Europe in the First Millennium B.C.

The transformation of Europe during the 1st millennium BC is covered in 13 chapters, from theory and world system models to regional studies

Three-dimensional recording of archaeological remains in the Altai Mountains

In the course of their research campaign in Siberia, Ghent University archaeologists have developed a simple and cost effective method for the rapid 3D imaging of rock art, standing stelae and surface monuments. Their procedure will undoubtedly have a big role to play in archaeological research in advance of the oil pipeline expected soon.

The Danubian world and the dawn of the metal ages. In P. Urbańczyk (ed.), The Past Societies. Polish Lands from the First Evidence of Human Presence to the Early Middle Ages 2 (P. Włodarczak (ed.), 5500 — 2000 BC). Warszawa: Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii PAN 2017, 63-106.

The first appearance of metal products, mainly from copper, and then the development of copper metallurgy, were important steps in the advancement of human civilization. For this reason, this stage is sometimes called the Copper Age (Eneolithic), similarly to the other important periods in the world’s history: the Stone ages (Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic), Bronze age, and Iron age. The oldest copper artefacts were found within the vast territories of the Middle East, as well as in the Balkans and the Carpathian Basin. The dawn of the manufacture of copper artefacts in those areas…

Genetic analysis of a Scytho-Siberian skeleton and its implications for ancient Central Asian migrations

Traditionelles Goldschmiedehandwerk in Westafrika und bronzezeitliche Metallverarbeitung in Europa. Technologien im ethnoarchäologischen Vergleich

Gold working in Western Africa and Bronze Age metalworking in Europe. Ethnoarchaeological study of ancient metal technology

Bartík/Zachar 2017: Ozdobný štít únětickej kultúry z Gajar. Verzierter Schild der Aunjetitzer Kultur aus Gajary. In. Zborník SNM 111, Archeológia 27, 2017, 63-79.

Decorative shield of the Unetice culture from Gajary, Slovakia. During the excavation of an unflooded mound near the river Morava, on the land of the municipality of Gajary, Malacky district, a tongue-shaped copper plate was found. Its front side is decorated with engraved and cut-out ornamentation. Similarly-shaped plate finds come from Starý Bydžov and Opolany in the Czech Republic; a further two related specimens come from Poland. Cast decorative shields from Poland and northern Germany are probably linked to these in terms of shape, and probably function. As well as the decorative…

Евразия в кайнозое. Стратиграфия, палеоэкология, культуры. 2016. Вып. 5 / Eurasia in the Cenozoic. Stratigraphy, Paleoecology, Cultures. 2016. Vol. 5

Сборник содержит материалы докладов V Международной научной конференции «Евразия в кайнозое. Стратиграфия, палеоэкология, культуры» (7–9 декабря 2016 г., Иркутск). Представлены результаты исследований в области наук о земле и человеке (геологии, палеогеографии, геоархеологии, археологии, этнологии, антропологии и смежных наук). Proceedings of V International academic conference «Eurasia in the Cenozoic. Stratigraphy, Paleoecology, Cultures» (7–9 December 2016, Irkutsk). Presents the results of studies in the field of Earth Sciences and Humanities (geology, paleogeography, geoarchaeology,…

The Czech Lands and Austria in the Bronze Age

Localization of Scytho-Siberian burial mounds by means of Corona satellite imagery, Kosh-Agatsh region, Altai Republic, Russia

Proyecto de Investigación: La formación de los paisajes agrarios del Noroeste peninsular durante la Edad Media (siglos V al XII)

«[ES] Presentamos los objetivos y los primeros resultados del proyecto de investigación La formación de los paisajes del Noroeste Peninsular durante la Edad Media (siglos V al XII). Exponemos los presupuestos teóricos y metodológicos de la arqueología agraria y nos acercamos a los resultados preliminares obtenidos en los tres casos de estudio abordados en nuestra investigación. [EN] The paper introduces the aims and the preliminary outcomes of the research project entitled ‘The formation of agricultural landscapes in north western Iberia during the Middle Ages (V – XII centuries)’. Also,…