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An 11 600 year-old communal structure from the Neolithic of southern Jordan [PDF]

, 2011
The authors present a new type of communal and monumental structure from the earliest Neolithic in western Asia. A complement to the decorated stone pillars erected at G¨obekli Tepe in the north, ‘Wadi Faynan 16 Structure O75’ in the southern Levant
Maricevic, D., Jenkins, Emma L., Najjar, M., Smith, S., Mithen, S.J., Finlayson, B.   +5 more
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Periodisation of the Neolithic and radiocarbon chronology of the Early Neolithic and the beginning of the Middle Neolithic in Finland

Documenta Praehistorica, 2017
This paper discusses the basis of Neolithic periodization used in mainland Finland. It is suggested that the periodization should be revised: boundary between the Middle and Late Neolithic periods should be moved to correspond the appearance of Corded ...
Kerkko Nordqvist, Teemu Mökkönen
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Cultural diffusion was the main driving mechanism of the Neolithic transition in southern Africa. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
It is well known that the Neolithic transition spread across Europe at a speed of about 1 km/yr. This result has been previously interpreted as a range expansion of the Neolithic driven mainly by demic diffusion (whereas cultural diffusion played a ...
Antonieta Jerardino, Joaquim Fort, Neus Isern, Bernardo Rondelli   +3 more
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Le Néolithique du Morvan : état des connaissances

Revue Archéologique de l’Est, 2011
The region of Morvan, in particular the granitic massif, forms a very large geographic area of which the prehistoric remains largely unknown. The situation regarding the zone lying between Morvan massif and the adjacent Serein, Arroux, Aleine and Yonne ...
Rémi Martineau, Jimmy Linton, Jehanne Affolter, Sébastien Francisco, Laure Saligny, Lyse Basset   +5 more
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The Neolithic transition in Europe: archaeological models and genetic evidence [PDF]

, 2003
The major pattern in the European gene pool is a southeast-northwest frequency gradient of classic genetic markers such as blood groups, which population geneticists initially attributed to the demographic impact of Neolithic farmers dispersing from the ...
Richards, Martin, Richards, Martin B., Martin Richards   +2 more
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Ancient mitochondrial diversity reveals population homogeneity in Neolithic Greece and identifies population dynamics along the Danubian expansion axis

Scientific Reports, 2022
The aim of the study is to investigate mitochondrial diversity in Neolithic Greece and its relation to hunter-gatherers and farmers who populated the Danubian Neolithic expansion axis.
Nuno M. Silva, Susanne Kreutzer, Angelos Souleles, Sevasti Triantaphyllou, Kostas Kotsakis, Dushka Urem-Kotsou, Paul Halstead, Nikos Efstratiou, Stavros Kotsos, Georgia Karamitrou-Mentessidi, Fotini Adaktylou, Areti Chondroyianni-Metoki, Maria Pappa, Christina Ziota, Adamantios Sampson, Anastasia Papathanasiou, Karen Vitelli, Tracey Cullen, Nina Kyparissi-Apostolika, Andrea Zeeb Lanz, Joris Peters, Jérémy Rio, Daniel Wegmann, Joachim Burger, Mathias Currat, Christina Papageorgopoulou   +25 more
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Beyond the Levant: first evidence of a pre-pottery Neolithic incursion into the Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Pre-Pottery Neolithic assemblages are best known from the fertile areas of the Mediterranean Levant. The archaeological site of Jebel Qattar 101 (JQ-101), at Jubbah in the southern part of the Nefud Desert of northern Saudi Arabia, contains a large ...
Rémy Crassard, Michael D Petraglia, Adrian G Parker, Ash Parton, Richard G Roberts, Zenobia Jacobs, Abdullah Alsharekh, Abdulaziz Al-Omari, Paul Breeze, Nick A Drake, Huw S Groucutt, Richard Jennings, Emmanuelle Régagnon, Ceri Shipton   +13 more
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Neolithic settlement dynamics derived from archaeological data and colluvial deposits between the Baar region and the adjacent low mountain ranges, southwest Germany [PDF]

Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart, 2019
The present study combines archaeological data with archaeopedological data from colluvial deposits to infer Neolithic settlement dynamics between the Baar region, the Black Forest and the Swabian Jura.
J. J. Miera, J. J. Miera, J. J. Miera, J. Henkner, J. Henkner, K. Schmidt, K. Schmidt, K. Schmidt, M. Fuchs, T. Scholten, T. Scholten, P. Kühn, P. Kühn, T. Knopf, T. Knopf   +14 more
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The beginning of the Neolithic on the Upper Volga (Russia)

Documenta Praehistorica, 2019
The appearance of the Neolithic in the Upper Volga region is to be associated with infiltrations of notch-ware pottery-makers into the indigenous Mesolithic populations. Most likely the first vessels were imported into the region as final goods.
Nataliya A. Tsvetkova
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NEW TECHNOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL DATA ON THE PROCESS OF TRANSITION FROM THE EARLY NEOLITHIC TO THE DEVELOPED IN THE MUREȘ VALLEY

Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2022
The archaeological rescue excavations occasioned by the construction of the Lot no. 1 of the Highway no. 10, Sebeș-Turda, highlighted new data about the spatial distribution of the Neolithic settlements from Limba-Oarda de Jos (Alba county), which ...
Marius Mihai Ciuta, Anamaria Tudorie
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