Middens are surprisingly fluid entities in occupied communities, as shown by
ethnoarchaeological research in Dalupa, Kalinga Province, northern Luzon, the Philippines …

Phosphorus (P) and other chemical elements have been used to identify residential
middens at archaeological sites. This study discusses the relationship of soil chemical …

Past urban settlements in tropical island environments offer particularly challenging sites for
mainstream archaeology. Often associated with shallow stratigraphic sequences …

Across the prehistoric period in Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA), very few architectural
remains and settlements have been identified and there is an absence of evidence for …

Open spaces are an integral part of past urban settlement worldwide. Often large and devoid
of visible traces of past activities, these spaces challenge mainstream archaeological …

This report describes the results of a geochemical analysis using a mild acid extraction and
inductively coupled plasma-mass spectroscopy of 198 samples from plaster surfaces at the …

Preliminary soil micromorphology study of cultural sediments at Tabon Cave, Philippines,
supports interpretations of sporadic occupation in the Paleolithic. The presence in some …

This ethnoarchaeological study addresses refuse disposal and site formation processes in a
village setting, focusing on one artifact class (ceramics) and one type of refuse accumulation …

The 2001 field season of the Kalinga Ethnoarchaeological Project addressed ceramic
discard and midden formation in Dalupa, an upland community of 380 people in Pasil …

Patios and plazas represent two of the most common types of open space found at ancient
Mesoamerican settlements. Patios tended to serve as areas for household activities, while …