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Sagittal suture morphological variation in human archaeological populations

The Anatomical Record, Volume 304, Issue 12, Page 2811-2822, December 2021., 2021
Abstract Cranial sutures join the many bones of the skull. They are therefore points of weakness and consequently subjected to the many mechanical stresses affecting the cranium. However, the way in which this impacts their morphological complexity remains unclear.
Olivia Cheronet, Abigail Ash, Alexandra Anders, János Dani, László Domboróczki, Eva Drozdova, Michael Francken, Marija Jovanovic, Lidija Milasinovic, Ildiko Pap, Pál Raczky, Maria Teschler‐Nicola, Zdeněk Tvrdý, Joachim Wahl, Gunita Zariņa, Ron Pinhasi   +15 more
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A multiproxy approach to studying a large prehistoric enclosure in Ojców, Kraków Upland, Poland

Archaeological Prospection, Volume 28, Issue 4, Page 543-563, October/December 2021., 2021
Abstract Due to the presence of multiple caves and rock shelters as well as flint outcrops, Ojców Upland is a region with an exceptionally high concentration of prehistoric human settlement traces. It has attracted archaeologists for over 150 years, leading to what was considered to have been a proper prospection of the area.
Michał Leloch, Michał Jakubczak, Marcin Przybyła, Katarzyna Pyżewicz, Marcin Szeliga, Michał Wojenka, Grzegorz Czajka, Małgorzata Kot   +7 more
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Geoarchaeological evidence on a Late Bronze Age earthquake, Ohrid Basin (North Macedonia)

Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 36, Issue 6, Page 1003-1012, August 2021., 2021
ABSTRACT Geoarchaeological investigations on the northeastern shore of Lake Ohrid revealed 3.5 m thick deepwater lacustrine sediments overlying terrestrial vegetation macrofossils, worked wood and abundant potsherds dated to the Late Bronze Age (LBA).
J. Hošek, M. Verčík, P. Pokorný, J. Beneš, V. Komárková, T. Radoměřský, N. Atanasoska, V. Todoroska, P. Ardjanliev   +8 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
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Mullino II Settlement on the Ik-Belaya Interfluve: material culture, stratigraphy and radiocarbon chronology

Археология евразийских степей, 2022
Mullino II settlement has become widely popular in archaeological literature due to the work carried out at the site by A.P. Shokurov and G.N. Matyushin in the second half of the 20th century. The material culture of the settlement studied by the authors,
Victor V. Morozov, Anton V. Lyganov, Alexander A. Vybornov, Alexey L. Smirnov, Nadezhda S. Batueva   +4 more
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Vadniur I/7 — the final Neolithic and Eneolithic site of the Vychegda River [PDF]

Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2020
The author presents the results of his own survey of the Vadniur I settlement carried out in 2017. The site is located on the right bank of the Vychegda River in the Syktyvkar city, the Komi Republic (north-eastern Europe).
Karmanov V.N.
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The origin of farming in the Lower Volga Region

Documenta Praehistorica, 2015
The paper focuses on the results of archaeological, palaezoological, and radiocarbon analyses of Neolithic and Eneolithic sites in the Northern Caspian and Lower Volga regions.
Alexander Vybornov, Pavel Kosintsev, Marianna Kulkova   +2 more
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The History of Formation and Anthropogenic Development of the Derkul River Floodplain (West Kazakhstan) in the Mid Holocene

Поволжская археология, 2021
The article presents the results of soil and archaeological study of the pedo-sedimentation sequence formed in the floodplain of the Derkul River (West Kazakhstan).
Gavrilov Denis A. , Mamirov Talgat B., Rastigeev Sergei A., Parkhomchuk Vasiliy V.   +3 more
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The Eneolithic Burial of Maksimovka I Soil Burial Ground from the Samara Trans-Volga Region

Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2019
Introduction. In the early 1980s the materials of soil burial grounds served as a base for identifying a special Eneolithic period in the history of the Middle and Lower Volga regions.
Victor A. Tsibin, Anton A. Shalapinin
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Ancient Genomes Reveal Unexpected Horse Domestication and Management Dynamics

BioEssays, Volume 42, Issue 1, January 2020., 2020
Ancient DNA preserved in horse fossil specimens has allowed the sequencing of extensive genome time series. These have illuminated the domestication process by which the characteristics of modern horses were first tamed, and further selected and exchanged by past breeders during history.
Ludovic Orlando
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