AN international team of archaeologists from the Philippines, Italy, Spain and Russia has put together and edited a special issue of the “Journal of Archeological Science: Reports,” a leading international and Scopus-indexed journal that showcases new discoveries and developments in the field of archaeology. Now available online, this special issue compiles recent research on the reconstruction of prehistoric technologies and the identification of function and the uses of ancient tools made of stone, bone, shell and other materials used by early humans. To commemorate two outstanding scientific personalities who were of great importance in the establishment of this research method, this special volume is dedicated to Galina F. Korobkova and Lawrence H. Keeley, who were among the first followers of Sergei A. Semenov, recognized worldwide as the founding father of traceology as an archaeological discipline. The special issue has been edited by Alfred Pawlik (Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines), Andreu Ollé (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social IPHES and Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain), Belén Márquez (Museo Arqueológico 2 Regional, Spain), Laura Longo (Univ. degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli and Università Ca’Foscari, Italia) and Natalia Skakun (Institute for the History of Material Culture, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation).

Source: Manila Times August 09, 2020 17:13 UTC