States bronze mirrors unearthed from Changsha Chu cemetery, Hunan province, China1
A mean weight analysis of Classic Nabatean lamp sherds from Roman Aila (Aqaba, Jordan)1
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New visualization method for cranial carvings of Rapanui wooden figurines1
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New scientific analyses reveal mixing of copper sources in the early Iron Age metal production at Ili, western China1
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Underutilised crops in Europe: An interdisciplinary approach towards sustainable practices1
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Optically stimulated luminescence dating of ancient bricks from the Church of St James in Toruń, Poland1
Islamic glass in the Christian Kingdom of Alwa: Chemistry of shards from Soba, Nubia, Sudan1
Treasure legacy or political symbolization: Longquan celadon excavated from the Smederevo Fortress of Serbia1
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Research on bluish‐white porcelain glazes of Fanchang kiln in China1
Searching for common technological features of 19th–20th‐century mosaic mortars ascribed to the Neuhauser company0
Reconstruction of smelting conditions during 16th‐ to 18th‐century copper ore processing in the Kielce region (Old Polish Industrial District) based on slags from Miedziana Góra, Poland0
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Inca builders at Machu Picchu National Archaeological Park0
A medium‐throughput approach for improved taxonomic identification of lipids preserved in ancient pottery0
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Prehistoric wooden bows and arrows in the Turpan Basin, Northwest China: Wood selection and utilization in a mosaic landscape0
Thermal profiles in varied experimental firings: Implications for different clays and archaeomagnetism0
Investigating the provenance of iron bars from Les Saintes‐Maries‐de‐la‐Mer Roman shipwrecks (south‐east France) with iron isotopes0
Non‐visible aspects of ceramics: Archaeological science approaches in Andean pottery studies0
XRF Analysis of Village and Urban Basalt Architecture in the Hippos Territorium during the Roman Period0
Research on the building materials of adobe house in the Neolithic period at the Qingtai site, China0
Virtual unwrapping of the BISPEGATA amulet, a multiple folded medieval lead amulet, by using neutron tomography0
Archaeometric study of the iron objects from the Xuechi sacrificial site and its implication for bloomery iron smelting during early Western Han period in China0
Human ancient DNA analysis in Latin America: Current state and challenges0
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“Dark matter” of hunter‐gatherers archaeology: How many artifacts does a site lack?0
Representing time in documentation using the CIDOC CRM0
Geological origin of the archaeological obsidian artifacts from the Holocene sequences of Mochena Borago and Yabello, southern Ethiopia0
First insight into gemstones on historical ecclesiastical artefacts in Sicily (17th‐19th centuries): A non‐invasive survey0
Lipid Analysis of Pottery from the Early Bronze Age II Burials at Ayia Triada Cave, Southern Euboea, Greece: Evidence for Ritualized Consumption?0
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Destructuring a shield to rebuild the history: The case of the painted wooden shield from the battle of Lepanto in Marino (Rome, Italy)0
Fluorite used in ancient Chinese glassmaking during the 10th to 12th centuries: Evidence from glass products excavated in the capital city site of the Liao dynasty0
What can lithics tell us about technological complexity? Reflections on and around the Hoabinhian phenomenon in the cobble world0
Radiocarbon dating in South America and the impact of the continent's first 14C‐AMS facility to archaeological research0
Meta‐analysis of an integrated archaeobiological and environmental dataset: Revealing hidden trends in Chalcolithic and Bronze Age socio‐economies in southern Central Asia0
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The mechanised testing and sequential wear‐analysis of replica Bronze Age palstave blades0
Stonehenge revisited: A geochemical approach to interpreting the geographical source of sarsen stone #580
Lead isotope analysis of native copper deposits in the Lake Superior Basin0
Tracing the origin of Chinese early white porcelain in the late sixth century—evidence from Xing kiln0
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Scientific research on white potteries from the Nanzuo site in Qingyang, Gansu province0
Identification and provenance determination of stone tesserae used in mosaics from Roman Celeia, Slovenia0
Provenance of the white and polychrome marbles used for the architecture and sculpture of roman Sentinum (Sassoferrato, Marche, Italy)0
Iron production along the Great Wall Belt of the Han Empire: A metallurgical study of an iron smelting site in the Northern Shaanxi, China0
A new method for detecting sticky rice in ancient mortar based on ELISA0
Experimental assessment of obsidian versus chert lanceolate projectile point durability and robusticity: Semi‐static fracture strength and dynamic impact0
Lead isotope analysis of Meroitic period glass from Nubia with LA‐MC‐ICP‐MS0
Archaeometric analysis of pottery sherds from Barveh Tepe: Insights into Early Bronze Age pottery‐making techniques and firing temperatures0
The ornamentation steps of the Bull Rotunda of the Lascaux cave give new insights into the Upper Palaeolithic natural life cycle0
Living by the lake: Plant food diversity in a prehistoric lake‐dwelling community in the Republic of North Macedonia0
ArchaeoPyDating: A new user‐friendly release for archaeomagnetic dating0
Earliest known well‐preserved flour comestibles unearthed in the Wupu Cemetery in Hami, Xinjiang, China0
ARCHAEOMETRIC analysis of pigments from archaeological contexts in the upper DELTA of the PARANÁ river (ARGENTINA)0
The use and production of black Mn‐based pigments for painting late (c. 900–1450) and Inca (c. 1450–1600) periods ceramic vessels in Northwestern Argentina: a multi‐analytical approach using μRaman, F0
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