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Antiquity is a bimonthly review of world archaeology edited by Professor Robin Skeates. Please be aware that we sometimes share relevant images of human remains. https://antiquity.ac.uk/

Lidar image of the Navan landscape, showing topographic features such as a hillfort. An inserted map of Ireland shows the landscape's location in the south of Northern Ireland.
Illustrations and photographs of potsherds from various different-shaped vessels, annotated with the sites across South-west Asia they were found at.
Silver ring with a gemstone in its centre.
Gold-coloured silver gilded ring with a gemstone in its centre.
Silver gilded head ornaments (chaplets).
Metal crucifix depicting Jesus.
Scatter graph plotting carbon and oxygen isotope values of individuals from the cemetery.
Left: map of Eastern Europe, annotated with the location of Lithuania. Right: topographic map of Vilnius Old Town, annotated with the location of the cemetery.
Oil painting depicting the conversion of Lithuania to Christianity. People are baptised before a temple to a Lithuanian pagan god.
Several pieces of jewellery, such as beaded necklaces and a crucifix, decorated with Orthodox Christian imagery.
Close-up photographs of a skull fragment, on the interior of which many striations are visible.
Map of north-east Iberia highlighting the locations of sites and mining districts discussed in the text. An insert shows three nodules of lead-smelting slag.
Aerial view of a walled settlement in a desert. The interior of the walls, surrounding an oasis, is lush and green, whilst outside the walls is arid. Overlaid text reads 'Nature and Archaeology, Antiquity'.
Left: faded glyph on a wall. Right: illustration reconstructing the glyph, annotated with transliterations of the individual sections.
Map showing the location of one chacu hunting trap and a 5km radius projected around it. Within the radius are multiple small scale settlements.
3D render of a chacu
Some of the settlements identified in the survey. Three satellite images show multiple circular features on the ground. A photograph reveals that these features are circular buildings constructed from stone.
Map of the area surveyed, showing locations of clusters of settlements identified.
Illustration of a chacu hunting trap, indicating how they funneled wildlife into pits. People chase vicuña downhill into the mouth of a V-shaped chacu trap, which funnels them down into a circular enclosure.
Map of the area surveyed, showing locations of clusters of chacu traps identified.
Top) Map of the Camarones Basin (red polygon) in the context of the Western Valleys; bottom) archaeological sites identified within the Camarones Basin prior to this work. Contour lines are shown at 1000m intervals on both maps.
Two satellite images of chacus: drystone structures made up of two walls forming a V-shape, tapering to a circular enclosure.
Aerial photograph of two chacu hunting traps: drystone structures made up of two walls forming a V-shape, tapering to a circular enclosure.
Remains of many mud brick buildings, densely packed together.
Several lead pipes, used in plumbing systems from which everyone got their drinking water. Credit line reads 'Ad Meskens / CC BY-SA 3.0'.
Several small pieces of metallurgical slag.
Table containing all the signs identified. The left column illustrates them as they are visible, the right column depicts them fully reconstructed.
Close-up of one of the glyphs and an illustration reconstructing it, annotated with its pronunciation in the Latin alphabet.
Digital visualisations of the glyphs, annotated with letters and numbers noting those identified. On the right, an illustration reconstructs the glyphs.
Six images of the same wall, on which glyphs are painted, utilising different visualisation software to make different elements more visible.
Standing stone engraved with a depiction of a person in ceremonial dress, a thatched canopy constructed over it. Text overlaid reads 'Jan Pešula / CC BY 2.5'.
Left: illustration of the interior of a room, the walls of which have been painted with several partially faded designs. Right: close-up photograph of one section of the wall, on which the faded traces of several glyphs are painted.
Medieval painting depicting people carrying and burying coffins.
Mural depicting a person on a horse wearing robes and holding a scroll. Cloth bags suspended from the saddle are used as a sort of stirrup.
Left: a multi-media work of art depicting three people with large, circular heads and a four-legged, horned animal. Right: rock art depicting a person with a large, circular head on top of a four-legged, horned animal.
Map of South-west Asia, annotated with the locations of sites from Anatolia to Mesopotamia to Sinai where pottery has been found.
Aerial view of a walled settlement in a desert. The interior of the walls, surrounding an oasis, is lush and green, whilst outside the walls is arid. Overlaid text reads 'Nature and Archaeology, Antiquity'.
Design of one of the tattoos, depicting a griffin-like creature attacking a deer.
Several archaeologists excavating skeletal remains from the interior of a large stone jar.
Aerial view of farmland at the bottom of a hill.
Fourteen people stand on the edge of a cliff. Behind them, a large lake sits at the bottom of the cliff and mountains rise up on the horizon.
Graph plotting the genomes of people from the site, in comparison with modern reference genomes. Whilst the vast majority of individuals show values consistent with modern west Europe, one is a significant outlier, falling under the range for modern west/north Africa.
Terracotta head of a person wearing a conical veil or helmet.
3D model of a square archway supported by two damaged columns. One column has been reconstructed through the addition of several fragmented pieces that reveal its original appearance as a feathered serpent.
A fortified medieval town on a hill, filled with Islamic architecture.
Map of southern Spain around Muhammad's time. The territory of the Emirate of Granada, stretching from Iberia's south-western tip across most of the peninsula's south, is highlighted.
Pairs of corroded iron scissors and tweezers. Close-up views show red residues on their surfaces.
Topographic map of the Iberian peninsula, annotated with the locations of main Bronze Age and Iron Age sites mentioned in the text, predominantly in the south-west.
Aerial view down into a deep pit, in which five archaeologists excavate.
3D reconstruction of a building on a raised platform, open at the front and supported by pillars, meaning the interior is entirely visible from the front.
Archaeologist excavating horse bones.
Illustration interpreting magnetic gradiometry data, showing a series of concentric circular ditches containing many circles, likely wooden structures.
Two hands holding a phone photographing the Rosetta Stone: a partially-fragmented stela sat in a glass display case in a museum. It is engraved with writing in three different scripts.
Remains of terraced stone buildings atop a mountain.