Radiocarbon dating uses the decay of a radioactive isotope of carbon (14C) to measure time
and date objects containing carbon-bearing material. With a half-life of 5,700±30 years …

The timing of the human settlement of Madagascar, one of the last large landmasses to be
settled by people, remains a key topic of debate in archaeology. Despite decades of …

Homo floresiensis, a primitive hominin species discovered in Late Pleistocene sediments at
Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia),,, has generated wide interest and scientific debate. A major …

Expensive and time-consuming preparation procedures for radiocarbon and stable isotope
analyses can be conducted on archaeological bone samples even if no collagen is …

Several questions remain regarding the timing and nature of the Neanderthal-anatomically
modern human (AMH) transition in Europe. The situation in Eastern Europe is generally less …

The chronology of the Inca Empire has traditionally relied on ethnohistoric dates, which
suggest that a northern expansion into modern Ecuador began in AD 1463 and a southern …

The Neolithic transition is a particularly favorable field of research for the study of the
emergence and evolution of cultures and cultural phenomena. In this framework, high …

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The rapid growth of archaeological science (and of the Journal of Archaeological Science)
over the last 15 years has changed archaeology worldwide. New methods of analysis have …

This paper summarizes the current state of knowledge about the millennial scale climate
variability characterizing Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS 3) in S-Europe and the Mediterranean …