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A Decipherment of Epi-Olmec Hieroglyphic Writing

John S. Justeson, Terrence Kaufman · 1993 · Science

Epi-Olmec Long Count at Tres Zapotes as early writing

Tres Zapotes

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1993Open source

Journal articleinah.gob.mx

The Tomb of Pakal and Maya Funerary Architecture

Alberto Ruz Lhuillier · 1952 · Anales del INAH

Discovery report of Pakal's sarcophagus (1952)

Palenque

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1952Open source

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Lake Titikaka: underwater archaeology at the Khoa reef

Christophe Delaere, José Capriles · 2020 · Antiquity

Lake Titicaca Underwater Offerings

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

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An ancient Harappan genome

Vasant Shinde, Niraj Rai · 2019 · Cell

Rakhigarhi Indus Mega-City

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2019Open source

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Mustatil monuments of NW Arabia

Hugh Groucutt, Matthew Dalton · 2020 · Antiquity

Mustatils of Northwest Arabia

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

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The Wheels of Azraq: OSL chronology

Gary Rollefson, Yorke Rowan · 2017 · Antiquity

Azraq Wheels and Desert Complexes

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2017Open source

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Global distribution of desert kites

Olivier Barge, Emmanuelle Régagnon · 2016 · Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

Desert Kites of Jordan and Syria

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2016Open source

Journal articleusgs.gov

Post-glacial flooding of the Bering Land Bridge dated to 11 cal ka BP (USGS)

J. Jakobsson et al. · 2023 · USGS Publications

Flooding date authority, 53 m strait

Beringia – Drowned Land Bridge

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Journal articleui.adsabs.harvard.edu

Subsiding Sundaland (AGU T31D0338)

M. Sarr · 2018 · AGU Fall Meeting

Reef-growth subsidence proof

Sundaland – Drowned Continent of Sunda Shelf

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2018Open source

Journal articlebmcr.brynmawr.edu

Enquête scientifique autour d'un mythe – Bryn Mawr Review 2009.09.64

BMCR · 2009 · Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Critical review noting 15 km NW Cape Spartel detail

Spartel Island (Bank) – Atlantis Hypothesis Locus

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2009Open source

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A Location for Atlantis? – Kühne Antiquity 2004

Rainer W. Kühne · 2004 · Antiquity

Peer critique of Spartel correlation

Spartel Island (Bank) – Atlantis Hypothesis Locus

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2004Open source

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The Puquios of Nasca

Katharina Schreiber, Josué Lancho Rojas · 1995 · Latin American Antiquity

Nazca Puquios Aqueducts

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1995Open source

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Pedra Furada: contested Pleistocene occupation

Niède Guidon, Georgette Delibrias · 1986 · Nature

Serra da Capivara Rock Art

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1986Open source

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Phanagoria on the Cimmerian Bosporus: 75 Years of Excavation

Vladimir Kuznetsov · 2018 · Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia

Long excavation summary inc. submerged zone

Phanagoria – Sunken Bosporan Capital

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2018Open source

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Shallow Off-Shore Archaeological Prospection with 3-D Electrical Resistivity Tomography: The Case of Olous

Nikos Papadopoulos, Apostolos Sarris · 2016 · Archaeological Prospection

ERT mapping of submerged grid

Olous (Olus) – Sunken Dorian City

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2016Open source

Journal articledergipark.org.tr

The Harbour and Other Structures Submerged in Demre's Beymelek Lake

Erdoğan Aslan, M. Yildirim · 2016 · Adalya

2015 underwater survey linking Kekova to lake harbour

Kekova – Sunken City of Dolichiste (Simena)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2016Open source

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The Roman canal linking Portus to Ostia: geophysics and geoarchaeology

Ferreol Salomon, Simon Keay · 2016 · Journal of Roman Archaeology

Canal and siltation history

Portus – Imperial Harbour of Rome

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2016Open source

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Deterioration of Caesarea Maritima's ancient harbor linked to repeated tsunami events

Beverly Goodman-Tchernov, Avner Raban · 2015 · Journal of Coastal Research

Geophysical tsunami stratigraphy

Caesarea Maritima – Herod's Sebastos Harbour

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2015Open source

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Sebastos: Herod's Harbor at Caesarea Maritima

Robert L. Hohlfelder, John P. Oleson · 2007 · Journal of Roman Archaeology

Primary harbour synthesis

Caesarea Maritima – Herod's Sebastos Harbour

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2007Open source

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The Uluburun Tin Ingots and Late Bronze Age Aegean

Cemal Pulak · 2000 · American Journal of Archaeology

Uluburun Late Bronze Age Shipwreck

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2000Open source