of the many diverse arts that flourished during the third millennium bc, textiles played an especiallysignificant role in society. archaeological textiles offer an important source of material cultural testimony fordaily life in ancient times- relating simultaneously to agriculture, pastoralism, trade, migration, ritual, and soforth as well as to craft technologies. the study of the techniques ...

This contribution deals with the bronze bracelets found in Netherlands that are datable between Late Neolithic and Middle Iron Age (n=176). We study their context (hoards, funerary contexts, settlements stray finds), we relate specifics of form decoration to regional supraregional traditions. First, role as social signifiers (in reconstructions) prehistoric identities across those scales, discu...

In the presented work, a total of 60 bronze artefacts from prehistoric settlement Baley, Bulgaria were analyzed by means laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and X-ray fluorescence (XRF). The archaeological finds excavated three levels, with time span 15th century BC to first half 11th BC. obtained analytical information was used for quantitative estimation amount tin, lead arsenic, whic...

This report presents the preliminary results of ‘‘IN or OUT’’ Project, a collaborative, interdisciplinary effort which aims to investigate social exclusion, marginality and adoption anomalous funerary rites in late prehistoric Italy. In particular, this contribution explores incidence meaning practices ritual marginalisation deviancy region Veneto between Bronze Age early Iron period.

This contribution synthesizes the results of Kutaisi Archaeological Landscape Project (KALP), focusing on analysis development settlement patterns in Colchis lowlands during 2nd and 1st millennia b.c. The targeted excavations carried out within urban center provide new information regarding earthen architectural practices, raw material procurement, defensive structures that characterized area L...

In this article, the results of field season 2020 excavation in La Peña del Castillo (Peñas de San Pedro, Albacete) are presented. It is a site with long and discontinuous time frame from Late Bronze Age to 19th century. The archaeological activities project aims know entity enclave different settlement patterns throughout its occupation.