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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Geological constraints on the use of lead isotopes for provenance in archaeometallurgy	56
Investigating the formation and diagnostic value of ω‐(o‐alkylphenyl)alkanoic acids in ancient pottery	31
pXRF method development for elemental analysis of archaeological soil	26
Is Cross‐Section Shape a Distinct Feature in Plant Fibre Identification?	20
From acoustics to underwater archaeology: Deep investigation of a shallow lake using high‐resolution hydroacoustics—The case of Lake Lednica, Poland	20
Arctic archaeological sites threatened by climate change: A regional multi‐threat assessment of sites in south‐west Greenland	18
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)	16
New Italian directional and intensity archaeomagnetic reference curves for the past 3000 years: Insights on secular variation and implications on 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
Pilot study comparing the effects of thinning processes on the cross‐sectional morphologies of Early and Late Acheulian handaxes	11
The rise of the cosmetic industry in ancient China: Insights from a 2700‐year‐old face cream	11
Smalt production in the Ore Mountains: Characterization of samples related to the production of blue pigment in Bohemia	11
Classification of archaeological adhesives from Eastern Europe and Urals by ATR‐FT‐IR spectroscopy and chemometric analysis	11
Geochemical evidence for the manufacture, logistics and supply‐chain management of Emperor Qin Shihuang's Terracotta Army, China	10
First large‐scale provenance study of pigments reveals new complex behavioural patterns during the Upper Palaeolithic of south‐western Germany	10
Revisiting the lead isotopic compositions of the Shang bronzes at Hanzhong and the new hypothesis of Qinling as the source of highly radiogenic lead	10
Evaluating copper isotope fractionation in the metallurgical operational chain: An experimental approach	10
Lead isotopic analyses of copper ores in the Early Bronze Age central Hexi Corridor, north‐west China	10
The earliest lacquerwares of China were discovered at Jingtoushan site in the Yangtze River Delta	9
Characterization of ancient building lime mortars of Anhui province, China: A multi‐analytical approach	9
Handheld methods in archaeological research on large copper alloy assemblages: HH‐XRF against HH‐LIBS	9
Beads for the nomads of late antiquity: Chemical characterization of glass from the Blemmyan tumuli at Kalabsha, Nubia, of the mid‐fourth century CE	9
Temporary consolidation and packaging of fragile cultural relics at underwater archaeological sites to maintain their original state during extraction	9

Strontium isotope analysis in ancient glass from South Asia using portable laser ablation sampling	9
Combined use of infrared imaging techniques for the study of underlying features in the Santa Maria in Cosmedin altarpiece	8
Techniques of Blue, Green, and White Faience Bead Production Used at the Early Bronze Age Central Anatolian Site of RESULOĞLU (Turkey)	8
The prestigious tin–lead horse fittings in the Warring States Period: Evidence from funerary artefacts of a Warring States Tomb at Shouxian, Anhui	8
Between east and west: Glass beads from the eighth to third centuries bce from Poland	8
Calcareous nannofossils in medieval mortar and mortar‐based materials: A powerful tool for provenance analysis	8
μRate: An online dose rate calculator for trapped charge dating	8
Is a focus on ‘recycling’ useful? A wider look at metal mutability and the chemical character of copper alloys	8
Lipid Analysis of Pottery from the Early Bronze Age II Burials at Ayia Triada Cave, Southern Euboea, Greece: Evidence for Ritualized Consumption?	7
Compositional characterization of Etruscan earthen architecture and ceramic production	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
Evaluation of Quantitative XRF Analysis Applied to Determine Cobalt Sources in Chinese Blue‐and‐White Porcelain	7
From OXALID to GlobaLID: Introducing a modern and FAIR lead isotope database with an interactive application	7
The technology of Copper Age funerary pottery from Central Italy: An integrated study of compositional analyses and manufacturing traces	6
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	6
Polarized light microscopy casts new light on plants used to make tapa	6
Loose glass tesserae and lost decorations: chronology and production of mosaics from Gerasa's Northwest Quarter*	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
Delos Archaeological Marbles: A Preliminary Geochemistry‐Based Quarry Provenance Study	6
The Islamic Ceramic of the Santarém Alcaçova: Raw Materials, Technology, and Trade	6
Spatial investigation of technological choice and recycling in copper‐base metallurgy of the South Caucasus	6
Investigations on fire‐gilding	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
Provenance of the white and polychrome marbles used for the architecture and sculpture of roman Sentinum (Sassoferrato, Marche, Italy)	6
Archaeometrical characterization of pigments and paintings on Pre‐Hispanic pottery from the regions of Fiambalá and Chaschuil (Catamarca, Argentina)*	6
Evaluation of Fe isotope values as a provenance tool for chert artefacts from the north‐eastern United States	6
How has a Christian church been aligned towards the East? Conclusions from statistical analyses of churches built between 300 and 1300	6
Experimental assessment of obsidian versus chert lanceolate projectile point durability and robusticity: Semi‐static fracture strength and dynamic impact	5
Re‐examining the age of the Affad MSA deposits in the Middle Nile Valley	5
Phasing the history of ancient buildings through PCA on mortars’ mineralogical profiles: the example of the Sarno Baths (Pompeii)	5
Experimental assessment of plan‐view and profile‐view gross‐edge curvature on stone flake slicing efficiency	5
Formation of reference groups for archaeological pottery using neutron activation and multivariate statistical analyses	5
Nano‐CT evaluation of totally corroded coins: A demonstration study to determine if detail might still be discernible despite the lack of internal, non‐corroded, metal	5
Static penetration assessment of stone weapon tip geometry metrics and comparison of static and dynamic penetration depths	5
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)	5
A Roman shipwreck with a cargo of Apuan marble (marmor lunense) at Punta del Francese (Stintino‐Sassari, Sardinia)	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
Comparing Chemistries: Inter‐Laboratory Evaluation of Glass Bead Compositional Research in the Great Lakes Region	5
On the similarity of tree‐ring patterns: Assessing the influence of semi‐synchronous growth changes on the Gleichläufigkeitskoeffizient for big tree‐ring data sets	5
Recognizing heat‐treated chert: A comparison between infrared spectroscopy and fracture surface analysis	4
Application of electron microprobe analysis to identify the origin of ancient pottery production from the Castillo de Huarmey, Peru	4
Identifying Cohorts Using Isotope Mass Spectrometry: The Potential of Temporal Resolution and Dietary Profiles	4
Life beyond life: Repair, reuse, and recycle—the many lives of wooden objects and the mutability of trees	4
Approaches to interrogate the erased histories of recycled archaeological objects	4
Preliminary assessment of the efficacy of nano–MgO–based dispersion for the consolidation of artificial weathered sandstone	4
Formation mechanism of the pinholes in brown glazed stoneware from Yaozhou kiln	4
Scientific analysis and research on the Warring States bronze mirrors unearthed from Changsha Chu cemetery, Hunan province, China	4
Archaeometric analysis of ceramic production in Tiwanaku state (c.500–1000 ce): An exploratory study	4
Chemical analyses on late antique glass finds from Histria, Romania	4

Addressing the controversial origin of the marble source used in the Phoenician anthropoid sarcophagi of Gadir (Cadiz, Spain)	4
Characterization of pottery from the Neolithic Huadizui site, Henan province, China by using a multi‐analytical approach	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
Complete reconstruction of the process and conditions during gold smelting in the 15th–17th centuries in Złoty Stok based on metallurgical slags	4
Composition of white paste inlay on the pottery from sites of the 10th–8th centuries bce in the northern Pontic region	4
Silver recycling in the Viking Age: Theoretical and analytical approaches	4
Building a high‐resolution chronology at the Maya archaeological site of El Palmar, Mexico	4
Strontium isotope identification of possible rural immigrants in 17th century mass graves at St. Gertrude Church cemetery in Riga, Latvia	4
The influence of soil environment on the degradation of archaeological leather	4
Application of mortar to wrap coffins in ancient Chinese tombs: Their properties, compositions and protective effect for the buried objects	4
Archaeometallurgical research on the manufacture of lead mingqi from Nanyang in Chu state during the Warring States period	4
High‐temperature performance of two‐layered ceramics and the implications for Roman crucibles	4
Iron production along the Great Wall Belt of the Han Empire: A metallurgical study of an iron smelting site in the Northern Shaanxi, China	4
Virtual unwrapping of the BISPEGATA amulet, a multiple folded medieval lead amulet, by using neutron tomography	4
The lifestyles of Bronze Age Zagros highlanders at Deh Dumen, Iran: Insights from midshaft femur cross‐sectional geometry and histology	4
Comparison of four ballistic and thrusting target materials: An experimental and Bayesian approach using static testing of stone and steel arrow tips	4
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)	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
Provenance Investigation of Three Marble Relief Sculptures from Ancient Corinth: New Evidence for the Circulation of the White Marble from Mani	3
New scientific analyses reveal mixing of copper sources in the early Iron Age metal production at Ili, western China	3
On large‐scale gilding and mosaic simulation in medieval Serbian wall painting	3
Rare colour in medieval China: Case study of yellow pigments on tomb mural paintings at Xi'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang dynasty	3
Historical underground quarrying: A multidisciplinary research in the Caumont quarry (c. 13th–19th centuries), France	3
An Isotopic Assessment of Makurian Monastic Diet at the Medieval Nubian Monastery of Ghazali, Sudan (Ca. 680–1,275 CE)	3
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	3
Late antique glass from Salapia: Tracking production and trading networks	3
Palaeopathological Study of the Mompaderno Cranium (Croatian Istria) Reveals Interpersonal Violence during Early Bronze Age	3
Research on chemical soldering in early medieval jewellery: The case of lunula‐type Viking age ornaments	3
The oldest millet herbal beer in the Europe? The ninth century BCE bronze luxury bucket from Kladina, Czech Republic	3
Global circulation of silver between Ming–Qing China and the Americas: Combining historical texts and scientific analyses	3
Gamma‐ray spectrometry in the characterization of diverse‐geometry archaeological ceramics	3
Petrographic and geochemical characterization of chert artifacts from Middle, Upper, and Epi‐Paleolithic assemblages in the Jebel Qalkha area, southern Jordan	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
Identification of surface dyeing agents of two bookbinding leathers from 19th‐century Qajar, Iran, using LC–MS, μXRF and FTIR spectroscopy	3
Investigating the composition and application of an ancient multipurpose material discovered on the Qin Terracotta Army statues	3
Investigation of the manufacture development of early Chinese ink in the Western Han dynasty	3
Inheritance relationship between Zhanggongxiang kiln celadon and Ru Guan celadon: Comments on the rationality of Raman I_p value evaluating firing temperature	3
Chronological discrimination of silver coins based on inter‐elemental ratios using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP‐MS)	3
Stick to it! Mechanical performance tests to explore the resilience of prehistoric glues in hafting	3
Could woodworking have influenced variation in the form of Acheulean handaxes?	3
Characterizing the lithic raw materials from Fuente del Trucho (Asque‐Colungo, Huesca): New data about Palaeolithic human mobility in north‐east Iberia	3
Investigating the provenance of iron bars from Les Saintes‐Maries‐de‐la‐Mer Roman shipwrecks (south‐east France) with iron isotopes	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
Analytical investigation of the original painted canvas of Santa Irene, by Giuseppe Verrio (Church of Sant'Irene, Lecce, Italy)*	3
An absolute radiocarbon chronology for the world heritage site of Sarvestan (SW Iran): A late Sasanian heritage in early Islamic era	3