Archaeology - Research News and Information

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Accelerator mass spectrometry.

30 Aug 2008 In this overview the technique of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) and its use are described. AMS is a highly sensitive method of counting atoms. It is used to detect very low concentrations of natural isotopic abundances (typically in the range ... Read more...

Pre-Columbian urbanism, anthropogenic landscapes, and the future of the Amazon.

27 Aug 2008 The archaeology of pre-Columbian polities in the Amazon River basin forces a reconsideration of early urbanism and long-term change in tropical forest landscapes. We describe settlement and land-use patterns of complex societies on the eve of ... Read more...

Domestication and early agriculture in the Mediterranean Basin: Origins, diffusion, and impact.

10 Aug 2008 The past decade has witnessed a quantum leap in our understanding of the origins, diffusion, and impact of early agriculture in the Mediterranean Basin. In large measure these advances are attributable to new methods for documenting domestication ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Archaeology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Palaeontology: School of rock. 14 Oct 2008
• Archaeology without borders. 10 Sep 2008
• Accelerator mass spectrometry. 30 Aug 2008
• Archaeology. Ancient earthmovers of the Amazon. 27 Aug 2008
• Archaeology. The western Amazon's "garden cities". 27 Aug 2008
• Pre-Columbian urbanism, anthropogenic landscapes, and the future of the Amazon. 27 Aug 2008
• Archaeology: An oasis in time. 19 Aug 2008
• Archaeology. Going deeper into the Grotte Chauvet. 13 Aug 2008
• Palaeontology: The last giant kangaroo. 12 Aug 2008
• Domestication and early agriculture in the Mediterranean Basin: Origins, diffusion, and impact. 10 Aug 2008
• [Agatha Christie's culture- and medicine-historical role] 8 Aug 2008
• Problems in determination of skeletal lead burden in archaeological samples: an example from the First African Baptist Church population. 30 Jul 2008
• Near-infrared spectroscopic monitoring of the water adsorption/desorption process in modern and archaeological wood. 30 Jul 2008
• A lack of linguistic evidence for domesticated sunflower in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. 19 Jul 2008
• Molecular evidence and the origin of the domesticated sunflower. 19 Jul 2008
• Winnowing the archaeological evidence for domesticated sunflower in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. 19 Jul 2008
• How old is the sunflower in Mexico? 19 Jul 2008
• The archeology of substance P. 14 Jul 2008
• Archaeology: The lost world. 8 Jul 2008
• Reality lags behind rhetoric in building interdisciplinary work. Jul 2008

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Technical information about 'Archaeology'

Definition: The scientific study of past societies through artifacts, fossils, etc.

Descriptor UI: D001106

Alternative terms: Archaeology; Archeology;

Related Mesh Headings: Paleography;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I01.076.201.208;

Technical Notes: IM; SPEC; SPEC qualif; pre-Columbian: nothing later; DF: ARCHAEOL