Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Archaeology, Prague

Traces of metallurgy in the Kugitangtau and Boysuntau mountain ranges of southern Uzbekistan in the light of new slag finds from Lungi Tepa

This study presents a synthesis of published survey data together with fresh evidence for iron metallurgy from the site of Lungi Tepa in the Kugitangtau and Baysuntau mountain ranges and their piedmonts in southern Uzbekistan. To date, a total of 34 sites associated with mining a...

Every archived record an RO-Crate: A storage contract for enrichment on Fedora 6/7

The Archaeological Map of the Czech Republic (AMCR) is the national information system for archaeological fieldwork. It runs on Fedora 6.5 (F7 just being implemented), and each record is one Archival Group, so one OCFL object. In the Horizon Europe project ATRIUM we are adding ma...

Horse mandible from Plotiště nad Labem, Czech Republic, reveals a mode of equine control in the Early Bronze Age

A horse ( Equus caballus ) mandible, probably from a 4.5–5.5-year-old male, recovered from an assemblage at the Early Bronze Age fortified settlement of Plotiště nad Labem (Czech Republic), exhibits substantial remodelling. The pathology consists of severe narrowing restricted to...

A New Late Gravettian Mammoth Bone Deposit in Bukov, Ústí nad Labem, North Bohemia

Mammoth hunting and the exploitation of mammoth resources is one of the most characteristic features of the Gravettian culture in Central Europe. The exact nature of the mammoth-human relationship has been a subject of scientific debate since the first excavations of mammoth bone...

Self-reported aggressiveness does not follow facial masculinization in diverse South Asian populations

Abstract It has been suggested that sexually dimorphic facial traits are related to competitive behavior and aggression, but empirical evidence remains inconsistent and is based on a small number of populations and culturally homogeneous samples. We have combined geometric morpho...