Mineral Raw Materials
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Siderophores are a class of biogenic macromolecules that have high affinities for metals in the environment, thus could be exploited for alternate sustainable metal recovery technologies. Here, we assess the role of siderophores in the... more
‘Herbert Marcuse and the Legacy of One Dimensional Man’, International Herbert Marcuse Society Conference, https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/rbml/files/2014/09/One-Dimensional-Man-at-Fifty-Conference-Program1.pdf
This monograph connects to the research results Petar Milojević presented in his graduation paper titled “The Survey of potential Paleolithic sites in the region of the Sokobanja basin and closer vicinity” the research for which was... more
This open access peer-reviewed book presents a wide overview of certain aspects of the pottery analysis and summarizes most of the methodological and theoretical information currently applied in archaeology in order to develop wide and... more
As the last one of a series of ten monographies, the above title covers a summary of basic resesarch projects carried out in the primary and secondary sources of criticel elements in Hungary, University of Miskolc, in the frame of the... more
Raw materials constitute an integral part of the industrial base of any country. Such raw materials may form the source of the required input into other industries or they may be distinct. Where such downstream industries do not exist,... more
This paper intends to analyse problem-solving strategies in the context of the war in Afghanistan. The following chapters will first set the scene of the conflict and then attempt to come up with a possible way of ending hostilities.... more
Guest editorial – Silcrete as a lithic raw material in global context: Geology, sourcing and prehistoric techno-economics
Extractive industry academic partnership for higher education.
SNELA 2022 ‘Archaeology and Anthropology of Resource Use in the Near East’ is dedicated to resource use at the regional level with special emphasis on anthropological perspectives. While there is not a strict temporal frame, research... more
This paper documents a comprehensive study of thirty-two stamped bricks found in territory of the ancient town of Cosa (Ansedonia, Grosseto). The geographical distribution of these materials distinguished ‘municipal’ productions, i.e.... more
En el yacimiento prehistórico de Antoliñako koba (Gautegiz-Arteaga, Bizkaia), han aparecido sílex exóticos que pueden haber circulado una larga distancia desde su fuente de aprovisionamiento. Las similitudes externas de los sílex de... more
The European Green Deal is the new strategy for economic growth adopted by the European Commission (EC) in late 2019. One of the most important tasks in the realisation of this strategy is the mobilisation of the industry for a clean and... more
The main objective of this study was to provide a methodological insight in the archaeometric field of ceramic provenance and technology, through the identification of the scale of representative differences in terms of clay composition.... more
Report about FTIR analysis for Mentesh Tepe material (stone beads, paste beads, flint, jaspers...)
2nd Workshop ANR-DFG Kura in Motion!, 26-27th February 2015, Collège de France, Paris.
2nd Workshop ANR-DFG Kura in Motion!, 26-27th February 2015, Collège de France, Paris.
The investigation of an early Roman period settlement at Slepotice (Pardubice District) yielded, among others, a considerable collection of stone artefacts of various dates, showing differing degrees of complexity. These collections of... more
In this paper the first data ate given about the source areas of silica materials in the Eastem atea of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin during the Upper Pleistocene and the Holocene. Those outcrops whose chert has been identified for this... more
La prospección sistemática de las Sierras Marginales Catalanas (SMC) y el sector oriental de la Cuenca del Ebro ha permitido catalogar los recursos de sílex de esta región. Su posterior estudio mediante métodos petrográficos... more
Special Issue: Silcrete as a lithic raw material in global context: Geology, sourcing and prehistoric techno-economics
This paper presents the results of the analyses of raw material used in the production of chipped stone tools collected during the excavation of Rug Bair. Through the analyses of the stone artifacts, an attempt was made at constructing a... more
A brief presentation of the history of research on variscite use in Neolithic and Chalcolithic Portugal is the framework within which the available evidence is discussed. Research has focused on the distinction between the various “green... more