Dating of prehistoric anthropogenic earthworks requires either excavation for archaeological artifacts or macroscopic organic matter suitable for 14C analysis. Yet, the former, in many cases, is undesirable and the latter is difficult to obtain. Here we present a soil science procedure, which has the potential to overcome these problems. It includes careful sampling of buried former soil surfac...

During the archaeological excavation of a multicultural settlement at the Nitra-Chrenova site (southwestern Slovakia) an assemblage of animal bone remains was revealed. In one of the settlement features dated to the Roman period a complete horse skeleton was discovered. An investigation was carried out in the hind limb of the horse’s skeleton involving macroscopic and radiographic analysis. Exo...

The current use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in maritime archaeology often emphasise their analytical capabilities however another major strength is their ability to integrate and manage large and diverse data sets. A GIS can therefore be used as a tool to aid the recording and preservation of cultural heritage sites by collecting together and presenting site information in an integr...

Khuzestan has one of the most detailed and well documented archaeological sequences in the Near East, thanks to years of excavation and survey by many researchers. This work has led to some understanding of political, economic, and social life in southwestern Iran from the time of the early villages to that of the early states and the historic empires. Over the millennia, agriculture and pastor...

The paper conducts a review questioning the usability of a web-based platform supporting archaeological excavations and related fields, which will execute on smartphones. Based on the thorough review and comparison of related work, the basic features of such a platform are outlined. The platform should support documenting content on an underlying XML database through a content management system...

The benefits of analysing and presenting archaeological spatial data in an interactive 3D environment have been discussed extensively in the literature. This paper reports of a R&D project that explored the possibilities of presenting archaeological information in virtual worlds with a specific focus on presenting and using actual documentation data captured by total stations and laser scanners...

the bakun phase, as one of most significant chalcolithic cultures of fars province attributed basic stage related to socio-economic transformation in early village societies of iran. on the basis of varied archaeological researches regarding bakun phase, revealed relatively homogenous culture on the whole of fars and some its neighbors was characterized by black on buff painted ceramic assembla...