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Un parto in maschera? Osservazioni sulla terracotta antropomorfica calcolitica della Fondazione Pierides (Larnaca, Cipro)

Mantichora, 2020
A well-known anthropomorphic asksos of a seated male, first described in 1981 as an enthroned ithyphallic figure, belongs to the archaeological collection of the Pierides Foundation Museum in Larnaka In this paper, after briefly describing the terracotta
Luca Bombardieri
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Carbon stable isotope analysis of cereal remains as a way to reconstruct water availability: preliminary results [PDF]

, 2011
Reconstructing past water availability, both as rainfall and irrigation, is important to answer questions about the way society reacts to climate and its changes and the role of irrigation in the development of social complexity.
AM Rosen, B Finlayson, BD Marino, C Grigson, C Körner, C Körner, C Migowski, DH Price, DW McCreery, E Galili, E Jenkins, E Kaptijn, E Peltenburg, Emma Jenkins, F Braemer, FB Salisbury, G Fiorentino, G Fiorentino, G Jones, G Palumbo, G Philip, G Rollefson, GD Farquhar, GD Farquhar, GD Farquhar, GD Farquhar, GK Gillmore, GR Stewart, Gundula Müldner, H Helbaek, H Weiss, HR Stokes, I Kuijt, J Codron, J Doorenbos, J Hoefs, J Mabry, J Mabry, J Sealy, JL Araus, JL Araus, JL Araus, JL Araus, JL Araus, JN Postgate, JP Ferrio, JP Ferrio, JP Ferrio, JP Ferrio, JP Ferrio, JP Oleson, JR Ehleringer, JW Laundré, K Bastert, K Prag, KT Hubick, KW Butzer, L Cabrera-Bosquet, LT Tieszen, M Aguilera, M Charles, M Davies, M Harrower, M Madella, M Staubwasser, MH O’Leary, MW Ertsen, N Roberts, NK Fageria, P Monneveux, P Wright, Pascal Flohr, PB deMenocal, PG Whitehead, PMMG Akkermans, R Matthews, R Shaheen, RB Austin, RC Hunt, RS Wenke, RTJ Cappers, S Fujii, S Fujii, S Helms, S Mithen, S Riehl, S Riehl, SJ Bourke, SW Helms, TE Dawson, TE Levy, THE Heaton, THE Heaton, TW Boutton, TW Boutton, U Bellwald, VL Scarborough, Y Garfinkel   +97 more
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(Don’t) Use Your Hands: The South Levantine Late Chalcolithic (ca. 4500–3900 cal BC) Spoons and Their Significance

Humans
The Late Chalcolithic period in the southern Levant saw notable changes in almost every aspect of daily life. Some of the most significant shifts during this time seem to have been anchored in the subsistence economy and involved food and its cooking ...
Danny Rosenberg, Shira Gur-Arieh, Motti Pearl, Hadar Ahituv   +3 more
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Metallurgical production evidences in the chalcolithic settlement of Moita da Ladra (Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal) [PDF]

, 2015
Poster apresentado na conferência realizada em Madrid de 1-3 de junho de 2015The archaeological site of Moita da Ladra is na emblematic settlement located at Vila Franca de Xira (Portugal), occupied predominantly during the second half of the 3rd ...
Araújo, Maria Fátima, Cardoso, João Luís, Pereira, Filipa, Silva, Rui J. C., Soares, A. M. Monge   +4 more
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The Earliest Lead Object in the Levant. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
In the deepest section of a large complex cave in the northern Negev desert, Israel, a bi-conical lead object was found logged onto a wooden shaft.
Naama Yahalom-Mack, Dafna Langgut, Omri Dvir, Ofir Tirosh, Adi Eliyahu-Behar, Yigal Erel, Boaz Langford, Amos Frumkin, Mika Ullman, Uri Davidovich   +9 more
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Lime Production in the Late Chalcolithic Period: The Case of Arslantepe (Eastern Anatolia)

Heritage, 2021
Plaster and mortar samples from Arslantepe (Turkey) hold potential to provide unique information about the lime production and adhibition during the Late Chalcolithic period (4th millennium BCE).
Silvano Mignardi, Caterina De Vito, Michela Botticelli, Gabriele Favero, Francesca Balossi Restelli, Luca Marinacci, Samah Alkhasoneh, Laura Medeghini   +7 more
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New evidence on the Early Chalcolithic in the Lower Yantra Valley: The site of Orlovets – Papaz Cheshma, Veliko Tarnovo District

Studia Praehistorica, 2022
This paper presents the preliminary results of the 2020 rescue excavations that took place ahead of pipeline construction near the village of Orlovets, Veliko Tarnovo District, at a multi-period site situated on the southern slope of an elevated terrace
Vanya Petrova, Nadezhda Todorova
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Batı Anadolu Kalkolitik Dönem Oluk Bezeme Tekniği: Çine-Tepecik Höyük Bağlamında Bir Değerlendirme / Grooved Decoration Technique of the Chalcolithic Period of Western Anatolia: An Evaluation in the Context of Çine-Tepecik Mound

Arkhaia Anatolika
The Chalcolithic Period represents one of the lesser-known and most debated phases of Anatolian archaeology. The fact that architectural evidence pertaining to the period has been documented only on a limited scale impedes our understanding of settlement
Ümit ÇAYIR TIĞLI
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New evidence on the Copper Age in the Yantra River Valley: the settlement site of Orlovets–Erendzhika

Studia Praehistorica, 2021
The article presents the results of a receintly excavated site near the village of Orlovets in the eastern part of present-day central north Bulgaria. The trenches had a total area of 77 sq. m, and the archaeological excavations were carried out in 2003
Stefan Chohadzhiev
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The process of cultural change in Chalcolithic period in highland Western Iran at Tepe Gheshlagh

Documenta Praehistorica, 2018
Tepe Gheshlagh is located in the center of Talvar Valley in Bijar County, Kurdistan province of Iran, on the east bank of Talvar River. It is rested on a Natural terrace, less than 30 meters above the current bed of the river.
Mahnaz Sharifi, Abbas Motarjem
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