The period is commonly called the Tumulus, or Tomb, period from the presence of large burial mounds (kofun), its most common archaeological feature.
As Biagetti points out, this finding challenges the more common archaeological interpretation, applied across different geographical regions and time periods (e.g. in the Neolithic Near East: Mortensen 2014), that mobility is associated more with 'lighter' structures and sedentism with 'heavier' structures.
He relates the way in which a common fascination with archaeological remains is tied up with notions of nationhood.
While damage to the human skeleton due to vertical pressure exerted by overlying soil is a common observation at archaeological excavations, comparatively few studies have attempted to quantify the magnitude of this pressure.
This reduction of molar mass is indeed a common feature in organic archaeological materials and artefacts.
This is a common problem when working on archaeological material.
The presence of cuprite peaks within the malachite spectrum is a common phenomenon in Raman spectroscopy of archaeological malachite, due to the close association of the two phases in copper corrosion processes [21].
Glued, or "laminated," linen, Aldrete knew, was a common ancient-Greek material: scraps of it have been found at Greek archaeological sites, and the Greeks constructed their theatrical masks out of it.
Optical dating is an umbrella term for an armada of acronyms, the most common in archaeological contexts being OSL (optically stimulated luminescence), TT-OSL (thermally-transferred OSL), IRSL (infrared stimulated luminescence) and pIRIR (post-infrared IRSL).
The quantity of sherds of everyday domestic pottery - the most common of archaeological finds - is a good indicator of the human population because of its widespread daily use, and the ease with which it can be broken and thrown away.
