Archeology (Arts and Humanities) papers

Pofolia’s corpus holds 63 papers from Archeology (Arts and Humanities) (2012–2026), each with a short summary. Below, the 20 most-cited, then the most recently added.

At a glance

• Most cited: Making: Anthropology, Archaeology, Art and Architecture (2013, 1,126 citations).
• The 20 papers listed have 12,190 citations between them.
• 8 of the 10 with a known journal quartile appeared in a Q1 journal.
• 4 have a free full text (open access).
• Most frequent journals: Cambridge University Press eBooks, Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales. CLACSO eBooks, ENS Éditions eBooks.
• Published between 2012 and 2024.

Most cited

Ranked by citation count. Because citations accumulate over time, this list naturally leans towards work published a few years ago; for where the field is now, see “recently added”. How to read the signals

• Making: Anthropology, Archaeology, Art and Architecture

  2013 · FWCI 468.66 · 1,126 citations

  This book proposes a novel integration of anthropology, archaeology, art, and architecture, viewing them as interconnected modes of 'making' that explore human life.

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• Surface chromium on Terracotta Army bronze weapons is neither an ancient anti-rust treatment nor the reason for their good preservation

  Scientific Reports · 2019 · Q1 · FWCI 1715.90 · 1,092 citations · Open access

  Analysis of Terracotta Army bronze weapons reveals that surface chromium is not an ancient anti-rust treatment but rather contamination from chromium-rich lacquer applied to the artifacts, which leached into the metal after burial.

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• Heritage: Critical Approaches

  2012 · FWCI 274.50 · 1,047 citations

  This book offers a critical examination of the global phenomenon of heritage, tracing its evolution from a niche interest to a universally cherished concept.

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• TECHNOLOGY AND HETEROGENEOUS ENGINEERING: THE CASE OF PORTUGUESE EXPANSION

  Philosophical Literary Journal Logos · 2018 · Q1 · FWCI 240.80 · 827 citations

  A new framework, 'heterogeneous engineering,' is proposed to understand the success and collapse of technological systems by analyzing the integration of diverse human and non-human elements.

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• Enhancing a Somatic Maturity Prediction Model

  Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2014 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 79.51 · 719 citations

  New sex-specific models for predicting somatic maturity in children, using age and height, demonstrated strong calibration in external datasets, outperforming existing equations.

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• SASfit: a tool for small-angle scattering data analysis using a library of analytical expressions

  Journal of Applied Crystallography · 2015 · Q1 · FWCI 341.90 · 657 citations · Open access

  The SASfit software package (version 0.94.6) has been updated with advanced algorithms for oversampled data reduction, improved confidence assessment for model parameters, and a flexible plug-in system for custom models.

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• LOS CONDENADOS DE LA TIERRA

  Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales. CLACSO eBooks · 2017 · FWCI 433.71 · 554 citations

  This article is part of the section 'The World and Books'.

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• The Past is a Foreign Country – Revisited

  Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2015 · FWCI 59.12 · 544 citations

  David Lowenthal revisits how contemporary society engages with the past, noting a shift from expert-certified narratives to a fragmented, contested history shaped by collective experience and sensory engagement.

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• The earliest modern humans outside Africa

  Science · 2018 · Q1 · SJR 10.00 · FWCI 560.01 · 543 citations

  A fossilized human jawbone found in Israel, dated to at least 177,000 years old, represents the oldest Homo sapiens fossil discovered outside of Africa, pushing back the timeline of human migration significantly.

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• The Historic Urban Landscape

  2012 · FWCI 23.13 · 535 citations

  This monograph outlines the theoretical framework and operational approach behind the UNESCO's 2011 Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape.

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• Regimes of historicity: presentism and experiences of time

  Rethinking History · 2016 · Q1 · 526 citations

  This abstract indicates the book was first published over ten years ago and questions the need for a new version or other books on historicity, suggesting current understanding of the topic is sufficient.

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• Rewrite the Stars

  2024 · 513 citations

  This study reveals that the 'star operation' (element-wise multiplication) in neural networks can map inputs into high-dimensional, non-linear feature spaces without increasing network width, similar to kernel tricks.

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• The Role of Cultural Heritage in Sustainable Development: Multidimensional Indicators as Decision-Making Tool

  Sustainability · 2017 · Q1 · FWCI 119.89 · 472 citations · Open access

  This paper proposes a new framework of multidimensional indicators to empirically assess the contribution of cultural heritage to sustainable development, moving beyond theoretical discussions.

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• Performance of a Deep-Learning Neural Network Model in Assessing Skeletal Maturity on Pediatric Hand Radiographs

  Radiology · 2017 · Q1 · SJR 4.00 · FWCI 326.98 · 462 citations

  A deep-learning model accurately estimates skeletal maturity in pediatric hand radiographs, achieving performance comparable to expert radiologists and existing automated methods.

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• Fully Automated Deep Learning System for Bone Age Assessment

  Journal of Digital Imaging · 2017 · FWCI 321.52 · 449 citations · Open access

  A fully automated deep learning system now assesses bone age with high accuracy, achieving 90.39% of female and 94.18% of male assessments within 1 year of the true age.

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• Theses on Urbanization

  Public Culture · 2013 · Q2 · FWCI 315.73 · 438 citations

  This paper argues that the concept of 'the urban' has become conceptually blunted due to its generalized use, and proposes new theoretical distinctions to reinvigorate urban studies.

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• Intangible Heritage as Metacultural Production

  Museum International · 2014 · Q2 · FWCI 290.72 · 433 citations

  This paper proposes a new conceptual framework for understanding intangible heritage not as static cultural artifacts, but as dynamic metacultural productions. It argues that intangible heritage is actively created and recreated through social practices and performances.

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• La production de l’espace

  ENS Éditions eBooks · 2015 · FWCI 520.75 · 426 citations

  This work challenges "methodological nationalism" in social sciences by highlighting transnational studies that emerged in the 1990s.

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• Death and the right hand

  2013 · FWCI 35.96 · 422 citations

  Robert Hertz's foundational work explores the collective representation of death, arguing that the pre-eminence of the right hand in religious symbolism stems from a fundamental polarity between the sacred and the profane, life and death.

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• Landscape and Power

  2015 · 405 citations

  Landscape is inseparable from ownership and power, as demonstrated by historical commissioned artworks and contemporary land use.

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Recently added

• Preliminary analysis of the materials and production of Shang Dynasty pottery from Zhengzhou Shang City

  npj Heritage Science · 2026 · Q1

  Chemical and petrographic analyses of 154 Shang Dynasty pottery artifacts from Zhengzhou Shang City reveal three distinct material groups and three processing recipes, showing a correlation between recipe and vessel function.

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• Buried in the pantry: using archaeoentomology to assess cave reuse at the pre-Hispanic site of Cruz de la Esquina

  Antiquity · 2026 · Q1

  Insect remains from the Cruz de la Esquina cave reveal a shift from storage use to burial site, with evidence suggesting immediate body deposition after death.

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• DIVINE BINDING ON DELOS: THE DELIAN ARETALOGY OF SARAPIS AND LOCAL CURSE PRACTICE

  The Classical Quarterly · 2026 · Q2

  The Delian aretalogy of Sarapis depicts the god as a tongue-binder, a characteristic common to judicial curse tablets and binding spells, integrating local curse practices with the god's cult on Delos.

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• Resignifying heritage for sustainability: the lacustrine heritopolis of the Purépecha Lake region (Michoacán, Mexico)

  Built Heritage · 2026 · Q1

  A new 'lacustrine heritopolis' model reinterprets heritage governance in rural lake regions, viewing heritage as a dynamic system sustained by everyday practices and community governance, not just static assets or tourism.

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• Automated segmentation and length measurement of metacarpal and phalangeal bones for hand radiograph evaluation

  Scientific Reports · 2026 · Q1 · FWCI 17.25 · 1 citations · Open access

  An automated system, Auto-Bone-Caliper, accurately segments and measures metacarpal and phalangeal bone lengths from pediatric hand radiographs, achieving 98.7% accuracy for normal bones and 95.0% for dysmorphic bones, with relative length errors as low as 2.2%.

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• «Eaters of Flesh, Drinkers of Milk» : The Ancient Mediterranean Ideology of the Pastoral Nomad*

  2024 · FWCI 325.17 · 283 citations

  Ancient Mediterranean societies viewed pastoral nomads as inherently barbaric, driven by a primal ideology of consuming raw flesh and unfermented milk, contrasting sharply with their own agricultural, civilized norms.

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• Rewrite the Stars

  2024 · 513 citations

  This study reveals that the 'star operation' (element-wise multiplication) in neural networks can map inputs into high-dimensional, non-linear feature spaces without increasing network width, similar to kernel tricks.

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• Parameters that affect the photodegradation of dyes and pigments in solution and on substrate – An overview

  Dyes and Pigments · 2022 · Q2 · FWCI 260.28 · 320 citations

  This review consolidates research on photodegradation of dyes and pigments, identifying key parameters like light source, intensity, time, oxygen, temperature, catalysts, and concentration as crucial factors influencing degradation rates in both solution and on substrates.

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