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Characterization and Origin of Basalt-Derived Carnelian in the Mesozoic Newark Basin, New Jersey, USA

Richard A. Volkert,
Matthew L. Gorring,
William H. Peck and
Scott D. Stanford

Minerals2023, 13(10), 1249;https://doi.org/10.3390/min13101249

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24 September 2023

Carnelian occurs locally in New Jersey in the Newark basin as medium- to coarse-size pebbles in fluvial gravel and alluvium and colluvium formed from erosion of Lower Jurassic Preakness Basalt. Vesicles and molds of glauberite are preserved on lower...

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On-Site Raman Spectroscopic Study of Beads from the Necropolis of Vohemar, Northern Madagascar (>13th C.)

Philippe Colomban,
Gulsu Simsek Franci and
Farahnaz Koleini

Heritage2021, 4(1), 524-540;https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage4010031

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18 March 2021

In the late 19th century, ancient tombs were discovered near the village of Vohemar at the northeastern point of Madagascar, and subsequent excavations during the French period (1896–1945) revealed the presence of a major necropolis active from ~13th...

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“Animal-Style Art,” and Special Finds at Iron Age Settlements in Southeastern Kazakhstan: Chronology, Trade, and Networks during the Iron Age

Claudia Chang,
Sergei Sergievich Ivanov and
Perry Alan Tourtellotte

Arts2023, 12(1), 28;https://doi.org/10.3390/arts12010028

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6 February 2023

Two Iron Age settlements, Tuzusai and Taldy Bulak 2 (ca. 500 BC to 1 CE), located in southeastern Kazakhstan on the Talgar alluvial fan north of the Tian Shan range, have yielded a small collection of bone, antler/horn, bronze, and stone artifacts wi...

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