Coal has long fueled human civilizations. The history of systematic coal fuel exploitation has
been traced back to the late third millennium before present (post-2500 BP). Although …

The exploitation of plant resources was an important part of the economic and social
strategies of the people of the Indus Civilisation (c. 3200–1500 BCE). Research has focused …

Archaeology is often argued to provide a unique long-term perspective on humans that can
be utilised for effective policy-making, for example, in discussions of resilience and …

This paper presents novel insights into the archaeology of food in ancient South Asia by
using lipid residue analysis to investigate what kinds of foodstuffs were used in ceramic …

The interpretation of crop water management practices has been central to the archeological
debate on agricultural strategies and is crucial where the type of water strategy can provide …

1 In these two powerful sentences, the French academician Erik Orsenna encapsulates the
essence of our approach: studying the development of cotton production as a raw resource …

Abstract The Tigray region in Ethiopia witnessed the rise and fall of the Pre-Aksumite and
Aksumite communities between the mid 2nd millennium bce and the late 1st millennium ce …

Waste management is paramount to town planning and ancient civilizations across the
world have spent resources and mobilized labor for waste disposal and reuse. The study of …

Reproducible research is being implemented at different speeds in different disciplines, and
Archaeology is at the start of this journey. Reproducibility is the practice of reanalysing data …

ABSTRACT A hearth is the location of an intentional fire, commonly fueled with organic
matter such as wood, charcoal, crop waste, or dried animal dung (biomass, or biofuel) …