OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Archaeometry is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Investigating the formation and diagnostic value of ω‐(o‐alkylphenyl)alkanoic acids in ancient pottery	39
A field guide to mortar sampling for radiocarbon dating*	18
From commodity to money: The rise of silver coinage around the Ancient Mediterranean (sixth–first centuries bce)	17
From acoustics to underwater archaeology: Deep investigation of a shallow lake using high‐resolution hydroacoustics—The case of Lake Lednica, Poland	16
Classification of archaeological adhesives from Eastern Europe and Urals by ATR‐FT‐IR spectroscopy and chemometric analysis	14
The earliest lacquerwares of China were discovered at Jingtoushan site in the Yangtze River Delta	13
The rise of the cosmetic industry in ancient China: Insights from a 2700‐year‐old face cream	13
The prestigious tin–lead horse fittings in the Warring States Period: Evidence from funerary artefacts of a Warring States Tomb at Shouxian, Anhui	12
Revisiting the lead isotopic compositions of the Shang bronzes at Hanzhong and the new hypothesis of Qinling as the source of highly radiogenic lead	12
μRate: An online dose rate calculator for trapped charge dating	12
On the Red and Yellow Pigments of Post‐Byzantine Greek Icons*	12
Heat treatment significantly increases the sharpness of silcrete stone tools	12
First large‐scale provenance study of pigments reveals new complex behavioural patterns during the Upper Palaeolithic of south‐western Germany	12
Geochemical evidence for the manufacture, logistics and supply‐chain management of Emperor Qin Shihuang's Terracotta Army, China	11
Pilot study comparing the effects of thinning processes on the cross‐sectional morphologies of Early and Late Acheulian handaxes	11
Strontium isotope analysis in ancient glass from South Asia using portable laser ablation sampling	11
Handheld methods in archaeological research on large copper alloy assemblages: HH‐XRF against HH‐LIBS	10
From OXALID to GlobaLID: Introducing a modern and FAIR lead isotope database with an interactive application	10
Beads for the nomads of late antiquity: Chemical characterization of glass from the Blemmyan tumuli at Kalabsha, Nubia, of the mid‐fourth century CE	10
Evaluation of Quantitative XRF Analysis Applied to Determine Cobalt Sources in Chinese Blue‐and‐White Porcelain	9
Combined use of infrared imaging techniques for the study of underlying features in the Santa Maria in Cosmedin altarpiece	9
Calcareous nannofossils in medieval mortar and mortar‐based materials: A powerful tool for provenance analysis	8
Is a focus on ‘recycling’ useful? A wider look at metal mutability and the chemical character of copper alloys	8
Investigations on fire‐gilding	8
Archaeometallurgical research on the manufacture of leadmingqifrom Nanyang in Chu state during the Warring States period	7

Experimental assessment of obsidian versus chert lanceolate projectile point durability and robusticity: Semi‐static fracture strength and dynamic impact	7
Scientific analysis and research on the Warring States bronze mirrors unearthed from Changsha Chu cemetery, Hunan province, China	7
There’s more to a vessel than meets the eye: Organic residue analysis of ‘wine’ containers from shipwrecks and settlements of ancient Cyprus (4th–1st century bce)	7
Lipid Analysis of Pottery from the Early Bronze Age II Burials at Ayia Triada Cave, Southern Euboea, Greece: Evidence for Ritualized Consumption?	7
Phasing the history of ancient buildings through PCA on mortars’ mineralogical profiles: the example of the Sarno Baths (Pompeii)	7
Loose glass tesserae and lost decorations: chronology and production of mosaics from Gerasa's Northwest Quarter*	7
Fluorite used in ancient Chinese glassmaking during the 10th to 12th centuries: Evidence from glass products excavated in the capital city site of the Liao dynasty	7
Extinct species identification from late middle Pleistocene and earlier Upper Pleistocene bone fragments and tools not recognizable from their osteomorphological study by an enhanced proteomics protoc	7
Comparison of four ballistic and thrusting target materials: An experimental and Bayesian approach using static testing of stone and steel arrow tips	7
Formation of reference groups for archaeological pottery using neutron activation and multivariate statistical analyses	6
Maritime connections in the Western Mediterranean and access to copper resources in the Balearic Islands during the Late Bronze Age: Isotopic characterization of the bronze deposit at Es Mitjà Gran, M	6
Research on chemical soldering in early medieval jewellery: The case of lunula‐type Viking age ornaments	6
Spatial investigation of technological choice and recycling in copper‐base metallurgy of the South Caucasus	6
How has a Christian church been aligned towards the East? Conclusions from statistical analyses of churches built between 300 and 1300	6
Identifying mixtures of metals by multi‐isotope analysis: Disentangling the relationships of the Early Bronze Age swords of the Apa–Hajdúsámson type and associated objects	6
Delos Archaeological Marbles: A Preliminary Geochemistry‐Based Quarry Provenance Study	6
Re‐examining the age of the Affad MSA deposits in the Middle Nile Valley	6
Comparing Chemistries: Inter‐Laboratory Evaluation of Glass Bead Compositional Research in the Great Lakes Region	6
Complex raw materials and the supply system: Mineralogical and geochemical study of the jade artefacts of the Longshan Culture (2400–2000 bce) from Sujiacun site in coastal Shandong, China	6
Provenance of the white and polychrome marbles used for the architecture and sculpture of roman Sentinum (Sassoferrato, Marche, Italy)	6
The Islamic Ceramic of the Santarém Alcaçova: Raw Materials, Technology, and Trade	6
Complete reconstruction of the process and conditions during gold smelting in the 15th–17th centuries in Złoty Stok based on metallurgical slags	6
Rock surface luminescence dating of prehistoric rock art from central Iberia	6
Formation mechanism of the pinholes in brown glazed stoneware from Yaozhou kiln	5
Strontium isotope identification of possible rural immigrants in 17th century mass graves at St. Gertrude Church cemetery in Riga, Latvia	5
Stick to it! Mechanical performance tests to explore the resilience of prehistoric glues in hafting	5
Virtual unwrapping of the BISPEGATA amulet, a multiple folded medieval lead amulet, by using neutron tomography	5
Life beyond life: Repair, reuse, and recycle—the many lives of wooden objects and the mutability of trees	5
Investigation of the manufacture development of early Chinese ink in the Western Han dynasty	5
Preliminary assessment of the efficacy of nano–MgO–based dispersion for the consolidation of artificial weathered sandstone	5
Experimental assessment of plan‐view and profile‐view gross‐edge curvature on stone flake slicing efficiency	5
Chemical analyses on late antique glass finds from Histria, Romania	5
Addressing the controversial origin of the marble source used in the Phoenician anthropoid sarcophagi of Gadir (Cadiz, Spain)	5
Chemical characterization and radiocarbon dating of the rock art of Las Charcas caves, Cuba	5
Chemical and Mechanical Characterisation of White Earthenware Glazes from the Johnston‐Vieillard Manufactory (France, 19th Century)	5
Provenance Investigation of Three Marble Relief Sculptures from Ancient Corinth: New Evidence for the Circulation of the White Marble from Mani	5
Investigating the composition and application of an ancient multipurpose material discovered on the Qin Terracotta Army statues	5
Static penetration assessment of stone weapon tip geometry metrics and comparison of static and dynamic penetration depths	5
Mercury poisoning in two patients with tertiary syphilis from the Ca’ Granda hospital (17th‐century Milan)	5
Rare colour in medieval China: Case study of yellow pigments on tomb mural paintings at Xi'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang dynasty	5
New data on relevant ancient Egyptian wooden artifacts: Identification of wooden species and study of the state of conservation with multidisciplinary analyses	5
Starch grain analysis of two different types of grinding stones from the Neolithic Shuangdun site (ca. 7.3–6.8 ka BP) in eastern China	5
Iron production along the Great Wall Belt of the Han Empire: A metallurgical study of an iron smelting site in the Northern Shaanxi, China	5
The lifestyles of Bronze Age Zagros highlanders at Deh Dumen, Iran: Insights from midshaft femur cross‐sectional geometry and histology	5
Why not let them rest in pieces? Grog‐temper, its provenance and social meanings of recycled ceramics in the Baltic Sea region (2900–2300 BCE)	5
Characterization of pottery from the Neolithic Huadizui site, Henan province, China by using a multi‐analytical approach	4
Late antique glass from Salapia: Tracking production and trading networks	4
Emulation and technological adaptation in late 18th‐century cloisonné‐style Chinese painted enamels	4
Inheritance relationship between Zhanggongxiang kiln celadon and Ru Guan celadon: Comments on the rationality of Raman I_p value evaluating firing temperature	4
Deciphering the origin of small metal artefacts from Castillo de Huarmey (Peru) with Pb, Cu, and Ag isotopes	4

Recognizing heat‐treated chert: A comparison between infrared spectroscopy and fracture surface analysis	4
Petrographic and geochemical characterization of chert artifacts from Middle, Upper, and Epi‐Paleolithic assemblages in the Jebel Qalkha area, southern Jordan	4
Lead isotope analysis of Meroitic period glass from Nubia with LA‐MC‐ICP‐MS	4
An examination of Recuay kaolin pottery production and exchange through petrography and LA‐ICP‐MS (100–700 CE; Ancash, Peru)	4
Palaeopathological Study of the Mompaderno Cranium (Croatian Istria) Reveals Interpersonal Violence during Early Bronze Age	4
Global circulation of silver between Ming–Qing China and the Americas: Combining historical texts and scientific analyses	4
The influence of soil environment on the degradation of archaeological leather	4
Identifying Cohorts Using Isotope Mass Spectrometry: The Potential of Temporal Resolution and Dietary Profiles	4
Statistical analysis on metric and geometric features of dolmens in the Gor river megalithic landscape (Granada, Andalusia, Spain)	4
The origins of imperial yellow glazed porcelain in the Ming Dynasty (1,368 to 1,644) China: Technical comparison to low‐fired tile with yellow glaze	4
Approaches to interrogate the erased histories of recycled archaeological objects	4
The oldest millet herbal beer in the Europe? The ninth century BCE bronze luxury bucket from Kladina, Czech Republic	4
Investigations of the ancient ceramic sherds excavated from Börükçü site in Muğla, south‐western Turkey, by ATR‐FTIR spectroscopy and statistical multivariate analysis	4
Extending the scale of obsidian studies: Towards a high‐resolution investigation of obsidian prehistoric circulation patterns in the southern Caucasus and north‐western Iran	4
Prehistoric wooden bows and arrows in the Turpan Basin, Northwest China: Wood selection and utilization in a mosaic landscape	3
Provenance study of the glazed tiles body in the Mingzhongdu site	3
An Approach to Identify and Understand the Main Processes of Weathering that Affect the Pre‐Hispanic STELAE Located in the CALAKMUL Biosphere Reserve in Campeche, Mexico	3
Study on Cizhou‐Style Inlaid Porcelain, the Northern Song Dynasty (960–1,127 AD), China	3
Using visible derivative spectroscopy to assess flaked projectile point provenance: Application and preliminary analysis of the welling site, Ohio, U.S.A	3
Identification of surface dyeing agents of two bookbinding leathers from 19th‐century Qajar, Iran, using LC–MS, μXRF and FTIR spectroscopy	3
Testing recipes: an experimental approach to paint production processes in Levantine rock art (Spain)	3
An archaeometric study of the Konya basin metallic ware through FTIR and XRD analysis with chemometrics: Central Anatolian Early Bronze Age ceramics	3
An Isotopic Assessment of Makurian Monastic Diet at the Medieval Nubian Monastery of Ghazali, Sudan (Ca. 680–1,275 CE)	3
Minero‐petrographic characterization of fine ware from Cales (South Italy)	3
The Santa María pottery of El Bolsón valley (Catamarca, Argentina): Compositional characterization and implications on the elaboration processes, ca. 1000–1600 ce	3
Historical underground quarrying: A multidisciplinary research in the Caumont quarry (c. 13th–19th centuries), France	3
Investigating the provenance of iron bars from Les Saintes‐Maries‐de‐la‐Mer Roman shipwrecks (south‐east France) with iron isotopes	3
The mechanised testing and sequential wear‐analysis of replica Bronze Age palstave blades	3
Other ways to examine the finances behind the birth of Classical Greece	3
Overseas imports on the Blue Nile: Chemical compositional analysis of glass beads from Soba, Nubia	3
Multi‐technical study of silver denars from medieval Poland for an improved understanding of their archaeological context and provenance	3
Analytical investigation of the original painted canvas of Santa Irene, by Giuseppe Verrio (Church of Sant'Irene, Lecce, Italy)*	3
Silver recycling in the Viking Age: Theoretical and analytical approaches	3
Baubles, bangles and beads: Recycling coloured glasses in the British Iron Age and Roman periods	3
On large‐scale gilding and mosaic simulation in medieval Serbian wall painting	3
Characterization of painted beehive panels: Slovenian unique folk art creativity*	3
Cathodoluminescence microscopy for interpreting the fabric and heating process of ancient pottery: Preliminary study on the technological features of pottery from the Kur River basin	3
Middle Stone Age mineral pigment procurement at Pinnacle Point 5–6 North, Western Cape province, South Africa	3
Searching for common technological features of 19th–20th‐century mosaic mortars ascribed to the Neuhauser company	3
Tracing the origin of Chinese early white porcelain in the late sixth century—evidence from Xing kiln	3
A new method for detecting sticky rice in ancient mortar based on ELISA	3
Reconstruction of smelting conditions during 16th‐ to 18th‐century copper ore processing in the Kielce region (Old Polish Industrial District) based on slags from Miedziana Góra, Poland	3
The quantification of surface abrasion on flint stone tools	3
An absolute radiocarbon chronology for the world heritage site of Sarvestan (SW Iran): A late Sasanian heritage in early Islamic era	3
New scientific analyses reveal mixing of copper sources in the early Iron Age metal production at Ili, western China	3
Chronological discrimination of silver coins based on inter‐elemental ratios using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP‐MS)	3
Production and use of birch bark tar at the Neolithic pile‐dwelling of Palù di Livenza (North‐Eastern Italy) revealed by X‐ray computed micro‐tomography and synchrotron Fourier‐transform infrared spec	3
Could woodworking have influenced variation in the form of Acheulean handaxes?	3
Microcomputed tomography for discriminating between different forming techniques in ancient pottery: New segmentation method and pore distribution recognition	3
Characterizing the lithic raw materials from Fuente del Trucho (Asque‐Colungo, Huesca): New data about Palaeolithic human mobility in north‐east Iberia	3