Reproducibility is widely considered to be an essential requirement of the scientific process.
However, a number of serious concerns have been raised recently, questioning whether …

The last decade has seen the development of a range of new statistical and computational
techniques for analysing large collections of radiocarbon (14C) dates, often but not …

Environmentally transformative human use of land accelerated with the emergence of
agriculture, but the extent, trajectory, and implications of these early changes are not well …

One of the pathways by which the scientific community confirms the validity of a new
scientific discovery is by repeating the research that produced it. When a scientific effort fails …

Digital data play an increasingly important role in how we understand the present and the
past. The challenges inherent in understanding and using digital data are as intellectually …

Despite its theoretical importance, the process of stone tool-making skill acquisition remains
understudied and poorly understood. The challenges and costs of skill learning constitute an …

In archaeology, we are accustomed to investing great effort into collecting data from
fieldwork, museum collections, and other sources, followed by detailed description, rigorous …

Reproducible research is often perceived as a technological challenge, but it is rooted in the
challenge to improve scholarly communication in an age of digitization. When computers …

Computers are a central tool in the research process, enabling complex and large-scale
data analysis. As computer-based research has increased in complexity, so have the …

A fundamental element of Upper Palaeolithic archaeological practice is cultural taxonomy—
the definition and description of taxonomic units that group assemblages according to their …