The article discusses artefacts made of osseous materials found in the Late Bronze Age fortified settlement sites north-eastern Lithuania. Earlier, bone items from three Lithuanian – Narkūnai, Nevieriškė and Ke­reliai have been analysed more thoroughly. Of discussed here, Sokiškiai has archaeologically investigated beginning 1980-ies. In recent years, research carried out on settlements Mineiki...

The non-invasive detection and digital documentation of buried archaeological heritage by means geophysical prospection is increasingly gaining importance in modern field archaeology management. It frequently provides the detailed information required for protection or targeted further research. High-resolution magnetometry ground-penetrating radar (GPR) became invaluable tools efficient compre...

Abstract Galena is treated as the most important silver ore in antiquity and especially Roman mining history, but many other mineralisation phases occur Earth's crust that also contain valuable amounts of for exploitation. This study addresses silver-containing sulfosalts how to decide between alternative ores when only metallurgical remains are preserved context not evident. Numerous samples m...

Summary This paper discusses how the notion of clock time was introduced in Greek world. On basis an analysis earliest (potential) references to hours and clocks texts from late fifth early third century BC their historical context, with reference archaeologically attested clocks, it proposes a scenario for conception development this conventional system. It offers new interpretation problemati...

Abstract. The Forma Urbis Romae was a monumental marble map of ancient Rome from the Severan Dynasty. It originally attached to interior wall Temple Peace, but through course Middle Ages panels fell off or were deliberately removed. They have been found mainly in vicinity Forum, only about 10% original surface discovered. on which mounted is currently an exterior Church SS. Cosma e Damiano, and...

The impact of wavelength and pulse duration in laser cleaning hard blackish contaminants crust from archaeologically significant Pleistocene bone is investigated this research. objective to determine the practical procedures identify adequate parameters for archaeological Sima de los Huesos (Spain) based on conservation restoration perspectives. Bone surface was performed utilizing two Q-switch...

In Ancient Southern Mesopotamia (now Iraq), rainfall was never high enough to sustain agriculture, so for thousands of years people used a system of canals to irrigate their fields. These canals, built up over generations, have long formed the basis of settlement patterns and state relations in the region, making their location and mapping of key interest to archaeologists. However, since 1991,...

The issue of localization one or another toponym known from narrative sources is often ambiguous and causes discussions in the scientific community. This article devoted to analysis introduced into circulation by Yu.N. Voronov well-established identification a famous monument on left bank Kodor – Pskal fortification with Tzakhar fortress, described Agafius Mirineisky. temple surrounded fortress...

Abstract ‘Behavioural modernity’ isn’t what it used to be. Once conceived as an integrated package of traits demarcated by a clear archaeological signal in specific time and place, is now disparate, archaeologically equivocal, temporally spatially spread. In this paper we trace behavioural modernity’s empirical theoretical developments over the last three decades, surprising discoveries materia...