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Ancient Cacao Map, Version 1.0: An Online Database And Mapping Program For Studying The Archaeology Of Cacao In The Americas, Diana Moreiras Reynaga

Diana K Moreiras Reynaga

An interactive online database for gathering information about ancient cacao samples that have been discovered in archaeological sites and other contexts throughout the Americas.

The Value Of A Looted Object – Stakeholder Perceptions In The Antiquities Trade, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

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Recent Ground Penetrating Radar Discoveries At Marj Rabba, Israel, Yorke Rowan, Thomas Urban, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

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Ticcih Congress 2012, The International Committee For The Conservation Of The Industrial Heritage

The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage

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The Power Of The Press: The Effects Of Press Releases And Popular Magazines On The Antiquities Trade, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

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The Power Of People And The Galilee Prehistory Project Excavations At The Chalcolithic Site Of Marj Rabba, Yorke Rowan, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

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Editorial Introduction: A Crack In The Diplomatic Armor: The United States And The Palestinian Authority’S Bid For Unesco Recognition, Morag Kersel, Christina Luke

Morag M. Kersel

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There Is No Looting In This Country. Gatekeepers And The Quest For Qualitative Data, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

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The Social And Political Consequences Of Devotion To Biblical Artifacts, Neil Brodie, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

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Editorial Introduction: The Archaeology Of Trauma, Morag Kersel, Christina Luke

Morag M. Kersel

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Review Of Archaeology Of Louisiana. Mark A. Rees (Ed.) With A Foreword By Ian W. Brown. Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 2010., Megan C. Kassabaum

Megan C Kassabaum

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Contact And Missionization At Tayasal, Peten, Guatemala, Timothy W. Pugh

Timothy W Pugh

Until their conquest by the Spanish in 1697, many Itza Maya occupied a large village at Tayasal, Peten, Guatemala. After the conquest, two missions were built there. The village and missions are located within 2 km of modern Flores, which was once Nojpete´n, the Itza capital, and later the Spanish presidio (fortified administrative center). Our excavations uncovered the San Bernabe´ mission on the Tayasal peninsula and defined the Late Postclassic-period (A.D. 1400–1525) occupation of the site. San Bernabe´ was established in the early 18th century as part of Spanish efforts to control indigenous populations in Peten. Our research demonstrates that …

The International Conservation For The Industrial Heritage Congress 2012, Patrick Martin

Patrick Martin

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Transnational Artifacts: Grappling With Fluid Material Origins And Identities In Archaeological Interpretations Of Culture Change, Douglas Ross

Douglas Ross

There has been a gradual shift in historical archaeology towards interpretive approaches to material culture, including recognition of the potential for multiple functions and meanings in local contexts. It is argued here that artifacts can also maintain multiple, fluid origins and identities that affect our understanding of the nature of cultural persistence and change among migrant, indigenous and other ethnic groups. However, predefined classification schemes are often rigid and do not allow for this kind of fluidity, including the potential for artifacts from one culture to be indigenized into another. Data drawn from recent research on Japanese migrants in British …

The Economics Of The Looted Archaeological Site Of Bab Edh-Dhra: A View From Google Earth, Neil Brodie, Daniel A. Contreras

Daniel A. Contreras

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Investigaciones En La Fuente De La Obsidiana Tipo Quispisisa, Huancasancos-Ayacucho, Daniel A. Contreras, Nicholas Tripcevich, Yuri I. Cavero Palomino

Daniel A. Contreras

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Long-Term Human Occupation Of The Upper Río Caracha, Ayacucho, Peru, Daniel A. Contreras, Nicholas Tripcevich

Daniel A. Contreras

Regional consumption patterns of obsidian in Peru testify to the significance of the Quispisisa source; by 500 BCE this obsidian was reaching sites 1000 km distant. The source area thus provides both an opportunity to investigate quarrying and an case study in the long‐term occupation of a regionally important highland valley. Using satellite imagery and results of preliminary field prospection, we examine the upper Caracha drainage, where Quispisisa‐type obsidian is found. The valley is extensively terraced, and contains several large sites downstream of the source area. Our data on the settlement system and anthropogenic landscape of this regionally‐significant highland valley …

The Character And Use Of The Soros Hill Obsidian Source, Antiparos (Greece), Tristan Carter, Daniel A. Contreras

Daniel A. Contreras

This article details the geological and elemental character of the obsidian from the Soros Hill source on the Cycladic island of Antiparos, Greece. EDXRF was used to analyse 40 geological geo-referenced samples. The products are clearly chemically discriminated from those of the other Aegean sources, and those from the Carpathians and central Anatolia. While the obsidian is of excellent tool-making quality, the small size of its nodules seems to have made it a less attractive raw material, attested at only a handful of prehistoric sites in the central Cyclades.

Posts, Places, Ancestors, And Worlds: Dividual Personhood In The American Bottom Region, Jacob Skousen

Jacob Skousen

A Little Piece Of The Holy Land, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

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Complexities Of Collapse: The Evidence Of Maya Obsidian As Revealed By Social Network Graphical Analysis, Gary M. Feinman, Mark Golitko, James Meierhoff, Patrick Ryan Williams

Gary M. Feinman

The authors use a social network analysis to map the changing patterns of obsidian supply among the Maya during the period of Classic to Postclassic transition. The quantity of obsidian received from different sources was calculated for 121 sites and the network analysis showed how the relative abundance of material from different sources shifted over time. A shift from inland to coastal supply routes appears to have contributed to the collapse of inland Maya urban centres. The methods employed clearly have a high potential to reveal changing economic networks in cases of major societal transitions elsewhere in the world.