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Silicified bulliform cells of Poaceae: morphological characteristics that distinguish subfamilies
Botanical Studies, 2020 Background Grass phytoliths are the most common phytoliths in sediments; recognizing grass phytolith types is important when using phytoliths as a tool to reconstruct paleoenvironments.
Iju Chen, Kuang-ti Li, Cheng-hwa Tsang
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AN OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY
ΣΧΟΛΗ. Ancient Philosophy and the Classical Tradition, 2019 In this lecture, one can find an abbreviated historical trajectory of the appearance and development of archaeology as a science. The aim is to demonstrate the perceptions and biases, which have influenced and still influence the archaeological theory and practice in negative or positive ways.
Karali, L., Afonasina, A., Afonasin, E.
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Open Archaeology, 2021 Organic-tempered pottery is considered characteristic for the early pottery assemblages in most parts of Southwest Asia and Southeast Europe. The aim of the present paper is to explore: (a) the chronological consistency of this practice, i.e.
Papadakou Trisevgeni +2 more
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Atmospheric CO2 effect on stable carbon isotope composition of terrestrial fossil archives
Nature Communications, 2018 The effect of CO2 concentrations on 13C/12C ratios in C3 plants, comprising most of Earth’s vegetation, is currently debated. Here, using ice core records and plant and animal fossils, Hare et al.
Vincent J. Hare +3 more
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Molecules, 2022 Biochemical and biomolecular archaeology is increasingly used to elucidate the consumption, use, origin, and trade of plants in the past. However, it can be challenging to use biomarkers to identify the taxonomic origin of archaeological plants due to ...
Barbara Huber +4 more
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Permafrost preservation reveals proteomic evidence for yak milk consumption in the 13th century
Communications Biology, 2023 Proteomic evidence from permafrost human dental calculus indicates consumption of yak milk in Mongolia as early as 1270 CE.
Alicia R. Ventresca Miller +11 more
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Plastic raw materials in Neolithic pottery production
Documenta Praehistorica, 2012 The paper is dedicated to the investigation of various natural silts as the most ancient type of raw material used in pottery production. The authors describe the specific features of the composition of plain and mountain silts, and discover the same ...
Alexander A. Bobrinsky +1 more
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Specialized rainforest hunting by Homo sapiens ~45,000 years ago
Nature Communications, 2019 As modern humans migrated out of Africa, they encountered novel habitats. Here, Wedage et al. study the archaeological site of Fa-Hien Lena in Sri Lanka and show that the earliest human residents of the island practiced specialized hunting of small ...
Oshan Wedage +13 more
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Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2020 The present paper is presenting a case study of a controlled archaeological investigation on an area from the former colonia of Napoca in Roman Dacia (today, Cluj-Napoca in Romania).
Cristian Gazdac, Sorin Cocis
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Ancient proteins provide evidence of dairy consumption in eastern Africa
Nature Communications, 2021 Consuming the milk of other species is a unique adaptation of Homo sapiens. Here, the authors carry out proteomic analysis of dental calculus of 41 ancient individuals from Sudan and Kenya, indicating milk consumption occurred as soon as herding spread ...
Madeleine Bleasdale +27 more
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