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Articledoi.org

Breunig, P. & Dupont L. — Dufuna Canoe 8500 BCE

Peter Breunig, L. Dupont · 2001 · Journal of African Archaeology

Dufuna Canoe

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2001Open source

Articledoi.org

Douka, K. et al. — The chronostratigraphy of Haua Fteah

Katerina Douka, Tom Higham · 2014 · Journal of Human Evolution

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Haua Fteah Cave

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2014Open source

Articlereuters.com

Cyprus launches first underwater archaeological park at ancient port

Reuters · 2022 · Reuters

Amathus Harbour – Ancient Amathous Naval Basin, Cyprus

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Articledoi.org

On the Discovery of a Roman Fortified Site in Gafsa, Southern Tunisia, Based on High-Resolution X-Band Satellite Radar Data

M. Lasaponara · 2022 · Remote Sensing

Capsa (Gafsa) – Fossatum Oasis City

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Articledoi.org

Barham et al. — Evidence for earliest structural wood 476 ka at Kalambo Falls

Larry Barham, Geoff Duller · 2023 · Nature

Kalambo Falls

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Articledoi.org

Grillo & Hildebrand — Multi-generational Lothagam and pastoral monumentality 2016

Katherine Grillo, Elisabeth Hildebrand · 2016 · PNAS

Lothagam

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2016Open source

Articledoi.org

Sereno et al. — Lakeside Cemeteries in the Sahara 5000 Years of Holocene Population (Gobero)

Paul Sereno, Elena Garcea · 2008 · PLOS ONE

Primary cemetery monograph

Gobero

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2008Open source

Articledoi.org

Gingerich — Wadi Al-Hitan Basilosaurus evolution

Philip Gingerich · 2006 · PLOS ONE

Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2006Open source

Articledoi.org

Fregel et al. — Ancient genomes from North Africa (Taforalt 2018)

Rosa Fregel, Marieke van de Loosdrecht · 2018 · Science

Taforalt Cave (Grotte des Pigeons)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2018Open source

Articlephys.org

Aussie scientists un-discover Pacific island — Phys.org Southern Surveyor

Phys.org / Univ. Sydney · 2012 · Phys.org

Undiscovery cruise 1400 m depth

Sandy Island (Île de Sable) – Pacific Phantom Island of the Coral Sea

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2012Open source

Articledoi.org

Chankillo: Archaeoastronomy — Ghezzi & Ruggles

Ivan Ghezzi, Clive Ruggles · 2007 · Science

Definitive observatory proof both sectors

Chankillo — Second Thirteen Towers Sector

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2007Open source

Articledoi.org

Watson Brake, a Middle Archaic Mound Complex in Northeast Louisiana

Joe W. Saunders, Rolfe D. Mandel · 1997 · American Antiquity

Watson Brake

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1997Open source

Articlewhc.unesco.org

Geoglifos del Norte Grande: El Gigante de Tarapaca

Luis Briones, Lautaro Nunez · 2006 · Chungara

Cerro Unita Giant

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2006Open source

Articledoi.org

Wasp nest dating Gwion

D. Finch et al. · 2020 · Science Advances

Gwion Gwion (Bradshaw) Rock Art — Kimberley

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Articledoi.org

Oldest hunting scene at 44 ka

M. Aubert et al. · 2019 · Nature

Leang Bulu Sipong 4 Rock Art

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2019Open source

Articledoi.org

Paleoindian cave dwellers in Amazon

A.C. Roosevelt et al. · 1996 · Science

Caverna da Pedra Pintada (Monte Alegre)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1996Open source

Articlejournals.plos.org

Hominin footprints from Early Pleistocene sediments at Happisburgh

Nick Ashton, Simon Lewis · 2014 · PLoS ONE

Footprint discovery paper

Happisburgh Footprints – Norfolk's Palaeolithic Foreshore

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2014Open source

Articlescience.org

Two thousand years of garden urbanism in the Upper Amazon

Stéphen Rostain, Antoine Dorison · 2024 · Science

Definitive 2024 LiDAR urban discovery

Upano Valley Urban Complex

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Articlenature.com

Lidar reveals pre-Hispanic low-density urbanism in the Bolivian Amazon

Heiko Prümers, Carla Jaimes Betancourt · 2022 · Nature

Definitive Casarabe LiDAR urban proof

Llanos de Moxos – Casarabe Culture Monuments

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Articleiranicaonline.org

GODIN TEPE — Encyclopaedia Iranica

T. Cuyler Young Jr. · 2023 · Iranicaonline

Godin Tepe

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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