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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
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High tin or high lead: distinctive alloying practices of the pastoral Yuhuangmiao culture in Northeast China during the first millennium BCE	16
Holocene 500‐Year Periodic Demographic Fluctuations Linked to Climate Change in Southwest China Mountains	15
One‐Class Autoencoders for Porcelain Art Attribution: The Case of William Billingsley	15
Tracing Identity in a Fragmented Past: Multi‐Proxy Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains From Dungowan Creek, New South Wales, Australia	14
Early use and production of iron in the northern Shaanxi: A perspective on iron objects excavated from the Yuejiazhuang cemetery site	13
Inferring past demographic changes at different spatial scales in Northwest Patagonia and central‐south Chile: Comparing absolute dates with molecular data	12
The Turquoise Glaze Road: From West Asia to China	11
Balancing Two Worlds: Connecting Life and Death Through Integrated Isotopic and Mortuary Evidence at the Qilicun Cemetery, China	10
Prehistoric Obsidian Travel to and Through Central Italy	10
Comment on: 'Stonehenge revisited: A geochemical approach to interpreting the geographical source of sarsen stone #58'	10
Source and Role of Bronze Coins in Maritime Trade During the Song (960–1276 ad ): Focus on New Discoveries of Underwater Copper Metal Relics in the	10
Understanding plaster production in Palaepaphos– Hadjiabdoullah , Cyprus, during the Cypro‐Classical period	10
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Lithic analysis in African archaeology: Advances and key themes	9
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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	8
Multidisciplinary Analysis Reveals Artemisia‐Qu Brewed Chinese Yellow Wine in a Jin Dynasty Porcelain Chicken Drumstick Shaped Vase (	8
Biases on Archaeomagnetic Dating Using Global Paleoreconstructions	8
Analysis of alterations and damages at the Neolithic earthen settlement and agricultural cultivation site in Tianluoshan, China	8
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Mold‐deteriorated archaeological Egyptian papyri: Biodeteriogens, monitoring the deterioration, and treatment approach	8
Beyond painted pottery: a longue durée story of ceramic technology in prehistoric Northwest China	7
Modelling Patterns of Past Inundation Processes Combining Geoarchaeology and Morphometric Hydrological Analysis in the Shashe‐Limpopo Basin, South Africa	7
Trajectories of adoption for silver and bloomery iron in China from the Spring and Autumn period (c. 770–476 BC)	7

Minero‐chemical and provenance analysis of Achaemenian lapis lazuli cylinders from Persepolis	7
Islamic glass in the Christian Kingdom of Alwa: Chemistry of shards from Soba, Nubia, Sudan	7
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Experimental research on the integrated treatment of de‐acidification and reinforcement of paper cultural relics by electrosorption	6
International trade of lead for glazed tile production in ancient East Asia	6
The Complexity of ESR Signals in Tooth Enamel Fragments, A Comparison of Examples from Jebel Irhoud (Morocco) and Broken Hill (Zambia)	6
Testing an Easy‐to‐Use RGB to Munsell Digital Method for Color Characterization of Late Stone Age Industries, Ceramic Artifacts, and Iron Oxide Pigments	6
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Temporal relations in archaeology: a survey and a new typology	6
Response of Remote Tropical West Pacific Islands to Climate Variability: A Multiproxy Record From T‐Lake, Palau, Spanning the Early Holocene to Present	6
Melle but not Melle? A mine’s mint as a hub for Carolingian silver coinage recycling	6
Unveiling the Deity: The Painted Decoration of a 9th‐Century Tang Dynasty Daoist Statue at Heming Mountain Grottoes, Sichuan	6
The analysis of two historic fired artificial stonewares: Coade stone (18th–19th centuries) and a recent discovery from Oxnead Hall, Norfolk (16th–17th centuries)	6
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Research on the classification of ancient silicate glass artifacts based on machine learning	6
Analysis of the medieval glass beads from a conquering Hungarian burial in Lužianky, Slovakia	6
Optically stimulated luminescence dating of ancient bricks from the Church of St James in Toruń, Poland	6
It was a dog's breakfast! A radiocarbon and isotope‐based study of dogs exploring dietary change during the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition in Denmark	6
The evolution of strength, elasticity and rupture behaviour of birch tar made with ‘double‐pot’ techniques during tar cooking	6
Micro‐CT‐assisted determination of the shattering and non‐shattering phenotypes of charred rice spikelet bases from archaeological sites: a new methodological approach	5
Variation in human bone bioerosion during the Late Eneolithic/Bronze Age in Moravia (Czech Republic): A novel approach to BSE‐SEM image quality and quantity assessment	5
On the formation of charred millet aggregates in archaeological assemblages	5
Crafting Brilliance: The Artistry and Legacy of Adakkaputhur Intermetallic γ‐Bronze Mirrors (Cu ₄₁ Sn ₁₁	5
The Fiery Eyes of a Maenad: Origin Determination of Faceted Garnet Eye Inlays in a Roman Bronze Bust From Southern Tyrol	5
Morphological and Morphometric Analysis of Animal Hair From 18th Century Burial Sites in Mazamet (Southwest France)	5
Chemical composition of early modern and modern window glass from archaeological excavations in Prague‐Hradčany, Czech Republic	5
Study on the source of raw material and firing technique of glazed tiles bodies in the Ming Imperial palace site, Nanjing, China	5
A Diachronic Archaeometallurgy Study of Metal Fishhooks in Huanchaco: Alloys and Manufacturing Techniques	5
The earliest metal in western Tibet: Evidence from the Gepa Serul cemetery	5
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The emperor's new glass: The introduction of Carolingian wood ash glass in North Sea trade	5
Contents of deposits from the archaeological site of Sobolów in Bochnia—A contribution to prehistoric foundry activity	5
The Material Basis of 18th‐Century Meissen Porcelain	5
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Earliest known well‐preserved flour comestibles unearthed in the Wupu Cemetery in Hami, Xinjiang, China	4
Investigating relationships among strontium, barium, and seasonality in wild baboons	4
A multi‐analytical approach to understand El Alto‐Ancasti's painted pottery (north‐western Argentina): Non‐invasive and micro‐invasive analyses of vessel's paintings from El Taco 19	4
Biometric Analysis of Giant and Large Murid Remains From Matja Kuru 2, Timor‐Leste	4
XRF Analysis of Village and Urban Basalt Architecture in the Hippos Territorium during the Roman Period	4
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ArchaeoPyDating: A new user‐friendly release for archaeomagnetic dating	4
Compositional characteristics of proto‐porcelain wares of the Wuyishan cluster in Southeast China	4
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)	4
Assessing the Vulnerability of an Inuit Archaeological Site in a Changing Periglacial Environment: A Novel Multimethod Geophysical Approach in Arctic Geoarchaeology	4
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Trace Element Patterns in Juvenile Wild Chimpanzee Dentitions	4
Neolithic burial pottery from the Jiaojia site, China: A multi‐analytical study	4
High‐resolution compound‐specific δ¹⁵N isotope dietary study of humans from the Scottish Mesolithic and Neolithic	4
Scandal at the Albrechtsburg: The Hoym–Lemaire affair and its impact on the early 18th‐century development of pigment technology at the Meissen Manufactory	4
The ornamentation steps of the Bull Rotunda of the Lascaux cave give new insights into the Upper Palaeolithic natural life cycle	4

Thermal profiles in varied experimental firings: Implications for different clays and archaeomagnetism	4
Simultaneous Deacidification and Reinforcement of Aged Paper via In Situ Polymerization of Inorganic Ionic Oligomers	4
Chert sourcing using LIBS: The case of Cova del Parco, Spain	4
What Can Lithics Tell Us About Dispersals: North‐Eastern Africa as a Case Study	4
Human ancient DNA analysis in Latin America: Current state and challenges	4
The Origin and Circulation of Cinnabar in Neolithic Age of China: Evidence From Sulfur and Mercury Isotope Analysis	4
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Identification of Potassium‐Rich Faience From Spring and Autumn Period Cemeteries in Shaan'xi Province, China	4
A Newly Discovered Tablet‐Making Facility in Nineveh: Insights From Scientific Analysis	4
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Unearthing the shadows of history: Chemical traces of Second World War atrocities in the Szpęgawski Forest and Death Valley, Poland	3
Reconstructing the social structure of kinship members in the Central Plains during the Late Shang and Western Zhou dynasties in China: A stable isotopic study on the Xisima site	3
Realizing high photothermal conversion efficiency in traditional Chinese purple (BaCuSi₂O₆) pigment	3
A feast: Indigenous production and interregional exchange reflected by the bronze vessels unearthed from Shuangyuan Village Cemetery in southwestern China	3
Staple food and possible famine food in Han Dynasty Guanzhong: Archeobotanical and stable isotopic perspectives	3
Genealogies and oral histories as chronological networks: interfacing whakapapa (Māori genealogies) with Gregorian calendar year archaeological radiocarbon dates	3
Provenance Analysis Based on Cluster In‐Betweenness and Support Vector Machines: Identifying Migrant Candidates Using Multi‐Isotope Fingerprints	3
Petrographic and geochemical analyses of pottery from Wadi Tanuf, Oman: Approaching pottery production in south‐eastern Arabia during the second and first millennia BCE	3
Scientific study of the pigments and binders used in mural painting from the 16th‐century ce St Mary's Church of Cheriapally, Kottyam, Kerala, and it	3
The stratigraphic biography of an archaeological site. Timing depositional events	3
An archaeometric study of the Konya basin metallic ware through FTIR and XRD analysis with chemometrics: Central Anatolian Early Bronze Age ceramics	3
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Chemical Composition and Provenance of Bead Glass From Medieval and Postmedieval Ethiopia	3
Historical lime‐based flooring mortars from the Church of Santa Maria de Alcobaça monastery (12th century), Portugal: A multi‐analytical approach	3
Iron production in the ancient Loulan state of Lop Nor region, southern Xinjiang	3
Levantine Hacksilber and the flow of silver in early Mediterranean commerce	3
Scientific Research on Terracotta Tiles From the Chengcun City Site of Han Dynasty, Wuyishan	3
Multianalytical Studies on the Mural Painting of Yongle Palace in Shanxi Province, China	3
Revealing Disappearance Patterns in Murals Heavily Contaminated by Soot Based on Hyperspectral Imaging	3
The exploitation of silver deposits in early medieval Europe: some documentary, economic and social problems	3
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Geological Approach to Lithic Landscape During the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene in the Southern Puna of the Atacama Desert (25°–27° S, 3200–5000 m a.s.l.)	3
Investigating Technology and Raw Materials Source of the Archaic and Classical Architectural Terracottas From the Athenaion in Castro (Apulia, Italy)	3
A mineralogical and geochemical database of Fe‐bearing mineral pigments from the south‐eastern alpine region	3
Application of instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) to ceramics and clay sources for the late period ( c . 950 years BP) in the Southern Argen	3
Characterization of archaeological lime mortars in a Ming dynasty tomb: A multi‐analytical approach	3
The production of terra sigillata in Arezzo, Central Italy: an archaeometric investigation	3
Taking shape: A new geometric morphometric approach to quantifying dental fluctuating asymmetry and its application to the evaluation of developmental stress	3
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Firing technology and physicochemical basis for porcelain from the Xing kiln in the late sixth century	3
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Archaeological applications of lead isotopic analysis to non‐ferrous metals in Africa: A critical review	3
Investigations on fire‐gilding	3
Iron artefacts used at an ancient jade mine in the Hexi Corridor: a technical observation	3
Regional and interregional networks of ancient Eleon during the early 12th century BCE as seen from the petrographic and neutron activation analyses of pottery	3
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Comparing Clovis and Folsom fluting via scaling analysis	3
Multimethod characterization of terracotta figurines and lime mortar from the elite burials Shoroon Bumbagar I and II, Mongolia	3
Beads of Alexandria: Non‐invasive analysis of glass from Roman, Late Antique and Islamic Kom el‐Dikka, Egypt	3
Nitrogen cycling in western India as revealed by nitrogen isotopes, and the historic production of saltpetre	3
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Characterization of historical mortar from Huilongguan temple site in Wudang Mountain, Hubei province, China	3