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An Aegean History and Archaeology Written through Radiocarbon Dates
Journal of Open Archaeology Data, 2020 This dataset is the outcome of an INSTAP-funded project “An Aegean Prehistory Written in Radiocarbon Dates”. It includes 3159 14C dates from 353 sites in Greece and reflects an attempt to exhaustively collect and cross-check all published radiocarbon ...
Markos Katsianis +3 more
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Integrating whole‐bone and regional analyses to understand human scapular growth
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates ontogenetic changes in human scapular morphology using three‐dimensional geometric morphometrics with whole‐bone and region‐specific analyses. The aim is to evaluate whether the scapula follows a regular developmental pattern and whether its functionally distinct components, the scapular spine (SS) and glenoid fossa ...
Azahara Salazar‐Fernández +3 more
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From Town to Countryside: Middle-Byzantine Bath-Houses in Eastern Crete and Their Changing Functions
Land, 2018 The article examines the context of a recently discovered double bath-house complex in Loutres, a site near Mochlos on the north shore of eastern Crete.
Natalia Poulou, Anastasios Tantsis
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Collecting coins and connecting collectors : government and social networks in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816-1860) [PDF]
, 2017 Recent archival research has revealed new data on the history of collecting and archaeology in northern Sicily during the nineteenth century, when Sicily was ruled by the Bourbons and annexed to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
Crisa, Antonino
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Over the edge: Empirical evidence for the cliff‐edge model of obstetric selection
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The cliff‐edge model of obstetric selection maintains that larger neonates and smaller birth canals confer a positive selective advantage until labor becomes obstructed and vaginal delivery is no longer possible, eliciting an abrupt reduction in fitness.
Laura M. Watson +6 more
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Conservation through Biocultural Heritage—Examples from Sub-Saharan Africa
Land, 2019 In this paper, we review the potential of biocultural heritage in biodiversity protection and agricultural innovation in sub-Saharan Africa. We begin by defining the concept of biocultural heritage into four interlinked elements that are revealed through
Anneli Ekblom +4 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract In a large sample of adult crab‐eating macaques, we quantified sexual dimorphism in size, shape, and covariance across the whole skull and among anatomical regions of the cranium and mandible. All regions showed significant mean sex differences, but the magnitude of size and shape dimorphism varied substantially.
Andrea Cardini, Paul O'Higgins
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The preauricular sulcus has long been debated as a pelvic feature variably attributed to obstetric stress, ligamentous traction, and broader biomechanical processes. To clarify its determinants, we analyzed 409 adult individuals from three archeological and one early modern skeletal collection from the Iberian Peninsula, integrating graded ...
Rebeca García‐González +5 more
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Diet, DNA, and the Mesolithic–Neolithic Transition in Western Scotland
HumansIn this paper, we revisit the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition in western Scotland and the links between early European farmers and middens in light of new aDNA, radiocarbon, and stable isotopic evidence.
Catriona Pickard +4 more
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A Pioneering Experiment: Dialoghi di Archeologia between Marxism and Political Activism [PDF]
, 2014 The post-war politics of Italy had an impact on its archaeology and archaeological community. Some attempts at radicalisation were made via the journal 'Dialoghi di Archeologia', founded in 1967, with the aim of ...
Iacono, Francesco
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