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1. Archaeobotanical inference of intermittent settlement and agriculture at Middle Bronze Age Zahrat adh-Dhra'1, Jordan

Author:
Fall, Patricia L.; Falconer, Steven E.; Porson, Steven
Source:
Journal of archaeological science: Reports 2019 v.26 pp. 101884
ISSN:
2352-409X
Subject:
Bayesian theory; archaeobotany; hinterland; landscapes; mass spectrometry; models; seeds; urbanization; villages; Jordan
Abstract:
... Analysis of botanical evidence excavated from Zahrat adh-Dhra'1, Jordan elucidates intermittent settlement and agriculture on the geographical and social margins of Middle Bronze Age society in the Southern Levant. Zahrat adh-Dhra'1, lying just east of the Dead Sea, provides data from multiple discontinuous phases of occupation, particularly in comparison to evidence from the continuously occupied ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.101884

2. Coiling or slab building: Potential of orientation analysis for identification of forming techniques used by Early Neolithic potters

Author:
Thér, Richard; Květina, Petr; Neumannová, Klára
Source:
Journal of archaeological science: Reports 2019 v.26 pp. 101877
ISSN:
2352-409X
Subject:
archaeology; ceramics; microstructure
Abstract:
... This work explores the potential of analysis based on quantification of the orientation of components of a ceramic body to distinguish between the two basic families of hand-building techniques (coiling and slab-building). The previous application of the method to techniques related to the use of the potter's wheel showed that this approach can yield details specific for the relationship between t ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.101877

3. “Fresh from the Oven”: experiments on Triticum spelta and a protocol for carbonising specimens for archaeobotanical comparison collections

Author:
Berihuete-Azorín, Marian; Stika, Hans-Peter; Bourliva, Anna; Papadopoulou, Lambrini; Valamoti, Soultana-Maria
Source:
Journal of archaeological science: Reports 2019 v.26 pp. 101865
ISSN:
2352-409X
Subject:
Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta; archaeobotany; grain foods; ovens; scanning electron microscopy; small cereal grains
Abstract:
... Charring is the most common preservation state of plant remains retrieved at archaeological sites. Therefore, archaeobotanists have often performed charring experiments mainly aimed to produce comparative materials and to better understand the various processes affecting the morphology and composition of archaeobotanical assemblages. In this paper, and based on previous works, we develop a laborat ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.05.030

4. Living on the coast without depending on coastal resources. Isotopic evidence in Central Chile

Author:
Falabella, Fernanda; Sanhueza, Lorena
Source:
Journal of archaeological science: Reports 2019 v.26 pp. 101890
ISSN:
2352-409X
Subject:
archaeology; ceramics; coasts; diet; foods; humans; marine resources; stable isotopes; trophic levels; Chile
Abstract:
... Along the Pacific coast of South America, including what is now Chilean territory, the coastal zone has been exploited since the earliest peopling of the continent and marine resources played an important role in the development of pre-Hispanic communities. Analysis of stable isotopes in human remains has confirmed the importance of marine resources in the diet of these populations; however, based ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.101890

5. Analysis of ancient DNA from South American rhea bones: Implications for zooarchaeology and biogeography

Author:
Abbona, Cinthia Carolina; Lebrasseur, Ophélie; Johnson, Jeff; Giardina, Miguel; Neme, Gustavo; Wolverton, Steve
Source:
Journal of archaeological science: Reports 2019 v.25 pp. 624-631
ISSN:
2352-409X
Subject:
DNA; Pterocnemia pennata; Rhea americana; archaeology; biogeography; bones; diet; eggs; geographical distribution; human communities; issues and policy; meat; rheas; Argentina
Abstract:
... Rheas have been an important food source to human communities in South America, providing meat and especially eggs, and thus playing a crucial role in the development of South American societies. Two extant species currently exist: Rhea americana (greater rhea) and Rhea pennata (lesser rhea). Both species occupy distinct geographic ranges except for an overlapping area in Argentina to the immediat ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.05.035

6. Bacterial bioerosion in human and animal bones from subtropical environments (Northern Pampa/Middle Paraná River Basin, República Argentina)

Author:
Galligani, Paula; Sartori, Julieta; Barrientos, Gustavo
Source:
Journal of archaeological science: Reports 2019 v.25 pp. 561-574
ISSN:
2352-409X
Subject:
Holocene epoch; archaeology; bioerosion; bones; histology; humans; microbial activity; soil; subtropics; watersheds; Argentina; Europe
Abstract:
... Microbial bioerosion is a major diagenetic factor determining the long-term survival of archaeological bones as well as the quantity and quality of the biological information retrievable from them. In spite of this, information about bioerosion is still scarce from a worldwide perspective, with most of the data coming from the European continent. In this connection, the primary aim of this paper i ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.05.015

7. Late Holocene raw material procurement and mobility patterns in northeast Uruguay (Pago Lindo site, Tacuarembó)

Author:
Gazzán, Nicolás; Chiglino, Leticia; Gianotti, Camila
Source:
Journal of archaeological science: Reports 2019 v.25 pp. 548-560
ISSN:
2352-409X
Subject:
Holocene epoch; archaeology; geographic information systems; land use; landscapes; occupations; raw materials; surveys; Uruguay
Abstract:
... This paper presents the results of an analysis on lithic procurement and land use strategies corresponding to Late Holocene occupations in northeast Uruguay. Excavations carried out at mound PU061110Q23/Q25, located at the archaeological site of Pago Lindo (Caraguatá, department of Tacuarembó), reveal a predominance of siliceous raw materials mostly procured from secondary sources. In view of this ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.05.018

8. New perspectives on Late Bronze Age lagoon sites in the South of France revealed by animal exploitation at the La Motte I site (Hérault)

Author:
Lespes, Carole; Lachenal, Thibault; Gardeisen, Armelle; Gascó, Jean
Source:
Journal of archaeological science: Reports 2019 v.25 pp. 206-216
ISSN:
2352-409X
Subject:
archaeology; fauna; herds; livestock; mammals; meat; wood poles; France
Abstract:
... At the present time, only a few Late Bronze Age sites in the French Mediterranean have yielded faunal data. The newly excavated site of La Motte I (Hérault, France) is exceptionally well preserved owing to its underwater context. The discovery of large quantities of pottery, a wattle and some wooden poles allowed the site to be dated to the Late Bronze Age IIIb (900–775 BCE). The zooarchaeological ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.04.005

9. The earliest recorded case of lepromatous leprosy in continental Croatia

Author:
Bedić, Željka; Šlaus, Mario; Donoghue, Helen D.
Source:
Journal of archaeological science: Reports 2019 v.25 pp. 47-55
ISSN:
2352-409X
Subject:
actinomycosis; adults; archaeology; aspergillosis; death; females; fungi; genetic analysis; genome; geography; lepromatous leprosy; nose; skull; tuberculosis; Croatia
Abstract:
... Among 89 skulls from the Bijelo Brdo site in mainland Croatia dated between the 10th and 11th centuries, two show osteological features characteristic for lepromatous leprosy. Both skulls have female traits. An adult individual exhibits inflammatory changes on the palatine process, the alveolar process of the maxilla, the inferior nasal aperture, and on the anterior nasal spine. A younger individu ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.03.030

10. Chemical profile of organic residues from ancient amphoras found in Pyrgi and Castrum Novum, Tyrrhenian Sea (Italy)

Author:
Preusz, Michal; Tříska, Jan; Vrchotová, Naděžda; Vilímek, Josef; Enei, Flavio; Preusz, Klára
Source:
Journal of archaeological science: Reports 2019 v.24 pp. 565-573
ISSN:
2352-409X
Subject:
Pinus; abietic acid; archaeology; coasts; dehydrogenation; evaporation; fluorometry; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; hexane; high performance liquid chromatography; methanol; methyl ethers; resins; silylation; transportation; trees; Italy; Tyrrhenian Sea
Abstract:
... The organic residues in the form of black layer spots inside amphoras found on the sites of the former ancient ports of Pyrgi and Castrum Novum on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea were investigated using GC–MS and HPLC with fluorimetric detection. According to our hypothesis, the residues could be from waterproofing materials from pine trees, which ensured that amphoras could be used for transporta ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.02.002

11. Early pottery use across the Baltic – A comparative lipid residue study on Ertebølle and Narva ceramics from coastal hunter-gatherer sites in southern Scandinavia, northern Germany and Estonia

Author:
Papakosta, Vasiliki; Oras, Ester; Isaksson, Sven
Source:
Journal of archaeological science: Reports 2019 v.24 pp. 142-151
ISSN:
2352-409X
Subject:
animals; archaeology; ceramics; fatty acids; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; manufacturing; raw materials; stable isotopes; traditions; Denmark; Estonia; Germany; Scandinavia; Sweden
Abstract:
... The Late Mesolithic Ertebølle and Narva cultures (6th – 5th/4th millennium BC) in the southwest and eastern Baltic, respectively, shared similar vessel types, namely pointed-based pots and oval bowls. As a consequence, this phenomenon raised questions about inter-cultural connections across the Baltic and possible influence for the production of pottery from the Narva to the Ertebølle hunter-gathe ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.01.003

12. Lipids, funerals, gifts and feasts. Organic residue analysis on Merovingian ceramics from the Elversele burial field (Belgium)

Author:
Van de Velde, Thomas; Deschepper, Ewoud; Mestdagh, Bert; De Clercq, Wim; Vandenabeele, Peter; Lynen, Frederic
Source:
Journal of archaeological science: Reports 2019 v.24 pp. 30-38
ISSN:
2352-409X
Subject:
animal fats and oils; archaeology; ceramics; foods; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; lipids; organic compounds; Belgium
Abstract:
... During the excavation of a Merovingian cemetery in Elversele (Temse, Belgium), archaeologists encountered nine burials each with one earthenware vessel clearly deposited in the graves, dating to the 6th–7th century AD. Vessels as grave goods are often linked with funerary feasting in Merovingian contexts, the contents of the vessels than acting as funerary meals in gift-giving relationships. Howev ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.12.015

13. SEM analysis of an archaeological hair sample from East-Iceland and comparative samples from nine modern-day species of mammals from the region

Author:
Þórhallsdóttir, Rannveig; Walser, Joe W.; Kristjánsdóttir, Steinunn; Anamthawat-Jónsson, Kesara
Source:
Journal of archaeological science: Reports 2019 v.24 pp. 24-29
ISSN:
2352-409X
Subject:
archaeology; fur; hairs; humans; iron; microstructure; sampling; scanning electron microscopy; sheep; species identification; wool
Abstract:
... This communication presents the results of a comparative study using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for the identification of degraded, unidentified organic fibres adhered to an iron object that was found at a rescue excavation site in East-Iceland, where artefacts and human remains from ca. 950 CE were discovered. A reference set of SEM microscopic images of hair samples from nine modern-day ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.12.022

14. The dIANA database – Resource for isotopic paleodietary research in the Baltic Sea area

Author:
Etu-Sihvola, H.; Bocherens, H.; Drucker, D.G.; Junno, A.; Mannermaa, K.; Oinonen, M.; Uusitalo, J.; Arppe, L.
Source:
Journal of archaeological science: Reports 2019 v.24 pp. 1003-1013
ISSN:
2352-409X
Subject:
animals; archaeology; carbon; collagen; databases; diet; fauna; languages; nitrogen; stable isotopes; Baltic Sea; Finland; Northern European region; Russia
Abstract:
... Paleodietary research is a complex field, which requires large sets of background information. Owing to increasing interest and activity in the field, a substantial amount of archaeological isotope baseline data exist for Northern Europe, consisting mainly of animal bone collagen δ13C, δ15N, and δ34S values. However, the data are scattered into dozens of publications written in multiple languages ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.03.005

15. Deciphering Neolithic activities from a Cardial burial site (Cova Bonica) on the western Mediterranean coast

Author:
Daura, Joan; Sanz, Montserrat; Oms, F. Xavier; Pedro, Mireia; Martínez, Pablo; Mendiela, Susana; Oliva Poveda, Mònica; Gibaja, Juan F.; Mozota, Millán; Alonso-Eguíluz, Mónica; Albert, Rosa M.; Allué, Ethel; Bañuls-Cardona, Sandra; López-García, Juan Manuel; Santos Arévalo, Francisco Javier; Fullola, Josep Maria
Source:
Journal of archaeological science: Reports 2019 v.23 pp. 324-347
ISSN:
2352-409X
Subject:
archaeology; bones; ceramics; charcoal; farmers; genome; humans; radiocarbon dating; sheep; small mammals; Iberian Peninsula; Mediterranean region
Abstract:
... Cova Bonica has yielded one of the few assemblages of Cardial Neolithic records of directly dated human remains (c. 5470 and 5220 years cal. BC – unmodelled) in the Iberian Peninsula and has provided the first complete genome of an Iberian farmer. A minimum of seven individuals and six age clusters have been ascribed on the basis of the disarticulated human bones. A large number of archaeological ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.10.036

16. Discovery of the Jomon era maize weevils in Hokkaido, Japan and its mean

Author:
Obata, Hiroki; Morimoto, Katsura; Miyanoshita, Akihiro
Source:
Journal of archaeological science: Reports 2019 v.23 pp. 137-156
ISSN:
2352-409X
Subject:
Castanea; Sitophilus zeamais; adults; archaeology; foods; fruits; household pests; insect pests; nuts; storage pests; surveys; transportation; Japan
Abstract:
... Recent research on plant and insect impressions on Jomon-period pottery strongly suggests not only the presence of household pests such as the maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais), but also the existence of storage facilities for acorns and nuts inside pit houses. The presence of insect pests provides indirect evidence for human-mediated crop propagation on a large scale. The evidence also suggests t ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.10.037

17. Exploring ecodynamics of coastal foragers using integrated faunal records from Čḯxwicən village (Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington, U.S.A.)

Author:
Butler, Virginia L.; Campbell, Sarah K.; Bovy, Kristine M.; Etnier, Michael A.
Source:
Journal of archaeological science: Reports 2019 v.23 pp. 1143-1167
ISSN:
2352-409X
Subject:
Bivalvia; archaeology; birds; case studies; climate change; coasts; earthquakes; fauna; habitats; herring; households; human-animal relations; humans; invertebrates; littoral zone; salmon; tsunamis; villages; Washington (state)
Abstract:
... Extensive 2004 excavation of Čḯxwicən (pronounced ch-WHEET-son), traditional home of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe in northwest Washington State, U.S.A., documented human occupation spanning the last 2700 years with fine geo-stratigraphic control and 102 radiocarbon samples. Remains of multiple plankhouses were documented. Occupation spans large-magnitude earthquakes, periods of climate change, an ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.09.031

18. From texts to teeth: A multi-isotope study of sheep and goat herding practices in the Late Bronze Age (‘Mycenaean’) polity of Knossos, Crete

Author:
Isaakidou, Valasia; Styring, Amy; Halstead, Paul; Nitsch, Erika; Stroud, Elizabeth; le Roux, Petrus; Lee-Thorp, Julia; Bogaard, Amy
Source:
Journal of archaeological science: Reports 2019 v.23 pp. 36-56
ISSN:
2352-409X
Subject:
altitude; archaeology; bioavailability; carbon; diet; ecosystems; flocks; forage; goats; herding; life history; oxygen; sheep; stable isotopes; strontium; summer; tooth enamel; winter; wool production; Crete
Abstract:
... Linear B administrative documents of the late second millennium BC from urban Knossos, Crete, reveal that spatially extensive and centrally monitored sheep flocks and wool production played a fundamental role in Mycenaean palatial economy. Here we employ multi-isotope (δ13C, δ18O, 87Sr/86Sr) analysis of sequentially sampled sheep and goat tooth enamel bioapatite to explore life histories of animal ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.09.019

19. Identifying and sourcing pyrometamorphic artifacts: Clinker in subarctic North America and the hunter-gatherer response to a Late Holocene volcanic eruption

Author:
Kristensen, Todd J.; Andrews, Thomas D.; MacKay, Glen; Gotthardt, Ruth; Lynch, Sean C.; Duke, M. John M.; Locock, Andrew J.; Ives, John W.
Source:
Journal of archaeological science: Reports 2019 v.23 pp. 773-790
ISSN:
2352-409X
Subject:
Holocene epoch; Pleistocene epoch; X-radiation; X-ray diffraction; archaeology; coal; combustion; fluorescence; provenance; rivers; social networks; volcanic activity; Canada
Abstract:
... Pyrometamorphic rocks produced by natural coal combustion appear at archaeological sites across North America but have received little archaeological attention regarding provenance studies. Tertiary Hills Clinker is a distinct pyrometamorphic rock from Subarctic Canada utilized by hunter-gatherers from 10,000 years ago to European contact. We employ X-ray diffraction, thin section analyses, and el ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.11.039

20. Impact of biodeterioration on structure and composition of waterlogged foundation piles from Riga Cathedral (1211 CE), Latvia

Author:
Irbe, Ilze; Bikovens, Oskars; Fridrihsone, Velta; Dzenis, Marcis
Source:
Journal of archaeological science: Reports 2019 v.23 pp. 196-202
ISSN:
2352-409X
Subject:
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; X-ray diffraction; archaeology; ash content; biodegradation; buildings; calcite; cellulose; chemical analysis; deformation; galactose; hemicellulose; lignin; magnesium silicates; microorganisms; muscovite; quartz; sodium; wood; Latvia
Abstract:
... In this paper, a diagnostic evaluation of the state of the art of archaeological waterlogged foundation piles in Riga Cathedral (1211 CE) was carried out. Microscopic, chemical and instrumental methods were applied to study the impact of deterioration of piles leading to the deformations of the Cathedral building. Severe biodeterioration by microorganisms in the majority of pile samples was determ ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.11.002