International Journal of Archaeology

Volume 9, Issue 2, December 2021

  • On Radiocarbon Dating of the Shroud of Turin

    Thomas McAvoy

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 2, December 2021
    Pages: 34-44
    Received: 2 July 2021
    Accepted: 14 July 2021
    Published: 27 July 2021
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    Abstract: In the same issue of Nature that the radiocarbon dating results for the Shroud of Turin were published, Phillips hypothesized that neutron radiation could have altered the reported dates. In addition to making the Shroud appear younger than its true age, neutron radiation would have produced significant amounts of radioactive chlorine 36Cl in the S... Show More
  • An Introduction to the Motifs of the Petroglyphs in Darreh Sabz, the Green Valley, Located in the Southeast of Kurdistan Province

    Mohammad Ebrahim Zarei, Ali Behnia

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 2, December 2021
    Pages: 45-49
    Received: 9 August 2021
    Accepted: 26 August 2021
    Published: 31 August 2021
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    Abstract: Mountainous plains located in the middle of the Zagros Mountains in Ghorveh have attracted different ethnic groups and provided suitable opportunities for living and continuity the human life process since ancient times throughout history due to enjoying suitable environmental conditions. There is a site of rock art in the southeast of Kurdistan, l... Show More
  • Metal Axes of the Kolontaiv-Corbaska Type of Ukrainian Catacomb Culture Circle and Its Connections to Helladic Area

    Viktor Klochko

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 2, December 2021
    Pages: 50-54
    Received: 22 September 2021
    Accepted: 15 October 2021
    Published: 28 October 2021
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    Abstract: In 1970 A. Vulpe described the new type of copper axes, which were found in Central Europe – it was given a name Veselinovo. This type is identical to the late variants of Kolontaiv-Corbaska type of the Catacomb culture of South-Eastern Europe. The complete classification of said type was recently developed by myself. The recent findings in so-call... Show More
  • Sri Lanka and Greco-Roman Maritime Trade Relations (According to Literary Sources & Archaeological Evidence)

    Don Sashika Anushan Munasinghe

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 2, December 2021
    Pages: 55-61
    Received: 26 May 2021
    Accepted: 10 June 2021
    Published: 23 November 2021
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    Abstract: Sri Lanka had maritime trade relations even in the 6th century BC and we had famous naval ports used for maritime trade specially for maritime ‘Silk Road’ used by people who was in Greco-Roman, China, India, Persia for their foreign trade. Therefore Sri Lanka was able to make new economic relationships. In this study, we mainly focused on Sri Lanka... Show More
  • Funerary Practices in Archaeology: Pluralities & Heritage

    Maria Aparecida Silva Oliveira, Sérgio Francisco Serafim Monteiro Silva

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 2, December 2021
    Pages: 62-73
    Received: 30 August 2021
    Accepted: 28 September 2021
    Published: 23 November 2021
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    Abstract: This article presents an aspect of the configuration of the studies of funerary practices in archaeology, first in terms of their plural perspectives and intersecting spaces, such as mortuary studies, funerary archaeology, social bioarchaeology and archaeology-anthropology of death; and in a second moment, with emphasis on the issue of cemeteries a... Show More
  • Using Acacia Nilotica Plant as an Anti-Bacterial and Fungal with Its Applied on an Archaeological Organic and Inorganic

    Ahmed Hosni, Reham Abuel-Ela, Mahmoud Menshawy

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 2, December 2021
    Pages: 74-78
    Received: 1 November 2021
    Accepted: 17 November 2021
    Published: 10 December 2021
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    Abstract: The antifungal and bacterial industry has witnessed a great growth, as the number of discovered antigens has reached nearly 2,500, but only about 60 species are actually used in the life field. Chemically manufactured products may have a negative effect and this effect may extend to the point of destruction, so the trend now in the manufacture of a... Show More
  • Microscopic Studies on Wooden Holder of Decorative Glass Remaining from Middle Elamite Era (1280 B.C)

    Navid Salehvand, Shamim Amiri, Sara Hosseinzadegan, Mohammad Khazaei

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 2, December 2021
    Pages: 79-85
    Received: 10 November 2021
    Accepted: 3 December 2021
    Published: 24 December 2021
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    Abstract: Wood is made of organic components including cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin with traces of inorganics. Thus, it is possible to investigate a wooden material status using both molecular spectroscopies and elemental analysis. Degradable intrinsic of wood causes having it rarely found through archaeological excavations of ancient sites. Therefor... Show More