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Diet-related dental wear in archaeological human populations of Chalcolithic and Bronze Age from North-Eastern Romania

Homo, 2022
Dental macrowear is the non-pathological loss of hard tissues on the occlusal surface of the teeth. In archaeological contexts, the loss of tooth tissues is often correlated with lifestyles, habits, and with the physical properties of the consumed food -
Ozana-Maria Petraru, Luminița Bejenaru, Mariana Popovici   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Blame it on the goats? Desertification in the Near East during the Holocene [PDF]

, 2016
The degree to which desertification during the Holocene resulted from climatic deterioration or alternatively from overgrazing has puzzled Quaternary scientists in many arid regions of the world.
Albert, Rosa-María, Cordova, Carlos E., DeWitt, Regina, Emery-Barbier, Aline, Henry, Donald O., Portillo Ramirez, Marta   +5 more
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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
wiley   +1 more source

From Inalienable Possessions to Magic: Social Practices Behind the Diversity of Chalcolithic Symbol-laden Objects

Etnoantropološki Problemi
There is a great variety of symbol-laden objects in the late Chalcolithic period (ca. 4300-3900 BC). In the past, they have been interpreted mostly as designators of social status and evidence of social hierarchy.
Milena Gošić
doaj   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj  

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

The chalcolithic fortified site of Leceia (Oeiras, Portugal) [PDF]

, 2008
At the main Chalcolithic settlements of Estremadura, the agricultural potential enhanced through successive improvement of production technologies created an economic surplus that needed to be defended.
Cardoso, João Luís
core   +1 more source

A tale of two tells : dating the Çatalhöyük West Mound [PDF]

, 2018
The Anatolian Neolithic tell settlement of Çatalhöyük was investigated by James Mellaart in 1961–65, and by Ian Hodder and others from 1993 to 2017. Located on the Konya Plain, central Turkey, Çatalhöyük is famed for the densely-packed houses, under ...
Anvari, Baird, Biehl, Cessford, Clare, Clare, Düring, Erdoğu, Gibson, Gibson, Hodder, Last, Last, Mellaart, Russell, Schoop, Stevanović, Thissen, Willett, Özdöl-Kutlu   +19 more
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