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The Transcontextual Process—Materials, Objects, and Their Changing Meanings Across Contexts
How Viking communities repurposed ancient glass into valued trade goods

Strengths and constraints in ivory provenance research: La Beleña (Córdoba, Spain) as a case study
Proteomics outperforms traditional methods for identifying prehistoric African elephant ivory

Times of Execution, Transit and Use of the Palaeolithic Rock Art of the Cave of Altamira (Cantabria, Spain): A Case Study
Reconstructing when and how humans created and reused rock art in Altamira Cave

Ancient echoes as clues to the structural relationship between grotto soundscapes and auditory perception
How ancient cave temples use sound and space together

Cognitive affordances of South Scandinavian Mesolithic portable art as inferred from complexity and entropy measures
How visual complexity and motif diversity changed across Mesolithic portable ornaments

Once a Carib, Always a Carib: Historical Movements from Terra Firma to the Lesser Antilles
Archaeological evidence of Caribbean migration from the mainland to the islands

Seasonal and gendered patterns in subsistence fishing and shellfish gathering: insights from Mfumbwi (Zanzibar) for archaeological interpretation and contemporary fisheries management
How gender and seasons shape fishing and gathering practices in a Zanzibari village

An early historic bleach-decorated carnelian bead from Sumhuram (Dhofar, Oman): Personal possession or traded commodity?
Bleached carnelian bead from Oman reveals Indian Ocean trade and personal mobility

Dogs were widely distributed across western Eurasia during the Palaeolithic
Ancient dog genomes reveal widespread Palaeolithic networks across Eurasia

Architectural Archaeology Through Reverse Engineering: A Constructivist Perspective from Jordan
Learning ancient engineering techniques to train architects as conservation advocates












