Griffin Mound Site (41UR142) Faunal Analyses
The investigation of the Griffin Mound site (41UR142) in the Little Cypress Creek basin in Upshur County, Texas, yielded 394 faunal specimens with a total assemblage weight of 127.71 grams.
Schniebs, LeeAnna
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Updated Chorotypes of Terrestrial Vertebrates Shed New Light on Zoogeographical Regions in China
Chorotype represents a fundamental concept for identifying groups of species that share similar distribution patterns. However, the last comprehensive revision of animal chorotypes in China was performed more than a decade ago. Here, we update the chorotype classifications for 1040 species and propose an updated zoogeographical regionalization scheme ...
Baoming Zhang +6 more
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Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Jessica H. Whiteside +3 more
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Patterns in the modification of animal and human bones in Iron Age Wessex: revisiting the excarnation debate [PDF]
Social practices concerning the treatment of human and animal remains in the Iron Age have long been a focus of debate in archaeological literature. The absence of evidence of a formal burial rite and the regular retrieval of human remains from ‘special’
Madgwick, Richard
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This study reports two isolated feather fossils from the Lower Cretaceous Dabeigou Formation in northeastern China. Morphological analyses identified them as the earliest known feathered theropods (potentially including avian) in the Jehol Biota. This finding reveals a complex ecosystem at the dawn of the Jehol Biota, bridging the temporal and faunal ...
Qian Wu +2 more
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University of Minnesota M.A. thesis. December 2011. Major: Anthropology. Advisor:Martha Tappen. 1 computer file (PDF); v, 112 pages, appendix p. 63-112.This study represents the first steps taken to fully understand the spatial organization of the faunal
Coil, Reed A.
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ABSTRACT In 2019, the Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA) identified a Late Antique village 1 km south of ancient Dadan in the al‐ʿUlā valley (northwest Saudi Arabia). Three excavation seasons at this site (2021–2023) have uncovered a massive building constructed in the late third or early fourth cent.
Jérôme Rohmer +11 more
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\ud FAUNAL REMAINS AS MARKERS OF ETHNIC IDENTITY:\ud THE PHILADELPHIA HOUSE AS A CASE STUDY OF\ud GERMAN-AMERICAN ETHNICITY\ud by\ud ?? Jennifer Marie Mu??oz 2011\ud Master of Arts in Anthropology\ud California State University, Chico\ud Fall 2011\ud For
Munoz, Jennifer Marie
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New Results From the Pre‐Pottery Neolithic Site of Al Uyaynah, Tabuk, in Northwestern Saudi Arabia
ABSTRACT Al Uyaynah is a low sandstone mound on an alluvial plain, long known for its extensive surface remains of stone‐built circular and rectangular structures. Following test excavations in 2012, more detailed excavation was undertaken in 2016 within one of the largest rectangular stone structures.
Khalid Alasmari +6 more
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Morphometric and taphonomic analysis of the upper pleistocene faunal assemblage from Hijenska Pecina, Croatia [PDF]
Master Erasmus Mundus em Quaternário e Pré-HistóriaHijenska pećina, an Upper Pleistocene cave site, is located in the Plovunija quarry, north of Buje in Istria, Croatia.
Piculjan, Leda
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