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Cultic and Ritual Artifacts of The Chalcolithic Period

Works of Georgian Technical University
Archaeological artifacts from the Chalcolithic period discovered within the territory of Georgia provide compelling evidence for examining the belief systems and ritual practices of prehistoric communities. Anthropomorphic clay figurines, stone and clay tokens, spindle whorls, amulets, and various symbolic motifs are linked to the worship of fertility,
Aleqsander Nazgaidze, Vaja Sadradze
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The Lost Large Mammals of Arabia

Journal of Biogeography, Volume 52, Issue 6, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim If successful, plans to restore the vegetation of the Arabian Peninsula (AP) as announced by the Middle East and Saudi Green Initiatives will see the greatest increase in vegetation cover since the beginning of the Holocene Humid Phase (HHP), roughly 9–10,000 years ago.
Christopher Clarke, Sultan M. Alsharif
wiley   +1 more source

THE ROLE OF IRON AGE STELAE IN THE CREATION OF A SYMBOLIC LANDSCAPE ON THE ATLANTIC COAST OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA

Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 44, Issue 2, Page 159-181, May 2025.
Summary This paper investigates a complex archaeological landscape on the Iberian peninsula’s Atlantic coast. The present‐day landscape is characterized by dense forest and abrupt topography, posing challenges for a systematic research program of landscape archaeology.
Jagoba Hidalgo‐Masa, Jesús García Sánchez   +1 more
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Effect of Environmental and Geographical Factors on Distribution of the Chalcolithic Sites in the Hourand Region, Iran

تحقيقات جغرافيايی, 2019
Aims & Backgrounds: Ancient sites of chalcolithic age in the Hourand region located at the eastern part of Azerbaijan, Iran covers the historical period from the late 6th millennium to the 4th millennium BC.
sahar bakhtiari, Rouhollah shirazi, Behrouz omrani, Sepideh bakhtiari, Reza salmanpoor, seyedeh zahra abtahi frooshani   +5 more
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Yavne in the Hellenistic Period [PDF]

Athens Journal of History
From ancient times to the present day, Yavne has been an important center for several ancient cultures, a fact reflected in numerous archaeological excavations conducted throughout the modern city and its surroundings.
Daniel Varga, Pablo Betzer
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Holocene biogeography of the southwestern European white‐toothed shrew (Crocidura iculisma, Eulipotyphla) through its fossil record

Mammal Review, Volume 55, Issue 2, April 2025.
The shrew Crocidura iculisma has a fragmented distribution limited to southwestern Europe. This study analyzes changes in its geographic distribution including palaeontological and modern data, revealing a significant reduction its range during the Holocene due to competitive exclusion by Crocidura russula and climatic changes.
Ángel C. Domínguez‐García, Adrián Álvarez‐Vena, César Laplana, Paloma Sevilla, Jacinto Román, Josep Francesc Bisbal‐Chinesta, Javier Calzada, M. Ángeles Galindo‐Pellicena, Luis Benítez De Lugo Enrich   +8 more
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Frequency of Dental Caries in Four Historical Populations from the Chalcolithic to the Middle Ages

International Journal of Dentistry, 2011
The majority of dental carie studies over the course of historical period underline mainly the prevalence evolution, the role of carbohydrates consumption and the impact of access to dietary resources.
A.-M. Grimoud, S. Lucas, A. Sevin, P. Georges, O. Passarrius, F. Duranthon   +5 more
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Late Holocene Evolution of the Lagoonal Harbour of the Punic Centre of Othoca (Western Sardinia, Mediterranean Sea)

Geoarchaeology, Volume 40, Issue 2, March/April 2025.
ABSTRACT Geophysical surveys and multiproxy analyses of sediment cores have been used to reconstruct the palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Santa Giusta coastal lagoon (SGL), along the western coast of Sardinia. This area served as a natural harbour mainly during the Punic and Roman Republican periods (6th–2nd century bc).
Giovanni De Falco, Alfredo Carannante, Carla Del Vais, Luca Gasperini, Ignazio Sanna, Fabio Cammarano, Marilena Cozzolino, Vincenzo Pascucci, Alessandro Conforti   +8 more
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The Chalcolithic Period in the Dead Sea Area

, 2019
The Chalcolithic period in the Southern Levant is still a period under discussion, which refers both to the exact chronological position and the socio-political development during the period.
Kerner, Susanne
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Are the ‘new’ AMS Varna dates older?

Българско е-Списание за Археология, 2013
The paper elaborates on the AMS dating results obtained for the Chalcolithic cemetery near Varna, located on the western Black Sea coast in northeastern Bulgaria.
Tanya Dzhanfezova
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