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Characterization of Chalcolithic Ceramics from the Lisbon Region, Portugal: An Archaeometric Study

open access: yesHeritage, 2022
The Chalcolithic period in the Lisbon region, Portugal, is usually divided into three phases chronologically: the Early Chalcolithic, characterized by cylindrical corrugated cups, Full Chalcolithic by so-called acacia-leaf decoration, and Late ...
Rute Correia Chaves   +2 more
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Ancient DNA from Chalcolithic Israel reveals the role of population mixture in cultural transformation

open access: yesNature Communications, 2018
The Late Chalcolithic material culture in the southern Levant has unique attributes that suggest spread of people or culture. Here, the authors use genome-wide ancient DNA data from 22 individuals from a Chalcolithic site and show evidence of complex ...
Éadaoin Harney   +11 more
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Inter-and intra-period dietary variations revealed by dental microwear texture analysis in Holocene Levantine populations [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Reports
The transition from hunter-gatherer subsistence to agricultural economies marks one of the most significant shifts in human dietary history. This study investigates dietary adaptations and intra-period variability among Holocene Levantine populations ...
Dana Megreli   +4 more
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Development of Chalcolithic Phases in Gilund through Ceramic Chronology [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Archaeological Studies, 2011
This paper deals with pottery assemblage from the chalcolithic phase of the site of Gilund in Rajsamand district ofRajasthan. Though pottery from this site has been studied earlier (Shinde et al 2002), however there was no literatureavailable on the ...
Amrita Sarkar, Vasant Shinde
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A Large Copper Artefacts Assemblage of Fazael, Jordan Valley

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2020
Late Chalcolithic metallurgy developed in the southern Levant simultaneously with other crafts and new social institutions, reflecting advances in social organization, cults and technology. Until recently, copper items were mostly found in the Negev and
Danny Rosenberg   +3 more
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A Multi-Method Study of a Chalcolithic Kiln in the Bora Plain (Iraqi Kurdistan): The Evidence From Excavation, Micromorphological and Pyrotechnological Analyses

open access: yesOpen Archaeology, 2022
Pyrotechnology has always been a core topic in the archaeological debate concerning phases of deep cultural transformations, such as the Chalcolithic period in the Near East (c. 6000–3500 BC). However, previous studies on pyrotechnological installations,
Squitieri Andrea   +8 more
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Chronological Modelling of the Chalcolithic Settlement Layers at Tell Yunatsite, Southern Bulgaria

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2021
This article publishes a new series of radiocarbon dates from Tell Yunatsite, Southern Bulgaria. Context-based excavations undertaken over a large surface area, as well as a small test trench, provided a long stratigraphic sequence (11 ‘building levels’)
Yavor Boyadzhiev   +3 more
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Cultural Development of Chalcolithic era in the East of Central Zagros based on Archaeological Excavations at Tepe Gheshlagh [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Archaeological Studies, 2014
Situated in the Talvar valley of the Bijar County, Tepe Gheshlagh is an archaeological site with a sequence spanning the Chalcolithic through to the Bronze Age.
Abbas Motarjem, Mahnaz Sharifi
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New Evidence from Neolithic to Achaemenid Periods in North-Western Iran: Excavations at Kul Tepe (Hadishahr), Second Preliminary Report (2013) [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Archaeological Studies, 2016
The site of Kul Tepe is located near the city of Hadishahr, in Eastern Azerbaijan Province. It is an ancient multi-period mound, having an extension of about 6 hectares and rising 19 meters above the surrounding land.
Akbar Abedi
doaj   +1 more source

The Archaeo-Mineralogy of Tapeh Kelar’s potsherds dated to the Late Chalcolithic, Early Bronze, and Middle Bronze Ages

open access: yesCercetări Arheologice, 2023
Potsherds are very important for the archaeological research because they may date a site, reveal clues about art, technology, and subsistence of people. Potteries show the relationships and exchanges between people from different regions. The Kelar Hill
Parastoo Masjedi Khak   +2 more
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