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Neolithic pots and potters in Europe: the end of ‘demic diffusion’ migratory model

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2013
In this paper we discuss the inventions and re-inventions of ceramic technology and pot- tery dispersals in foraging and farming contexts in Eurasia.
Mihael Budja
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Y-SNPs do not indicate hybridisation between European aurochs and domestic cattle. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2008
BackgroundPrevious genetic studies of modern and ancient mitochondrial DNA have confirmed the Near Eastern origin of early European domestic cattle.
Ruth Bollongino   +3 more
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Neolithisation in Mongolia: the Mesolithic-Neolithic site of Tamsagbulag (Dornod district)

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2004
The article outlines the first results of the French Archaeological Mission to Mongolia centered on the Neolithic. The topics discussed include general aspects of the initial Neolithisation in Eurasia, and the use of state-of-the art archaeological ...
Michel Louis Séfériadès
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New Data on the Chronology of the Initial Neolithic Gromatukha Culture, Western Amur Region

open access: yesArchaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia (Russian-language)., 2017
Since its discovery in the early 1960s, the chronology of the Neolithic Gromatukha culture in the Western Amur Region has undergone  radical changes. After the appearance of a series of carbon dates  based on charcoal and organic remains in clay texture, its initial  attribution to the Early and Middle Neolithic (second half of the 5th  to 4th ...
А. P. Derevianko   +7 more
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Neolithic Archaeology at the Penedo dos Mouros Rock-Shelter (Gouveia, Portugal) and the Issue of Primitive Transhumance Practices in the Estrela Mountain Range

open access: yesZephyrus, 2017
Located in the foothills of the north-western sector of the Estrela Mountain (Beira Alta province in central-north Portugal), Penedo dos Mouros Rock-shelter revealed a succession of three distinct archaeological horizons datable to the evolved Early ...
António Faustino CARVALHO   +3 more
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5000 years of dietary variations of prehistoric farmers in the Great Hungarian Plain.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
The development of farming was a catalyst for the evolution of the human diet from the varied subsistence practices of hunter-gatherers to the more globalised food economy we depend upon today.
Beatriz Gamarra   +14 more
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A social perspective on the Neolithic in western Iran

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2016
While the Neolithic revolution caused gradual basic changes in different dimensions of human life, including social structure, western Iran has so far mostly received attention in terms of the emergence of domestication and sedentarisation.
Hojjat Darabi
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Middle Neolithic in Baikal-Yenisei Siberia: Technological and Cultural Traditions of Pottery Reviewed

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2022
Introduction. The lack of known Middle Neolithic burial complexes in Baikal-Yenisei Siberia makes pottery finds from archaeological sites a key source to explore the cultural and historical situation in the region. According to AMS 14C-dates in the range
Ilia V. Ulanov   +4 more
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65 years later …

open access: yesJournal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2020
In 1955, C. J. Becker published the excavations at Store Valby, western Zealand, Denmark, in the journal “Aarbøger for nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie”. Except for an Early Neolithic phase, the site showed Middle Neolithic occupation. Even if the flint
Rune Iversen
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Plant, pigment, and bone processing in the Neolithic of northern Arabia-New evidence from Use-wear analysis of grinding tools at Jebel Oraf.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
Archaeological sites with surface hearths are a ubiquitous feature across the arid zones of the Arabian interior. At Jebel Oraf, in the Jubbah basin of the Nefud Desert of northern Arabia, numerous grinding stone fragments were found in association with ...
Giulio Lucarini   +5 more
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