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The intrusive nature of the Châtelperronian in the Iberian Peninsula
(Public Library Science, 2022)
Multiple factors have been proposed to explain the disappearance of Neandertals between ca. 50 and 40 kyr BP. Central to these discussions has been the identification of new techno-cultural complexes that overlap with the ...
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 ...
An archaeometrical approach to the majolica pottery from Alcazar de Najera archaeological site
(Springer, 2019-05-22)
The city of Nájera, located in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, hosts an alcazar of Arab origin, which became the residence of the king of Pamplona-Nájera and later of the duke and duchess of Nájera. From this last ...
Combining Small-Vertebrate, Marine and Stable-Isotope Data to Reconstruct Past Environments
(Nature, 2015)
Three very different records are combined here to reconstruct the evolution of environments in
the Cantabrian Region during the Upper Pleistocene, covering ~35.000 years. Two of these records
come from Antoliñako Koba ...
Non-destructive Screening Methodology based on ED-XRF for the classification of Medieval and post-Medieval Archaeological Ceramics
(Elsevier, 2019-06)
Compositional analysis of ceramics plays a crucial role in Archaeology because following the proper methodology, it enables to obtain knowledge about past human behavior. In this regard, X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry ...
Hit and sunk: provenance and alterations of ceramics from seventeenth century Angra D shipwreck
(2020-07-21)
A set of 34 archaeological ceramics, including olive jars, transparent green lead glazed, tin-lead glazed and unglazed ceramics, from seventeenth century Angra D shipwreck found at Terceira Island (Azores Archipelago, ...
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 ...
Submerged and reused: An archaeometric approach to the early Modern ceramics from Aveiro (Portugal)
(2020-11-02)
Aveiro, a city located in northern Portugal that lies next to the Atlantic Ocean, has a long potting tradition.
Indeed, during the 15th–17th centuries, this region played an important role in the maritime trade between ...
Incorporating the life-course approach into shrinking cities assessment: the uneven geographies of urban population decline
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-06-24)
The demographic dynamics of urban areas is highly relevant for urban and regional planning, in a global context marked by rapid socioeconomic changes and growing competition between cities. Demographic and economic decline ...