Historic and prehistoric epidemics: an overview of sources available for the study of ancient pathogens

AC van der Kuyl - Epidemiologia, 2022 - mdpi.com
Since life on earth developed, parasitic microbes have thrived. Increases in host numbers, or
the conquest of a new species, provide an opportunity for such a pathogen to enjoy, before …

Confronting the present: archaeology in 2019

MS Rosenzweig - American Anthropologist, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Postmodernity has a distinctly pre‐apocalyptic feel to it, and this feeling has seeped into
archaeology. A review of the scholarship from 2019 attests that archaeologists are having to …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating musealized archaeological sediment collections into current geoarchaeological analytical frameworks for sustainable research practices

S Costanzo, M Pappalardo, E Starnini… - MethodsX, 2024 - Elsevier
We present a review of the latest framework achievements in geoarchaeological sciences
applied to microstratigraphic and biomolecular studies of prehistoric archaeological …

Sensational science, archaic hominin genetics, and amplified inductive risk

JC Havstad - Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 2022 - cambridge.org
More than a decade of exacting scientific research involving paleontological fragments and
ancient DNA has lately produced a series of pronouncements about a purportedly novel …

Cognitive archaeology and the minimum necessary competence problem

A Killin, R Pain - Biological Theory, 2023 - Springer
Cognitive archaeologists attempt to infer the cognitive and cultural features of past hominins
and their societies from the material record. This task faces the problem of minimum …

Archaeology as an interdisciplinary science at the cross-roads of physical, chemical, biological, and social sciences: New perspectives and research

D Yılmaz - Transdisciplinarity, 2022 - Springer
This chapter will focus on new research in archaeology, interdisciplinary science that uses
various physical, chemical, biological, and social sciences. Such studies, also known as …

[PDF][PDF] An Exploratory and Integrative Study of Māori Kurī (Canis familiaris) at the NRD Archaeological Site in Aotearoa New Zealand

RT Kramer, K Greig, M Campbell, P Pillay… - Journal of Pacific …, 2022 - researchgate.net
This multidisciplinary study analyzes kurī skeletal remains from the Northern Runway
Development (NRD) archaeological site (AD 1400–1800) to develop an 'osteo-history'and …

Potential Environmental Drivers of Fossil Bones Degradation—A Metabarcoding Approach in Two Carpathian Caves

C Haidău, PA Bulzu, IC Mirea, R Bucur… - Geomicrobiology …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Studies on fossil bone microbial communities are scarce; even fewer studies were
performed in cave deposits. For our research, sediments and fossil bones were sampled …

Paleogenómica y bioarqueología en México

MA Nieves-Colón, KE Blevins… - Cuicuilco. Revista de …, 2021 - scielo.org.mx
El adn antiguo se ha convertido en una herramienta importante de la investigación
bioarqueológica. Los avances en métodos de laboratorio y secuenciación han hecho …

The Archeology of Adoption: Tracing the Journey from Birth Through Adoption Using Pre-Adoptive Artifacts

E Reeve - 2024 - digitalcommons.lesley.edu
Adults adopted in childhood often face a heightened susceptibility to psychological and
behavioral challenges compared with their non-adopted peers. Scholars examining this …