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The Efficacy of Whole Human Genome Capture on Ancient Dental Calculus and Dentin
(Wiley, 2019-03)
Objectives Dental calculus is among the richest known sources of ancient DNA in the archaeological record. Although most DNA within calculus is microbial, it has been shown to contain sufficient human DNA for the targeted ...
Hydrotalcite and Hydrocalumite in Mortar Binders from the Medieval Castle of Portilla (Álava, North Spain): Accurate Mineralogical Control to Achieve More Reliable Chronological Ages
(MDPI, 2018-08)
Mortars from different stratigraphic units at Portilla Castle (Alava, North Spain) have been analyzed for mineralogical characterization before radiocarbon dating. The mortar binder at Portilla Castle is composed not only ...
Transdisciplinar methodologies on medieval and post-medieval pottery analysis: an archaeometric approach to Basque and Riojan productions
(2019-06-07)
El eje central de la presente Tesis Doctoral es el análisis composicional de cerámicas arqueológicas, el cual es ampliamente utilizado en Arqueología para obtener profundizar en el conocimiento de las sociedades humanas ...
A Middle Palaeolithic wooden digging stick from Aranbaltza III, Spain
(Public Library of Science, 2018-03-28)
Aranbaltza is an archaeological complex formed by at least three open-air sites. Between 2014 and 2015 a test excavation carried out in Aranbaltza I I I revealed the presence of a sand and clay sedimentary sequence formed ...
An archaeometrical approach to the majolica pottery from Alcazar de Najera archaeological site
(Springer, 2019-05-22)
The city of Nájera, located in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, hosts an alcazar of Arab origin, which became the residence of the king of Pamplona-Nájera and later of the duke and duchess of Nájera. From this last ...
Combining Small-Vertebrate, Marine and Stable-Isotope Data to Reconstruct Past Environments
(Nature, 2015)
Three very different records are combined here to reconstruct the evolution of environments in
the Cantabrian Region during the Upper Pleistocene, covering ~35.000 years. Two of these records
come from Antoliñako Koba ...
Non-destructive Screening Methodology based on ED-XRF for the classification of Medieval and post-Medieval Archaeological Ceramics
(Elsevier, 2019-06)
Compositional analysis of ceramics plays a crucial role in Archaeology because following the proper methodology, it enables to obtain knowledge about past human behavior. In this regard, X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry ...
Metholological approach for landslide analysis in a regional scale. Data collection, susceptibility models and precipitation thresholds.Application in Gipuzkoa province (Basque Country)
(2018-12-20)
Lurraldearen zonazioa lur labainketak jasotzeko aukeren arabera, suszeptibilitate mapen bitartez hain zuzen ere, hauek eragindako kalteak arindu eta mehatxua eta arrisku maila ebaluatu ahal izateko oinarrizko pausoa da. ...
Incorporating the life-course approach into shrinking cities assessment: the uneven geographies of urban population decline
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-06-24)
The demographic dynamics of urban areas is highly relevant for urban and regional planning, in a global context marked by rapid socioeconomic changes and growing competition between cities. Demographic and economic decline ...
Influence of catchment processes on fluvial morphology and river habitats
(AIL, 2011)
Fluvial morphology is conditioned by three basic elements: flow regime, sediment yield and valley characteristics. These
elements are controlled by factors operating at different spatial and time scales, within and outside ...