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Rock art of the Mediterranean basin on the Iberian Peninsula. From El Cogul to Kyoto [PDF]

Catalan Historical Review, 2013
Roca dels Moros in El Cogul is the first set of prehistoric paintings documented in Catalonia, and since its discovery in 1908 it has been a referent in prehistoric art on the Iberian Peninsula.
Gemma Hernández, Mauro S. Hernández
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A unique human-fox burial from a pre-Natufian cemetery in the Levant (Jordan). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
New human burials from northern Jordan provide important insights into the appearance of cemeteries and the nature of human-animal relationships within mortuary contexts during the Epipalaeolithic period (c.
Lisa A Maher, Jay T Stock, Sarah Finney, James J N Heywood, Preston T Miracle, Edward B Banning   +5 more
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Herbivore enamel carbon and oxygen isotopes demonstrate both Homo sapiens and Neanderthals exploited similar habitats in the Zagros Mountains

Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 38, Issue 8, Page 1279-1288, November 2023., 2023
ABSTRACT The extinction of Neanderthal populations has been attributed to the onset of cold and dry climatic conditions during Marine Isotope Stage 3 or their competition with anatomically modern humans for large game resources. However, decoupling climate from competition has long proved difficult.
Michaela Ecker, Nemat Hariri, Saman Heydari‐Guran, Elham Ghasidian, Noreen Tuross, Melinda Zeder, Cheryl A. Makarewicz   +6 more
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Twelve years of the ‘Arabian Seashores’ project: How the extensive investigation of coastal Oman changed the paradigm of the Arabian Neolithic

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 34, Issue S1, Page S1-S21, November 2023., 2023
Abstract For over a decade, the French mission ‘Archaeology of the Arabian Seashores’ has been exploring the evolution of the Omani coastline, from hunter–gatherers to the rise of complex societies during the crucial passages from the culmination of the Pleistocene to the Early Bronze Age, passing through the Neolithic.
Vincent Charpentier, Maria Pia Maiorano, Gregor Marchand, Jérémie Vosges, Federico Borgi   +4 more
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Energy regimes help tackle limitations with the prehistoric cultural‐phases approach to learn about sustainable transitions: Archaeological evidence from northern Spain

Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 38, Issue 6, Page 921-937, August 2023., 2023
ABSTRACT Human societies face challenges in transitioning towards low‐carbon economies and sustainable management of land use and natural resources. Documenting and learning from past transitions helps policy‐makers cope with such challenges. The agricultural revolution in Cantabrian Spain (ca.
Alexandre Martinez, Sjoerd Kluiving, José Muñoz‐Rojas, César Borja Barrera, Pablo Fraile Jurado, María Esperanza Roldán Muñoz, Juan Carlos Mejías‐García   +6 more
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Impacts of Early Holocene environmental dynamics on open‐air occupation patterns in the Western Mediterranean: insights from El Arenal de la Virgen (Alicante, Spain)

Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 38, Issue 5, Page 725-749, July 2023., 2023
ABSTRACT Open‐air sites represent a fundamental proxy of the Early Holocene adaptive systems in the Iberian Peninsula. However, its research potential for the study of human–environmental interactions has been minimally explored. In this work, we present the results of an integrated research programme focused on open‐area excavations at the Mesolithic ...
Javier Fernández‐López De Pablo, Ana Polo‐Díaz, José Ramón Rabuñal, Magdalena Gómez Puche, Yolanda Carrión Marco, Ana Cantó, Rowan Mclaughlin, Carlos Ferrer, Francesc Burjachs   +8 more
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Birds as indicators of early Holocene biodiversity and the seasonal nature of human activity at WF16, an early Neolithic site in Faynan, Southern Jordan

Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 37, Issue 6, Page 1148-1163, August 2022., 2022
Abstract Birds are useful indicators of biodiversity. Their bones have been used for reconstructing the local environments and seasonality of human activity at Epipalaeolithic and early Neolithic sites in south‐west Asia. We consider the bird bones from WF16, an early Neolithic settlement in southern Jordan, currently located in an arid environment ...
Steven Mithen, Judith White, Bill Finlayson, Ben Greet, Fares Khoury   +4 more
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The bird remains from WF16, an early Neolithic settlement in southern Jordan: Assemblage composition, chronology and spatial distribution

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 31, Issue 6, Page 1030-1045, November/December 2021., 2021
Abstract Excavations at the early Neolithic settlement of WF16 in Faynan, southern Jordan, 11.84–10.24 ka BP, recovered 17,700 bird bones, of which 7808 could be identified to at least family level. Sixty‐three different bird taxa are present from 18 families, representing a mix of resident and migrant birds, based on present‐day ecology.
Judith White, Bill Finlayson, Cheryl Makarewicz, Fares Khoury, Ben Greet, Steven Mithen   +5 more
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The utilization of birds at neolithic WF16, southern Jordan: Cut marks, body parts, and experimental skinning

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 31, Issue 6, Page 1203-1216, November/December 2021., 2021
Abstract WF16 is an early Neolithic settlement in southern Jordan with a large bird bone assemblage (Number of Identified Specimens [NISP] = 7808), representing 18 families. We explore how the birds were utilized by considering cut marks and body part representation for each of the families represented, also drawing on the experimental skinning of ...
Judith White, Fares Khoury, Ben Greet, Steven Mithen   +3 more
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DANCE SCENES IN LEVANTINE ROCK ART (SPAIN): A CRITICAL REVIEW

Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 342-366, November 2021., 2021
Summary We argue here that it is possible to study dance in prehistoric societies by analysing how it was depicted in rock art. For this research to be effective, subjectivity must be minimised by analysing the images systematically. We adapt a series of criteria first established in Garfinkel’s ‘archaeology of dance’ and apply them to our case study ...
Neemias Santos Da Rosa, Laura Fernández‐Macías, Tommaso Mattioli, Margarita Díaz‐Andreu   +3 more
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