Journal of Archaeological Science

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Archaeological Science is 5. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
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Frozen motion: Contextualizing wheel rut data within and beyond the Pompeiian street grid39
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Provenance study of the official architectural glazed tiles of Wudang Mountain in the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644 CE): Insights from Wulong Palace and Laojun Hall36
Time of occurrence and width of accentuated lines in the enamel of primary incisors from mediaeval skeletal remains from north-central Poland: A further contribution to the explanation of early childh32
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Population dynamics in the Middle Ages in Central Europe: Reconstruction based on age-at-death distributions of skeletal samples30
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Multiple luminescence dating on heated materials at the nanzuo archaeological site, central Chinese Loess Plateau25
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Mobility patterning during the Neolithic and the Bronze Age in north-central Myanmar24
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Assessing the impact of Nile water level fluctuations on the structural stability of the Philae temples in Aswan, Egypt22
Millet dominance and rice resilience at the Shang's eastern frontier: Climate, cultural interaction, and agricultural adaptation (1300–1046 BCE)22
Revealing primary forming techniques in wheel-made ceramics with X-ray microCT22
Integration of animal husbandry and millet agriculture in Bronze Age East-central Eurasia revealed by faunal stable isotopes at the Jirentai Goukou site, Xinjiang21
Phytoliths on Fire – Experimental production of heated phytoliths for analysis of archaeological sediments19
Current methods and theory in quantitative zooarchaeology19
A thousand years of Nubian supply of sub-Saharan ivory to the Southern Levant, ca. 1600–600 BCE18
Evidence for large-scale rice utilization in the Guanzhong region during the final Neolithic (ca. 4600-4000 B.P.): A case study of the Yangyuan site, Xi'an18
Assemblage first: Using provenance methods to understand 38,000 years of ochre use at Gledswood Shelter 1, Woolgar Country (northwest Queensland), Australia18
An ethnographic framework for identifying dog sledding in the archaeological record17
New chronology evidence of prehistoric human activities indicated by pottery luminescence dating in the humid subtropical mountains of South China17
Neolithic cordage-making implements at La Draga, Spain (5292-4729 cal BC): Analysis and experiment17
Corrigendum to “Bridging the crafts: lead isotopes reveal the innovation of lead-glazed pottery in Warring States China” [J. Archaeol. Sci. 182 (2025)106354]17
Ancient DNA refines taxonomic classification of Roman equids north of the Alps, elaborated with osteomorphology and geometric morphometrics17
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The identification of bird eggshell by scanning electron microscopy16
Use of thermogravimetric analysis to estimate collagen and hydroxyapatite contents in archaeological bone16
Reconstructing infant mortality in Iberian Iron Age populations from tooth histology16
The glaze is less opaque on the other side: The development of Egyptian and southern Levantine glazed ceramic production from the early Islamic to Crusader periods16
Examining the thermal synthesis conditions of Maya blue: Insights into colors, stability and clay-dye interactions16
Are crucible steel ingots isotopically homogenous? AMS radiocarbon measurements on ingots from Telangana, India15
Hydrogen isotope measurements of bone and dental tissues from archaeological human and animal samples and their use as climatic and diet proxies15
Introducing the Post-Glacial Land Adjustment Regenerator (GLARE) for simulating the Final Pleistocene/Holocene geographic change in North Europe15
Geochemical and mineralogical characterisation of vitrified waste material discovered in large quantities on Roman salt production sites along the southern North Sea coast15
Cattle domestication revisited: Middle Nile evidence suggests independent origins in Africa 10,000 years ago15
Palynology, landscape and land use: retrospect, prospect and research agendas15
Ancient DNA confirms crossbreeding of domestic South American camelids in two pre-conquest archaeological sites15
Understanding mammal resource choices and subsistence strategies during the Holocene Climate Optimum: Integration of evidence from palaeodistribution modelling, animal bones and archaeological remains15
Identifying intentional flake production at the dawn of technology: A technological and 3D geometric morphometric study15
The Salcombe metal cargoes: New light on the provenance and circulation of tin and copper in Later Bronze Age Europe provided by trace elements and isotopes15
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The tempo of the Iberian megalithic rituals in the European context: The cemetery of Panoría14
A method for constructing demographic profiles of Capra aegagrus/C. hircus using logarithm size index scaling14
Palaeogeographic reconstruction of the Main Harbour of the ancient city of Delos (Greece)13
A new archaeological method to reveal the arrival of cereal farming: Development of a new method to extract and date of carbonised material in pottery and its application to the Japanese archaeologica13
Visual sensing on marine robotics for the 3D documentation of Underwater Cultural Heritage: A review13
Climate-driven early agricultural origins and development in the Nile Delta, Egypt13
Could carbohydrates from food-animals have supported a balanced diet for Neanderthals?13
Ancient DNA-based sex determination of bison hide moccasins indicates Promontory cave occupants selected female hides for footwear12
The historical ecology of subsistence and early commercial fisheries in mangrove systems in Brazil12
Evidence of temporal changes in the marine 14C reservoir in the South Pacific and implications for improved dating resolution across a radiocarbon plateau (2600-2350 cal BP)12
Trauma or taphonomy? A forensic reassessment of perimortem cranial trauma in burials from the Phaleron cemetery (Archaic Athens, Greece)12
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Botanical collections as an opportunity to explore nature through the time: An untargeted metabolomic study in historical and modern Nicotiana leaves12
Erratum to “Seasonality of birth and diet of pigs from stable isotope analyses of tooth enamel (δ18O, δ13C): A modern reference data set from Corsica, France” [J. Archaeol. Sci. 39 (7) (2012) 2023–20312
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FTIR spectra combined with machine learning to reveal the amber trade during the Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE)11
A comparative approach to GIS modelling of terrestrial mobility in archaeological sites. The iron age hillfort of Villasviejas del Tamuja as a study case11
The afterlife of Roman roads in England: insights from the fifteenth-century Gough map of Great Britain11
Narrowing provenance for ancient Greek silver coins using Ag isotopes and Sb contents of potential ores11
Understanding the human settlement of the Pacific – Are we there yet?11
3D visualization of bioerosion in archaeological bone11
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A method for constructing demographic profiles of Ovis orientalis/O. aries using Logarithm Size Index scaling11
Comparative study of Bronze Age ceramic moulds reveals diachronic and spatial change in mould material processing in the Central Plain of China, c. 13th-3rd century BCE11
Identify the genus origin of animal glue used in Chinese historical mortars using a new DNA mini-barcoding method11
Revolution and Resilience: A multianalytical approach to the study of diet, metabolic stress, and life experiences in Revolutionary Philadelphia11
Reliability and validity in determining the relative chronology between neighbouring scars on flint artefacts11
Material characterisation of the Neo-Assyrian writing boards from Nimrud10
Early legume exploitation in Neolithic southern China: Starch residues evidence from the middle Yangtze River10
Corrigendum to “Improved thermoluminescence dating for heterogeneous, multilayered, and overlapped architectures: A case study with the Oc Eo archaeological site in Vietnam” [J. Archaeol. Sci. 155 (2010
Past rainfall patterns in Southeast Asia revealed by microanalysis of δ18O values in human teeth10
A multi-scalar reassessment of dietary isotopic variability in bioarchaeology: Differentiating secular and inter-individual variation10
An unexpected demographic regime: The western necropolis of the Greek colony of Himera (Sicily, Italy) (550-409 BCE)10
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Crafting excellence: reconstructing the mould technology of Shang period bronze ritual vessels at Anyang, China9
Multi-sensor drone survey of ancestral agricultural landscapes at Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico9
Introducing SourceXplorer, an open-source statistical tool for guided lithic sourcing9
From archival historiography to 3D modelling: An accurate reconstruction of the Palaeolithic landscape in El Castillo Cave to explore the spatial dynamics of hand stencil dispersion9
Dating dry-stone walls with rock surface luminescence: A case study from the Italian Alps9
A filter for characterizing the ridge-drainage continuum in digital elevation models9
Ostrich eggshell bead size variation: The impacts of material and technology on bead diameter9
Life, death and environment at Lagore Crannog: Parasites, land-use and a royal residence in later prehistoric and early medieval Ireland9
Physicochemical analysis of grey pigments from pre-Columbian archaeological ceramics from the sites of Alto del Cardal and Nuevo Corinto (Costa Rica): First identification of fired bone mixtures in Ce9
Method for generating foodplant fitness landscapes: With a foodplant checklist for southern Africa and its application to Klasies River Main Site9
Tracking 4000 years of raptor diets through isotope analysis reveals urban scavenging with implications for conservation9
Applying habitat suitability modelling to establish the species identity of ambiguous animal depictions in archaeology: new insights into the wild bovids of ancient Egypt9
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The effects of resources and population expansion on female–male protein consumption among hunter-gatherers9
'JSDNE': A novel R package for estimating age quantitatively with the auricular surface by Dirichlet normal energy9
Utilization and exchange of jade in western China during the late Longshan Era (2300∼1800 BC): Evidence from Lajia site, Minhe County, Qinghai Province9
Preservation of bone organic fraction is not predictive of the preservation of bone inorganic fraction when assessing stable isotope analysis sample quality control measures9
Morphological and dietary adaptations to different socio-economic systems in Chalcolithic dogs9
Estimating the scale-dependent influence of natural terrestrial corridors on the positioning of settlements: A multi-scale study of Roman forts in Wales8
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Earthen architecture in the Mesoamerican classic period: A micromorphological approach to its manufacture process8
Discriminating dietary behaviour between wild and domestic goats using dental microwear texture: first results from a modern reference set and early Neolithic goat exploitation in the southern Levant8
Age estimation of archeological populations using secondary dentin analysis8
Points, patterns, and predictions in archaeological settlement data: site-environment relationships of Paracas and Nasca communities in the Peruvian Andes8
Human ecological impacts on islands: Exemplified by a dwarf deer (Cervidae: Mazama sp.) on Pedro Gonzalez Island, Pearl Island Archipelago, Pacific Panama (6.2–5.6 kya)8
Temporal and spatial patterns of domestic horse utilisation in northern China during the pre-Qin period8
Modelling diffusion of innovation curves using radiocarbon data8
Visions of light: New reconstruction techniques of photometric data and visual perception inside Etruscan painted tombs8
Zooarchaeological and ancient DNA identification of a non-local gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA8
Multi-site archaeobotanical analysis reveals wood-fuel supply, woodland impact and land use around Roman urban centres: The case of Barcino (Barcelona, NE Iberia)8
Nets hidden in pottery:Resurrected fishing nets in the Jomon period, Japan8
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Tin isotopes reveal changing patterns of tin trade, connectivity and consumption from Anatolia and Central Asia at Kültepe8
Dunes, death, and datasets: Modelling funerary monument construction in remote arid landscapes using spaceborne stereo imagery8
What were the colors of the Parthenon? Investigation of the entablature's cornice blocks8
An FTIR-based model for the diagenetic alteration of archaeological bones7
Decoding hunter-gatherer-knowledge and selective choice of lithic raw materials during the Middle and Later Stone Age in Eswatini7
The advent of complex metallurgy7
Coupled archaeological and ecological analyses reveal ancient cultivation and land use in Nuchatlaht (Nuu-chah-nulth) territories, Pacific Northwest7
"Celts" up the Alps. Patterns of territorial mobility and funerary variability in Switzerland during the Late Iron Age7
Micro-photogrammetry and traceology: new on-site documentation approaches using portable digital microscopes7
Reassessing the role of Polynesian rats (Rattus exulans) in Rapa Nui (Easter Island) deforestation: Faunal evidence and ecological modeling7
Beyond Pentelikon: Imported white marbles in Athenian sculptural workshops of the Roman period7
Experimental assessment of the impact of food processing on δ15N values in dietary meat – Implications for paleodietary reconstruction7
Determination of burning environment and temperature by colour and magnetic susceptibility based on heating simulation experiments and its application in Sanxingdui site in Sichuan, China7
Moated site object detection using time series satellite imagery and an improved deep learning model in northeast Thailand7
A new method for fingerprinting ochre sources using mineral magnetic measurements7
Permanent signatures of birth and nursing initiation are chemically recorded in teeth7
Bioarchaeological perspectives on the ancient Han-Xiongnu war: Insights from the Iron Age site of Bayanbulag6
The 12th century bronze doors of Bonanno di Pisa in Monreale and Pisa: Materials and manufacture6
Geometric morphometric analysis sheds new light on silver bullion production systems of the Southern Song period6
A generative model for exploring differences in mortality associated with stressor exposure risk in bioarchaeological contexts6
Utilising ancient DNA to understand crop population dynamics across a millennium: A case study of archaeological barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) from Gran Canaria, Spain6
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Identification of age at death in red deer (Cervus elaphus) through the upper dentition: Eruption pattern, wear stage and crown heights6
Seafaring megaliths: A geoarchaeological approach to the Matarrubilla giant stone basin at Valencina (Spain)6
Anemia, cribra cranii and elemental composition using portable X-ray fluorescence: A study in individuals from the Coimbra Identified Osteological Collections6
Dynamics of early agriculture – multivariate analysis of changes in crop cultivation and farming practices in the Rhineland (Germany) between the 6th and early 4th millennium BCE6
Mixed Sources of Pb and Sn in late Bronze Age European tin ingots provide insights into production processes6
A large-scale environmental strontium isotope baseline map of Portugal for archaeological and paleoecological provenance studies6
Blurred boundaries: Exploring the complexity of the production system at the Luomaqiao kiln in Yuan-dynasty Jingdezhen6
Studying seriality in material culture by geometric morphometrics–gold wild boars from the Arzhan-2 barrow, Tuva6
Origins of medieval lead glass ornaments in Central Europe in the light of lead isotopic analysis of finds from Wrocław and Sypniewo (Poland)6
ATR-FTIR pre-screening analyses for determining radiocarbon datable bone samples from the Kings' Valley, Egypt6
Hormones and bile acids as biomarkers for the characterization of animal management in prehistoric sheepfold caves: El Mirador case (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain)6
Southeast Asian mainland archaeological science 1964–2034: Multiscalar relations between individuals, communities and neighbouring populations during the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages (early-3rd mil6
Early transhumance recorded by the microfossils of sheep coprolites in the Tongtian Cave, China6
Is the StW 53 cranium (Sterkfontein, South Africa) the earliest evidence of tool-assisted hominin modification? New data from a neotaphonomic experiment and the virtual reconstruction of its linear ma6
As the water flows: A method for assessing river navigability in the past6
Sickle gloss texture analysis elucidates long-term change in plant harvesting during the transition to agriculture6
Faecal biomarkers as evidence of human presence in the caves of Kraków-Częstochowa Upland6
aDNA, ethnography, and facial approximations of the Teouma Lapita burials (c. 3000BP)6
Testing the efficiency of Bronze Age axes: An interdisciplinary experiment6
Multi-stage experiments in Bronze Age spear combat: insights on wear formation, trauma, and combat contexts6
Shipwreck detection in bathymetry data using semi-automated methods: Combining machine learning and topographic inference approaches6
n-Alkanes and their carbon isotopes (δ13C) reveal seasonal foddering and long-term corralling of pastoralist livestock in eastern Mongolia5
Evidence for a mid-Holocene drowning from the Atacama Desert coast of Chile5
The sedaDNA revolution and archaeology: Progress, challenges, and a research agenda5
Multi-purpose pots: Reconstructing early farmer behaviour at Lydenburg Heads site, South Africa, using organic residue analysis5
High-precision U-series dating of the late Pleistocene – early Holocene rock paintings at Tiger Leaping Gorge, Jinsha River valley, southwestern China5
Pompeian pigments. A glimpse into ancient Roman colouring materials5
Translocation of sedimentary ancient DNA in archaeological cultural deposits: Mechanism and prospects5
The chronology of archaeological assemblages based on an automatic Bayesian procedure: Eastern Iberia as study case5
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Putting South-West England on the (strontium isotope) map: A possible origin for highly radiogenic 87Sr/86Sr values from southern Britain5
Early tobacco use by populations of the interfluvial coast of Antofagasta during the Archaic period (6000–3000 BP; northern Chile): A GC-MS study of dental calculus5
Drone-based magnetometer prospection for archaeology5
The oldest dress of the Netherlands? Recovering a now-vanished, colour pattern from an Early Iron Age fabric in an elite burial5
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A bioavailable strontium isoscape of Angola with implications for the archaeology of the transatlantic slave trade5
Detecting baobab trees (Adansonia digitata) in drone imagery and evaluating their anthropogenic legacy in eastern Africa5
The first identification of composite paints with proteinaceous binder in Upper Palaeolithic (31–23 ka) organic decorations5
Chinese whispers in clay: Copying error and cultural attraction in the experimental transmission chain of anthropomorphic figurines5
Network analysis of jade artifacts in Liangzhu: Exploring the relationships between Liangzhu Ancient City, Fuquanshan, and Sidun5
NOthing goes to WAste (NOWA): A protocol to optimise sampling of ancient teeth5
Vitamin D deficiency, pregnancy, and childbirth in early medieval Milan5
Written in ‘her’ bones: Cremation and identity in Roman Beirut5
Traceological analyses of tool marks on western Iberian stelae and their replications: Stones and steel at the end of the Bronze Age5
Enamel thickness per masticatory phases (ETMP): A new approach to assess the relationship between macrowear and enamel thickness in the human lower first molar5
The earliest evidence for deformation of livestock horns: The case of Predynastic sheep from Hierakonpolis, Egypt5
Why is it so difficult to work on geochemical composition? Supervised geochemical composition data processing to study colouring iron oxide-rich rocks in archaeological contexts5
Minding the gap: The via Amerina and the Middle Tiber Valley5
Not a bathtub: A consideration of sea-level physics for archaeological models of human migration5
Rethinking early hominin toolmaking through comparative primate models5
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Sequential multi-isotope sampling through a Bos taurus tooth from Stonehenge, to assess comparative sources and incorporation times of strontium and lead5
Archaeological obsidian sourcing: Looking from the first 60 years to the next5
New scientific evidence for the history and occupants of Tomb I (“Tomb of Persephone”) in the Great Tumulus at Vergina5
Diet of Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens from macrowear analysis of mandibular molars5
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