Browsing Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion - AHKR by Journals "Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports"
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At the threshold of the Viking Age: New dendrochronological dates for the Kvalsund ship and boat bog offerings (Norway)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Kvalsund in the Herøy archipelago, Møre og Romsdal County, provides a sheltered harbour in a high-risk seascape along the west coast of Norway: the peninsula Stadlandet is considered the most dangerous part of the seaway ... -
Manganese and iron oxide use at Combe-Grenal (Dordogne, France): A proxy for cultural change in Neanderthal communities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Neanderthal material culture patterning in Western Europe has been primarily approached from retouched stone tools and associated flake production methods. While considerable effort has been devoted over the past decade ... -
New evidence of bone tool use by Early Pleistocene hominins from Cooper’s D, Bloubank Valley, South Africa
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Bone tool-use by Early Pleistocene hominins is at the centre of debates in human evolution. It is especially the case in South Africa, where 102 bone tools have been described from four Early Stone Age archaeological sites, ... -
Popularity of the cult of Asclepius in the times of the Antonine Plague: Temporal modeling of epigraphic evidence
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The research presented in the article tests quantitatively the existing hypothesis from the academic debate that the Greco-Roman cult of Asclepius was more popular in the times of the Antonine Plague which spread in the ... -
Variability in Middle Stone Age symbolic traditions: The marine shell beads from Sibudu Cave, South Africa
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Located in the KwaZulu-Natal, 15 km from the coast, Sibudu has yielded twenty-three marine gastropods, nine of which are perforated. At 70.5 ± 2.0 ka, in a Still Bay Industry, there is a cluster of perforated Afrolittorina ...