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Peak into the Past - An Archaeo-Astronomy Summer School [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Our landscape has been shaped by man throughout the millennia. It still contains many clues to how it was used in the past giving us insights into ancient cultures and their everyday life.
Brown, D., Francis, R., Neale, N.
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Impacts of new agricultural practices on soil erosion during the Bronze Age in the French Prealps [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
International audienceIn order to better understand the evolution of past climate-human-environment interactions in the North-western Alps during the Holocene, we have analysed the lipid content of two cores taken from the sediments of Lake le Bourget ...
Arnaud, Fabien   +6 more
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Silver mining and landscape changes in medieval Central Europe: Reconstructing ore processing in a buried fir forest on the Bohemian‐Moravian Highlands (Koječín, Czech Republic)

open access: yesGeoarchaeology, Volume 39, Issue 5, Page 485-507, September/October 2024.
Abstract This study discusses the potential of archaeological organic objects in anthropogenic sediments in terms of research into human impact on the medieval landscape and environment. In the Bohemian‐Moravian Highlands, at a mid‐altitudinal stream valley site (ca.
Petr Hrubý   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ancient Plant DNA as a Window Into the Cultural Heritage and Biodiversity of Our Food System

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Since the beginning of the ancient DNA revolution in the 1980s, archeological plant remains and herbarium specimens have been analyzed with molecular techniques to probe the evolutionary interface of plants and humans.
Natalia A. S. Przelomska   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Research of a Renaissance Malt House in Chanovice (Klatovy District)

open access: yesKvasný průmysl, 2015
The article informs about a research of an early modern malt house in Chanovice chateau (Klatovy district). The malt house was analysed during renovation works in 1996–8.
Petr Kočár   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The medieval croft plužina field system in a mountain region of central Europe: The interdisciplinary record of the earthen field boundaries in Debrné, Czechia

open access: yesGeoarchaeology, Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 428-449, July/August 2024.
Abstract The integration of archaeological, historical and geoarchaeological records represents a significant contribution to research into the medieval landscape. This study focuses on the medieval field system in the deserted village of Debrné, located in northeastern Bohemia, Czechia. The village features a well‐preserved croft plužina field system,
Sahar Poledník Mohammadi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fossil or non‐fossil? A best‐practice guide for archaeobotanical taxa

open access: yesTAXON, Volume 73, Issue 2, Page 425-435, April 2024.
Abstract Can archaeobotanical material be treated as a nomenclatural type of a fossil taxon? Here we show that archaeobotanical taxa should be named according to the rules for non‐fossil taxa. Examples of archaeobotanical taxa are summarized and discussed.
Diego Rivera   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flax fibre: innovation and change in the early Neolithic: a technological and material perspective [PDF]

open access: yes
Flax (Linum sp.) was one of the first domestic plants in Neolithic Europe, providing a potential cultivable source of fibres for the first farmers. As the plant provides both oil and fibre, it is a matter of enquiry as to whether the plant was first ...
Harris, S.
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Microparticles from dental calculus disclose paleoenvironmental and palaeoecological records

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2024.
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.
Alessia D'Agostino   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

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