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Multi-faceted analyses of Poland's Bronze and Early Iron Age hoards: Fig.5. Pottery (A, C), animal bones (B), a human skull (C, D), and a flint tool (D) excavated from underneath the stone layer in Kaliszany (archaeological site no. 3)

The set contains a figure, with with photographs that show examples of finds discovered during excavations at archaeological site 3 in Kaliszany, Wągrowiec commune, Poland. It is a stone and earth structure in which a hoard of metal objects dating to the Late Bronze Age was discovered in 1943. The photo is from the 2022 survey, when the south-western part of the structure was explored.  The paper and data were prepared as part of a project funded by the National Science Centre, Poland: A Biography of Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages Hoards. A Multi-Faceted Analysis of Metal Objects Related to Monumental Constructions in Poland (UMO-2021/41/B/HS3/00038)

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Multi-faceted analyses of Poland's Bronze and Early Iron Age hoards: Fig.1. Location of hoards mentioned in the text: white dots represent locations of hoards examined in the Biography of Hoards project; black dots represent locations of hoards examined in other multi-faceted projects

The set contains a figure, with data, on the location of the hoards included (described in the related paper). The paper and data were prepared as part of a project funded by the National Science Centre, Poland: A Biography of Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages Hoards. A Multi-Faceted Analysis of Metal Objects Related to Monumental Constructions in Poland (UMO-2021/41/B/HS3/00038)

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Multi-faceted analyses of Poland's Bronze and Early Iron Age hoards: Fig.3. Workflow in the Biography of Hoards project

The set contains a figure and editable files associated with the figure. Figure presenting workflow of the project described in the related paper. The paper and data were prepared as part of a project funded by the National Science Centre, Poland: A Biography of Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages Hoards. A Multi-Faceted Analysis of Metal Objects Related to Monumental Constructions in Poland (UMO-2021/41/B/HS3/00038)

WDXRF analysis of Iberian unfired potsherds from the Late Iron Age

This data set contains 15 chemical analyses of unfired potsherds from the Iberian workshop of the Mas de Moreno (Teruel, Spain). The chemical composition of the samples was obtained by wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (WDXRF). Method The outer surfaces of all the samples were mechanically removed prior to analysis. The samples were heated to 950°C for one hour after 24h drying at 50°C, weighted for LOI calculation and ground in a tungsten carbide mortar. 0.8 g of powder was mixed with 3.2 g of Spectroflux 110 flux (Johnson Matthey; 33.5% metaborate and 66.5% lithium tetraborate) and melted in gold-platinum crucibles with an autofluxer melting device (Breitländer). The data were collected with a SRS 3400 (Bruker) spectrometer of 3 kW power (working at 60 kV, 100 mA max.). The spectrometer was equipped with a rhodium tube window, four analyser crystals (OVO-55, LiF200, LiF220, PET), two collimators (0.46° and 0.15°) and two sensors (a proportional Ar/CH4 gas-flow counter and a scintillation counter). The calibration of the instrument was carried out on 40 international certified reference materials. Data description <ul> <li>sample: sample reference.</li> <li>date: date of the analysis.</li> <li>laboratory: analysis laboratory.</li> <li>stratigraphy: stratigraphic unit (all dated to the first half of the 1st century BC).</li> <li>artefact: typology.</li> <li>part: analysed part of the artefact.</li> <li>LOI: loss on ignition (percent).</li> <li>CaO, Fe2O3, TiO2 , K2O, SiO2 , Al2O3 , MgO, MnO, Na2O, P2O5: oxide mass percents.</li> <li>Zr, Sr, Rb, Zn, Cr, Ni, La, Ba, V, Ce, Y, Th, Pb, Cu: ppm.</li> </ul> Data below the following limits should be considered unreliable: <ul> <li>Na2O: 0.5 %</li> <li>La: 24 ppm</li> <li>Y: 15 ppm</li> <li>Th: 15 ppm</li> <li>Pb: 20 ppm</li> <li>Cu: 10 ppm</li> </ul>

WDXRF analysis of Iberian potsherds from the Late Iron Age

This data set contains 99 chemical analyses of ceramic potsherds from the Iberian workshop of the Mas de Moreno (Teruel, Spain). The chemical composition of the samples was obtained by wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (WDXRF). Method The outer surfaces of all the samples were mechanically removed prior to analysis. The samples were heated to 950°C for one hour after 24h drying at 50°C, weighted for LOI calculation and ground in a tungsten carbide mortar. 0.8 g of powder was mixed with 3.2 g of Spectroflux 110 flux (Johnson Matthey; 33.5% metaborate and 66.5% lithium tetraborate) and melted in gold-platinum crucibles with an autofluxer melting device (Breitländer). The data were collected with a SRS 3400 (Bruker) spectrometer of 3 kW power (working at 60 kV, 100 mA max.). The spectrometer was equipped with a rhodium tube window, four analyser crystals (OVO-55, LiF200, LiF220, PET), two collimators (0.46° and 0.15°) and two sensors (a proportional Ar/CH4 gas-flow counter and a scintillation counter). The calibration of the instrument was carried out on 40 international certified reference materials. Data description <ul> <li>sample: sample reference.</li> <li>date: date of the analysis.</li> <li>laboratory: analysis laboratory.</li> <li>stratigraphy: stratigraphic unit.</li> <li>artefact: typology.</li> <li>part: analysed part of the artefact.</li> <li>decoration: did the sampled artefact carry a painted decoration?</li> <li>LOI: loss on ignition (percent).</li> <li>CaO, Fe2O3, TiO2 , K2O, SiO2 , Al2O3 , MgO, MnO, Na2O, P2O5: oxide mass percents.</li> <li>Zr, Sr, Rb, Zn, Cr, Ni, La, Ba, V, Ce, Y, Th, Pb, Cu: ppm.</li> </ul> Data below the following limits should be considered unreliable: <ul> <li>Na2O: 0.5 %</li> <li>La: 24 ppm</li> <li>Y: 15 ppm</li> <li>Th: 15 ppm</li> <li>Pb: 20 ppm</li> <li>Cu: 10 ppm</li> </ul>

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Animal bones from Iron Age settlements in Scania, Southern Sweden

This data is a compilation of the zooarchaeological record from Iron Age settlements in Scania, southern Sweden. It consists of data from various technical reports produced between 1961 to 2019, by different analysts. Published reports and unpublished but archived communications are included. This data may be of interest to anyone interested in archaeological themes involving animals in any kind, such as economy, animal husbandry, animal production, hunting, fishing, and so on. It may also be of paleozoological interest, as it contains valuable fauna historical information such as presence of wild species of different kinds.   The database is the basis for the published catalogue included in the book "Animal husbandry in Iron Age Scania, with a catalogue" published 2022. The book is open acess and you can download it via this link: https://www.ht.lu.se/en/series/9128370/ The data can bee accessed through a one .csv-file, which is an export of the data set which was originally recorded in a MS Access-database. Both files are published in this version. The dataset consists of data on 130 animal bone assemblages from 101 Scanian settlement sites. The original Access-database, with two levels, one (Site) with descriptive information on the archaeological site (totally 12 variables), and one (zooarch-overview) with quantitative data on number of specimens, in general and per recorded taxa (totally 35 variables). Presence of bird, fish, amphibian and wild mammalian taxa is also included.  Included is a READ ME (.csv) describing the data set in more detail. ERRATA (READ ME-file): No of observations is 130, not 131.

XRD analysis of Iberian unfired potsherds from the Late Iron Age

This dataset contains 11 mineralogical analyses of ceramic potsherds by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD). The samples come from the Iberian workshop of the Mas de Moreno (Teruel, Spain). Method The outer surfaces of all the samples were mechanically removed prior to analysis. All samples were manualy powdered in an agate mortar. The data were collected with a D8 Advance (Bruker) diffractometer in Bragg-Brentano configuration working at 1.6 kW (40 kV, 40 mA) and equipped with a copper anode source (kα1 = 1.5406 ; the kβ ray being removed by a Ni-filter in the diffracted beam). An 8 mm anti-scattering slit was mounted in front of the LynxEye© CCD detector. The explored area covered the 3-70° (2θ) range, with an angle step of 0.02° and a time step of 2 seconds. The stability of the instrument was checked between the different series of measurements by analyzing a standard (corundum crystal, NIST 1976). Data description File format: Bruker raw. The "XRD_clay_raw.zip" archive contains the raw diffractograms. All file names start with the sample code (a code starting with "BDX" followed by a 5-digit number), followed by a capital "P" (for powder diffraction). The "XRD_clay_raw.csv" file contains all results expressed in counts, one sample per row. The first column gives the angular position (2 thêta).

XRD analysis of Iberian potsherds from the Late Iron Age

This data set contains 76 mineralogical analyses of ceramic potsherds by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD). The samples come from the Iberian workshop of the Mas de Moreno (Teruel, Spain) and the settlements of Torre Cremada (Valdeltormo, Teruel) and El Palao (Alcañiz, Teruel). Method The outer surfaces of all the samples were mechanically removed prior to analysis. All samples were manualy powdered in an agate mortar. The data were collected with a D8 Advance (Bruker) diffractometer in Bragg-Brentano configuration working at 1.6 kW (40 kV, 40 mA) and equipped with a copper anode source (kα1 = 1.5406 ; the kβ ray being removed by a Ni-filter in the diffracted beam). An 8 mm anti-scattering slit was mounted in front of the LynxEye© CCD detector. The explored area covered the 3-70° (2θ) range, with an angle step of 0.02° and a time step of 2 seconds. The stability of the instrument was checked between the different series of measurements by analyzing a standard (corundum crystal, NIST 1976). Data description File format: Bruker raw. The "XRD_ceramic_raw.zip" archive contains the raw diffractograms. All file names start with the sample code (a code starting with "BDX" followed by a 5-digit number), followed by a capital "P" (for powder diffraction). The "XRD_ceramic_raw.csv" file contains all results expressed in counts, one sample per column. The first column gives the angular position (2 thêta).

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Iron Age Funnelpendant Lower Rhine Valley

Catalog of the Funnelpendant found in the Lower Rhine Valley. This dataset was transformed into <a href="https://arkeogis.org/en/">ArkeoGIS</a> format during a Summer School on Research Data Management in Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology at Kiel University co-organised by <a href="https://www.sfb1266.uni-kiel.de/en">CRC1266</a> and <a href="https://www.cluster-roots.uni-kiel.de/en?set_language=en">Cluster of Excellence ROOTS</a>. Conducted from 10-14th of July 2023. - artefacts_Nakoinz2004_Trichteranhaenger_epsg25832.csv: original data, digitalised from analog source - artefacts_Nakoinz2004_Trichteranhaenger_epsg25832.yaml: metadata - ArkeoGIS_Nakoinz_funnelpendant_2004_v2.csv: transformed data to match ArkeoGIS structure (in English)

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FIG. 2 in Feasting among Venda-speakers of South Africa: the Late Iron Age fauna from Mutokolwe

FIG. 2. — Location of Mutokolwe and other sites mentioned in the text within South Africa (adapted from Fish [2000:71], and used with permission from the University of the Witwatersrand).

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FIG. 1 in Feasting among Venda-speakers of South Africa: the Late Iron Age fauna from Mutokolwe

FIG. 1. — Location of the study areas in north-eastern South Africa: DZ, Dzata; HU, Ha-Tshirundu; MU, Mutokolwe; TA, Tavhatshena; TH, Tshirululuni; TS, Tshitheme.

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Overview Map of Cilicia with Main Bronze and Iron Age, Hellenistic and Modern Sites

Overview map (for use on screen please use the jpg with the file extension RGB, for print please use the jpg with the file extension CMYK, the PDF has different layers) and dataset (SRTM DEM with hillshade and shaded relief) of Plain Cilicia with main Bronze and Iron Age, Hellenistic and modern sites Recommended symbology for QGIS: set DEM_srtm_hillshade.tif transparency to 45 %, use for the shaded relief DEM_srtm.tif a layer below the layer-file (DEM_srtm.qml), set here the transparency to 60%. Recommended symbology for Esri ArcGIS: set DEM_srtm_hillshade.tif transparency to 45 %, use for the shaded relief a layer below DEM_srtm.tif the layer-file (DEM_srtm.lyrx), set here the transparency to 5%. The selected sites can be downloaded as geojson file.

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FIG. 1 in When did roosters start singing at Arslantepe? A preliminary assessment of the presence and spread of Gallus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Iron Age Eastern Anatolia

FIG. 1. — Map of Anatolia and the Levant with the main sites mentioned in the text (modified data courtesy of National Centers for Environmental Infor- mation – ETOPO1, Natural Earth and Geo Network opensource. https://doi. org/10.7289/V5C8276M).

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FIG. 4 in When did roosters start singing at Arslantepe? A preliminary assessment of the presence and spread of Gallus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Iron Age Eastern Anatolia

FIG. 4. — Arslantepe, tarsometatarsi (left and right) of rooster from level IIIB. Photo credits: R. Ceccacci, ©MAIAO. Scale bar: 3 cm.

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Detailed analytical results for archaeological textiles from the Uden–Slabroekse Heide elite burial (Early Iron Age, Netherlands)

The dataset contains 3D volume of the mineralised textile, showing four superimposed layers. The textile layer was segmented on the basis of the fibre orientation used for the 3D rendering of the vanished colour pattern.

FIG 3 in The role of birds as grave gifts in richly furnished Roman Iron Age inhumation graves c. 1-375 AD, eastern Denmark

FIG 3. — Goose remains exhibiting butchery traces at Kirkebakkegård, Grave 1: A, Right coracoid; B, Furcula; C, Left humerus. Photograph: Marcus Krag. Scale bars: A, B, 20 mm; C, 30 mm.

FIG. 5 in The role of birds as grave gifts in richly furnished Roman Iron Age inhumation graves c. 1-375 AD, eastern Denmark

FIG. 5. – Femoral circumference plotted against the medial length (Lm) of the Kirkebakkegård goose compared with measurement of the Haithabu geese and extant graylag geese (Anser anser). Measurements of Haithabu geese and graylags from Reichstein & Pieper (1986). Measurements are according to von den Driesch (1976).

FIG. 1 in The role of birds as grave gifts in richly furnished Roman Iron Age inhumation graves c. 1-375 AD, eastern Denmark

FIG. 1. — Map of the surveyed area and the position of important locations mentioned in the text: 1, Smedegård; 2, Kirkebakkegård; 3, Ellekilde; 4, Kaerup Nord; 5, Himlingøje; 6, Vråby; 7, Varpelev Vest; 8, Munkehøjgård. Drawing: Knud Rosenlund.

FIG. 7 in The role of birds as grave gifts in richly furnished Roman Iron Age inhumation graves c. 1-375 AD, eastern Denmark

FIG. 7. — Tarsometatarsal SC plotted against GL of domestic chicken of Danish Roman Age finds compared with measurements of red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus). Measurements of the Smedegård specimen and red jungle fowl from Raahauge (2002). SMG: Smedegård; MUG; Munkehøjgård; VRÅ:Vråby; KAER:Kaerup Nord. Measurements are according to von den Driesch (1976).

FIG. 2 in The role of birds as grave gifts in richly furnished Roman Iron Age inhumation graves c. 1-375 AD, eastern Denmark

FIG. 2. — Calvarium, trunk and wing elements of a robust goose from a princely grave at Varpelev Vest. Photograph: Marcus Krag. Scale bar: 50 mm.