OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Open Archaeology 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
Algorithmic Agency and Autonomy in Archaeological Practice	16
On the Emerging Supremacy of Structured Digital Data in Archaeology: A Preliminary Assessment of Information, Knowledge and Wisdom Left Behind	12
Andronovo Problem: Studies of Cultural Genesis in the Eurasian Bronze Age	11
Filling the Void in Archaeological Excavations: 2D Point Clouds to 3D Volumes	11
Expanding Field-Archaeology Education: The Integration of 3D Technology into Archaeological Training	11
Sicily Before the Greeks. The Interaction with Aegean and the Levant in the Pre-colonial Era	10
The Roman Food System in Southern Pannonia (Croatia) From the 1st–4th Century A.D.	8
Heritage Artefacts in the COVID-19 Era: The Aura and Authenticity of 3D Models	8
Born-Digital Logistics: Impacts of 3D Recording on Archaeological Workflow, Training, and Interpretation	8
Dynamic Collections: A 3D Web Infrastructure for Artifact Engagement	8
Pastoral Practices, Bedding and Fodder During the Early Neolithic Through Micromorphology at Cova Colomera (Southeastern Pre-Pyrenees, Iberia)	8
Visualizing Archaeologists: A Reflexive History of Visualization Practice in Archaeology	8
Analysis by pXRF of Prehistoric Obsidian Artifacts From Several Sites on Ustica (Italy): Long-Distance Open-Water Distribution From Multiple Island Sources During the Neolithic and Bronze Ages	7
A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Early Neolithic Pyrotechnological Structures. The Case Study of Portonovo (Marche, Italy)	7
New Evidence from Galeria da Cisterna (Almonda) and Gruta do Caldeirão on the Phasing of Central Portugal’s Early Neolithic	6
Developing a Reference Collection for Starch Grain Analysis in Early Neolithic Western Temperate Europe	6
3D Reconstructions as Research Hubs: Geospatial Interfaces for Real-Time Data Exploration of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam Domestic Interiors	6
A Very Early “Fashion”: Neolithic Stone Bracelets from a Mediterranean Perspective	6
Between Land and Sea: An Airborne LiDAR Field Survey to Detect Ancient Sites in the Chekka Region/Lebanon Using Spatial Analyses	5
Provenance Illusions and Elusive Paradata: When Archaeology and Art/Archaeological Practice Meets the Phygital	5
Caves, Senses, and Ritual Flows in the Iberian Iron Age: The Territory of Edeta	5
Domesticated Water: Four Early Neolithic Wells in Moravia (CZ)	5
Tutankhamun’s Polychrome Wooden Shawabtis: Preliminary Investigation for Pigments and Gilding Characterization and Indirect Dating of Previous Restorations by the Combined Use of Imaging and Spectrosc	5
The Mechanisms of Neolithisation of Western Europe: Beyond a South/North Approach	5
When TikTok Discovered the Human Remains Trade: A Case Study	5

Geoarchaeological and Paleo-Hydrological Overview of the Central-Western Mediterranean Early Neolithic Human–Environment Interactions	5
Models of Neolithisation of Northeastern Iberian Peninsula: New Evidence of Human Occupations During the Sixth Millennium cal BC	5
Chipped Stone Assemblage of the Layer B of the Kamyana Mohyla 1 Site (South-Eastern Ukraine) and the Issue of Kukrek in the North Meotic Steppe Region	5
Timing and Pace of Neolithisation in the Dutch Wetlands (c. 5000–3500 cal. BC)	5
The Role of Archival Aerial Photography in Shaping Our Understanding of the Funerary Landscape of Hellenistic and Roman Cyprus	5
Melite Civitas Romana in 3D: Virtualization Project of the Archaeological Park and Museum of the Domus Romana of Rabat, Malta	5
Obsidian from the Site of Piano dei Cardoni, Ustica (Palermo, Italy): Preliminary Results on the First Occupation of the Island	5
Accepting Variation and Embracing Uncertainty: Creating a Regional Pottery Typology in South Asian Archaeology	4
Tradition in Transition: Technology and Change in Archaeological Visualisation Practice	4
A New Method for the Large-Scale Documentation of Pottery Sherds Through Simultaneous Multiple 3D Model Capture Using Structure from Motion: Phoenician Carinated-Shoulder Amphorae from Tell el-	4
Evaluation of an Online 360° Virtual Reality World Heritage Site During COVID-19	4
A 2D Geometric Morphometric Assessment of Chrono-Cultural Trends in Osseous Barbed Points of the European Final Palaeolithic and Early Mesolithic	4
On the (Non-)Scalability of Target Media for Evaluating the Performance of Ancient Projectile Weapons	4
The Neolithisation of the Adriatic: Contrasting Regional Patterns and Interactions Along and Across the Shores	4
Obsidian and Obsidian-like Glass Tesserae: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Study the Dedication Wall Mosaic in the Church of St. Mary of the Admiral in Palermo (12th Century)	4
Early Neolithic Husbandry in the Pre-Pyrenean Area. The Management of Herds at the Cova Colomera (Serra del Montsec, Spain) and Its Implications for the Early Occupation of the Region	4
The State of the Debate: Nuragic Metal Trade in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age	4
Art, Creativity and Automation. From Charters to Shared 3D Visualization Practices	4
Prehistorical Obsidian Sources in the Island of Lipari (Aeolian Islands)	4
Virtual Archaeology of Death and Burial: A Procedure for Integrating 3D Visualization and Analysis in Archaeothanatology	3
Studying the Use of Earth in Early Architecture of Southwest and Central Asia	3
Northern Connections: Interregional Contacts in Bronze Age Northern and Middle Sweden	3
Revisiting Ramla l-Ħamra Villa – New Discoveries and Observations on the Roman Villa Complex in Xagħra, Gozo	3
Skeuomorphism in Digital Archeological Practice: A Barrier to Progress, or a Vital Cog in the Wheels of Change?	3
Exploring the Broad Spectrum: Vegetal Inclusions in Early Neolithic Eastern Balkan Pottery	3
Early Neolithic Settlement Patterns in the Polish Lowlands – A Case Study of Selected Micro-Regions in Eastern Kuyavia	3
Investigating the Early-to-Late Mesolithic Transition in Northeastern Italy: A Multifaceted Regional Perspective	3
Non-Spatial Data and Modelling Multiscale Systems in Archaeology	3
Similarities and Differences Between Italian Early Neolithic Groups: The Role of Personal Ornaments	3
Terminal Ballistics of Stone-Tipped Atlatl Darts and Arrows: Results From Exploratory Naturalistic Experiments	3
Legacy in the Making – A Knowledge Infrastructural Perspective on Systems for Archeological Information Sharing	3
C.A.P.I. Project in the Making: 3D Applications at Poggio Imperiale Between Materiality and Virtual Reality (Poggibonsi, IT)	3
Chemical Characterization of Vitreous Finds from Cosenza Cathedral (Calabria – Italy) by the Combined Use of Analytical Techniques	3
Archaeometric Characterization of Obsidian Artifacts at Casa dei Francesi (Ustica Island, Italy) and Clues of a Hidden Prehistoric Settlement	3
Neolithic Long Barrows and Enclosures as Landmarks of Ritual Landscape of Central and North Bohemia	3
Urban Success and Urban Adaptation Over the Long Run	3
Animist Ontologies in the Third Millennium BCE? Hunter-Gatherer Persistency and Human–Animal Relations in Southern Norway: The Alveberget Case	3
Communities Beyond Society: Divergence of Local Prehistories on the Bothnian Arc, Northern Europe	3
Fish and Chaps: Some Ethnoarchaeological Thoughts on Fish Skin Use in European Prehistory	3