- 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).
***I think you were correct about my whereabouts, alphacaeli
(Open access source: PNAS, in press 2015 via Academia.edu)
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Journal Ziridava Studia Archaeologica
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of the main goals of this academic initiative is to publish archaeological materials, but also older research remained unpublished and new research.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. -
Open Access Archaeology Digest #697
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/YTOw0VLearn more about Open Access and Archaeology at: http://bit.ly/YHuyFK
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Open Access Archaeology Digest #696
Today’s list of Open Access (free to read) articles:
A Condor’s View of Archaeology in the Sierra San Pedro Mártir Region
http://bit.ly/1FjqToF
GIS in North American archaeology: A summary of activity for the Caere project
http://bit.ly/1FjqToQ
Recensioni - Archeologia e Calcolatori XX
http://bit.ly/12BICqk
Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1999
http://bit.ly/17TsBblLearn more about Open Access and Archaeology at: http://bit.ly/YHuyFK
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Open Access Archaeology Digest #695
Open Access (free to read) articles on archaeology:
Notes on Colleges of Secular Canons in England
http://bit.ly/1hHXXtB
Revealing Cultural Status and Ethnic Differences through Historic Artifact Analysis
http://bit.ly/1av1h8d
Learning from ten years of PPG16
http://bit.ly/14epydy
URBS SALVIA (Urbisaglia, MC): indagini di scavo nell’area forense (campagne 2007-2008).
http://bit.ly/XsjaLoLearn more about Open Access and Archaeology at: http://bit.ly/YHuyFK
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Open Access Archaeology Digest #694
Get your Open Access (free to read) archaeology fix:
Feed the world: sharing knowledge via blogs and news feeds
http://bit.ly/T1XqLd
Notice of the recent Discovery of a Cist, with Fragments of Urns and a Jet Necklace, at Law Park, near St Andrews; with a Note of the Discovery, near the same place, of a Cremation Cemetery of the Bronze Age, with many Cinerary Urns, in 1859.
http://bit.ly/1021YRR
Medieval deerskin processing waste from the Moor House site, London EC2
http://bit.ly/1uCkRKU
A Hoard of Bronze Objects from Wester Ord, Ross-shire, and an Early Iron Age Burial at Blackness Castle, Linlithgowshire.
http://bit.ly/15zQaId
Notes on the Corporation of Surgeons and Barbers of the City of Edinburgh.
http://bit.ly/ZuHnAqLearn more about Open Access and Archaeology at: http://bit.ly/YHuyFK
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Open Access Archaeology Digest #693
Your Open Access (free to read) Archaeology daily:
Roman London Bridge: A View from both Banks
http://bit.ly/101gubI
[TRANSITIONS TO AGRICULTURE IN THE EASTERN OLD WORLD] A shell-midden on the island of Sangnodaedo; a Neolithic site off the southern coast of Korea
http://bit.ly/172MBPk
Can museums survive the postmodern?
http://bit.ly/172MDGK
On the Position of Local Museums in regard to Archaeological Objects.
http://bit.ly/14sFwDO
Stone tools from the Jamara site, Malaygiri foothills, Orissa
http://bit.ly/172MDqoLearn more about Open Access and Archaeology at: http://bit.ly/YHuyFK
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Open Access Archaeology Digest #692
Open Access (free to read) articles:
Notices of some recently-discovered Inscribed and Sculptured Stones.
http://bit.ly/12sdZSK
‘Auld Lang Syne’ - its Origin, Poetry, and Music.
http://bit.ly/YVVjXX
Medieval Gem Engraving
http://bit.ly/XyVeKXLearn more about Open Access and Archaeology at: http://bit.ly/YHuyFK
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Open Access Archaeology Digest #691
Todays list of Open Access (free to read) Archaeology articles:
Church Architecture in Devon
http://bit.ly/181zagt
An Anglo-Saxon fastener from Waltham Abbey
http://bit.ly/1oPI4X0
Fifty-five Years of Field Methods: Where Do We Start Digging?
http://bit.ly/19l0ylbLearn more about Open Access and Archaeology at: http://bit.ly/YHuyFK
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Open Access Archaeology Digest #690
Get some Open Access (free to read) Archaeology articles here:
Rural settlement in Grampian Region: approaches and sources
http://bit.ly/12EF3zj
Pathways to a Shared European Information Infrastructure for Cultural Heritage
http://bit.ly/1AUh4fp
Archaeology and the medieval towns of Norway [protected status of medieval towns, and research organization]
http://bit.ly/15VJXYqLearn more about Open Access and Archaeology at: http://bit.ly/YHuyFK
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Open Access Archaeology Digest #689
Lots of great Open Access (free to read) Archaeology articles:
Excavation at Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, 1952-62
http://bit.ly/157JP8d
Notes on the Old Church and Cemetery of Airth, Stirlingshire.
http://bit.ly/178YAHp
[POPULATION BIOLOGICAL STUDIES] First results of the excavation of the burial mound of Petania, Uvea, Western Polynesia
http://bit.ly/1gvuSzx
Lavant stone: a Roman and medieval building stone in West Sussex.
http://bit.ly/13WQaUGLearn more about Open Access and Archaeology at: http://bit.ly/YHuyFK
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Open Access Archaeology Digest #688
Open Access (free to read) archaeology articles for everyone:
Cists from Sunlaws, Roxburghshire
http://bit.ly/12IKL26
On the Coinage of Ceylon during the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries.
http://bit.ly/10wo106
Will the True Age of the Borax Lake Pattern Please Stand Up? The Archaeology of CA-HUM-573, an Early Holocene Site on the South End of Pilot Ridge, Humboldt County, California
http://bit.ly/11z8XQaLearn more about Open Access and Archaeology at: http://bit.ly/YHuyFK
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Open Access Archaeology Digest #687
Your Open Access (free to read) Archaeology daily:
Analyse der Keramik aus der frühmittelalterlichen Siedlung am Standort Ledine bei Torčec
http://bit.ly/1zkRKeZ
Extracts from the Presbytery Records of Dalkeith, relating to the parish of Newbattle, during the incumbency of Mr Robert Leighton, 1641-1653.
http://bit.ly/1a9CaZ9
Further Megalithic Discoveries and Explorations in the Islands of Malta during 1892 and 1893, under the Governorship of Sir Henry A. Smyth, K.C.M.G.
http://bit.ly/10vRiry
Ethnographic Materials and Ethnoarchaeology Workshops Regarding Northern Baja California Indians
http://bit.ly/1dTVsymLearn more about Open Access and Archaeology at: http://bit.ly/YHuyFK
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Open Access Archaeology Digest #686
Today’s list of Open Access (free to read) articles:
On the earliest evidence for rice cultivation in China
http://bit.ly/1ABSqjB
Alter-Plate of the Collegiate Church, Haddington.
http://bit.ly/10wo106
Translations of the Runic Inscriptions at Maeshowe, Orkney.
http://bit.ly/16uGjBFLearn more about Open Access and Archaeology at: http://bit.ly/YHuyFK
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Open Access Archaeology Digest #685
Open Access (free to read) Archaeology articles:
Megalithic Remains in the Department of the Basses Pyrenees, with Notes on Prehistoric Archaeology in Spain
http://bit.ly/17ERabQ
On White Pebbles in connection with Pagan and Christian Burials, a seeming survival of an Ancient Burial Custom.
http://bit.ly/11shCpD
An open site survey of Koolburra Plateau, Cape York Peninsula
http://bit.ly/1zUkOOf
Some entertainment in Londinium
http://bit.ly/166QpuQ
Medieval tuning pegs from Whitby, N Yorkshire
http://bit.ly/1bnMRFkLearn more about Open Access and Archaeology at: http://bit.ly/YHuyFK