OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Archaeometry is 3. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
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One‐Class Autoencoders for Porcelain Art Attribution: The Case of William Billingsley	15
Tracing Identity in a Fragmented Past: Multi‐Proxy Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains From Dungowan Creek, New South Wales, Australia	15
The Turquoise Glaze Road: From West Asia to China	14
High tin or high lead: distinctive alloying practices of the pastoral Yuhuangmiao culture in Northeast China during the first millennium BCE	14
Holocene 500‐Year Periodic Demographic Fluctuations Linked to Climate Change in Southwest China Mountains	13
Inferring past demographic changes at different spatial scales in Northwest Patagonia and central‐south Chile: Comparing absolute dates with molecular data	11
Early use and production of iron in the northern Shaanxi: A perspective on iron objects excavated from the Yuejiazhuang cemetery site	11
Source and Role of Bronze Coins in Maritime Trade During the Song (960–1276 ad ): Focus on New Discoveries of Underwater Copper Metal Relics in the	11
Understanding plaster production in Palaepaphos– Hadjiabdoullah , Cyprus, during the Cypro‐Classical period	10
Balancing Two Worlds: Connecting Life and Death Through Integrated Isotopic and Mortuary Evidence at the Qilicun Cemetery, China	10
Comment on: 'Stonehenge revisited: A geochemical approach to interpreting the geographical source of sarsen stone #58'	10
Prehistoric Obsidian Travel to and Through Central Italy	10
Lithic analysis in African archaeology: Advances and key themes	9
Multidisciplinary Analysis Reveals Artemisia‐Qu Brewed Chinese Yellow Wine in a Jin Dynasty Porcelain Chicken Drumstick Shaped Vase (	9
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Beyond painted pottery: a longue durée story of ceramic technology in prehistoric Northwest China	8
Trajectories of adoption for silver and bloomery iron in China from the Spring and Autumn period (c. 770–476 BC)	8
Analysis of alterations and damages at the Neolithic earthen settlement and agricultural cultivation site in Tianluoshan, China	8
Biases on Archaeomagnetic Dating Using Global Paleoreconstructions	8
Mold‐deteriorated archaeological Egyptian papyri: Biodeteriogens, monitoring the deterioration, and treatment approach	8
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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 spec	7
Temporal relations in archaeology: a survey and a new typology	7

Islamic glass in the Christian Kingdom of Alwa: Chemistry of shards from Soba, Nubia, Sudan	7
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Minero‐chemical and provenance analysis of Achaemenian lapis lazuli cylinders from Persepolis	7
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The analysis of two historic fired artificial stonewares: Coade stone (18th–19th centuries) and a recent discovery from Oxnead Hall, Norfolk (16th–17th centuries)	6
Analysis of the medieval glass beads from a conquering Hungarian burial in Lužianky, Slovakia	6
Melle but not Melle? A mine’s mint as a hub for Carolingian silver coinage recycling	6
Testing an Easy‐to‐Use RGB to Munsell Digital Method for Color Characterization of Late Stone Age Industries, Ceramic Artifacts, and Iron Oxide Pigments	6
The Complexity of ESR Signals in Tooth Enamel Fragments, A Comparison of Examples from Jebel Irhoud (Morocco) and Broken Hill (Zambia)	6
Experimental research on the integrated treatment of de‐acidification and reinforcement of paper cultural relics by electrosorption	6
International trade of lead for glazed tile production in ancient East Asia	6
Morphological and Morphometric Analysis of Animal Hair From 18th Century Burial Sites in Mazamet (Southwest France)	6
It was a dog's breakfast! A radiocarbon and isotope‐based study of dogs exploring dietary change during the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition in Denmark	6
Research on the classification of ancient silicate glass artifacts based on machine learning	6
Response of Remote Tropical West Pacific Islands to Climate Variability: A Multiproxy Record From T‐Lake, Palau, Spanning the Early Holocene to Present	6
The evolution of strength, elasticity and rupture behaviour of birch tar made with ‘double‐pot’ techniques during tar cooking	6
Unveiling the Deity: The Painted Decoration of a 9th‐Century Tang Dynasty Daoist Statue at Heming Mountain Grottoes, Sichuan	6
Optically stimulated luminescence dating of ancient bricks from the Church of St James in Toruń, Poland	6
The emperor's new glass: The introduction of Carolingian wood ash glass in North Sea trade	5
Micro‐CT‐assisted determination of the shattering and non‐shattering phenotypes of charred rice spikelet bases from archaeological sites: a new methodological approach	5
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Crafting Brilliance: The Artistry and Legacy of Adakkaputhur Intermetallic γ‐Bronze Mirrors (Cu ₄₁ Sn ₁₁	5
The Fiery Eyes of a Maenad: Origin Determination of Faceted Garnet Eye Inlays in a Roman Bronze Bust From Southern Tyrol	5
The earliest metal in western Tibet: Evidence from the Gepa Serul cemetery	5
Variation in human bone bioerosion during the Late Eneolithic/Bronze Age in Moravia (Czech Republic): A novel approach to BSE‐SEM image quality and quantity assessment	5
Investigating relationships among strontium, barium, and seasonality in wild baboons	5
Study on the source of raw material and firing technique of glazed tiles bodies in the Ming Imperial palace site, Nanjing, China	5
What Can Lithics Tell Us About Dispersals: North‐Eastern Africa as a Case Study	5
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A Diachronic Archaeometallurgy Study of Metal Fishhooks in Huanchaco: Alloys and Manufacturing Techniques	5
Chemical composition of early modern and modern window glass from archaeological excavations in Prague‐Hradčany, Czech Republic	5
Contents of deposits from the archaeological site of Sobolów in Bochnia—A contribution to prehistoric foundry activity	5
Trace Element Patterns in Juvenile Wild Chimpanzee Dentitions	5
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On the formation of charred millet aggregates in archaeological assemblages	5
The Material Basis of 18th‐Century Meissen Porcelain	5
ArchaeoPyDating: A new user‐friendly release for archaeomagnetic dating	4
Identification of Potassium‐Rich Faience From Spring and Autumn Period Cemeteries in Shaan'xi Province, China	4
Biometric Analysis of Giant and Large Murid Remains From Matja Kuru 2, Timor‐Leste	4
Neolithic burial pottery from the Jiaojia site, China: A multi‐analytical study	4
Scandal at the Albrechtsburg: The Hoym–Lemaire affair and its impact on the early 18th‐century development of pigment technology at the Meissen Manufactory	4
Human ancient DNA analysis in Latin America: Current state and challenges	4
Provenance Analysis Based on Cluster In‐Betweenness and Support Vector Machines: Identifying Migrant Candidates Using Multi‐Isotope Fingerprints	4
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Chert sourcing using LIBS: The case of Cova del Parco, Spain	4
Simultaneous Deacidification and Reinforcement of Aged Paper via In Situ Polymerization of Inorganic Ionic Oligomers	4
Experimental assessment of obsidian versus chert lanceolate projectile point durability and robusticity: Semi‐static fracture strength and dynamic impact	4

Compositional characteristics of proto‐porcelain wares of the Wuyishan cluster in Southeast China	4
Earliest known well‐preserved flour comestibles unearthed in the Wupu Cemetery in Hami, Xinjiang, China	4
The exploitation of silver deposits in early medieval Europe: some documentary, economic and social problems	4
Genealogies and oral histories as chronological networks: interfacing whakapapa (Māori genealogies) with Gregorian calendar year archaeological radiocarbon dates	4
Eye makeup in Northwestern Iran at the time of the Assyrian Empire: a new kohl recipe based on manganese and graphite from Kani Koter (Iron Age III)	4
The Origin and Circulation of Cinnabar in Neolithic Age of China: Evidence From Sulfur and Mercury Isotope Analysis	4
A multi‐analytical approach to understand El Alto‐Ancasti's painted pottery (north‐western Argentina): Non‐invasive and micro‐invasive analyses of vessel's paintings from El Taco 19	4
XRF Analysis of Village and Urban Basalt Architecture in the Hippos Territorium during the Roman Period	4
Assessing the Vulnerability of an Inuit Archaeological Site in a Changing Periglacial Environment: A Novel Multimethod Geophysical Approach in Arctic Geoarchaeology	4
The ornamentation steps of the Bull Rotunda of the Lascaux cave give new insights into the Upper Palaeolithic natural life cycle	4
Thermal profiles in varied experimental firings: Implications for different clays and archaeomagnetism	4
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High‐resolution compound‐specific δ¹⁵N isotope dietary study of humans from the Scottish Mesolithic and Neolithic	4
Firing technology and physicochemical basis for porcelain from the Xing kiln in the late sixth century	3
An archaeometric study of the Konya basin metallic ware through FTIR and XRD analysis with chemometrics: Central Anatolian Early Bronze Age ceramics	3
Archaeological applications of lead isotopic analysis to non‐ferrous metals in Africa: A critical review	3
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A mineralogical and geochemical database of Fe‐bearing mineral pigments from the south‐eastern alpine region	3
What can lithics tell us about food production during the transition to farming? Exploring harvesting practices and cultural changes during the neolithic in Southwest Asia: a view from Qminas (north‐w	3
Petrographic and geochemical analyses of pottery from Wadi Tanuf, Oman: Approaching pottery production in south‐eastern Arabia during the second and first millennia BCE	3
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Realizing high photothermal conversion efficiency in traditional Chinese purple (BaCuSi₂O₆) pigment	3
Regional and interregional networks of ancient Eleon during the early 12th century BCE as seen from the petrographic and neutron activation analyses of pottery	3
Iron artefacts used at an ancient jade mine in the Hexi Corridor: a technical observation	3
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Identification and Quantification of Volatile Organic Compounds and Bioaerosols in the Conservation Processes of Guanche Mummies	3
Beads of Alexandria: Non‐invasive analysis of glass from Roman, Late Antique and Islamic Kom el‐Dikka, Egypt	3
Characterization of archaeological lime mortars in a Ming dynasty tomb: A multi‐analytical approach	3
Geological Approach to Lithic Landscape During the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene in the Southern Puna of the Atacama Desert (25°–27° S, 3200–5000 m a.s.l.)	3
Characterization of historical mortar from Huilongguan temple site in Wudang Mountain, Hubei province, China	3
Multianalytical Studies on the Mural Painting of Yongle Palace in Shanxi Province, China	3
Tricky technology of making silver seed beads in the Early Bronze Age, NW Caucasus	3
Multimethod characterization of terracotta figurines and lime mortar from the elite burials Shoroon Bumbagar I and II, Mongolia	3
Investigating Technology and Raw Materials Source of the Archaic and Classical Architectural Terracottas From the Athenaion in Castro (Apulia, Italy)	3
Nitrogen cycling in western India as revealed by nitrogen isotopes, and the historic production of saltpetre	3
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A feast: Indigenous production and interregional exchange reflected by the bronze vessels unearthed from Shuangyuan Village Cemetery in southwestern China	3
Staple food and possible famine food in Han Dynasty Guanzhong: Archeobotanical and stable isotopic perspectives	3
Scientific Research on Terracotta Tiles From the Chengcun City Site of Han Dynasty, Wuyishan	3
Investigations on fire‐gilding	3
A Northern Connection: Spread of Faience, Glass and Han Blue Into the Chengdu Plain During the Warring States Period	3
The stratigraphic biography of an archaeological site. Timing depositional events	3
Archaeometallurgical investigations and computed tomography of excavated ancient copper hoards in Ganaga‐Yamuna Valley, archaeological site	3
Historical lime‐based flooring mortars from the Church of Santa Maria de Alcobaça monastery (12th century), Portugal: A multi‐analytical approach	3
Chemical Composition and Provenance of Bead Glass From Medieval and Postmedieval Ethiopia	3
Revealing Disappearance Patterns in Murals Heavily Contaminated by Soot Based on Hyperspectral Imaging	3
Tracing origin and history of Virgin and Child in Majesty, the oldest wooden polychrome statuette in the Czech Republic	3
Scientific study of the pigments and binders used in mural painting from the 16th‐century ce St Mary's Church of Cheriapally, Kottyam, Kerala, and it	3
The production of terra sigillata in Arezzo, Central Italy: an archaeometric investigation	3
A Pilot Study of Shell Ornaments From the Gebusailu Site in Xizang, China	3
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Comparing Clovis and Folsom fluting via scaling analysis	3
Levantine Hacksilber and the flow of silver in early Mediterranean commerce	3
Unearthing the shadows of history: Chemical traces of Second World War atrocities in the Szpęgawski Forest and Death Valley, Poland	3
Ceramic Production and Geodiversity in Iron Age Iberia: An Archaeometric Study of Pottery from Castrejón de Capote (SW Spain)	3
Application of instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) to ceramics and clay sources for the late period ( c . 950 years BP) in the Southern Argen	3