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🆕 4th April 2026: Chinese Bronzes in Guadalajara (Spain) https://jbinnacle.com/2026/09/05/4th-april-2026-chinese-bronzes-in-guadalajara-spain/ #archaeology #ChineseArchaeology #Prehistory #Guadalajara #GuadalajaraSpain #Spain #travel #JBinnacle #中国西南地区青铜文明

New preprint on EcoEvoRxiv: 'Human Settlement and Water Availability at the Qa’ Shubayqa during the Terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene: Comparing Hydrological Models and Archaeological Data', https://doi.org/10.32942/X25T1T

#Archaeology #Prehistory #ComputationalArchaeology

«grave goods are overrated»

That is exactly the term indeed,
but they are not overrated.
A very big part of our knowledge about prehistory comes from grave goods.
Of course, nothing compares to finding grave goods as they emerge from the ground, but if you ever find yourself in Varna, Bulgaria (on the Black Sea), the oldest gold artefacts in the world are exhibited in the Regional Museum of History there:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varna_Necropolis>

#Chalcolithic
#CopperAge
#Eneolithic
#FifthMillennium
#Prehistory
#VarnaCemetery
#VarnaCulture
#VarnaNecropolis

@AmenZwa @penryu @dougmerritt @hackaday

#1359 Stan Beckensall - British Prehistoric Rock Art. Tempus Publishing Ltd, Stroud, 1999, 1st edition.

#StanBeckensall #TempusPublishing #RockArt #Petroglyphs #Prehistory #BookOfTheDay

Archaeoethnologica: Earth Buildings in Pre- & Protohistory - Book / Edificios em Terra na Pré- e Proto-história - Livro

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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Protohistory #architecture #house #buildings #settlement #materialculture #Europe #NearEast #Iberia #books #openaccess

Archaeoethnologica: Earth Buildings in Pre- & Protohistory - Book / Edificios em Terra na Pré- e Proto-história - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Earth Buildings in Pre- & Protohistory - Book / Edificios em Terra na Pré- e Proto-história - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Earth Buildings in Pre- & Protohistory - Book / Edificios em Terra na Pré- e Proto-história - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Earth Buildings in Pre- & Protohistory - Book / Edificios em Terra na Pré- e Proto-história - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Earth Buildings in Pre- & Protohistory - Book / Edificios em Terra na Pré- e Proto-história - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Earth Buildings in Pre- & Protohistory - Book / Edificios em Terra na Pré- e Proto-história - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Earth Buildings in Pre- & Protohistory - Book / Edificios em Terra na Pré- e Proto-história - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Earth Buildings in Pre- & Protohistory - Book / Edificios em Terra na Pré- e Proto-história - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Earth Buildings in Pre- & Protohistory - Book / Edificios em Terra na Pré- e Proto-história - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Earth Buildings in Pre- & Protohistory - Book / Edificios em Terra na Pré- e Proto-história - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Earth Buildings in Pre- & Protohistory - Book / Edificios em Terra na Pré- e Proto-história - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Earth Buildings in Pre- & Protohistory - Book / Edificios em Terra na Pré- e Proto-história - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Earth Buildings in Pre- & Protohistory - Book / Edificios em Terra na Pré- e Proto-história - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Earth Buildings in Pre- & Protohistory - Book / Edificios em Terra na Pré- e Proto-história - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Earth Buildings in Pre- & Protohistory - Book / Edificios em Terra na Pré- e Proto-história - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Earth Buildings in Pre- & Protohistory - Book / Edificios em Terra na Pré- e Proto-história - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Earth Buildings in Pre- & Protohistory - Book / Edificios em Terra na Pré- e Proto-história - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Earth Buildings in Pre- & Protohistory - Book / Edificios em Terra na Pré- e Proto-história - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Earth Buildings in Pre- & Protohistory - Book / Edificios em Terra na Pré- e Proto-história - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Earth Buildings in Pre- & Protohistory - Book / Edificios em Terra na Pré- e Proto-história - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Earth Buildings in Pre- & Protohistory - Book / Edificios em Terra na Pré- e Proto-história - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Earth Buildings in Pre- & Protohistory - Book / Edificios em Terra na Pré- e Proto-história - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: The Meada Menhir, 30 years after / O Menhir da Meada, após 30 Anos

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Archaeoethnologica: The Meada Menhir, 30 years after / O Menhir da Meada, após 30 Anos

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Archaeoethnologica: The Meada Menhir, 30 years after / O Menhir da Meada, após 30 Anos

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Archaeoethnologica: The Meada Menhir, 30 years after / O Menhir da Meada, após 30 Anos

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Archaeoethnologica: The Meada Menhir, 30 years after / O Menhir da Meada, após 30 Anos

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Archaeoethnologica: The Meada Menhir, 30 years after / O Menhir da Meada, após 30 Anos

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Archaeoethnologica: The Meada Menhir, 30 years after / O Menhir da Meada, após 30 Anos

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Archaeoethnologica: The Meada Menhir, 30 years after / O Menhir da Meada, após 30 Anos

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Archaeoethnologica: The Meada Menhir, 30 years after / O Menhir da Meada, após 30 Anos

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Archaeoethnologica: The Meada Menhir, 30 years after / O Menhir da Meada, após 30 Anos

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Archaeoethnologica: The Meada Menhir, 30 years after / O Menhir da Meada, após 30 Anos

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Archaeoethnologica: The Meada Menhir, 30 years after / O Menhir da Meada, após 30 Anos

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Archaeoethnologica: The Meada Menhir, 30 years after / O Menhir da Meada, após 30 Anos

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Archaeoethnologica: The Meada Menhir, 30 years after / O Menhir da Meada, após 30 Anos

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Archaeoethnologica: The Meada Menhir, 30 years after / O Menhir da Meada, após 30 Anos

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Archaeoethnologica: The Meada Menhir, 30 years after / O Menhir da Meada, após 30 Anos

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Archaeoethnologica: The Meada Menhir, 30 years after / O Menhir da Meada, após 30 Anos

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Archaeoethnologica: The Meada Menhir, 30 years after / O Menhir da Meada, após 30 Anos

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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Megalithic #Neolithic #menhir #heritage #conservation #restauration #books #journals #openaccess

"The eternal fire continues, but these days White Earth’s flame lives in the pilot light of a water heater and returns to the busks in a kerosene lantern when it is needed."

Very interesting piece on our #Muscogee neighbors to the west of #Tallahassee. #Florida #history #prehistory #firstnations #anthropology https://archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2016/letters-from/letter-from-florida-muscogee-creek-nation/

A Stone that Once Mattered — A Forgotten Boundary

A low-angle view of a nondescript triangular stone, half-buried in a bleak expanse of dry, brown heather. The pale sandstone stands out against the darker, tangled vegetation, with the occasional patch of golden rushes breaking the monotony. In the distance, the low hi ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/03/21/a-stone-that-once-mattered-a-forgotten-boundary/

#CaptCooksMonument #EasbyMoor #Kildale #NorthYorkMoors #neolithic #Prehistory

The Oldest Three-Dimensional Map In The World Discovered In A Paleolithic Cave Near Paris
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https://www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/01/the-oldest-three-dimensional-map-in-the-world-discovered-in-a-paleolithic-cave-near-paris/ <-- shared article
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https://doi.org/10.1111/ojoa.12316 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #cave #archeaology #3dmapping #Segognole #quartzitic #sandstone #megaclast #lagdeposit #France #ParisBasin #carving #shelter #water #hydrology #watercourses #hydrology #map #historic #geomorphology #geomorphometry #model #3dmodel #Paleolithic #huntergatherers #NoisysurÉcole #hydrographic #rivercourse #prehistory

Archaeoethnologica: The Seasonal & the Material - Book / O Sazonal e O Material - Livro

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#Archaeology #Anthropology #Ethnography #America #Asia #Europa #movility #annualcycles #pastoralism #huntergatheres #farmers #books #ritual #RitualCycle #neolithic #prehistory #temporality

Archaeoethnologica: The Seasonal & the Material - Book / O Sazonal e O Material - Livro

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#Archaeology #Anthropology #Ethnography #America #Asia #Europa #movility #annualcycles #pastoralism #huntergatheres #farmers #books #ritual #RitualCycle #neolithic #prehistory #temporality