1. theolduvaigorge:

    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).

    ***I think you were correct about my whereabouts, alphacaeli

    (Open access source: PNAS, in press 2015 via Academia.edu)

  2. 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of the main goals of this academic initiative is to publish archaeological materials, but also older research remained unpublished and new research.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.

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

  3. 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/YTOw0V

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  4. 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/17TsBbl

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  5. 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/XsjaLo

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  6. 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/ZuHnAq

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  7. 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/172MDqo

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  8. 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/XyVeKX

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  9. 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/19l0ylb

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  10. 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/15VJXYq

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  11. 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/13WQaUG

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  12. 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/11z8XQa

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  13. 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/1dTVsym

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  14. 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/16uGjBF

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  15. 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/1bnMRFk

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