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The population of the medieval Plyos (based on archaeological excavations of the Varvara necropolis in Plyos, modern Ivanovo Region) [PDF]

Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2020
Traditionally, the emergence of the Russian medieval town of Plyos is attributed to the second half of the 12th c., when a fortress was built on the Sobornaya Mountain (upper part), and a settlement emerged in the lower area on the left bank of the River
Vasilyev S.V. , Borutskaya S.B. , Averin V.A. , Frizen S.Yu.   +3 more
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Improvement and integration: scientific analyses of willow-leaf shaped bronze swords excavated from the Shuangyuan Village Cemetery, Chengdu, China

Heritage Science, 2022
Willow-leaf shaped sword is a kind of exclusive bronze weapon popular only in the states of Ba and Shu during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-256 BC). Its prototype may originate from Central Asia and India and is a typical example of a trans-regional and ...
Dian Chen, Yingdong Yang, Tianyou Wang, Xiaoting Wang, Wugan Luo   +4 more
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DNA Barcoding Technology Used to Successfully Sub-Classify a Museum Whale Specimen as Balaenoptera edeni edeni

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
DNA barcoding technology is becoming an increasingly powerful tool in resolving issues of detailed species identification based on morphology, as commonly employed by museums.
Xiaoying Ren, Xiaolin Ma, Edward Allen, Yuan Fang, Shaoqing Wen, Shaoqing Wen   +5 more
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Chronostratigraphy, Site Formation, and Palaeoenvironmental Context of Late Pleistocene and Holocene Occupations at Grassridge Rock Shelter (Eastern Cape, South Africa)

Open Quaternary, 2020
Grassridge rock shelter is located in the high elevation grassland foothills of the Stormberg Mountains in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. This places Grassridge at an important biogeoclimatic intersection between the Drakensberg Mountains, the South ...
Christopher J. H. Ames, Luke Gliganic, Carlos E. Cordova, Kelsey Boyd, Brian G. Jones, Lisa Maher, B. R. Collins   +6 more
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Sex-Biased Population Admixture Mediated Subsistence Strategy Transition of Heishuiguo People in Han Dynasty Hexi Corridor

Frontiers in Genetics, 2022
The Hexi Corridor was an important arena for culture exchange and human migration between ancient China and Central and Western Asia. During the Han Dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE), subsistence strategy along the corridor shifted from pastoralism to a mixed ...
Jianxue Xiong, Panxin Du, Guoke Chen, Yichen Tao, Boyan Zhou, Yishi Yang, Hui Wang, Hui Wang, Yao Yu, Xin Chang, Edward Allen, Chang Sun, Juanjuan Zhou, Yetao Zou, Yiran Xu, Hailiang Meng, Jingze Tan, Hui Li, Shaoqing Wen, Shaoqing Wen   +19 more
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Localized management of non-indigenous animal domesticates in Northwestern China during the Bronze Age

Scientific Reports, 2021
The movements of ancient crop and animal domesticates across prehistoric Eurasia are well-documented in the archaeological record. What is less well understood are the precise mechanisms that farmers and herders employed to incorporate newly introduced ...
Petra Vaiglova, Rachel E. B. Reid, Emma Lightfoot, Suzanne E. Pilaar Birch, Hui Wang, Guoke Chen, Shuicheng Li, Martin Jones, Xinyi Liu   +8 more
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Cultural and demic co-diffusion of Tubo Empire on Tibetan Plateau

iScience, 2022
Summary: A high point of Tibetan Plateau (TP) civilization, the expansive Tubo Empire (618–842 AD) wielded great influence across ancient western China.
Kongyang Zhu, Panxin Du, Jiyuan Li, Jianlin Zhang, Xiaojun Hu, Hailiang Meng, Liang Chen, Boyan Zhou, Xiaomin Yang, Jianxue Xiong, Edward Allen, Xiaoying Ren, Yi Ding, Yiran Xu, Xin Chang, Yao Yu, Sheng Han, Guanghui Dong, Chuan-Chao Wang, Shaoqing Wen   +19 more
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Etruscan Teeth and Odontology

Dental Anthropology, 1993
The results of a paleopathological examination of the teeth and supporting structures of a 4th through 2nd century BC Etruscan sample of 119 crania from central Italy reveals a relatively low incidence of caries (27.7%) and high frequencies of antemortem
Luigi Capasso, Gabriella di Tota
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Late Weichselian–Holocene valley development of the Elbe valley near Dresden – linking sedimentation, soil formation and archaeology [PDF]

Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart, 2023
Valley infills are essential for understanding changes in hydrology and landscape. Anthropogenic activities are proven by prehistoric settlement remains, which mark distinct sediments and soils as usable land during certain time periods. In 2009 and 2018/
C. Tinapp, C. Tinapp, J. Selzer, N. Döhlert-Albani, B. Fischer, S. Heinrich, C. Herbig, F. Kreienbrink, T. Lauer, T. Lauer, B. Schneider, H. Stäuble   +11 more
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Population reconstructions for humans and megafauna suggest mixed causes for North American Pleistocene extinctions

Nature Communications, 2018
Much of the North American megafauna went extinct in the late Pleistocene, but the causes are debated. Here the authors analyze human and megafaunal population dynamics in Pleistocene North America and find variation among taxa and region in whether ...
Jack M. Broughton, Elic M. Weitzel
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