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Archéologie préventive dans les carrières de granulats de la Bassée (Seine-et-Marne)
Augereau Anne, Gouge Patrick, Mordant Daniel, Séguier Jean-Marc. Archéologie préventive dans les carrières de granulats de la Bassée (Seine-et-Marne). In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 91, n°3, 1994. pp.
Patrick Gouge +7 more
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From the Womb to the Tomb: Identifying Calving Deaths in Archaeology
ABSTRACT Dystocia, or difficult birth, is a major cause of maternal and neonatal mortality in both human and animal populations, yet its archaeological visibility remains remarkably low. This paper explores the diagnostic potential of archaeological deposits of pregnant livestock, particularly cattle, to identify cases of calving‐related mortality.
Annelise Binois‐Roman
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ABSTRACT Cultivation pits represented the principal form of horticultural features developed by past atoll communities in Central‐East Polynesia (CEP), and they are still utilised on some atolls in Oceania. The majority of information about the use of cultivation pits in CEP derives from ethnographic and preliminary archaeological investigations.
Elisa Scorsini +5 more
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A major effort in technological development was conducted during the 19th century. The polychrome surfaces of the metal and enameled parts of artifacts made between 1874 and 1878 for Christofle & Cie were analyzed on site by means of noninvasive Raman, FTIR, and X‐ray fluorescence spectroscopy. Pigments, opacifiers and (electro)chemically formed phases
Julie Schröter +4 more
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Par Marc Bouiron, François Dumoulin, Louis Faivre d’Arcier (AML), Anne Pariente (SAVL) Pour citer cette vidéo BOUIRON, Marc, DUMOULIN, François, FAIVRE D'ARCIER, Louis & PARIENTE, Anne (2022). Allocutions d'ouverture [Vidéo]. Dans M. Bouiron, C.
Carine Carpentier
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Population, culture history, and the dynamics of change in European prehistory★
Abstract Despite many attacks on its shortcomings, culture history has remained in practice the dominant framework for describing and interpreting European prehistory. It has gained even more salience in recent years because the new information coming from ancient DNA about the genetic ancestry of individuals in prehistory seems to show that this ...
Stephen Shennan
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Abstract Flatfish are ecologically diverse species that commonly occur in marine environments, but also in estuarine and riverine habitats. This complicates the examination of the potential role of flatfish in the ‘marine fish event horizon’, an economic shift in human exploitation from freshwater to marine fish species during the 10–11th centuries CE ...
Katrien Dierickx +10 more
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The economic development of societies in Gaul during the Second Iron Age and the Roman period relied on agricultural system transformations. Hundreds of carpological studies carried out in the northern half of France over the last four decades have ...
Sammy Ben Makhad +5 more
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The archaeology of shellfishing practices on Ua Huka, Marquesas Archipelago (French Polynesia)
Abstract Shellfish remains are ubiquitous to coastal archaeological sites in the Marquesas but have seldom been the focus of dedicated investigations into their contribution to past diet and daily life. On the island of Ua Huka, in the northern group of the archipelago, people have consumed a variety of shellfish since their arrival on the island ...
Gabrielle Traversat +2 more
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ABSTRACT This paper provides the initial chronological framework for an Australian Aboriginal women's sacred area, based on the first absolute ages obtained through luminescence dating. The Thirteen Mile Creek site of the Avon Downs women's sacred area provides evidence for various aspects of women's lives, including lithic raw material extraction and ...
Irina A. Ponomareva +4 more
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