Several studies have been performed so far for the effective recovery, detection and
quantification of specific compounds and their degradation products in archaeological …

The Earth's history is documented in human civilizations, soil layers, river movement, and
quiet sediments throughout millennia. This investigation explores the significant legacy of …

Human history has been shaped by global dispersals of technologies, although
understanding of what enabled these processes is limited. Here, we explore the behavioural …

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1503-1512. doi: 10.11928/j. issn. 1001-7410.2023. 05.27引用本文: 胡耀武 …

Parchment is an ancient writing support formed from dehaired animal skins. Its manufacture
comprises a series of liming and scraping steps before being stretched and dried under …

The Liujiawa site is located in the Agricultural–Nomadic Transitional Zone in Northern China
(ANTZNC), inhabited during the early Spring and Autumn Period (770–476 bc). Little is …

Investigations of organic lithic micro-residues have, over the last decade, shifted from
entirely morphological observations using visible-light microscopy to compositional ones …

To assess the short and long-term effect of a newly developed minimally invasive lipid
extraction method on parchment, sacrificial pieces of parchments were subjected to artificial …

In archaeological contexts, identifying processes of beer production and consumption has
contributed to our understanding of agriculture, labor mobilization, economic surplus …

Ceramic objects account for over 90% of the cultural material recovered from archaeological
sites in the Caribbean. However, little research has been conducted on molecular evidence …