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A multiple profile approach to the palynological reconstruction of Norse landscapes in Greenland's Eastern Settlement [PDF]

, 2014
Acknowledgments The Leverhulme Trust is thanked for financial support. Gordon Cook provided radiocarbon dates. Thanks are also due to Andy McMullen for botanical identifications and assistance in the field, and to Sikuu Motzfeld for hospitality during ...
Edwards, Kevin J, Ledger, Paul M, Schofield, J. Edward   +2 more
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Barley and Malt in the Middle Age and Early Modern Period in Czech Lands

Kvasný průmysl, 2015
The history of the barley use as a raw material for malt- and beer production in middle ages and early modern era was still in the environment of the czech lands constructed solely on the basis of archival records and historical pictures. Less importance
Petr Kočár, Jaromír Beneš, Michal Preusz, Zdeněk Vaněček   +3 more
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The Domestication of the Seasons: The Exploitation of Variations in Crop Seasonality Responses by Later Prehistoric Farmers

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Discussions of domestication and its associated genetic traits has focused upon dispersal mechanisms, for example in the rachis structure of cereals. Here we consider another trait of importance to domesticated crops – their seasonality response.
Martin K. Jones, Diane L. Lister
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Microparticles from dental calculus disclose paleoenvironmental and palaeoecological records. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Dental calculus analysis reveals evidence about past dietary ecology and plant diversity. This multi‐proxy study focuses on pollen and non‐pollen palynomorphs. We detected plants referable to woody habitats and warm‐temperate climates. Clues about past ecological and environmental issues of Central Italy were found.
D'Agostino A, Di Marco G, Rolfo MF, Alessandri L, Marvelli S, Braglia R, Congestri R, Berrilli F, Fuciarelli MF, Ferracci A, Canini A, Gismondi A.   +11 more
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A Palaeoenvironmental Investigation of Two Prehistoric Burnt Mound Sites in Northern Ireland [PDF]

, 2017
Funded by Road services Northern Ireland, Jacobs and Headland ArchaeologyPeer ...
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7000-year-old evidence of fruit tree cultivation in the Jordan Valley, Israel

Scientific Reports, 2022
This study provides one of the earliest examples of fruit tree cultivation worldwide, demonstrating that olive (Olea europaea) and fig (Ficus carica) horticulture was practiced as early as 7000 years ago in the Central Jordan Valley, Israel.
Dafna Langgut, Yosef Garfinkel
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Accuracy and consistency of grass pollen identification by human analysts using electron micrographs of surface ornamentation [PDF]

, 2014
• Premise of the study: Humans frequently identify pollen grains at a taxonomic rank above species. Grass pollen is a classic case of this situation, which has led to the development of computational methods for identifying grass pollen species.
Baker, Sarah J., Belcher, Claire M., Haselhorst, Derek S., Mander, Luke, Punyasena, Surangi W., Rodriguez, Jacklyn, Thorn, Jessica L., Tiwari, Shivangi, Urrego, Dunia H., Wesseln, Cassandra J.   +9 more
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Continuity and change in subsistence at Tell Barri, NE Syria [PDF]

, 2015
The history of the Fertile Crescent is well documented through archaeology and epigraphy. However, contrary to adjacent regions in the Mediterranean and Middle East, the reconstruction of diet and food ways through isotope analysis is limited for ...
Schutkowski, Holger, Soltysiak, A.
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Agriculture and land management in Western Lessini during the Copper Age: work in progress at the site of Colombare of Villa (Negrar di Valpolicella, VR)

IpoTESI di Preistoria, 2022
Almost 70 years after the first excavations, the site of Colombare di Villa di Negrar di Valpolicella is now the focus of a project of archaeological and paleoenvironmental investigations led by the University of Milan and the Cultural Heritage Office ...
Umberto Tecchiati, Paola Salzani, Marica Orioli, Anna Maria Mercuri, Sahra Talamo, Cristiano Nicosia, Alfonsina Amato, Sara Casati, Silvia Cercatillo, Assunta Florenzano, Erika Palmisano, Dragana Paleček, Barbara Proserpio, Cristiano Putzolu, Eleonora Rattighieri, Chiara Reggio   +15 more
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Later prehistoric vegetation dynamics and Bronze Age agriculture at Hobbister, Orkney, Scotland [PDF]

, 2014
The Bronze Age in Britain was a time of major social and cultural changes, reflected in the division of the landscape into field systems and the establishment of new belief systems and ritual practices.
Farrell, Michelle
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