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A preliminary report on the excavations of tomb AS 91 at Abusir South (autumn season 2016) [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2017 This article summarises the excavations of tomb AS 91, uncovered during the autumn season of 2016 at Abusir South. The mastaba was highly damaged and its superstructure had almost completely disappeared. Three shafts were detected in the mastaba core.
Marie Peterková Hlouchová +3 more
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Seasonal Exploitation of Migratory Waterfowl at Natufian el‐Wad Terrace, Mount Carmel, Israel
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 35, Issue 6, Page 555-570, November/December 2025.ABSTRACT Increased avian exploitation is a hallmark of broad‐spectrum subsistence strategies in the Levantine Natufian culture (15,000–11,700 cal. BP). However, detailed publications of bird remains from the Natufian are scant, especially regarding the Early Natufian, and the available evidence shows high inter‐site variability that begs explanation ...
Linda Amos +2 more
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, 2016 Archaeozoology of the Near East X. Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on the Archaeozoology of South-Western Asia and Adjacent. B. De Cupere, V. Linseele et S. Hamilton-Dyer (eds.
Gourichon, Lionel
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Frontiers in Environmental ArchaeologyFor a long time, Neanderthals were considered hunters of large mammals, whereas the diversification of the exploited faunal spectrum to include smaller taxa, including birds, was assumed to be specific to anatomically modern humans.
Quentin Goffette +12 more
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Les bovins de la fosse médiévale de Tiya (Éthiopie) : dépôt rituel ou banquet funéraire ?
Afrique Archéologie Arts, 2005 The archaeozoological analysis of the faunal remains of the medieval pit of Tiya (Ethiopia) revealed the exclusive presence of bovines. At least four adult animals were found, including males, females and castrated.
Joséphine Lesur
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 35, Issue 6, Page 612-618, November/December 2025.ABSTRACT Coastal‐oriented communities of the Ertebølle culture co‐existed in southern Scandinavia 6000–7000 years ago in relative proximity to farming communities. Despite many years of research, it is still unclear what role individual domestic animals played in this context, mainly due to a lack of dating and identification issues.
Ulrich Schmölcke +7 more
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How Bone Connects Life’s Past to the Present. Zooarchaeology at Dadan (AlUla, Saudi Arabia)
Open QuaternaryThe excavations undertaken on the site of Dadan have recovered a very important bone assemblage (more than 167,696 remains), allowing us to reconstruct and better understand the subsistence strategies of the inhabitants in a central part of the al-‘Ula ...
Hervé Monchot +2 more
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Documenta Praehistorica, 2016 In this paper, we investigate whether the Mesolithic-Neolithic sites in the Danube Gorges were occupied seasonally or all year round by looking at animal skeletal remains.
Vesna Dimitrijević +2 more
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 35, Issue 5, Page 284-294, September/October 2025.ABSTRACT Agents of taphonomy can bias skeletal parts and the frequency of bones in archaeological sites. An important factor to consider is the possible effect of bone density‐mediated attrition on archaeornithological assemblages. We scanned willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) specimens using a Lunar iDXA and an enCcore small animal body add‐on to ...
Frank J. Dirrigl Jr. +1 more
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The archaeozoology of the Făgăraș fortress during the Habsburg period
, 2022 The archaeozoological material discussed in this article came from one feature (Cpl. 2) located in the southern outer courtyard of the fortress investigated in the summer of 2020.
Bălășescu, A. +2 more
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