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The chronology of burial rites at the two hunter-gatherer Stone Age sites of Dudka and Szczepanki in Masuria, NE Poland

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica
The sites of Dudka and Szczepanki yielded rich evidence of the diversified burial rites of the hunter-gathers from the Early Mesolithic to the end of the Late Neolithic.
Karolina Bugajska   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The emergence of mesolithic cemeteries in SW Europe: insights from the El Collado (Oliva, Valencia, Spain) radiocarbon record.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Located on the Iberian Mediterranean coast, El Collado is an open-air site where a rescue excavation was conducted over two seasons in 1987 and 1988. The archaeological work excavated a surface area of 143 m2 where 14 burials were discovered, providing ...
Juan F Gibaja   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Potential interactions between Mesolithic hunter-gatherers and Neolithic farmers in the Western Mediterranean: The geochronological data revisited.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
In the Western Mediterranean, the Neolithic mainly developed and expanded during the sixth millennium BCE. In these early phases, it generally spread through the displacement of human groups, sometimes over long distances, as shown, for example, by the ...
Thomas Perrin, Claire Manen
doaj   +1 more source

Lifestyle Impacts the Oral Microbiome of Classical and Post‐Classical Societies in Italy

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 191, Issue 1, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Objectives The fall of the Roman Empire (476 CE) profoundly affected the lives of its peoples due to the political, administrative, and territorial changes that occurred. The majority of written records of the time focus on the social élite, leaving larger parts of the population understudied.
Martina Farese   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Settlement of Northern Italy: Problems and Perspectives

open access: yesQuaternary
This paper considers some problems of the Late Palaeolithic and the Mesolithic periods in Northern Italy. More precisely, it deals with chronology, settlement pattern, techno-typological characteristics of knapped stone assemblages, and climatic changes ...
Paolo Biagi
doaj   +1 more source

Reassessing the Mesolithic\Neolithic ‘gap’ in Southeast European cave sequences

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2008
Radiocarbon sequences from some northern Mediterranean cave sites show a temporal gap between Mesolithic and Neolithic occupations. Some authors regard this as a regional phenomenon and have sought to explain it in terms of a general population decline ...
Dimitrij Mlekuž   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Migraine in the cradle of civilization: Evaluating ancient Mesopotamian texts through the lens of ICHD‐3

open access: yesHeadache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, Volume 66, Issue 8, Page 1878-1889, September 2026.
Abstract Background Migraine is a neurological disorder with well‐established diagnostic criteria. In its current formulation, migraine is a modern‐day diagnosis, whereas descriptions consistent with migraine may date back to ancient civilizations. Objective This study aimed to investigate whether symptoms consistent with migraine without aura, as ...
Bulent Diri   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mesolithic coastal community perception of environmental change in the southern North Sea basin

open access: yes, 2012
This thesis applies a multi-scalar, multi-disciplinary approach to evaluate the ways in which we have constructed the Mesolithic for the purposes of archaeological research.
Dewing, Elizabeth
core   +1 more source

From Highlands to Henge: Refining the Provenance and Transport Pathways of Stonehenge's Altar Stone

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, Volume 41, Issue 6, Page 888-895, August 2026.
ABSTRACT The Altar Stone, the 6000 kg central sandstone megalith at Stonehenge in southern England, is suggested to have originated from the Orcadian Basin in northeast Scotland, some 700 km away. However, its source location within this large basin remains unresolved and its mode of transport uncertain.
Anthony J. I. Clarke   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Poseidon's Sanctuary at Samikon—The Discovery of an Ancient Temple Through an Integrated Geophysical and Geoarchaeological Survey Approach for Lagoonal and Swampy Environments

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 745-758, July/September 2026.
ABSTRACT Below the classical fortress of Samikon at the coast of the western Peloponnese, ancient writer Strabo mentioned a sanctuary of Poseidon which served as the centre of the religious association of the Triphylian cities. In this paper, we describe the discovery and investigation of a building structure by means of geophysical and ...
Dennis Wilken   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

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