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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Volume 31, Issue 2,  Pages 119-240, June 2012

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Floor formation processes and the interpretation of site activity areas: An ethnoarchaeological study of turf buildings at Thverá, northeast Iceland   Original Research Article Pages 119-137 Karen B. Milek Abstract Highlights ► An ethnoarchaeological and geoarchaeological study of turf buildings in Iceland. ► Few activities resulted in accumulations of residues diagnostic of how space was used. ► Maintenance practices significantly impacted the composition and structure of floors. ► Soil micromorphology proved essential for understanding floor formation processes. ► Site activity area analyses must consider modes of arrival of artefacts and residues.

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Agriculture and community in Chaco Canyon: Revisiting Pueblo Alto   Original Research Article Pages 138-155 W.H. Wills, Wetherbee Bryan Dorshow Graphical abstract Highlights ► Hydrological modeling in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, provides new methods for evaluating local agricultural productivity. ► The Pueblo Alto great house was probably the center of a community that controlled access to a major mesa-top production area. ► New estimates for agricultural potential challenge conventional views of great house community size and settlement stability. ► Many Chaco “roads” were probably part of water control systems rather than transportation routes.

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Lithic technology and social transformations in the South Indian Neolithic: The evidence from Sanganakallu–Kupgal   Original Research Article Pages 156-173 Ceri Shipton, Michael Petraglia, Jinu Koshy, Janardhana Bora, Adam Brumm, Nicole Boivin, Ravi Korisettar, Roberto Risch, Dorian Fuller Highlights ► We statistically analyse Neolithic stone artefacts from South India. ► A pattern of technological expediency characterises a forager cultural trajectory. ► Production of pressure bladelets characterises initial agricultural occupation. ► Production of edge ground dolerite axes characterises the classic Neolithic. ► Specialisation and production of axes for trade characterises the late Neolithic.

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Processing ochre in the Middle Stone Age: Testing the inference of prehistoric behaviours from actualistically derived experimental data   Original Research Article Pages 174-195 Riaan F. Rifkin Highlights ► Modern and ‘symbolic’ human behaviour emerged during the African Middle Stone Age. ► The habitual use of red ochre is a defining aspect of ‘modern’ human behaviour. ► Diverse symbolic and utilitarian interpretations have been proposed for ochre. ► Actualistic experiments with ochre can clarify the emergence of ‘modern’ behaviour. ► An experimental database is developed for comparative archaeological analyses.

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Boat-based foraging and discontinuous prehistoric red abalone exploitation along the California coast   Original Research Article Pages 196-214 Adrian R. Whitaker, Brian F. Byrd Graphical abstract Highlights ► Red abalone shell middens are common in prehistoric south and central California. ► In Monterey County, California, these features are only 950years old. ► Ecological relationships account only for the nature not the timing of the record. ► Boat-based foraging increased access to subtidal mollusks and sea otters. ► Population pressure and increased social value of abalone shells catalyzed late boat use in central California.

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Human corpse manipulation and the body as symbol: A case study from the Eastern Pampa–Patagonia transition (Argentina) during the Final Late Holocene   Original Research Article Pages 215-226 Gustavo Martínez, Gustavo Flensborg, Pablo D. Bayala Highlights ► Mortuary practices of the Pampas and North-Eastern Patagonia, Argentina, during the Late Holocene. ► Human body manipulation and secondary burials. ► The body is seen as material culture, as a symbol. ► Handling of bodies is part of a worldview that played an important role in hunter–gatherers identity.

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Burial containers – A hidden aspect of mortuary practices: Archaeothanatology at Ban Non Wat, Thailand   Original Research Article Pages 227-239 N.J. Harris, N. Tayles Highlights ► Archaeothanatology allows inference of burial container form (burial context) from the position of skeletal elements. ► We describe a method for applying archaeothanatology to burials post-excavation, using photographs. ► We apply this method to 133 human burials from Ban Non Wat, Northeast Thailand. ► We show that burial context changed over time from heterogeneity to homogeneity in late prehistory. ► Archaeothanatology shown to be usefully applied post-excavation using photographs.

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