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

Heritage, 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 ...
João Pedro Veiga, Antonio M Monge Soares   +1 more
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Inter-and intra-period dietary variations revealed by dental microwear texture analysis in Holocene Levantine populations [PDF]

Scientific 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, Ariel Pokhojaev, Hila May, Daniel Zvi Bar, Rachel Sarig   +4 more
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The Genetic Variability of Present-Day Bulgarians Captures Ancient and Recent Ancestral Contributions. [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol
ABSTRACT Objectives Thanks to its pivotal crossroad position, Bulgaria played a fundamental key role during all the migration processes that interested the continent through time. While the genetic variability of the country has been deeply investigated using uniparental markers, previous genome‐wide autosomal‐based surveys mainly consisted of wider ...
Sarno S, Piccini F, Abondio P, Cilli E, Kuyumdjian EM, Dimitrov NA, Dilov CD, De Fanti S, Ciani G, Gentilini D, Boattini A, Sazzini M, Pettener D, Luiselli D.   +13 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Ground stone tool assemblages at the end of the Chalcolithic period: A preliminary analysis of the Late Chalcolithic sites in the Fazael Valley

Journal of Lithic Studies, 2016
The very Late Chalcolithic sites of the Fazael Valley exhibit changes in settlement patterns and material culture. This paper presents the analysis of the ground stone tool assemblages of these sites, and includes the combination of attribute analysis ...
Haggai Cohen-Klonymus, Shay Bar
doaj   +3 more sources

Opium trade and use during the Late Bronze Age: Organic residue analysis of ceramic vessels from the burials of Tel Yehud, Israel

Archaeometry, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Organic residue analysis was conducted on various vessels from burials at Tel Yehud, Israel. The analyses led to new reliable evidence for the presence of opioid alkaloids and their decomposition products. This research revitalizes a decades‐old discussion on the presence and function of the opium trade across a cultural region of utmost ...
Vanessa Linares, Eriola Jakoel, Ron Be’eri, Oded Lipschits, Ronny Neumann, Yuval Gadot   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of Chalcolithic Phases in Gilund through Ceramic Chronology [PDF]

Iranian 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

Documenta 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, Eli Buchman, Sariel Shalev, Shay Bar   +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 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, Amicone Silvia, Dinckal Ada, Altaweel Mark, Gur-Arieh Shira, Rohde Jens, Herr Jean-Jacques, Pietsch Sophie, Miller Christopher   +8 more
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A multidisciplinary study of Iberian Chalcolithic dogs [PDF]

, 2022
Domesticated dogs have been present in the Iberian Peninsula long before other domesticated species, back to the late Palaeolithic period. Their origin is still uncertain, but dogs were already well established during the Chalcolithic period (ca.
Almeida, Nelson J., Ginja, Catarina, Petrucci-Fonseca, Francisco, Carlos Fernández-Rodríguez, Petrucci-Fonseca, F., Serra, Octávio, Valera, António Carlos, Cátia Delicado, Cleia Detry, Santos, Ana Beatriz, Antonio Muñoz-Mérida, Amorim, Isabel Rosário, Simon J.M. Davis, Fernández-Rodríguez, Carlos, João Luís Cardoso, Cardoso, João Luís, Davis, Simon J.M., Götherström, Anders,, Matos, José, Ryan Schmidt, Requicha, João, Rosário, Isabel Amorim do, Ana Elisabete Pires, Matos, José António, Francisco Petrucci-Fonseca, Catarina Ginja, Eduardo Porfírio, Rasteiro, Rita, Simões, Fernanda, Guimarães, Sílvia, António Valera, Detry, Cleia, Octávio Serra, Fernanda Simões, Requicha, J. F., Davis, Simon J. M., Blaschikoff, Ludmilla, Ureña, Irene, Arantxa Daza-Perea, Schmidt, Ryan, Ludmilla Blaschikoff, Davis, Simon JM, Ana Beatriz Santos, Delicado, Cátia, Pires, Ana Elisabete, Anders Götherström, Gotherstrom, Anders, Irene Ureña, Valera, António, Rita Rasteiro, Porfírio, Eduardo, José António Matos, Muñoz-Mérida, Antonio, Daza-Perea, Arantxa, Muñoz Merida, Antonio, Isabel Rosário Amorim, João Requicha, Nelson J. Almeida, Almeida, Nelson, Sílvia Guimarães   +59 more
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The Archaeo-Mineralogy of Tapeh Kelar’s potsherds dated to the Late Chalcolithic, Early Bronze, and Middle Bronze Ages

Cercetări 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, Hassan Kohansal Vajargah, Mostafa Khazaie Kouhpar   +2 more
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