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Journal of Archaeological Science  Volume 39, Issue 1,  Pages 1-204, January 2012

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Petrography as a technique for investigating Iroquoian ceramic production and smoking rituals   Original Research Article  Pages 1-10  Gregory V. Braun Highlights ► Petrographic analysis of Middle Iroquoian smoking pipes and pottery containers. ► Variation in pipes much greater than that seen in pottery. ► Pottery made by small group of people for the community, pipes made by individuals. ► Raw materials for pots and pipes were chosen for their symbolic value. ► May indicate changes in shamanistic practices and smoking rituals.

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The transport amphorae of Gela: a multidisciplinary study on provenance and technological aspects   Original Research Article  Pages 11-22  Germana Barone, Paolo Mazzoleni, Grazia Spagnolo, Erica Aquilia Highlights ► Analyses were performed on transport amphorae (6th - 5th century B.C.) found at Gela. ► The results allowed to characterized the production and to specify the technology. ► The causes of the whitening effect on the surface of the vessels were explained.

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Phosphates, plowzones, and plazas: a minimally invasive approach to settlement structure of plowed village sites   Original Research Article  Pages 23-32  Christopher I. Roos, Kevin C. Nolan Highlights ► We compare phosphates, magnetic susceptibility, and artifacts from a plowed village. ► All three methods identified the village location. ► Only phosphate analysis distinguished a 30m+ diameter central plaza. ► Phosphate survey is a rapid, minimally invasive method to identify plaza size in plowed fields.

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Macrobotanical food remains from a trans-Holocene sequence at Daisy Cave (CA-SMI-261), San Miguel Island, California   Original Research Article  Pages 33-40  Seetha N. Reddy, Jon M. Erlandson Highlights ► Macrobotanical analysis reveals the Early Holocene use of corms and tubers as food on San Miguel Island, California. ► First study of macrobotanical remains from a deeply stratified cultural sequence from the Channel Islands. ► Corms continue to be an important food into the Late Holocene. ► Small seeds did not play a major role in plant diet at Daisy Cave on the island.

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Seasonal fluctuations in diet and death during the late horizon: a stable isotopic analysis of hair and nail from the central coast of Peru   Original Research Article  Pages 41-57  Jocelyn S. Williams, M. Anne Katzenberg Highlights ► Hair and nail from natural mummies was used to reconstruct short term diet. ► Diet varied with time and likely related to the agricultural cycle. ► Slightly more individuals died during the summer months. ► Food was not stored in any significant quantity. ► Comparisons between short and long term isotope data indicate population stability.

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Lead isotope analysis as a new method for identifying material culture belonging to the Vázquez de Coronado expedition   Original Research Article  Pages 58-66  Alyson M. Thibodeau, John T. Chesley, Joaquin Ruiz Highlights ► Recognizing artifacts from the Vázquez de Coronado expedition is a challenge. ► Measured lead isotopic ratios of metals from two sites associated with the expedition. ► When compared, artifacts from both sites share a specific lead isotopic fingerprint. ► Lead isotopes can help identify artifacts tied to the Coronado expedition. ► Expedition’s supply of lead and copper metal likely came from Mexican ores.

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Modern and early-middle Holocene shells of the freshwater molluscUnio, from Çatalhöyük in the Konya Basin, Turkey: preliminary palaeoclimatic implications from molluscan isotope data   Original Research Article  Pages 76-83  Daniella E. Bar-Yosef Mayer, Melanie J. Leng, David C. Aldridge, Carol Arrowsmith, Burçin A. Gümüş, Hilary J. Sloane Highlights ► Stable isotopes inUniobivalves archive seasonal environmental information. ► δ13C and δ18O were measured in 4 shells from the occupational sequence. ► A modern control sample reinforced the procedure. ► Results confirm winter and spring flooding followed intensive aridity during summer. ► Neolithic Çatalhöyük experienced similar climate to today during investigated years.

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Formal analyses and functional accounts of groundstone “plummets” from Poverty Point, Louisiana   Original Research Article  Pages 84-91  Carl P. Lipo, Timothy D. Hunt, Robert C. Dunnell Highlights ► We study formal variability of late Archaic plummets from Poverty Point, LA. ► Plummet shapes are consistent with loom weights used in the context of weaving. ► Results provide insight into prehistoric technology that otherwise does not survive.

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Cattle in the West African savanna: evidence from 1st millennium CE Kirikongo, Burkina Faso   Original Research Article  Pages 92-101  Stephen A. Dueppen Highlights ► West Africa is home to diverse cattle adapted to their environments. ► Measurements on archaeological specimens are used to distinguish cattle size groups. ► Cattle from Iron Age Kirikongo are likely ancestral to West African Shorthorn. ► West African Shorthorn distributions have shifted with environmental change. ► Interregional interactions can be identified using domestic animal adoption events.

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Ancient DNA reveals a major genetic change during the transition from hunting economy to reindeer husbandry in northern Scandinavia   Original Research Article  Pages 102-108  Gro Bjørnstad, Øystein Flagstad, Anne Karin Hufthammer, Knut H. Røed Highlights ► Domestic reindeer of Scandinavia are genetically distinct. ► Northern Norway is the prime region for extant reindeer herding. ► Local domestication within northern Norway was examined by analysing aDNA from 200 to 5400 old samples. ► A major genetic change reveal transition from hunting to herding economy around AD 1500. ► However, no support for reindeer domestication in northern Norway.

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Charcoal scarcity in Epigravettian settlements with mammoth bone dwellings: the taphonomic evidence from Mezhyrich (Ukraine)   Original Research Article  Pages 109-120  L. Marquer, V. Lebreton, T. Otto, H. Valladas, P. Haesaerts, E. Messager, D. Nuzhnyi, S. Péan Highlights ► We discuss the burnt bone abundances and the wood charcoal absences in hearths. ► We examine the sediments of Mezhyrich Epigravettian site until microscopic scales. ► We recovered a significant amount of wood charcoals which provides radiocarbon dates. ► Charcoal scarcity was due to an important mass reduction and fragmentation processes. ► Charcoal data indicate the presence of forest patches in a mammoth steppe landscape.

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Osteometric and molecular sexing of cattle metapodia   Original Research Article  Pages 121-127  Y. Telldahl, E.M. Svensson, A. Götherström, J. Storå Highlights ► The results show that osteometrical measurements for cattle metapodials could be used for sexing. ► The molecular and morphological analyses show that cattle metatarsals exhibit a sexual dimorphism for several measurements. ► Despite distal broadening of medial trochlea the Bcr-measurement showed “correct” values.

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The effects of geographical distances on pottery assemblage similarities: a case study from Northern Iroquoia   Original Research Article  Pages 128-134  John P. Hart Highlights ► Geographic distance should control frequency of social interactions. ► Pottery decoration is generally thought to reflect the degree of social interaction. ► Analysis of pottery in northern Iroquoia indicates this is not the case. ► Interactions between village populations occurred at great distances in this region.

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Crystallographic and structural transformations of sedimentary chalcedony in flint upon heat treatment   Original Research Article  Pages 135-144  Patrick Schmidt, Sylvie Masse, Guillaume Laurent, Aneta Slodczyk, Eric Le Bourhis, Christian Perrenoud, Jacques Livage, François Fröhlich Highlights ► The major transformation to happen is the loss of SiOH and the creation of new Si–O–Si bonds (Si‑OH HO–Si→Si–O–Si+H2O). ► This reaction starts between 200°C and 300°C. ► The maximal annealing temperature and the ramp rate depend on the size of the specimen and the volume of its porosity. ► The annealing duration can be relatively short (<50min).

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Assessing diet and seasonality in the Lower Pecos canyonlands: an evaluation of coprolite specimens as records of individual dietary decisions   Original Research Article  Pages 145-162  Tim Riley Highlights ► Application of diet-breadth models to coprolite data from Hinds Cave. ► Coprolites represent temporally discrete sets of individual behavior. ► Diets were seasonally variable but included a limited suite of staple resources.

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Chronology during the Bronze Age in the archaeological site Tell Qubr Abu al-‘Atiq, Syria  Original Research Article  Pages 163-174  Jorge Sanjurjo-Sánchez, Juan Luis Montero Fenollós Highlights ► The OSL of muddy archaeosediments in Meopotamia have been little studied up to now. ► The site Tell Qubr Abu al-’Atiq, a Bronze Age site has been dated by OSL, TL and14C. ► It was occupied during Early Bronze (2840–2340yr BC) and Late Bronze (900–1300yr BC). ► OSL of sediments shows ages younger than charcoal and pottery. ► Pottery and charcoal dates occupation events while sediments date destruction events.

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A radiocarbon chronology for the complete Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transitional sequence of Les Cottés (France)   Original Research Article  Pages 175-183  Sahra Talamo, Marie Soressi, Morgan Roussel, Mike Richards, Jean-Jacques Hublin Highlights ► Les Cottés is one of the rare sites with a complete sequence covering the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition period. ► Based on 27 AMS mammal bone we constructed a chronological framework from the Mousterian to the Early Aurignacian. ► Mousterian and Châtelperronian industries are separated from the overlying Protoaurignacian by a gap of approximately 1000 calendar years. ► The Proto and Early Aurignacian appear contemporaneous. ► Anatomically Modern Humans are present at the site at least at 39,500 cal BP roughly coincident Heinrich event 4.

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Palaeolithic dog skulls at the Gravettian Předmostí site, the Czech Republic  Original Research Article  Pages 184-202  Mietje Germonpré, Martina Lázničková-Galetová, Mikhail V. Sablin Highlights ► Accepting an Aurignacian beginning of the domestication of the wolf is controversial. ►The Gravettian canid skulls from Předmostí were studied to check for the presence of dogs. ►Ancient dogs are characterized by short skulls and snouts, and wide palates and braincases. ►Using these criteria three Předmostí skulls were singled out as Gravettian dogs. ►Human modifications of the skulls hint at a specific human/large canid relationship.

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