Alain Queffelec
@alainqueffelec.bsky.social
Ingénieur de recherche CNRS, PhD in Caribbean archaeology (lithic beads and pendants). Archaeometry, spectroscopy, minerals and so on.
Pdf, code in quarto document, and data available on Zenodo: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... and on my GitHub.
Re-submitted for 2nd round of free and transparent evaluation at @pciarchaeology.bsky.social (so much improvement thanks to 1st round of reviews)
Re-submitted for 2nd round of free and transparent evaluation at @pciarchaeology.bsky.social (so much improvement thanks to 1st round of reviews)
Replication report for Marwick (2025) "Is archaeology a science?", including new data from OpenAlex
The zip file contains the necessary files and folders to reproduce the preprint deposited on SocArXiv and which can also be read in a more interactive way with code chunks and interactive table of con...
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January 23, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Pdf, code in quarto document, and data available on Zenodo: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... and on my GitHub.
Re-submitted for 2nd round of free and transparent evaluation at @pciarchaeology.bsky.social (so much improvement thanks to 1st round of reviews)
Re-submitted for 2nd round of free and transparent evaluation at @pciarchaeology.bsky.social (so much improvement thanks to 1st round of reviews)
I didn't check the review reports yet
December 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I didn't check the review reports yet
I would say there is no clue at all that they were weathered in situ. So yes could be pigment, could be just nice looking rocks collected because they're shiny and/or their nice shape. But should not be "pyrite" everywhere in text and figures and press.
December 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I would say there is no clue at all that they were weathered in situ. So yes could be pigment, could be just nice looking rocks collected because they're shiny and/or their nice shape. But should not be "pyrite" everywhere in text and figures and press.
If only the two fragments were made of pyrite Becky. You can find a very short sentence saying the contrary in the text. And then must go to the SI to find the XRD analysis: goethite+hematite. Could have been gathered as pyrite... Or not...
December 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
If only the two fragments were made of pyrite Becky. You can find a very short sentence saying the contrary in the text. And then must go to the SI to find the XRD analysis: goethite+hematite. Could have been gathered as pyrite... Or not...
It's not just about label, it's also that no one can assura that it was not already oxidized when the humans gathered these fragments. It could have been pyrite (or even marcassite) by the time the humans brought it, but it could have been already goethite+hematite.
December 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
It's not just about label, it's also that no one can assura that it was not already oxidized when the humans gathered these fragments. It could have been pyrite (or even marcassite) by the time the humans brought it, but it could have been already goethite+hematite.
I'm happy I finally find somewhere someone who point our that the two rock fragments *are not* pyrite! Thank you John. But you need to go to the SI to see the XRD analysis of one of the main find of the article. And all along the paper (text figures legends) it's labeled pyrite.
December 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I'm happy I finally find somewhere someone who point our that the two rock fragments *are not* pyrite! Thank you John. But you need to go to the SI to see the XRD analysis of one of the main find of the article. And all along the paper (text figures legends) it's labeled pyrite.
Should we tag all these 42 papers on platforms like @pubpeer.com ? If there is this kind of citation in the paper maybe it's a red flag?
December 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Should we tag all these 42 papers on platforms like @pubpeer.com ? If there is this kind of citation in the paper maybe it's a red flag?
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Exactly this!
September 16, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Exactly this!