Publications by authors named "Jonathan Mark Kenoyer"
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- Ancient civilizations, like the Indus Civilization, faced challenges with migration similar to those modern nation-states experience, developing policies to manage people's movements.
- Recent isotopic studies of tooth enamel from burial sites in Harappa and Farmana reveal migration patterns, indicating that many individuals were first-generation immigrants from resource-rich areas during childhood.
- The findings suggest that the Indus tradition of inhumation was a regulated practice linked to migration, promoting socioeconomic integration among diverse groups over centuries.
Dragonfly eye beads are considered to be the earliest types of glass objects in China, and in the past have been considered as evidence of culture interaction or trade between West and East Asia. In this article, synchrotron radiation microcomputed tomography and μ-probe energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence were used to determine the chemical composition, microstructure, and manufacturing technology of four dragonfly eye beads, excavated from a Chu tomb at the Shenmingpu site, Henan Province, China, dated stylistically to the Middle and Late Warring State Period (475 BC-221 BC). First, a nondestructive method was used to differentiate the material types including faience (glazed quartz), frit, glazed pottery (clay ceramic), and glass.
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