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Living by the lake: Plant food diversity in a prehistoric lake‐dwelling community in the Republic of North Macedonia

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the relationship between wetland ecosystems and prehistoric lakeshore settlements within the Lake Ohrid basin (a biodiversity hotspot) by considering plant food systems at Ploča Mičov Grad, North Macedonia. The mid‐fifth millennium (c.4555–4373 to 4437–4241 cal BCE) waterlogged assemblage contained a diverse spectrum of ...
Amy Holguin, Michael Charles, Ferran Antolín, Rachel Ballantyne, Müge Ergun, Albert Hafner, Stefanie Jacomet, André F. Lotter, Goce Naumov, Johannes Reich, Raül Soteras, Elizabeth Stroud, Willy Tinner, Rachel Wood, Amy Bogaard   +14 more
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What can lithics tell us about food production during the transition to farming? Exploring harvesting practices and cultural changes during the neolithic in Southwest Asia: a view from Qminas (north‐western Syria)

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the continuity and change in harvesting practices between the Late Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B (LPPNB) and the Early Pottery Neolithic at Qminas, north‐western Levant, through a traceological analysis of flint sickles. By combining qualitative traceological analysis with quantitative functional approaches, we demonstrate that ...
Fiona Pichon, Osamu Maeda, Juan José Ibáñez Estévez, Patricia Anderson   +3 more
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Monuments with Early Neolithic Combed Ware from the Southeastern Lake Onega Region

Археология евразийских степей
The territory of the Southeastern Lake Onega region includes the Southern Lake Onega region, the basins of Lake Beloye and Lake Vozhe within the borders of the Vologda Oblast.
Marina V. Ivanishcheva, Natalya V. Kosorukova   +1 more
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Communities, households and animals. Convergent developments in Central Anatolian and Central European Neolithic

Documenta Praehistorica, 2008
This paper intends to scrutinize striking similarities in cultural developments and social transformations in Neolithic communities in the North European Plain of Central Europe and Central Anatolia in the early phase of their development and in the ...
Arkadiusz Marciniak
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Bioarchaeology of Neolithic Çatalhöyük reveals fundamental transitions in health, mobility, and lifestyle in early farmers

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019
Significance Bioarchaeological investigation of human remains from Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey, contributes to a growing body of data documenting population dynamics, health, and lifestyle of early farmers in Holocene settings in the Near East and ...
C. Larsen, C. Knüsel, S. Haddow, M. Pilloud, M. Milella, Joshua W. Sadvari, Jessica Pearson, C. Ruff, Evan M. Garofalo, E. Bocaege, B. Betz, I. Dori, B. Glencross   +12 more
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The Oldest Traces of Alcoholic Beverages in the Border Zone of the North and East European Plains

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Analysis of organic compounds preserved on pottery from the Bell Beaker community and the initial phase of the Trzciniec Cultural Sphere in the border zone of the Eastern and North European Plains was prompted by traces of alcoholic beverages found in contextually and formally analogous discoveries of more westerly provenance.
Dariusz Manasterski, Katarzyna Januszek, Angelina Rosiak, Aleksandra Cetwińska, Joanna Kałużna‐Czaplińska   +4 more
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The Beginning of the Neolithic in Southeast Anatolia

Documenta Praehistorica, 2020
New research in southeastern Anatolia at Early Neolithic sites has brought a fresh perspective on the emergence of the Neolithic way of life in southwest Asia. In addition to providing more details on the transition to settled life, food production, and
Necmi Karul
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‘You Load Sixteen Tons, What Do You Get?’. The Jodłowno Hoard (Pomerania, Poland) as Evidence of Long‐Distance Contacts in the Early Iron Age

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents multifaceted analyses of metal artefacts from the Jodłowno Hoard (Northern Poland), revealing that the metal originated from Iberian polymetallic ore deposits. Transported as raw ingots via Atlantic maritime routes, this copper was reworked locally into regionally distinctive forms.
K. Nowak, P. Gan, Z. Stos‐Gale, K. Cywa, J. Karasiński   +4 more
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Fats, Fire and Bronze Age Funerary Rites: Organic Residue Analysis of Wide Horizontal Rim Vessels From Burial Contexts in Northwest Portugal

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents the first GC‐MS–based analyses of wide horizontal rim vessels with well‐defined funerary contexts, from Middle Bronze Age Portugal (Quinta do Amorim 2 and Pego). Organic residues from two vessels revealed ruminant fats and plant oils, alongside molecular markers of heat exposure.
João Vinícius Back, César Oliveira, Ana M. S. Bettencourt, Hugo Aluai Sampaio, Luciano Vilas Boas, Luís Gonçalves   +5 more
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Contextualizing Karaburun A New Area for Neolithic Research in Anatolia

Documenta Praehistorica, 2018
Recent surveys led by the author in Karaburun Peninsula discovered multiple prehistoric sites. This article introduces one of the Neolithic sites called Kömür Burnu in this marginal zone of coastal western Anatolia.
Ciler Cilingiroglu, Berkay Dinçer
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