Open Access Archaeology

theolduvaigorge:Late Pleistocene age and archaeological context...

Wed, 25 Feb 2015 15:29:44 +0000

Late Pleistocene age and archaeological context for the hominin calvaria from GvJm-22 (Lukenya Hill, Kenya)
by Christian A. Tryon, Isabelle Crevecoeur, J. Tyler Faith, Ravid Ekshtain, Joelle Nivens, David Patterson, Emma N. Mbua and Fred Spoor
“Kenya National Museums Lukenya Hill Hominid 1 (KNM-LH 1) is a Homo sapiens partial calvaria from site GvJm-22 at Lukenya Hill,Kenya, associated with Later Stone Age (LSA) archaeological de-posits. KNM-LH 1 is securely dated to the Late Pleistocene, and samples a time and region important for understanding the origins of modern human diversity. A revised chronology based on 26 accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon dates on ostrich egg-shells indicates an age range of 23,576–22,887 y B.P. for KNM-LH1, confirming prior attribution to the Last Glacial Maximum. Additional dates extend the maximum age for archaeological deposits at GvJm-22 to >46,000 y B.P. (>46 kya). These dates are consistent with new analyses identifying both Middle Stone Age and LSA lithic technologies at the site, making GvJm-22 a rare eastern African record of major human behavioral shifts during the Late Pleistocene.Comparative morphometric analyses of the KNM-LH 1 cranium document the temporal and spatial complexity of early modern human morphological variability. Features of cranial shape distinguish KNM-LH 1 and other Middle and Late Pleistocene African fossils from crania of recent Africans and samples from Holocene LSA andEuropean Upper Paleolithic sites” (read more/open access).
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(Open access source: PNAS, in press 2015 via Academia.edu)

Journal Ziridava Studia Archaeologica

Sun, 22 Feb 2015 15:34:00 +0000

Ziridava Studia Archaeologica, edited by the Arad Museum Complex, is a periodical of archaeology that is meant to continue the old Ziridava. One must state that Ziridava Studia Archaeologica is published annually and is printed in the month of December of each year.
The periodical aims to publish studies on the archaeology of the Carpathian Basin, but also on the surrounding regions. Therefore, Ziridava Studia Archaeologica is envisioned, first of all, as a periodical with regional impact. One of the main goals of this academic initiative is to publish archaeological materials, but also older research remained unpublished and new research. The team also encourages and supports the publication of synthesis studies and modern approaches.

http://www.z-studarch.ro/

Open Access Archaeology Digest #697

Tue, 17 Feb 2015 20:03:31 +0000

Open Access (free to read) articles:

Jeitun and the transition to agriculture in Central Asia
http://bit.ly/12o9Lsp

Patterns in Stone: Mobility and the Distribution of Locally Important Lithic Material
http://bit.ly/1abUEKo

From anarchy to good practice: the evolution of standards in archaeological computing
http://bit.ly/1FYqTbf

Reference Notes to Plan and Views of Ancient Remains on the Summit of the Laws, Forfarshire.
http://bit.ly/YTOw0V