Analyses of archaeological bone tool assemblages from the southeastern United States rely
principally on morphological classification systems to delineate typologies and infer artifact …

Crescents are a distinctive component of several terminal Pleistocene–early Holocene (TP–
EH) toolkits in the Far West, including the concave-based projectile point techno-complex …

An important part of any forensic case investigation is to identify, detect, locate, and analyze
the trace evidence. Microscopy is a nanoscale technology that is capable of generating …

This paper presents the first experimental archaeological study to formally compare the
physical characteristics of tattoos made on human skin using multiple pre-modern tools and …

The growing popularity of tattooing in modern culture is accompanied by an increased
interest in the practice's deep past and in identifying evidence of tattooing in archaeological …

Helga Vogel obtained a doctorate in Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology from Free University
Berlin in 2008 with a study on the intersections between material culture, mortuary practices …

Tools and techniques used to permanently mark skin prior to the introduction of the electric
tattooing machine have varied widely throughout the human past according to region …

Variability in temperature and soil moisture influenced the spread and productive potential of
maize. A new low-frequency reconstruction of US Southwest summer temperatures from …

El tatuaje ha ido transformando su significado a lo largo del tiempo, es una práctica
relacionada con la moda, el dominio de la estética sobre el cuerpo, las creencias, las …

Abstract 'Anthropologies of the Body'often view the human form as a sort of text, onto which
meanings and experiences are inscribed during people's lives, rendering the body …