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| | 4. | Taphonomic analysis of rodent bone accumulations produced by Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi,Carnivora, Felidae) in Central Argentina
Original Research Article
Pages 1933-1941
Claudia I. Montalvo, Silvina Bisceglia, Marta S. Kin, Ramón A. Sosa
Highlights► Taphonomic features produced by Geoffroy’s cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) on rodent prey remains discriminated by seasons were evaluated. ► The results allow assigning Geoffroy’s cat to the heavy modification category with respect to micromammal remains. ► When the variables were considered by season, they did not show important differences with respect to the total sample. ► Each of them can clearly show the modifications on rodent prey produced by this predator.
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| | 6. | Current research on smoking pipe residues
Original Research Article
Pages 1951-1959
Sean M. Rafferty, Igor Lednev, Kelly Virkler, Zuzana Chovanec
Highlights► Raman microscopy inappropriate for complex residues. ► GC–MS identifies nicotine in tobacco residues. ► Tobacco predates 2250 BP in Eastern Woodlands.
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| | 7. | Rediscovering the small theatre and amphitheatre of ancient Ierapytna (SE Crete) by integrated geophysical methods
Original Research Article
Pages 1960-1973
Nikos G. Papadopoulos, Apostolos Sarris, Maria Cristina Salvi, Sylviane Dederix, Pantelis Soupios, Unal Dikmen
Highlights► We evaluate the effectiveness of geophysical methods in theatre exploration. ► ERT, GPR, resistance, magnetic, seismic method were tested. ► Two theatres in Ierapytna were surveyed. ► Geophysical results were supported by plans and maps of past travellers. ► Results revealed the importance of such methods in the preservation of monuments.
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| | 8. | Late Middle Pleistocene horse fossils from northwestern Europe as biostratigraphic indicators
Original Research Article
Pages 1974-1983
Eline Naomi van Asperen
Highlights► Biostratigraphy fills an important dating gap for the Middle Pleistocene. ► Detailed analysis of the morphology of late Middle Pleistocene caballoid horse fossils. ► DFA on measurements of limb bones provides a reliable biostratigraphic method. ► New light on the dating of Bilzingsleben, Schöningen, Steinheim and Weimar-Ehringsdorf.
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| | 10. | Akko 1 shipwreck: the effect of cannon fire on the wooden hull
Original Research Article
Pages 1993-2002
Y. Kahanov, J.B. Tresman, Y. Me-Bar, D. Cvikel, A. Hillman
Highlights► The hull of Akko 1 shipwreck was built of closely-set oak framing timbers. ► Reduced scale simulation of firing cannonballs at a ship's side were carried out. ► A 12-pdr cannonball could easily have penetrated the hull. ► The lower the impact velocity of the cannonball, the greater the damage to the ship. ► The minimum penetration velocity was about 150 m/s.
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| | 11. | Carbon and nitrogen isotope signals in eel bone collagen from Mesolithic and Neolithic sites in northern Europe
Original Research Article
Pages 2003-2011
Harry Robson, Søren Andersen, Oliver Craig, Anders Fischer, Aikaterini Glykou, Sönke Hartz, Harald Lübke, Ulrich Schmölcke, Carl Heron
Highlights► δ13C and δ15N isotope signals as discriminatory evidence. ► Discriminate between freshwater, estuarine and marine ecotones. ► δ13C isotope signals are consistent with marine origin. ► Small inland eel bone sample size. ► δ15N ratio against eel length data show a strong positive correlation.
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| | 14. | Renewing the link between cognitive archeology and cognitive science
Original Research Article
Pages 2036-2041
Chris Thornton
Highlights► Acknowledgment of divergence between terms used in cognitive science and cognitive archeology. ► What went wrong with the idea of ‘symbolic reasoning’. ► A new way of viewing the transition to ‘symbolic styles of thought’. ► Use of information theory to formalize this effect. ► Reopening communication between cognitive science and cognitive archeology.
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| | 18. | The Medieval lead-glazed pottery from Nogara (north-east Italy): a multi-methodological study
Original Research Article
Pages 2071-2078
Sarah Maltoni, Alberta Silvestri, Lara Maritan, Gianmario Molin
Highlights► Multi-methodological study of 10th–11th centuries lead-glazed pottery from Nogara. ► Production technologies of both glaze and clay body were identified. ► Ceramic bodies were all produced with an illitic non-calcareous clay. ► Glazes were all produced by applying to the unfired ceramic body a lead compound. ► Comparisons with published data on lead glazes indicate general compositional analogy.
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| | 22. | Autochthony and orientation patterns in Olduvai Bed I: a re-examination of the status of post-depositional biasing of archaeological assemblages from FLK North (FLKN)
Original Research Article
Pages 2116-2127
M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, H.T. Bunn, T.R. Pickering, A.Z.P. Mabulla, C.M. Musiba, E. Baquedano, G.M. Ashley, F. Diez-Martin, M. Santonja, D. Uribelarrea, R. Barba, J. Yravedra, D. Barboni, C. Arriaza, A. Gidna
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Highlights► Orientation patterns at FLK North (Olduvai Gorge, Bed I) assemblages are isotropic. ► This contrasts with reported anisotropy reported from Leakey's drawings. ► It is shown that the Bed I sites are taphonomically authochthonous.
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| | 25. | Combining an archaeomagnetic and radiocarbon study: dating of medieval fireplaces at the Mühlegasse, Zürich
Original Research Article
Pages 2153-2166
Fabio Donadini, Andreas Motschi, Christoph Rösch, Irka Hajdas
Highlights► We investigate rock magnetic properties and archeomagnetic directions of 5 fireplaces. ► Archeomagnetic dating is coupled with radiocarbon ages to create an age model. ► This age model indicates that the ovens were used during a timespan of 20–40 years. ► An age model using radiocarbon ages only allows assigning an age to magnetic data. ► Temporal evolution of the field from these fireplaces reflects well the known trend.
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| | 26. | Early seafaring activity in the southern Ionian Islands, Mediterranean Sea
Original Research Article
Pages 2167-2176
George Ferentinos, Maria Gkioni, Maria Geraga, George Papatheodorou
Highlights► Seafaring started in the Middle Palaeolithic sometime between 110 and 35 ka BP. ► Seafaring was stimulated by the coastal configuration. ► The seafarers were the Neandetharls. ► The southern Ionian Islands in the Mediterranean were insular in late Quaternary. ► Tectonism and sea-level changes played a key role in the insularity of the islands.
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| | 29. | Isotopically distinct modern carbonates in abandoned livestock corrals in northern Kenya
Original Research Article
Pages 2198-2205
A.N. Macharia, K.T. Uno, T.E. Cerling, F.H. Brown
Highlights► We show that dung in corral soils contain modern carbonates. ► The modern carbonates are depleted in Carbon-13 than pedogenic carbonates. ► The modern carbonates are enriched in Oxygen-18 than pedogenic carbonates. ► Stable isotopes composition of dung carbonates can identify abandoned corrals. ► The age of abandoned corrals can be determined by radiocarbon dating of carbonates.
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| | 31. | A re-assessment of Basketmaker II cave 7: massacre site or cemetery context
Original Research Article
Pages 2220-2230
Joan Brenner Coltrain, Joel C. Janetski, Michael D. Lewis
Highlights► 96 Basketmaker II burials from Cave 7, SE Utah, were AMS dated. ► The dates indicate that burials did not result from a single-event massacre as previously thought. ► Nearly 80% of Cave 7 burials show no evidence for perimortem trauma. ► Rather that a single violent event, male/male violence was episodic among Basketmaker II groups likely initiated by competitive interaction and resource stress.
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| | 32. | EDXRF analysis of pigment used for the decoration of Mleiha pottery
Original Research Article
Pages 2231-2237
Atta G. Attaelmanan, Eisa A. Yousif
Highlights► XRF analysis was used to study the elemental composition of five archaeological potsherds. ► Results show that the pigment used was composed from Fe, Ni and trace amounts of Cr and Mn. ► Iron oxide (87–93%), Nickel oxide (5–8%), with trace amounts (<1%) of Chromium, and Manganese. ► Results prove that they were made in Mleiha, using similar clay and pigment raw materials. ► Results suggest that the five shards were made during the Mleiha period (3rd c. BC–3rd c. AD).
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| | 33. | Chronologies in wood and resin: AMS14C dating of pre-Hispanic Caribbean wood sculpture
Original Research Article
Pages 2238-2251
Joanna Ostapkowicz, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Fiona Brock, Tom Higham, Alex C. Wiedenhoeft, Erika Ribechini, Jeannette J. Lucejko, Samuel Wilson
Highlights► 72 AMS14C determinations from 56 Caribbean wood sculptures in museum collections are reported. ► Results range from AD 250 to post-1650, reflecting the artistic legacies of various Caribbean cultures. ► Ceremonial seats (duhos) are in evidence in the Greater Antilles by AD 600 and complex drug-related paraphernalia by AD 1000. ► Some objects suggest long-term curation. ► The methodological issues of dating museum pieces are explored.
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| | 34. | The first direct evidence of pre-columbian sources of palygorskite for Maya Blue
Original Research Article
Pages 2252-2260
Dean E. Arnold, Bruce F. Bohor, Hector Neff, Gary M. Feinman, Patrick Ryan Williams, Laure Dussubieux, Ronald Bishop
Highlights► We analyze palygorskite from sources in Yucatán, Mexico using LA-ICP-MS. ► Y, V, and Cr distinguish these sources from one another. ► We compare these analyses with those of Maya Blue from Chichén Itzá and Palenque. ► The Maya Blue samples used palygorskite from Sacalum and near Ticul. ► These data are first evidence modern palygorskite sources were used for Maya Blue.
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| | 35. | Radiocarbon reservoir effects in human bone collagen from northern Iceland
Original Research Article
Pages 2261-2271
Philippa L. Ascough, Mike J. Church, Gordon T. Cook, Elaine Dunbar, Hildur Gestsdóttir, Thomas H. McGovern, Andrew J. Dugmore, Adolf Friðriksson, Kevin J. Edwards
Highlights► Human and pig bone from Icelandic archaeological sites were radiocarbon dated. ► Stable isotope-based corrections were used to account for 14C reservoir effects. ► δ13C-based marine reservoir corrections are consistent with an early settlement date. ► δ15N values suggest large diet-derived freshwater reservoir effects in some samples.
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| | 36. | Water availability and landuse during the Upper and Epipaleolithic in southwestern Syria
Original Research Article
Pages 2272-2279
Knut Bretzke, Philipp Drechsler, Nicholas J. Conard
Highlights► We combine archaeological survey data with paleo-environmental data. ► Our approach provides a dynamic spatial-temporal perspective for landuse studies. ► We identify a significant change in the wetness characteristics of landuse patterns. ► Natural conditions cause a tethering to wet areas during the Upper Paleolithic. ► In contrast, a habitat expansion into dry areas is concluded for the Epipaleolithic.
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| | 37. | Investigating the production provenance of iron artifacts with multivariate methods
Original Research Article
Pages 2280-2293
Michael F. Charlton, Eleanor Blakelock, Marcos Martinón-Torres, Tim Young
Highlights► We introduce a multivariate strategy for sourcing slag inclusions in iron objects. ► We model slag inclusion formation and chemistry using principal component analysis. ► Principal component analysis identified experimental objects to correct source. ► Linear discriminant analysis identified experimental objects to correct source. ► Multivariate provenance techniques performed well with published archaeological data.
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| | 38. | A comprehensive numerical chronology for the pre-Columbian cultures of the Palpa valleys, south coast of Peru
Original Research Article
Pages 2294-2303
Ingmar Unkel, Markus Reindel, Hermann Gorbahn, Johny Isla Cuadrado, Bernd Kromer, Volker Sossna
Highlights► We present a numerical chronology for the cultural development in the valleys of Palpa (South Peru). ► More than 150 radiocarbon dates and archaeological age information are combined in a Bayesian model. ► The chronology covers the time from 3720 cal BC (start Archaic Period) to 1532 cal AD (end Late Intermediate Period).
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| | 40. | The persistence of caffeine in experimentally produced black drink residues
Original Research Article
Pages 2312-2319
Eleanora A. Reber, Matthew T. Kerr
Highlights► Black drink is the only caffeine-containing tea native to the United States. ► We experimentally produced black drink in pottery, and buried sherds from the vessels. ► We extracted absorbed pottery residues from the sherds. ► Caffeine persists in absorbed residues. ► Caffeine is a potential biomarker for the detection of black drink in absorbed residues.
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| | 41. | Preliminary characterization and regional comparison of the Dasht-i-Nawur obsidian source near Ghazni, Afghanistan
Original Research Article
Pages 2320-2328
Matthew T. Boulanger, Richard S. Davis, Michael D. Glascock
Highlights► Obsidian source in central Afghanistan identified in the 1970s, but not studied since that time. ► Archival specimens analyzed using multiple geochemical methods. ► Preliminary characterization of the Dasht-i-Nawur source is provided. ► Comparisons of these data to regional obsidian source groups suggest it is chemically unique. ► This is just one example of how work to preserve laboratory archives can benefit current research.
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| | 42. | Refining the Quadratic Crown Height Method of age estimation: do elk teeth wear quadratically with age?
Original Research Article
Pages 2329-2334
Teresa E. Steele, Timothy D. Weaver
Highlights► Estimating animals' ages to create mortality profiles is typical in faunal analysis. ► The Quadratic Crown Height Method (QCHM) provides formulae for estimating age. ► We used a sample of known-age elk to refine the QCHM equations. ► We model the shape of the relationship between age and dental wear (crown height). ► We estimate for each tooth when the crown height should reach zero.
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| | 43. | Long-term agrarian landscapes in the Troodos foothills, Cyprus
Original Research Article
Pages 2335-2347
Patricia L. Fall, Steven E. Falconer, Christopher S. Galletti, Tracy Shirmang, Elizabeth Ridder, JoAnna Klinge
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Highlights► Prehistoric and historic land use patterns at Politiko-Troullia, Cyprus. ► Coordinated analyses of archaeological, geographical and remotely-sensed data. ► Interpolated sherd deposition patterns over four archaeological periods. ► Agricultural terrace walls linked with temporal and functional variability.
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| | 48. | Fish tanks of eastern Crete (Greece) as indicators of the Roman sea level
Original Research Article
Pages 2392-2408
N.D. Mourtzas
Highlights► Submerged Roman fish tanks of Matala, Chersonissos, Mochlos, Sitia, Zakros in Crete. ► Use of roman fish tanks as tools for the dating of ancient sea levels. ► The submersion event is connected with the strong earthquake of 1604. ► Determination of a 1st and 2nd c. AD sea level 1.24 m ± 0.09 m lower than the present. ► Average rate of change in the land–sea relationship for 1900 ± 100 yrs BP is 0.65 mm/yr.
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| | 50. | Evidence for Neandertal use of fire at Roc de Marsal (France)
Original Research Article
Pages 2414-2423
Vera Aldeias, Paul Goldberg, Dennis Sandgathe, Francesco Berna, Harold L. Dibble, Shannon P. McPherron, Alain Turq, Zeljko Rezek
Highlights► We present data on hearths from the Middle Paleolithic site of Roc de Marsal. ► We applied field observations, soil micromorphology and GIS techniques. ► We demonstrate the well-preserved and in-place nature of the hearths. ► No spatial organization pattern was detected. ► The contemporaneity between features and/or artifacts is difficult to establish.
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| | 51. | Patterns of pastoralism in later Bronze Age Kazakhstan: new evidence from faunal and lipid residue analyses
Original Research Article
Pages 2424-2435
Alan K. Outram, Alexei Kasparov, Natalie A. Stear, Victor Varfolomeev, Emma Usmanova, Richard P. Evershed
Highlights► Faunal analyses of six later Bronze Age sites in Central and Northern Kazakhstan. ► Absorbed lipid residue analyses of ceramics from four sites. ► High inter-site variation in species abundance, particularly in relation to horses. ► Cattle more common in forest steppe, caprines more common in semi-arid steppe. ► Significance of horses to prehistoric mixed pastoralism.
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| | 53. | Taphonomy and zooarchaeology of a high-altitude Upper Pleistocene faunal sequence from Hovk-1 Cave, Armenia
Original Research Article
Pages 2452-2463
Guy Bar-Oz, Lior Weissbrod, Boris Gasparian, Samvel Nahapetyan, Keith Wilkinson, Ron Pinhasi
Highlights► A high-altitude faunal sequence from the Upper Pleistocene of Armenia (MIS 5d-c – late MIS 4/early MIS 3) is analyzed. ► We use multiple lines of taphonomic data to distinguish natural from cultural formation processes within the cave site. ► Results show the cave functioned as a natural trap for bear (Ursus spelaeus) and ungulates (Capra aegagrus,Cervus elaphus). ► We use the natural sequence to assess hominid subsistence patterns at lower elevations in the Caucasus. ► We also explore implications for high-altitude exploitation by Upper Pleistocene hominids of Eurasia.
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| | 54. | Debates over Palaeolithic chronology – the reliability of14C is confirmed
Original Research Article
Pages 2464-2467
Sahra Talamo, Konrad A. Hughen, Bernd Kromer, Paula J. Reimer
Highlights► Chronology crucial for MUP transition period (45–35 ka BP). ► Radiocarbon dating before 30,000 BP was considered flawed and calibration not possible. ► We demonstrate that previous problems of14C calibration datasets are resolved. ► Putative large atmospheric14C fluctuations are shown to be physically impossible. ► IntCal09 dataset allows accurate calibration and chronology back to 50,000 BP.
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| | 56. | Identifying regional variability in Middle Stone Age bone technology: The case of Sibudu Cave
Original Research Article
Pages 2479-2495
Francesco d'Errico, Lucinda R. Backwell, Lyn Wadley
Highlights► We analyse 23 worked bones from the MSA levels of Sibudu Cave. ► We use microscopy, experimental replication and ethnographic data. ► We identify wedges,pièces esquillées, pressure flakers, smoothers, notched pieces. ► We show these objects are at least 30 ka years older than those found in Europe. ► We argue these tools reflect a regional tradition.
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| | 59. | A preliminary study on using enzymes in cleaning archaeological wood
Original Research Article
Pages 2515-2520
Safa Abd El-Kader Mohamed Hamed
Highlights► I tested the effect of three types of enzymes on two types of archaeological wood. ► I examine changes in the archaeological wood samples before and after enzymatic treatment. ► The lipase and protease enzymes were more effective than the amylase enzyme in cleaning the wood surface. ► The enzyme residues were remaining on the cell walls of archaeological wood. ► No dramatic changes are observed before and after enzymatic cleaning.
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| | 60. | Sulfur and iron analyses of marine archaeological wood in shipwrecks from the Baltic Sea and Scandinavian waters
Original Research Article
Pages 2521-2532
Yvonne Fors, Farideh Jalilehvand, Emiliana Damian Risberg, Charlotte Björdal, Ebba Phillips, Magnus Sandström
Graphical abstractAccumulated sulfur and iron in timbers and sediments in shipwreck sites have been examined by e.g. sulfur K-edge XANES spectroscopy for speciation of functional sulfur groups, as for theKronanin the Baltic Sea.
![]() Highlights► We examine sulfur and iron accumulation in shipwreck timbers and sediments. ► We use sulfur K-edge XANES spectroscopy for speciation of characteristic sulfur groups. ► Sulfur accumulation is high in outer layers of marine-archaeological wood, probably degraded by erosion bacteria. ► Hydrogen sulfide reacts to organic-bound sulfur in lignin-rich parts. ► Pyrite and other iron(II) sulfides form when iron(II) ions are available.
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| | 63. | Reliability of a new X-ray analytical microscope in archaeological research
Original Research Article
Pages 2552-2558
Atta G. Attaelmanan
Highlights► Reliability of an XRF microscope is assessed for archaeological studies. ► Repeatability deviations for relative intensity were 1%–4% for major elements. ► Sensitivity for detecting trace elements was in the 50–100 ppm range. ► Quantification accuracy between measured and certified concentrations was 93%. ► Potsherds were successfully differentiated using bivariate graphs.
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| | 65. | A study of limestone from the Longmen Grottoes of Henan province, China by neutron activation analysis
Original Research Article
Pages 2568-2573
Jian Zhu, Michael D. Glascock, Changsui Wang, Xiaojun Zhao, Wei Lu
Highlights► We measure trace element composition for limestone from China's Longmen Grottoes. ► Trace element data indicate three compositional groups. ► Compositional fingerprints have the potential for identifying looted artifacts. ► Environmental conditions at the time of limestone deposition are hypothesized.
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| | 66. | Red abalone collecting and marine water temperature during the Middle Holocene occupation of Santa Cruz Island, California
Original Research Article
Pages 2574-2582
Michael A. Glassow, H.B. Thakar, Douglas J. Kennett
Highlights► Oxygen isotope analysis was performed on prehistoric mussel shells dating to 6300–5300 cal BP. ► The analysis revealed that waters of the Santa Barbara Channel, CA, were cooler than historically. ► The results are consistent with those of previous regional oxygen isotope analyses. ► Collection of red abalone during the 6300–5300 cal BP period was facilitated by cool waters. ► Intertidal and subtidal water temperature variation is important in isotope data interpretation.
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| | 67. | Sourcing temper sands in ancient ceramics with U–Pb ages of detrital zircons: a southwest Pacific test case
Original Research Article
Pages 2583-2591
Clare Tochilin, William R. Dickinson, Matthew W. Felgate, Mark Pecha, Peter Sheppard, Frederick H. Damon, Simon Bickler, George E. Gehrels
Highlights► U–Pb dating of detrital zircons can be used to source temper sands in potsherds. ► Anomalous Roviana potsherds were crafted on Muwuy Island in the Solomon Sea. ► Lizard Island potsherds were crafted locally on Lizard Island. ► This method is effective in cases where ages of potential temper sources differ.
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