Impact of wildfire on granite outcrops in archaeological sites surrounded by different types of vegetation

2020 ◽  
Vol 747 ◽  
pp. 141143
Author(s):  
J.S. Pozo-Antonio ◽  
P. Sanmartín ◽  
M. Serrano ◽  
J.M. De la Rosa ◽  
A.Z. Miller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Granite Outcrops ◽  
Different Types

scholarly journals Insect Marks on Bones from La Guillerma Archaeological Locality (Salado River Depression, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Quaternary ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Paula D. Escosteguy ◽  
Alejandro E. Fernandez ◽  
María Isabel González
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Buenos Aires Province ◽  
Faunal Remains ◽  
Faunal Assemblage ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Salado River ◽  
Bone Remains

The La Guillerma archaeological locality is located in the northeast sector of Buenos Aires province (Argentina). Two of its sites (LG1 and LG5), dated between ca. 1400- and 600-years BP, have a great amount of faunal remains including deer, rodents, fish and small birds that are subjected to taphonomic agents and processes (e.g., weathering, manganese, roots). Previous studies have shown osteophagic behaviour in different insects (e.g., Coleoptera, Blattodea). In this paper, we evaluate their incidence on La Guillerma faunal assemblage. We performed an analysis on marks that were identified in bone remains of various taxa and applied the criteria for identifying bone alteration by insects (i.e., by measuring each trace and comparing them with the types of insect marks described in the literature). Fifteen specimens (LG1 = 6 and LG5 = 9) exhibited different types of modifications (e.g., pits with striae in base, pits with emanating striae, striations) that are related to the action of insects. Although the proportion of affected bones is low in relation to the total sample, we highlight our study as the first detailed analysis of insect marks on archaeological bones from Argentina. We also emphasize the significance of addressing insect-produced modifications on Argentinean archaeological sites.

Identifying Bone-Tipped Arrow Types in the Archaeological Record of Southern Africa: The Contribution of Use-Trace Studies

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Bradfield
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
Historical Review ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
Archaeological Sample ◽  
Different Types

This study presents a historical review of the different types of southern African hunter-gatherer arrows employing a piece of bone situated at or near the tip of the arrow, which I call the apical bone component. The results of an extensive use-trace study of bone points and fragments thereof from twelve archaeological sites spanning the last 18,000 years show that it is possible to identify arrow types based on associated use-trace features. Five possible arrow types are identified from the archaeological sample, all dating to within the last 4000–6000 years. Using use-trace studies it is possible to identify now-missing components of the arrows, such as metal, mastic or stone inserts. Contrary to recent claims, I do not find evidence for bone-tipped arrows evolving along a continuum. Rather, some arrow types may have a much greater antiquity than previously thought.

Hunting of Game Fowl by the Russian Population of the Tarsky Irtysh Region in the 17th-19th Centuries: written and archaeological sources

2021 ◽  
pp. 75-86
Author(s):  
Larisa Tataurova ◽  
◽  
Aleksey Nekrasov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Activity ◽  
Russian Population ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Archaeological Materials ◽  
Cultural Layers ◽  
Rural Sites ◽  
Written Sources

Bird hunting as a type of economic activity of the Russian population in the 17th—18th centuries is analyzed on the basis of archeozoological collections and complexes from the cultural layers of rural sites. The composition and ratio of different types of commercial birds, methods of passive and active hunting are determined. The results obtained are compared with written sources of the 19 th century and archaeological materials from other regions. As part of the inventory of archaeological sites, in addition to the bow and arrowheads, a set of clay balls of different sizes and weights was identified, which were used as projectiles for slingshot in hunting flocking birds.

scholarly journals A utilização de quartzo durante o Paleolítico Superior no território dos vales dos rios Vouga e Côa

2020 ◽  
pp. 715-731
Author(s):  
Daniela Maio ◽  
Thierry Aubry ◽  
Bárbara Costa ◽  
Sérgio Gomes ◽  
Luís Luís ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Data ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Conceptual Scheme ◽  
Chaîne Opératoire ◽  
Chaine Operatoire ◽  
Different Types

Quartz has traditionally been regarded as a raw material of poor knapping quality. Indeed, the structure of this mineral determines the presence of cleavage planes which generate fractures and influence débitage. The fact that it is naturally available in regions where there is no flint or silcrete, however, resulted in its frequent exploitation by the Palaeolithic human communities that inhabited the Portuguese territory. The present research focuses on comparative data on the use of quartz in the Côa Valley (Fariseu and Cardina) and the Vouga Valley (Vau and Rôdo) sites during the Gravettian, Magdalenian and Azilian. The volume of data on the two areas being compared is uneven and we have little information on the technical tradition and functionality of the Vouga sites. There is, however, enough information to compare and identify, in these archaeological sites located in two different regions, the same conceptual scheme inherent to the chaîne opératoire applied to the different types of quartz.

MATERIALS ON ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE FUNDS OF THE “HISTORICAL ARCHIVE OF THE OMSK REGION”

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 108-112
Author(s):  
TIKHONOV S. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Western Siberia ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
Historical Archive ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Middle Ages

The paper examines the possibilities of using materials stored in state and departmental archives in archaeological research. Over the past three centuries, scientists, travelers, service people have collected a wealth ofinformation on archaeology, ethnography, geography, statistics of the Asian part of Russia and adjacent territories in general and Western Siberia in particular. Unfortunately, archaeologists rarely use this information, which contradicts the methodology requiring the use of different types of sources. At the same time, the source base of works is getting narrow. This is due to the fact that information about a number of objects of antiquity and the Middle Ages was completely or partially destroyed or forgotten, therefore information about them was preserved only in the archives. The documents stored in these institutions in terms of territorial coverage and chronological depth significantly exceed the volume of cases collected in archaeological museums of Siberian universities. Unfortunately, researchers rarely turn to such materials. Keywords: archaeological sites, ARCHIVAL materials, completeness of research

Bronze Age ‘Barrows’ and Funerary Rites and Rituals of Cremation

1997 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 129-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline I. McKinley
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Unique Position ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Related Feature ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Funerary Rites ◽  
The Relationship

This paper discusses the evidence for pyre sites, debris, and technology associated with the disposal of cremated human remains in Bronze Age ‘barrows’. The use of the terms such as ‘cremation’, ‘cremation burial’, and ‘cremation-related feature’ are examined. The types of evidence for the remains of cremation-related activities which survive on archaeological sites are described with examples and compared with the results of modern experimental data. It is concluded that a wealth of information may be recovered in relation to the funerary rites and rituals of cremation and that Bronze Age barrows hold a potentially unique position in being able to provide evidence of various aspects of the funerary activity under one ‘mound’. While the archaeological components within different types of cremation-related features are often the same, it is the relationship between the various components within the deposit which have the potential to assist in our understanding of aspects of procedure, rites, and rituals attendant on the disposal of the dead by means of cremation.

scholarly journals Radiocarbon Calibration and Analysis of Stratigraphy: The OxCal Program

Radiocarbon ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 425-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Bronk Ramsey
Keyword(s):  
Probability Distributions ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Site Analysis ◽  
Extra Information ◽  
Dating Methods ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Types Of Information ◽  
Radiocarbon Calibration

People usually study the chronologies of archaeological sites and geological sequences using many different kinds of evidence, taking into account calibrated radiocarbon dates, other dating methods and stratigraphic information. Many individual case studies demonstrate the value of using statistical methods to combine these different types of information. I have developed a computer program, OxCal, running under Windows 3.1 (for IBM PCs), that will perform both 14C calibration and calculate what extra information can be gained from stratigraphic evidence. The program can perform automatic wiggle matches and calculate probability distributions for samples in sequences and phases. The program is written in C++ and uses Bayesian statistics and Gibbs sampling for the calculations. The program is very easy to use, both for simple calibration and complex site analysis, and will produce graphical output from virtually any printer.

Carbonised Plant Remains from Two Iron Age Sites in Central Hampshire

1980 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 321-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Monk ◽  
P. J. Fasham
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Systematic Sampling ◽  
Data Presentation ◽  
Animal Remains ◽  
Plant Remains ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Subsistence Patterns

In recent years increasing attention has been focused on the palaeoeconomic interpretation of prehistoric sites, and a number of projects have been carried out both in Britain and abroad on plant and animal remains from archaeological sites with a view to interpreting subsistence patterns and activities of early communities. Though large-scale, systematic sampling and recovery of palaeoethnobotanical data has been carried out on several sites in the last ten years, the practice is still not widespread and has yet to be judged by its results. Fundamental issues relating to sampling, recovery and data presentation still require attention. Although studies of palaeoeconomic material have been done on Iron age sites in southern Britain, for example at Portway (Murphy 1977a) and Abingdon (Parrington 1978), as yet little evaluation of this evidence has taken place. The aim of this paper is to present, assess and compare the evidence from two such studies of different types of Iron Age site.

RECREATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ETHNOGRAPHIC RESOURCES OF THE BOLSHECHENSKY DISTRICT OF THE OMSK REGION

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 102-107
Author(s):  
TIKHOMIROV K. ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Western Siberia ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Forest Steppe ◽  
Left Bank ◽  
Northern Forest ◽  
Archaeological Heritage ◽  
Old Russian ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Different Types ◽  
A Chain

Recreation is the most important part of modern life. However, in Russia, there is still underdeveloped an internal and, especially rural (ethnographic) and archaeological tourism. The paper analyzes the possibility of organization of educational recreation for people in the territory of the Bolshechensky district - one of the most touristic regions in the Middle Irtysh. As a result, the author comes to the conclusion that there are several areas which are the most suitable for the specified activity: this is a chain of old Russian villages, the area of compact residence of Tatars - descendants of immigrants from Central Asia, unique places of archaeological heritage sites (the Batakakovo and Inberen meander core, Chigar meander core etc.). For these places, several types of routes are offered (linear radial, radial-ring, etc.). Being of various archaeological and ethnographic themes they make it possible to show the tourists the traditional routine of the rural population, archaeological sites of different types and archaeological excavations. Keywords: western Siberia, northern forest-steppe, left bank of Middle Irtysh, archaeological, rural (ethnographic) tourism, recreation

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