"Crafting Brilliance: The Artistry and Legacy of Adakkaputhur Intermetallic γ-Bronze Mirrors (Cu41Sn11)" the creation and tradition of Vālkkaṇāti.

October is here and so is the October Issue of Archaeometry! 🍂 🍂

"Archaeometallurgy in northern Oman—Diachronic copper production on a smelting site in Wadi al-Salh" presents new data on copper technology in the Bronze Age and Islamic periods in Oman. buff.ly/5HvslQW

In "Experimental bone combustion and collagen preservation: implications for isotopic studies" how combustion affects biological analysis, especially isotopic studies, is explored. buff.ly/DxKR1BL

Pottery production and Granular White imports at Late Formative San José Cuautitlan buff.ly/pj2XxNb

Archaeometrical study of ceramic materials from the Chupícuaro culture (Formative Period, Mesoamerica) buff.ly/eqmtZUS

Out now, the special issue on Archaeological Science in Latin America! The eight papers featured in this issue underscore the methodological diversity and interdisciplinary approaches that characterize archaeological science in Latin America. buff.ly/6GIGelq

Production of arsenical bronze using speiss on the Elephantine Island (Aswan, Egypt) during the Middle Kingdom (Middle Bronze Age) (c.2000–1650 BCE) #OpenAccess #Egypt #Bronze buff.ly/ypWaRh8

The application of a genetic algorithm in the correlation of intra-individual isotopic Sr dental records for archaeological and palaeontological reconstruction of years-long mobility buff.ly/Z3iRfUp

Compositional characteristics of proto-porcelain wares of the Wuyishan cluster in Southeast China buff.ly/drcBxiw

Highland and foothill pottery production technologies: A perspective from the third millennium BCE from Southwest Anatolia (Türkiye) buff.ly/Q7FsiIA

Out now – The newest issue of Archaeometry full of fantastic articles! buff.ly/wEGFdSc

Analysis of the medieval glass beads from a conquering Hungarian burial in Lužianky, Slovakia This article examines 10th-century blue and purple glass beads from a Hungarian burial in Lužianky, Slovakia, in order to determine their origin through chemical analysis. buff.ly/eHgZ3hH

The glazed tiles in Yaogang village kiln in the Ming dynasty, Nanjing, China: Unveiling the unique mysteries of their techniques and compositions through comprehensive analysis methods buff.ly/q1PS3Yq

What can lithics tell us about demography: people are not rocks (nor dates) Lithics have been used as a proxy for population size, this paper argues that those interactions do not produce fixed relationships between numbers of people and of lithic artifacts (or dates) produced. buff.ly/KqJ8oEX

Levantine Hacksilber and the flow of silver in early Mediterranean commerce This study presents a comprehensive approach to provenancing ancient silver artefacts. buff.ly/NOsJOC4

The use and production technologies of iron of the Han Dynasty in eastern Sichuan Province, China A comprehensive study of the excavated smelting remains indicating that iron smelting and forging activities were taking place at the site of Luojiaba. buff.ly/nR7h7yo

What can lithics tell us about the evolution of learning and development? Find out in this new article published in Archaeometry! buff.ly/uhyD5xu

Our June issue is out now featuring great articles on a range of topics including iron working, analysis of wooden remains, and so much more! buff.ly/E5ASdWk

What can lithics tell us about food production during the transition to farming? Exploring harvesting practices and cultural changes during the neolithic in Southwest Asia: a view from Qminas (north-western Syria) buff.ly/9mDIJGb

Ever wondered what eye makeup in the past was made from? Check out the new article published in Archaeometry on "Eye makeup in Northwestern Iran at the time of the Assyrian Empire: a new kohl recipe based on manganese and graphite from Kani Koter (Iron Age III)" buff.ly/bWrRoty

Read about 5th century CE glass finds in "Insights into late Sasanian glass workshop at the city of Istakhr, Fras" buff.ly/Rc8wRIV

Our special issue on Chronological Modelling is out now! This issue features 9 articles that provide a snapshot of current research on approaches to chronology in archaeology. buff.ly/ITt4x5n

Archaeometry welcomes a new Editorial Coordinator to our editoral office. Rachel Cartwright will be working part time to help the editors manage submitted papers,

High-resolution compound-specific δ15N isotope dietary study of humans from the Scottish Mesolithic and Neolithic buff.ly/KLlWZ3k #OpenAccess #AminoAcids #Neolithic #StableIsotopeAnalyses

Enhancing stone provenance studies through software built with language model artificial intelligence (AI): An example of ancient Calabrian quarries (southern Italy) buff.ly/LNNWz2K #OpenAccess #EarlyView #AI #FractalDimension #ImageAnalysis #Provenance #stones

Trajectories of adoption for silver and bloomery iron in China from the Spring and Autumn period (c. 770–476 BC) buff.ly/H9f7O8B #OpenAccess #EarlyView #AncientChina #CastIron #innovation #PrestigeMetals #Technology

Comparative effectiveness of techniques for examining the canvas, paint, and the pictorial structure of 16th- and 17th-century Chinese paintings buff.ly/fKiHiB2 #EarlyView #Analysis #paintings #restoration #StereoMicroscope #verification #XrayImaging

Tracing the origin of Roman mosaic tiles in Aquileia: Petrographic analysis of specimens from the suburbium buff.ly/CbBWvXo #OpenAccess #EarlyView #Aquileia #lithics #mosaic #petrography #tesserae

Accessory minerals: a provenancing tool for steatite quarries buff.ly/dFpwnMQ #OpenAccess #EarlyView #AccessoryMinerals #FEOxide #LAICPMS #provenance #Scandinavia #spinel #steatite #TraceElementMaps #VikingAge

We've just started using a new editorial management system. This will help us provide a better service to authors & reviewers. Apologies if there are delays responding to submissions or enquiries for the next couple of weeks while our staff & editors learn the new system

Our article on 5th- to 7th-century Anglo-Saxon silver alloys is published in @archaeometry.bsky.social. Based on the first substantial dataset of non-surface samples for the period, we argue for the direct involvement of jewellery in a bullion economy in 6th-century Kent: doi.org/10.1111/arcm...

Tracking Bronze age ‘itinerant smiths’ in western Poland: insights from Nd and Sr isotope data buff.ly/SyTxlU3 #OpemAccess #CastingMoulds #LateBronzeAge #MetallurgistsGraves #NeodymiumIsotopes #Poland #provenance #StrontiumIsotopes

Accessory minerals: a provenancing tool for steatite quarries buff.ly/YQJbHAf #OpenAccess #AccessoryMinerals #FeOxide #LAICPMS #provenance #Scandinavia #spinel # steatite #TraceElementMaps #VikingAge

Characterisation of Jewellery with glass and garnet inlays from the Bohemian region and Great Migration Period buff.ly/yd4Lhlx #OpenAccess #Bohemia #cloisonné #garnet #glass #gold #GreatMigrationPeriod #RamanSpectroscopy #μXRF

The staff and editors of Archaeometry wish you a happy and peaceful Easter

Archaeological applications of lead isotopic analysis to non-ferrous metals in Africa: A critical review buff.ly/p1Et8z6

What can lithics tell us about technological complexity? Reflections on and around the Hoabinhian phenomenon in the cobble world buff.ly/7Dpz6tR #obbleTools #EpistemologicalReflections #HoabinhianTechnocomplex #HomoSapiens #TechnologicalComplexity

Unveiling diverse copper trace element profiles from a single smelting site through laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometric analysis buff.ly/GVlNUgb #Archaeometallurgy #CopperPrill #LAICPMS #provenance #Shang #smelting

Archaeometric provenance study of marbles from Porphyreon and Chhim (Lebanon) and early Byzantine production specialisation buff.ly/dj6GTk6 #OpenAccess #EarlyView #cathodoluminescence #EarlyByzantinePeriod #IsotopicAnalysis #Levant #LiturgicalEquipment #marble #SEM #XrayDiffraction

Looking at the past can be a great way of building a better future. Read more in this #OpenAccess paper available in #EarlyView, 'Underutilised crops in Europe: An interdisciplinary approach towards sustainable practices' buff.ly/5CIhSTM #sustainability

Coming soon: A Special Issue on Chronological Modelling. Read one of the papers in #EarlyView, ‘A new conservative and robust Bayesian approach for the event date model in chronology building’ buff.ly/hlEfggq #OpenAccess #BayesianStatistics #MCMCmethods #TypoChronology

this is amazing -- connecting geneaologies and oral history networks with radiocarbon dates.

This paper will be in our forthcoming #Lithics special issue: What can lithics tell us about hominin technology's ‘primordial soup’? An origin of stone knapping via the emulation of Mother Nature onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #EarlyView #OpenAccess

Genealogies and oral histories as chronological networks: interfacing whakapapa (Māori genealogies) with Gregorian calendar year archaeological radiocarbon dates buff.ly/XwKPZ9I #OpenAccess #EarlyView #Aotearoa #ChronologicalModelling #Genealogies #Māori #C14dating #whakapapa

Ancient potteries of Keeladi: A multidisciplinary analysis using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy buff.ly/v0lmRvS #EarlyView #ArchaeologicalPottery #FiringTemperature #FTIR #Keeladi #XRD #XRF

Optically stimulated luminescence dating of ancient bricks from the Church of St James in Toruń, Poland buff.ly/Q3317pn #EarlyView #Dating #GothicChurch #MedievalBricks #OpticallyStimulatedLuminescence #Poland #Toruń

Cave art resilience: An interdisciplinary proposal for monitoring the state of conservation in Santimamiñe, Lumentxa, and Altxerri heritage sites (northern Iberian peninsula) buff.ly/QiQhafW #EarlyView #CaveArt #Conservation #Colorimetry

High tin or high lead: distinctive alloying practices of the pastoral Yuhuangmiao culture in Northeast China during the first millennium BCE buff.ly/CizwWwf #OpenAccess #EarlyView #bronze #CulturalExchange #Jundushan #LeadIsotopes #Yuhuangmiao

Contents of deposits from the archaeological site of Sobolów in Bochnia—A contribution to prehistoric foundry activity buff.ly/g7CIsYH #OpenAccess #EarlyView #Bronze #EDXRF #Iron #LesserPoland #LusatianCulture #Poland #SEMEDS #Sobolów