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Core drilling has been used successfully in archaeology for a variety of applications, including mapping stratigraphy across large areas, estimating feature depth and content, understanding site formation processes, as well as complementing information obtained through surface collection and geophysical survey. In this paper, we provide an overview of the first core drilling campaign carried out in 2021 on the outer settlement of the Bronze Age tell from Toboliu in western Romania. The overall aim of this coring program was to gather information regarding the nature of various features within the settlement, with a focus on the anomalies visible in the geomagnetic site plan. Based on 165 drilled cores, a reconstruction of the site's stratigraphy is presented in this paper. This reconstruction was controlled and confirmed by excavations in one of the coring transects where the stratigraphic interpretation of the cores could be linked with the excavated stratigraphy. Additionally, samples for radiocarbon dating were collected from several cores. Based on this data, we discuss preliminary insights into possible house locations and preservation issues, as well as the chronological development and occupation sequence of this complex site. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Book of Kings is the main source for reconstructing the chronology of the monarchic period in Israel, but it contains many contradictions and raises difficulties that make the reconstruction disputed to this day. The prevailing approach tends to attribute historical credibility to the biblical data, while few have suggested that some of the numbers have been deliberately manipulated to create symbolic or meaningful schemas. The purpose of the present study is to reinforce the artificiality of these numbers by presenting two cases of a »climax-decline pattern« at key points in the Book of Kings' chronology, in which a king with the longest reign in the history of a kingdom is followed by a period of deterioration towards disaster over the same duration. If these regnal years have been reworked to incorporate them into the book's literary design, then they may mislead the historian who wishes to use them to reconstruct a relative or absolute chronology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Šandalja II has been a reference site for numerous decades for the definition and study of the Eastern Adriatic Upper Palaeolithic and corresponding techno-complexes. This is due both to its extensive material record, and the purported presence of some otherwise elusive techno-complexes in the area, such as the Aurignacian and the Early Epigravettian. In this paper, we present two new series of C14-AMS dates (from layers H, E, C/d and A/d) to assess the validity of its archaeological sequence, together with previously obtained radiocarbon dates, both AMS and conventional. The results show, unambiguously, the lack of reliability of the stratigraphy defined for the site during the excavation. A simple chronometric deconstruction reveals, at the very least, that the assemblages from Šandalja II can no longer be considered and used as an example of the diachronic evolution within the Aurignacian and Epigravettian of the Eastern Adriatic, thus calling for a further reevaluation of features defined for the Adriatic Upper Palaeolithic on the basis on the assemblages from Šandalja II. Hence Šandalja II joins an increasing list of so-called reference sites which must not be considered as "referential" anymore. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While pre‐European settlement of Norfolk Island has been recognised for many decades, particularly the larger settlement site at Emily Bay, until this point there has been limited understanding, and very little systematic recording of evidence for inland settlement. This report presents the location, chronology, stratigraphy and artefact assemblage of a previously undocumented lithic production site from Mount Bates in the north‐western uplands of Norfolk Island. The site dates to approximately 600–700 calBP. Excavations recovered over 1200 basalt artefacts, representing various stages in the adze production process. Sites such as this contribute to a better understanding of the range of activities carried out by Polynesian settlers of Norfolk Island, the stone tool economies of marginal Polynesia and the importance of local stone sources for understanding Oceanic settlement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article "Verifying the chronology of Ukrainian Neolithic" examines the chronology of the Ukrainian Neolithic. The authors present AMS data from four sites to verify the validity of the chronologies for the Neolithic in Ukraine. They also discuss the role of the Linear Pottery culture and the Azov-Dnieper culture in the spread of agriculture and animal husbandry in Ukraine. The study shows that there are conflicting chronological scales and proposes a comprehensive re-dating and validation. The results have implications for the regional chronology of the Neolithic and emphasize the importance of cross-border collaboration in dating findings. [Extracted from the article]

Ústředním prvkem předložené studie jsou znovuobjevené ostruhy s garniturami řemení nalezené roku 1951 při archeologickém výzkumu pohřebiště na akropoli hradiště v Libici nad Cidlinou. Na povrchu artefaktů byly za pomoci rentgenového tomografu a spektrometrie odhaleny a podrobně dokumentovány pozůstatky bohaté výzdoby provedené stříbrem a slitinami barevných kovů, díky nimž se set řadí mezi nejcennější nálezy raně středověkých ostruh z českého území. Výsledky typologického a chronologického vyhodnocení ostruh, revize nálezového kontextu a radiouhlíkové datování ostatků libických hrobů s ostruhami se staly základem pro přezkoumání geneze a šíření ostruh s dlouhým bodcem. Datování pohřbu 161N do druhé poloviny 9. století vyvolává i obecnější otázky týkající se periodizace takzvaných povelkomoravských památek v raně středověkých Čechách či dynamiky kontaktů s Moravou a Franskou říší.

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The essay "Túrkeve-Terehalom in the Eastern Carpathian Basin" deals with archaeological findings in Túrkeve-Terehalom that date back to the Bronze Age. The excavations have allowed for a precise chronology and raised questions about the synchronization of long-distance connections. The findings include ceramics, structures, and buildings, including a building with an oval hearth and a new clay floor. Various ceramic finds have also been made, including juglets, jugs, and amphorae. The finds are dated to the late Bronze Age. The study describes various layers and datings of buildings and their destruction at the Túrkeve-Terehalom site in the Eastern Carpathian Basin. Construction activities began between 2014 and 1907 BC, while the destruction of the buildings took place between 2006 and 1904 BC. Radiocarbon dating shows that the buildings were rebuilt and reinforced at different times. The study also examines the chronology of the Bronze Age in the Carpathian Basin and shows that the transitions from the Middle Bronze Age to the Late Bronze Age took place in the 19th and 16th centuries BC, respectively. The results suggest that the chronology of the Bronze Age did not proceed synchronously in different regions. The study also provides evidence of the use of horse harnesses and the spread of technologies during the Bronze Age. [Extracted from the article]

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AMS radiocarbon dating has been widely applied in Palaeolithic art research and its value has been proven over the past three decades. Yet it still suffers from issues that need to be discussed and analysed to improve future sampling strategies and strengthen the interpretation of the results. This study presents new AMS dates for the parietal art in Cueva de Las Chimeneas in northern Spain, describes the quality of the samples, and discusses their reliability. The joint assessment of the dates and its comparison with previously obtained dates as well as stratified and dated portable art makes it possible to put forward a hypothesis about the time of creation of the cave's parietal art and the degree of synchrony or diachrony in its production. Consequently, it is proposed that the cave art at Las Chimeneas was created in the lower Magdalenian, between 19,000 and 17,500 cal bp. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study deals with previously unknown manuscripts that the authors have identified and reassembled in an as yet unorganized section of the Jakub Deml fonds in the Museum of Czech Literature. These manuscripts, fragments and variants of some seventy books and dozens of unpublished texts make a significant contribution to our understanding of the genetics and meaning of the work as a whole. They alter our idea of its genre composition and testify to the complex, non-linear chronology of the work. The authors identify three periods in which Deml’s manuscripts have different functions: the first period involves manuscripts and to a limited extent publishing (1896–1911); the second period independent publishing (1912–1941); the third period is the second manuscript period (1941–1961), when manuscripts became the main medium. Subsequently the study comments on the possibilities of a critical edition of the entire work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the Society Islands, multi‐phase coastal sites with successive occupations spanning several centuries have been difficult to find and have been poorly studied, resulting in a vague understanding of this archipelago's founding cultural complex and its adaptations to specific island environments through time. Discovery and excavation of ScMo‐350, a well‐stratified coastal site in Haumi, Moʻorea, Society Islands, provides robust sample sizes for understanding the timing and function of early Māʻohi coastal settlements and their constellation of use through time. My discussion of the site focuses on four topics: methodological issues for identifying early colonization sites in Central Eastern Polynesia; site stratigraphy and dating; the timing of island colonization on Moʻorea and its comparison to the Faʻahia site on Huahine; and preliminary analysis of ScMo‐350 sub‐surface features and artifacts to understand site function and its change through time. Bayesian analysis of short‐lived samples from ScMo‐350's earliest deposits and those from the Faʻahia site are described in an effort to refine our understanding of the Society Islands' Colonization Phase. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The treatise "Gothic Migrations: In Search of the Truth" by Andrzej Kokowski discusses the various interpretations of the Goths as a multiethnic formation. Archaeology distinguishes four Gothic cultures: the Wielbark culture, the Masłomęcz group, the Chernyakhov culture, and the Sântana de Mureş culture. DNA tests can support the thesis of multiple multiplicity. However, the author criticizes a 2019 publication that is based on untrue materials and contradicts the current state of knowledge about the chronology of the analyzed materials. The conclusions of the publication contradict the scientific output of historians and archaeologists. The authors of the article made numerous mistakes in their research at the University of Poznań. They misinterpreted the numbering of the graves and spread false information. Additionally, they did not consider the previously published results of other researchers. The authors also had difficulties determining the gender of the skeletons and made false statements. Therefore, the research results of the article should be considered unreliable. The article discusses the problems with dating archaeological finds from the Roman period. It is pointed out that the authors of the article do not have sufficient knowledge in archaeological dating and that their datings are therefore unreliable. It is emphasized that radiocarbon-based dating is only valuable when compared with archaeological datings. It is also noted that the results of aDNA analysis and the migration theories based on them are only meaningful if the graves are accurately dated. The article criticizes the lack of precision and expertise of the authors in dating finds from the Hrubieszów Basin. The article discusses the results of aDNA analysis of skeletal remains from the Wielbark culture cemetery in Masłomęcz. The authors criticize the faulty identification of the materials and the inadequate historical argumentation in the article. They emphasize that aDNA analysis can contribute interesting insights to the historical debate, but that it contradicts historical and archaeological research. The authors call for a more careful consideration of the historical context and improved editorial review of such articles. The text contains a list of publications by archaeologist Andrzej Kokowski on various topics, including the Goths and the Masłomęcz group. Other authors and their works on similar topics are also mentioned. The focus of the text is on archaeological investigations and research on these ancient cultures. The text includes a list of publications and research papers on various topics related to archaeological finds and cultures in Poland. Various authors and their works on topics such as the Goths, Oksywie culture, Chernyakhov culture, and others are mentioned. The publications cover topics such as migration, anthropological investigations, and cultural interpretations. [Extracted from the article]

In diesem Beitrag wurde das Problem des Beginns der Poieneşti-Lucaşeuca-Kultur diskutiert. Laut Daniel Spânu das Beginn der Kultur sollte in der LT C2, bzw. an Anfang des 2 Jh. v. Chr., festgestellt werden. Der Autor diesen Aufsatz, aufgrund der Datierung einigen Typen der Fibeln, Gürtelhacken und griechischen Amphoren, glauben, dass das Beginn der Poieneşti-Lucaşeuca-Kultur mit der LT C1b, bzw. Ende des 3. Jh. v. Chr., synchronisieren kann.

Článek se zabývá chronologií eneolitických inhumací z prostoru Moravy na základě radiokarbonového datování. Datováno bylo celkem 17 jedinců pomocí 20 radiokarbonových dat, přičemž se jedná především o jedince bez hrobové výbavy, či jedince pocházející z problematických kontextů. Studie pokrývá zejména období starého eneolitu, méně pak střední a pozdní eneolit. K většině pojednávaných pohřbů jsou nově publikovány nálezové okolnosti a antropologické posudky. Na základě chronologické analýzy hrobů datovaných radiokarbonovým datováním lze přibližně definovat časový rozptyl jednotlivých způsobů pohřbívání na Moravě. Nejspolehlivěji lze datovat ploché hroby s jedinci v natažené poloze bez hrobových přídavků do ca 3800–3600 BC.

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La culture de la céramique perforée (Pitted Ware culture, PWC) continue d'attirer l'attention des scientifiques. Appartenant à la période néolithique définie par l'avènement de l'agriculture, le phénomène PWC rompt avec notre conception traditionnelle de l'évolution culturelle et sociale, en incarnant le retour ou la continuation du mode de vie des chasseurs-cueilleurs. Pour comprendre cette apparente anomalie, il est essentiel de pouvoir restituer la chronologie de la PWC: Quand et où ce phénomène a-t-il émergé pour la première fois? Comment s'est-il répandu? Quand et pourquoi s'est-il éteint? Afin de clarifier ces questions, le présent article décrit le plus grand échantillonnage jamais assemblé de sites PWC, localisés à travers toute la Scandinavie et bénéficiant de datations radiocarbones recalibrées et corrigées. Sur plus de 900 datations 14C collectées, nous fument en mesure de surmonter les nombreux obstacles engendrés par la limitation de dates individuelles obtenues sur des sites uniques, qui entravent bien trop souvent l'interprétation et empêchent toute vision d'ensemble. En conséquence, nous sommes maintenant en mesure de présenter un modèle montrant la propagation rapide de la PWC, depuis une origine supposée située dans le centre-est de la Suède (env. 3400 av. J.-C.) vers les vastes zones essentiellement côtières de la péninsule scandinave et du nord-est du Danemark. Cette propagation rapide peut être expliquée par l'intégration de la PWC dans les réseaux d'échange de silex à longue distance. La fin du phénomène PWC, datée aux environs de 2200 cal av. J.-C.) peut être considérée comme une conséquence de l'intensification de l'agriculture et de son expansion vers le nord durant le néolithique tardif. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents the post-mortem organization of Jan Hanč’s literary texts (1916–1963) as an open question. As a rule, the writer did not date his own works and, with the exception of three handwritten notebooks, did not put them in any order. In those cases where such information is provided within the text itself, we must understand it as an element of artistic stylization rather than evidence of documentation, or indication of the origin of the work. This article analyzes the work of the publishers of Hanč’s selected writings at the end of the 1960s, with regard to the author’s manuscripts in their material form.

The La Combette rock-shelter, located in the Luberon mountains (Southern France), is an essential local archaeological discovery. The site comprises several Palaeolithic layers suggesting multiple phases of Mousterian occupation. The sediment sequence of c. 7 m thickness indicates rapid changes in the environmental conditions, which led to an abandonment of the site. While the first chronological studies were carried out in the late 1990s, in 2014, new sediment samples were taken for state-ofthe-art luminescence-dating analyses using fine grain (4-11 µm) quartz and polymineral separates. Samples were taken from the loess-dominated upper archaeological levels A to D (upper main unit) as well as from the anthropogenic layer E, embedded in a fluvial context, and from the bottom deposits of the layer F/G. Here we present the obtained chronological dataset in conjunction with 24 so far unpublished thermoluminescence dating results from burnt flint artefacts from layers E and F/G. We combine and discuss our results against previous chronological datasets, which seem to be broadly confirmed by our new findings framing the sedimentation history of La Combette at 78.3 ka to 39.4 ka. In summary, it appears that the local environmental conditions were deeply impacted by the climatic changes during MIS 4/3. This caused rapid sediment influx that finally rendered the rock shelter uninhabitable as a potential refuge, until its re-discovery in the second half of the 20th century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In contrast to intensive occupation of southern Bohemia by Elbe Germanic groups in the earliest stage of the Roman period (Eggers A), the following stage, B1, during its phases B1a–b, features a significant decrease in the number of finds. The author presents relevant finds (fibulae and pottery) and lists reasons why occupation of southern Bohemia became significantly less intensive and to what extent this is influenced by the discernibility of settlement pottery dating from stage B1 and the absence of graves. One of the reasons for this decrease in settlement intensity can also be the departure of certain Germanic communities for the centre of the Maroboduus Empire, i.e. for central Bohemia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article describes the results of the interdisciplinary studies of a unique bone slotted point from Tłokowo, north-eastern Poland. The artefact was discovered in 1989, and indirect dating suggested an Early Mesolithic date. In this article we present the results of direct radiocarbon dating of the point, which shows that it is almost 2000 years younger than previously suggested. In addition, physical-chemical studies of the adhesive used to mount the flint inserts inside the point were conducted. The results of gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FT-IR) analysis indicate that the adhesive is birch tar. Finally, the article presents the results of detailed traceological studies that allow interpretation of the technology of production and possible function of the point. For the analysis, as well as various types of microscopes, optical coherence tomography (OCT) was used. In the discussion the results of all the analyses are considered alongside our current knowledge of this type of Mesolithic points in Europe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In diesem Aufsatz wurden die Chronologie und die Periodisirung den Siedlungen der Poieneşti-Lucaşeuca-Kultur analisiert. Es wurden drei Phasen der Entwicklung den Siedlungen aufgrund der Kombination den Gefäßen vom Befunden aufgebaut. Man kann diese Etappen mit den Phasen LT C1b/Beginn des LT C2 (Erste Phase), Mitte des LT C2/LT D1 (zweite Phase) und LT D2 (dritte Phase) der mitteleuropäischen keltischen Kultur synchronisieren, die in absoluten Daten entsprechen dem Ende des 3. Jhr. – letzen Viertel des 1. Jhr. v. Chr.

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Notes on the chronology of the cross / chapel denier types Two rare Boleslaus III cross / chapel deniers of the Cach 189 and Cach 200 types have been found recently by treasure hunters using metal detectors. The issue of the cross / chapel denier types, to which both described coins belong, is dated to the period of the first reign of Boleslaus III, i.e., to the years 999-1002. For a more precise determination of the period during which the deniers of the cross / chapel type were struck, it is crucial to note that these were not present in any Czech or foreign hoards buried at the end of the 990s. Considering this, the oldest find containing the cross / chapel type deniers is probably the hoard from Kalisz X, Central Poland, which was buried after the year 999. The specimen found in Hlušice (Kolín District) differs from all previously known specimens of the cross / chapel denier of the Cach 189 type. Both dies of the Cach 200 type, found in the vicinity of Chot'ovice, correspond with the deniers of the same type from the Chrášťany hoard, found in 1896. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Cílem studie je představení post-exkavační metody práce se stratigrafickými a keramickými daty za účelem vytvoření relativní chronologie mnohovrstevnaté městské lokality na základě rozfázovaného sekvenčního modelu. K interakci mezi stratigrafickými a keramickými daty jsou využity exploatorní a vícerozměrové (multivariační) statistické metody seriace, korespondenční a faktorové analýzy. Příkladová studie vychází z výzkumu nádvoří městské radnice v Českých Budějovicích, který proběhl v letech 1996–1997, jehož výsledky byly v nedávné době vyhodnoceny a publikovány. Shrnuty jsou zde hlavní vývojové fáze osídlení od počátků založení města v roce 1265 do výstavby renesanční radnice v polovině 16. století a k nim odpovídající statisticky vyčleněné keramické horizonty. V článku jsou rovněž nastíněny možnosti dynamické interpretace rozfázovaného sekvenčního Harrisova diagramu v souvislosti se sociálními a behaviorálními přístupy ke studiu archeologických stratifikací, které ukazují na řadu druhů lidských aktivit v zastavěném městském prostředí.