Journal•ISSN: 0003-598X
Antiquity
About: Antiquity is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Bronze Age & Prehistory. It has an ISSN identifier of 0003-598X. Over the lifetime, 7527 publication(s) have been published receiving 96702 citation(s).
Topics: Bronze Age, Prehistory, Radiocarbon dating, Pottery, Rock art
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TL;DR: The aims and relevance of the so-called "new archaeology" have been discussed in this article, where the author sets out his considered views on the name and nature of archaeology, some of which he has already discussed in his book "Analytical archaeology".
Abstract: We published last year two articles dealing with the aims and relevance of the so-called ‘new archaeology’: thefirst was by Professor Richard Watson (1972, 210-15) and the second by A. C . Hogarth (I972, 3OI-4). We also published a review by David Clarke of ‘Explanation in archaeology’ by P . J: Watson, S. A. LeBlanc and C . L. Redman (Ig72, 237-9). Here, Dr David Clarke, Fellow and Tutor of Peterhouse, Cambridge, sets out his considered views on the name and nature of archaeology, some of which he has already discussed in his book ‘Analytical archaeology’.
332 citations
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TL;DR: Stable-isotopic analyses of human bone, now an established aid to dietary reconstruction in archaeology, represent the diet as averaged over many years as mentioned in this paper, giving a fuller life-history for long-dead individuals.
Abstract: Stable-isotopic analyses of human bone, now an established aid to dietary reconstruction in archaeology, represent the diet as averaged over many years. Separate analysis of different skeletal components enables changes in diet and place of residence to be tracked, giving a fuller life-history for long-dead individuals.
306 citations
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TL;DR: Clark as mentioned in this paper presented an objectively derived calibration curve for radiocarbon dates which will be of great value to all archaeologists, and used this curve to calculate the calibration curve of the C I ~ calibration.
Abstract: DY Malcolm Clark was a research student in the Department of Statistics in the University of Shefleld and when there worked in collaboration with Professor Renfrew. His Ph.D was on the statisticalproblems of C I ~ calibration, and he here presents us with an objectively derived calibration curve for radiocarbon dates which will be of great value to all archaeologists. He is now Lecturer in Statistics in the Department of Mathematics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
296 citations
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TL;DR: In a recent ANTIQUITY article (65: 767-95) Anderson presented a detailed analysis of radiocarbon dates to show that the settlement of New Zealand occurred later than previously thought as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: In a recent ANTIQUITY article (65: 767–95) Atholl Anderson presented a detailed analysis of radiocarbon dates to show that the settlement of New Zealand occurred later than previously thought. In this paper Anderson teams up with another proponent of ‘chronometric hygiene’, Matthew Spriggs (see ANTIQUITY 63: 587–613), to examine the dates for the colonization of the rest of East Polynesia. Once again the generally accepted dates for initial settlement are found wanting and a later chronology is suggested.
286 citations
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TL;DR: New Zealand was the last substantial landmass to be colonized by prehistoric people as discussed by the authors. But much depends on the precise antiquity of human colonization and this, following a long period of consensus, is now a matter of sharp debate.
Abstract: New Zealand was the last substantial landmass to be colonized by prehistoric people. Even within Oceania, where there are much smaller and more remote islands, such as Pitcairn and Easter Island, New Zealand stands out as the last-settled archipelago. Its prehistory promises, therefore, better archaeological evidence concerning prehistoric colonization of pristine land-masses than is the case anywhere else, as is apparent in the extinction of megafauna (Anderson 1989a). But much depends on the precise antiquity of human colonization and this, following a long period of consensus, is now a matter of sharp debate.
284 citations