Reconstructing the Demography of Kalmykia’s Catacomb Population: A Study of Excavated Archaeological Materials, 1981–2008 by Lidzhikova Tatiana V., Bembeeva Lyubov A.

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Conference Review: The 1st Annual REARC Conference, Defining Reconstructive Archaeology for the 21st Century by Eric B. Marks

“…The Board evenly represents the main groups involved with REARC: four in Excavation Archaeology, four in Academic Archaeology and Anthropology, and four in Primitive Technology.…”
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Structural features of buildings from metal structures by Mamin Aleksander, Kodysh Emil, Bobrov Vladimir, Dolgova Tatyana, Bushuev Nikolay

“…In the course of excavation, archaeological research is planned, since within the boundaries of the construction site (the city of Vyksa) there may be areas of preserved cultural strata of the cultural heritage site “Estate-industrial complex, XVIII-XIX centuries”.…”
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The Hidden Secrets of the Dental Calculus: Calibration of a Mass Spectrometry Protocol for Dental Calculus Protein Analysis by Omer Bender, Dana Megreli, Talia Gavish, Noa Meyrom, Neta Zamir, Hila May, Rachel Sarig, Daniel Z. Bar

“…These findings demonstrate that the developed protocol is useful for studying excavated archaeological samples and that it might be utilized to explore the biohistory, dietary habits, and microbiome of archaic populations.…”
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PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH INTO THE SITES OF THE XIANBEI PERIOD IN THE KAZAKH ALTAI by З. Самашев, А. Айткали

“…However, for a long time, archaeologists could not identify the Xianbei site from other numerous excavated archaeological sites. For the purpose of detailed cultural and chronological identifi cation, Chinese materials were used, which made it possible to bring the problem of identifying Xianbei sites to a qualitatively new level. …”
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Reconstitution de gestes funéraires by David Peressinotto, Bruno Maureille, Yves Lecointe, Francis Geus

“…Moreover, the limited extension of the excavated archaeological surface of this necropolis has allowed the discovery of other individuals (adults, juveniles) with important and also well preserved pieces of tissues or shrouds. …”
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PRESERVATION AND USE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE IN WEST SIBERIA by C.С. Тихонов

“…First of all, this is due to the fact that it is advisable to excavate archaeological sites in those regions that have been most developed. …”
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Posthumous Release for Lay Women in Tang China: Two Cases from the Longmen Grottoes by Pinyan Zhu

“…This paper examines the burial caves of two lay women, Lady Lou (d. 661) and Lady Zhang (c. 658–c. 718), in relation to the newly excavated archaeological material and epigraphic evidence. …”
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Multidisciplinary research on flint raw materials and artefacts from northwestern Bulgaria by Maria Gurova, Nadezhda Kecheva, Polina Andreeva, Elitsa Stefanova, Vladislav Todorov, Denitsa Sandeva

“…The field survey and associated analytical work were carried out in 2020 with the following purposes: i) identifying flint raw material outcrops in the region; ii) collecting suitable raw material samples from discovered outcrops and flint artefacts from newly excavated archaeological sites; iii) integrated laboratory analyses of the samples (micropetrography and geochemistry); iv) recording and updating information about archaeological sites in the “Archaeological Map of Bulgaria” information system in the Montana and Vidin regions; and v) GIS-based reconstruction (least-cost path models) of possible raw material procurement systems, based on similarities between samples from different archaeological sites and flint outcrops. …”
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Smart Eye: An Application for 'In Situ' Accessibility to “Invisible” Heritage Sites by Kalliopi Efkleidou, Dimitrios Kaimaris, Themistoklis Roustanis, Petros Patias, Stelios Andreou, Kostas Klimantakis, Ionas-Anastasios Karolos, Maria Pappa, Nikos Kouidis

“…Accessibility to excavated archaeological sites and monuments is often hindered for reasons of preservation or urban development. …”
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Hayredinski rampart – archaeological and geomorphological survey on the territory of Butan village, Kozloduy Municipality by Evgenia Komatarova-Balinova, Georgi Alexiev

“…The ditch is a natural settling of the ground, which was additionally excavated. Archaeological materials are registered solely in Section No. 1 – fragmented oxshoe, an indistinctive pottery sherd thrown on a fast wheel, and another, very small indistinctive sherd from the bottom of the ditch. …”
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The social organisation of metalworking in southern England during the Beaker period and Bronze Age: absence of evidence or evidence of absence? by Andy M. Jones, Michael J Allen, Gill Juleff

“…However, any attempt to discuss the social context of metalworking in these periods, i.e. who was working metals and where these activities occurred, is confronted with an extremely low evidence base of excavated archaeological sites where metalworking is known to have taken place. …”
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Factors That Affect the Mechanical Strength of Archaeological Wood—A Case Study of 18th-Century Wooden Water Pipes from Bóżnicza Street in Poznań, Poland by Magdalena Broda, Carmen-Mihaela Popescu, Daniel Ilie Timpu, Dawid Rowiński, Edward Roszyk

“…The case study of the excavated archaeological wooden pipes shows that they have historical value but are not useful for practical purposes. …”
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DATACIÓN POR RESONANCIA PARAMAGNÉTICA ELECTRÓNICA (RPE) DE CERÁMICAS DEL SITIO ARQUEOLÓGICO DE SUTA, COLOMBIA (Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Dating of Pottery from the Suta... by Ali D. Öcal, Mamoun Hemmida, Ovidio Almanza

“…Two dates were obtained from the absolute chronological data of the samples taken from the excavated archaeological units: 665.3 ± 130 and 1048.8 ± 110 AD years. …”
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