Concept: Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
Transcontextual interpretation links distant materials to changing meanings
How Viking communities repurposed ancient glass into valued trade goods
Mesolithic ornamentation shows changing visual complexity over time
How visual complexity and motif diversity changed across Mesolithic portable ornaments
Ancient feathers show a managed trans-Andean parrot trade
Feathers reveal a sophisticated pre-Inca trade network spanning the Amazon and Andes
Kenyan stone tool users favored mass, edge length, and edge angle
Modern toolmakers prioritize weight and sharpness when selecting stone cutting implements
Mimbres society used insularity as a cultural strategy
How isolated communities in ancient New Mexico built cultural identity through deliberate boundaries
The article supports multiple pathways for applied archaeology
Exploring how archaeology can address global challenges and sustainability goals
Tweefontein Nubian cores form part of a broader reduction continuum
Analyzing prepared stone tool cores from southern Africa using 3D shape analysis
Beyond human kinship
Rethinking ancient Baltic art through animistic perspectives and non-Western worldviews
Mudbrick samples revealed seven plant species in Sudan
Ancient plant seeds reveal what Sudan's early builders grew and used
New dates refine the age of La Ferrassie 1
Ancient proteins and radiocarbon dating clarify when a famous Neandertal skeleton lived and died
