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- Agia marina and Peristereònas: two new epipalaeolithic sites on the Island of Lemnos (Greece)Publication . Efstratiou, Nikos; Biagi, Paolo; Starnini, Elisabetta; Kyriakou, Dimitris; ELEFTHERIADOU, ANASTASIAThe surveys carried out along the coasts of the island of Lemnos (Greece) have led to the discovery of new Late Epipalaeolithic sites at Agia Marina and Peristereonas. Peristereonas yielded a knapped stone assemblage that is strictly comparable with that from Ouriakos, a site located along the south-eastern coast of the same island, while the artefacts from Agia Marina are more problematic to interpret because they are probably to be attributed to a slightly different period. However, the most characteristic artefacts recovered from the sites are represented by microlithic geometrics obtained by abrupt, bipolar, or direct retouch, end scrapers, and different types of exhausted cores and technical pieces, which help us reconstruct the operational sequence employed for the manufacture of the armatures. The aim of the paper is to contribute to the interpretation of the characteristics of the Late Epipalaeolithic assemblages discovered on the island and to frame them into the general picture of the end of the Pleistocene in this part of the Aegean. The artefacts from the sites show unique characteristics, without parallels to the knapped stone assemblages of the same period so far recovered along the coasts of the Aegean Sea, the eastern Mediterranean, the Levant, and the Black Sea.
- Correction to: Agia Marina and Peristereònas: Two New Epipalaeolithic Sites on the Island of Lemnos (Greece)Publication . Efstratiou, Nikos; Biagi, Paolo; Starnini, Elisabetta; Kyriakou, Dimitris; ELEFTHERIADOU, ANASTASIAThe original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. The 5th afliation should be Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behavior (ICArEHB), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal. The original article has been corrected.
- Integrating musealized archaeological sediment collections into current geoarchaeological analytical frameworks for sustainable research practicesPublication . Costanzo, Stefano; Pappalardo, Marta; Starnini, Elisabetta; Rossoni-Notter, Elena; Notter, Olivier; Moussous, Abdelkader; Soares Remiseiro, Miguel; Soares-Remiseiro, Miguel; Fermo, Paola; Cremaschi, Mauro; Zerboni, AndreaWe present a review of the latest framework achievements in geoarchaeological sciences applied to microstratigraphic and biomolecular studies of prehistoric archaeological contexts, highlighting the importance of musealized archaeological stratigraphies. We assess how today's scientific and technological accomplishments can be tailored for archaeological human ecology studies with analytical ensembles that provide unprecedented results. Sampling and processing workflows originating from resin consolidation and thin section micromorphology of undisturbed blocks of archaeological soils and sediments, guarantee subsampling accuracy at the micrometre scale granting access to individual components otherwise impossible to target: the achievable information yield makes even the smallest soil samples potential sources of pioneering discoveries. Yet, archaeological excavations are still the primary mode of retrieving new soil samples. We argue that, when dealing with archaeological sites that were excavated and partially musealised in the past, the exploration of related museum collections should be prioritized as perspective source of new study samples. Analysing old and potentially very informative samples, with an approach that we define as "Green Archaeology ", may represent a source of well-structured primary data as well as a means for planning new excavations, delivering novel discoveries while safeguarding site integrity and promoting Third Mission valorisation of sites and heritage dormant collections.