Archaeobotanical Progress in South and South East Asia
Archaeobotanical Progress in South and South East Asia
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Collections and calls for papers
Archaeological Science Approaches to Pyroarchaeology
This topical collection comprises papers presenting multiproxy data on different aspects of pyrotechnology such as combustion processes and residues, and their signature in the archaeological record. The dat...
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- Open
- Submission deadline
- Ongoing
Ceramics: Research questions and answers
The Topical Collection (TC) “Ceramics: Research questions and answers” aimed at guiding researchers in the study of archaeological ceramics from excavation to study and preservation in museum collections. Ea...
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Characterizing technology, subsistence and settlement dynamics of the Middle Stone Age and Middle Paleolithic
The Middle Stone Age (MSA) and Middle Paleolithic correspond to the time in which modern humans evolved in Africa and began to disperse across Eurasia. While some researchers highlight the differences betwee...
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- Open
- Submission deadline
- 08 February 2025
Controlled experiments in lithic technology and function
Contributions to this special issue address four main research questions on lithic technology and function: (1) the impact of post-depositional processes on the identification and interpretation of archeolog...
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Coprolite research: archaeological and paleoenvironmental potentials
The papers in the CRAPP volume highlight the current state of the art in coprolite research and explore how newer high-resolution information can be better integrated into broader analytical studies using mo...
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Do good things come in small packages?
Do good things come in small packages?
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Faraoskop Research Project
Faraoskop is a case study that speaks to the broader question – of general anthropological interest and importance – of interpersonal violence in small-scale societies. The papers in this Special Issue showc...
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- Open
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- Ongoing
Fishing Over the Millennia
This topical collection, Fishing Over the Millennia: Zooarchaeological Perspectives, features 13 articles that present a sample of the research shared at the 20th meeting of the Fish Remains Working Group (F...
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Is ‘Neanderthal behaviour’ a useful concept?
Is ‘Neanderthal behaviour’ a useful concept?
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Lessons from the Past: Archaeology and Sustainability (invitation only)
Archaeological research is increasingly attuned to the needs of our contemporary society. Our collective interest in the past is shedding important light on the daily and long-term strategies that allowed fo...
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- Open
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- Ongoing
Microvertebrate Studies in Archaeological Contexts: Middle Paleolithic to early Holocene past environments
This collection focuses on new insights and reconstructions of past environments from the Middle Paleolithic to the early Holocene of Europe, Asia and South America derived from microvertebrate studies. In g...
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- Open
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- Ongoing
Mortars, plasters and pigments—research questions and sampling criteria
This Topical Collection (TC) covers several topics in the field of study, in which ancient architecture, art history, archaeology and material analyses intersect. The chosen perspective is that of a multidis...
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New methods and approaches to spatial and taphonomic analyses on Lower and Middle Pleistocene sites across Africa and Eurasia
This special issue focuses on robust geostatistical and taphonomic approaches to important archaeological sites with significant records to the understanding of hominin behaviour during the Lower and Middle ...
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- Open
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- Ongoing
Palettes of the Past: Archaeology of the extraction, production, exchange, and use of pigments (Invitation only)
Pigments form an integral part of the archaeological record due to the large quantity, variety and ubiquity of objects and contexts that evidence their use. Material evidence from various regions of the worl...
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- Open
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- Ongoing
Post-glacial human subsistence and settlement patterns
Post-glacial human subsistence and settlement patterns
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- Closed
Prehistoric and historical insights in avian zooarchaeology, taphonomy and ancient bird use
Global cooperation and dialogue between scholars are essential to further avian archaeology. Although avifauna comparisons between different geographical regions can be problematic (Stewart 2004), questions ...
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Settlement Patterns Dynamics of the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age
Settlement Patterns Dynamics of the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age
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The Origin of Music and its Links to Evolution (invitation only)
The collection we propose covers an exciting novel topic discussed by the talks presented at a recent (November 2023) Symposium held in Venice (Italy). Based on the fundamental discovery in excavations in So...
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- Open
- Submission deadline
- 30 September 2024
Towards the sea: human ecology, subsistence and adaptations along the European coasts from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Neolithic (invitation only)
This special issue aims to increase the knowledge on the role of coastal environments for hominids throughout the Prehistory, which is crucial for the understanding of human-environment interactions over tim...
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- Open
- Submission deadline
- 15 May 2024