Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Archaeology and Rock Art Studies

External reference: https://openalex.org/T13256

  1. Transcontextual interpretation links distant materials to changing meanings
    Framework for understanding how long-distance materials acquired new meanings in local contexts. Case study traces Roman glass tesserae transformed into Scandinavian beads.
  2. Altamira study maps timing of cave art use and transit
    Study establishes chronological sequence of artistic creation, reuse, and transit in Altamira Cave's decorated zone using radiocarbon dating and stratigraphic analysis of Palaeolithic deposits.
  3. Grotto acoustics match auditory perception across spatial forms
    Study reveals systematic relationships between acoustic properties and auditory perception in grotto temples, proposing soundscape as a typological dimension for religious architectural analysis.
  4. Mesolithic ornamentation shows changing visual complexity over time
    Computational analysis of Mesolithic portable art reveals non-linear changes in visual complexity and information content, suggesting shifts in ornamental functions tied to environmental changes.
  5. Coetzee's novel is read as exposing apartheid racial and colonial conflict
    Explore how Coetzee's Life and Times of Michael K exposes apartheid's racial segregation and colonial oppression through spatial inequality and systemic deprivation in South African society.
  6. Seasonal and gendered patterns shaped subsistence marine harvesting
    Ethnographic study of gendered and seasonal marine subsistence patterns in Mfumbwi, Zanzibar, with implications for archaeological interpretation of Swahili coast fisheries.
  7. Kenyan stone tool users favored mass, edge length, and edge angle
    Ethnographic study of Daasanach stone tool use identifies edge angle, mass, and edge length as key factors in cutting tool selection and performance.
  8. Mimbres society used insularity as a cultural strategy
    Analysis of Mimbres Classic period communities examines insularity as strategic cultural practice emphasizing household autonomy and symbolic containment over monumentality.
  9. Drimolen fossils show mixed hominin postcranial remains
    Analysis of 28 postcranial fossils from Drimolen Main Quarry, South Africa, dated 2 million years ago, revealing locomotor capabilities and skeletal morphology of Paranthropus robustus and early Homo.
  10. The article supports multiple pathways for applied archaeology
    Explore multiple valid pathways for applied archaeology to address global challenges. This analysis supports methodological pluralism, recognizing diverse collaborative approaches and contextual.
  11. Quarrying along River Mutonga changed land cover and affected households
    Spatiotemporal assessment of stone quarrying impacts along River Mutonga, Kenya, using geospatial analysis and household surveys to evaluate environmental degradation and socio-economic trade-offs.
  12. Carbon black cave art in Dordogne was directly dated
    Radiocarbon dating reveals carbon black Paleolithic cave art at Font-de-Gaume in France's Dordogne region, establishing chronological constraints on previously undocumented prehistoric artistic.
  13. Tweefontein Nubian cores form part of a broader reduction continuum
    3D geometric morphometric analysis of Nubian Levallois cores at Tweefontein reveals prepared core technologies exist on a continuum rather than discrete categories, challenging traditional.
  14. Polynesian reef soundscape dataset spans multiple depth zones
    Underwater acoustic recordings from Polynesian coral reefs across depth zones, capturing marine life sounds and ecosystem data for conservation research.
  15. Beyond human kinship
    Animistic ontology reframing of Mesolithic-Neolithic Baltic Sea imagery challenges Western interpretive frameworks through immanentist iconography and siberian ethnographic comparison.
  16. Western music therapy and Ndëpp share some practices but differ deeply
    Comparative analysis of Western music therapy and Senegalese Ndëpp healing ritual, examining therapeutic parallels and cultural divergences in individual versus community-centered healing frameworks.
  17. Narrative, not site history, shaped discomfort in the experiment
    Experimental study challenges ghost criminology theory, finding no evidence that violent historical sites retain psychological residue. Narrative framing, not site history, drives visitor responses.
  18. Mudbrick samples revealed seven plant species in Sudan
    Archaeobotanical analysis of mudbricks from Christian-period sites in Sudan reveals mixed subsistence practices combining cereal agriculture with wild plant exploitation and pastoral activity.
  19. New dates refine the age of La Ferrassie 1
    Paleoproteomics and radiocarbon dating refine chronology of La Ferrassie 1 Neanderthal skeleton, placing it within the Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition and Châtelperronian cultural complex.
  20. Hani marriage tokens shift from objects to symbols
    Explore how Hani marriage artifacts Riyue Pan and Pa An encode cultural memory and cosmological knowledge through symbolic coding and semiotic analysis in oral-transmission societies.