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From shape to source: sedimentary charcoal morphology as a proxy for tropical burned biomass composition

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sedimentary charcoal elongation is increasingly being used in paleoecology to distinguish herbaceous from woody fuel in past fires. However, the relationship between charcoal morphotypes and plant types has never been formally tested in tropical environments, despite its potential to improve understanding of fire regimes and deforestation, and
Fiona Cornet, Vincent Montade, Stéphanie C. Bodin, Justine Descloitre, Maxime Réjou‐Méchain, Gaëlle Viennois, Julie C. Aleman, Chimène Assi‐Kaudjhis, William F. Kenney, Richard Oslisly, Monique G. Tossou, Laurent Bremond, Charly Favier   +12 more
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New insights into pterosaur cranial anatomy: X-ray imaging reveals palatal structure and evolutionary trends

Communications Biology
Among the least studied portion of the pterosaur skeleton is the palate, which tends to be poorly preserved and commonly only visible from one side (the ventral portion).
He Chen, Shunxing Jiang, Alexander W. A. Kellner, Xiaolin Wang   +3 more
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From Ice to Isolation: A geochemical reconstruction of the palaeoenvironmental evolution of Gairloch, NW Scotland (UK), since the Last Glacial Maximum

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Complex relative sea‐level (RSL) changes are associated with the deglaciation of the British and Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS). Sediment archives from Loch Bad na h‐Achlaise, an isolation basin in NW Scotland, UK, span Late Glacial to Holocene time and record sea‐level change and ice proximity via a geochemical and biostratigraphic multiproxy ...
Jennifer Taylor, David Selby, Jeremy M. Lloyd, Louise Best, Luca Podrecca, Bradley B. Sageman, Alexander R. Simms   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconstructing post‐crisis recovery in the hinterlands of Constantinople: A high‐resolution first‐millennium CE pollen record from Lake Yeniçağa (NW Türkiye)

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Facing a novel plague pandemic, military invasions, and political–economic transformations, societies of the eastern Roman (Byzantine) empire had to adapt to a variety of pressures and new ways of exploiting their natural environments during the mid‐1st millennium CE.
Cristiano Vignola, Mustafa Doğan, Warren Eastwood, John Haldon, Alessia Masi, Neil Roberts, Çetin Şenkul, Adam Izdebski   +7 more
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A new tubalepid fish (Antiarcha, Placodermi) from the Middle Devonian of Huize, Yunnan, China

Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
A new genus and species of tubalepid antiarch, Tongdulepis concavus gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Middle Devonian (Qujing Formation, late Eifelian) in Huize County, Qujing, northeastern Yunnan, China.
Yanchao Luo, Zhaohui Pan, Min Zhu
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"Two tribes": Handaxe shape variation shows distinct regional cultural groups in southeastern Britain between 424 000 and 374 000 BP

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines regional and chronological variations in Acheulean handaxe morphology during Marine Isotope Stage 11 (c. 425–365 ka BP) in Britain. Using a data set of 737 handaxes from 13 securely dated sites in East Anglia and the Thames Valley, we apply three‐dimensional geometric morphometric analysis to examine morphological ...
Mark White, Frederick Foulds, Aaron Rawlinson, Ceri Shipton, Rob Davis, Nick Ashton   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decoupling climate and human impacts on the nitrogen cycle during the Irish Bronze Age

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disentangling climate variability and human activity in past nitrogen cycling is key to understanding ecosystems. Previous studies in Ireland observed a widespread, permanent shift in terrestrial nitrogen cycling during Later Prehistory, potentially linked to intensifying land‐use.
Sarah Ferrandin, Gill Plunkett, Neil Ogle   +2 more
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A Review of Bioarcheological Investigations in Iron Age Cambodia

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Archeological research within Cambodia is quite extensive, with significant projects led by both Cambodian archeologists and international researchers alike. Many of these projects have uncovered human skeletal remains. This article reviews archeological human skeletal studies in Cambodia, synthesizing published and unpublished data, primarily
Sophorn Nhoem, Kate Domett, Nigel Chang
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Estimating European Pilchard (Sardina pilchardus) Total Length: New Equations for the Ichthyoarchaeological Record

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Throughout its area of distribution, in particular in the Iberian Peninsula, the European pilchard (Sardina pilchardus Walbaum 1792) has been an extensively exploited species since Prehistoric times. Our knowledge of the past fisheries of this clupeid nevertheless remains limited due to a scarcity of ichthyoarchaeological data, which reflects,
Arnau Brosa‐Planella, Kaveh Yousef‐Pouran, Wim Wouters, Ricard Marlasca Martín, Maria Saña Seguí, Santiago Riera Mora, Arturo Morales Muñiz   +6 more
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Skeletal Dysplasia During the Bronze Age in Northeast Thailand (3000–2500 BP)

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines a case of skeletal dysplasia in an adult male (B290) from the Bronze Age at the site of Ban Non Wat, Northeast Thailand. Skeletal dysplasia, a group of genetic disorders affecting bone and cartilage growth, presents diagnostic challenges due to overlapping clinical features.
Nuttheera Kaoboriboon, Nancy Tayles, Sarah Agatha Villaluz, Pratiwi Yuwono, Kate Domett, Melandri Vlok   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source