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Alterations and Contaminations in Ceramics Deposited in Underwater Environments: An Experimental Approach
(MDPI, 2021-07-15)
Ancient ceramics recovered after a long burial period have probably undergone several alterations and contaminations, introducing a chemical variability, affecting the ceramic’s natural variability. That is, the chemical ...
Genomic transformation and social organization during the Copper Age-Bronze Age transition in southern Iberia
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2021-11)
[EN]The emerging Bronze Age (BA) of southeastern Iberia saw marked social changes. Late Copper Age (CA) settlements were abandoned in favor of hilltop sites, and collective graves were largely replaced by single or double ...
Quartzite Procurement in Conglomerates and Deposits: Geoarchaeological Characterization of Potential Catchment Areas in the Central Part of the Cantabrian Region, Spain
(Wiley, 2021-05)
Raw material characterization in Paleolithic archaeology has widened our knowledge of Middle Paleolithic societies. Procurement of raw material, specifically flint, has allowed the tracing of the mobility of both stones ...
Quartzite procurement in conglomerates and deposits:Geoarchaeological characterization of potential catchmentareas in the central part of the Cantabrian Region, Spain
(Wiley, 2021-05)
Raw material characterization in Paleolithic archaeology has widened our knowledge of Middle Paleolithic societies. Procurement of raw material, specifically flint, has allowed the tracing of the mobility of both stones ...
The Evolution and Changing Ecology of the African Hominid Oral Microbiome
(National Academy of Sciences, 2021-05-18)
The oral microbiome plays key roles in human biology, health, and disease, but little is known about the global diversity, variation, or evolution of this microbial community. To better understand the evolution and changing ...
Archaeometric evidence for the earliest exploitation of lignite from the bronze age Eastern Mediterranean
(Nature Research, 2021-12-17)
[EN] This paper presents the earliest evidence for the exploitation of lignite (brown coal) in Europe and sheds new light on the use of combustion fuel sources in the 2nd millennium BCE Eastern Mediterranean. We applied ...
Machine Learning for the Built Heritage Archaeological Study
(Association for Computing Machinery, 2021-02)
The presence of artificial intelligence in our lives is increasing and being applied to fields such as medicine, engineering, telecommunications, remote sensing and 3D visualization. Nevertheless, it has never been used ...
Pottery making tradition in Logroño: an archaeometric approach to the Late Medieval workshops
(Springer, 2021-04-23)
This paper deals with the findings of Hospital Viejo site of Logroño (La Rioja, Spain), which yielded the largest evidence of local pottery production, comprising three kilns and a potters’ dump (13th–15th centuries). The ...
Updated Knowledge on Floods and Risk Management in the Middle Ebro River: the “Anthropocene” Context and River Resilience
(Universidad de La Rioja, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2021)
The floods of 2015 and 2018 in the Middle Ebro River have led to a rethinking and updating of the forecasting and management systems. The improvements in the flow measurement systems applied in this type of extreme phenomena ...
The supply of ceramics to Portuguese north African strongholds in the 15th and 16th centuries: new archaeometric data from Ksar Seghir and Ceuta
(Elsevier, 2021-03-23)
The present study aims to present new archaeometric data from a wide typological rank of ceramics collected in Ksar Seghir (Morocco) and Ceuta (Spain), two different archaeological sites in the south bank of the Strait of ...