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Hair and bone samples procured from the remains of Tycho Brahe were analysed by several analytical techniques. In segmented hair samples, concentrations of Fe, As, Ag and Au at the tips exceeded values...

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Geochemical Methods for Sourcing Lava Paving Stones from the Roman Roads of Central Italy

This paper documents the results of in situ analysis of 306 lava paving stones and 74 possible source rocks using pXRF. Data were collected from sites both in the city of Rome—on major roads beyond the...

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Anxious Politics in Postcolonial Europe

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Digital Terrain Analysis Reveals New Insights into the Topographic Context of Australian Aboriginal Stone Arrangements

Satellite‐derived surface elevation models are an important resource for landscape archaeological studies. Digital elevation data is useful for classifying land features, characterizing terrain morphology,...

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Great earthquakes and the fall of the Sanxingdui and Jinsha civilizations in central China

The Bronze Age Sanxingdui civilization, which first developed in the Sichuan Basin of central China, flourished ca. 2200–1500 B.C. and ended suddenly in ca. 1200 B.C. Subsequently, the Jinsha civilization...

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