Wealth inequality and epidemics in the Republic of Venice (1400–1800)
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This article analyses wealth inequality in the Republic of Venice during 1400–1800. The availability of a large database of homogeneous inequality measurements allows us to produce the most in‐depth study of the factors affecting inequality at the local level available thus far for any preindustrial society.
Guido Alfani +2 more
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Large-scale violence in Late Neolithic Western Europe based on expanded skeletal evidence from San Juan ante Portam Latinam. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2023 Fernández-Crespo T +6 more
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Ancestral Irrigation and Women's Political Empowerment
Kyklos, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the adoption of irrigation agriculture during the preindustrial period is a predictor of contemporary cross‐country variation in women's political empowerment. Countries whose populations historically relied on irrigation agriculture as their primary subsistence mode tend to ...
Roberto Ezcurra
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Southwest Asian founder- and other crops at Neolithic sites in Serbia
Българско е-Списание за Археология, 2014 The paper presents the range of crops documented at Neolithic sites in the territory of Serbia and discusses the differences between early and late Neolithic crop spectra. The approximate timing of arrival to the region of the founder- and other crops is
Dragana Filipović
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‘Whitestone’—A Specific Polished Stone Tool Raw Material in the Late Neolithic of Southern Hungary
Heritage‘Whitestone’ is a characteristic raw material in the Late Neolithic (Tisza and Lengyel culture) polished stone tool (chisel, adze, macehead) archaeological record in Southern Hungary.
Veronika Szilágyi +5 more
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Sites de pêche dans la région du Lac Faguibine à la transition Néolithique-Protohistoire
Afrique Archéologie Arts, 2009 Lake Faguibine is linked to the complex watersystem of the Niger Inland Delta in Mali. A former outlet, the “Sonni Ali channel”, extends westwards to the lake depression.
Hélène Jousse +5 more
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Detection of dairy products from multiple taxa in Late Neolithic pottery from Poland: an integrated biomolecular approach. [PDF]
R Soc Open Sci, 2023 Evans M +11 more
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Multivariate trait profiling and genetic diversity in a global foxtail millet germplasm panel
Plant Biology, EarlyView.Four elite foxtail millet groups discovered from 260 accessions: perfect for breeding climate‐resilient, high‐yielding dual‐purpose crops. Abstract Foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.), known for its climate resilience and dual‐purpose utility, is underutilized in breeding programs despite its agricultural potential.
Y. Zhao +7 more
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More than floors and domes – contexts around ovens in the late neolithic of the Central Balkans
Cercetări ArheologiceEven though ovens are the most prominent feature in the Vinča culture houses, they have often been neglected in the archaeological publications. Usually, only the information about their location or number of floors is provided, but more detailed ...
Ana Đuričić
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Compilation of different data sets of the Late Neolithic wetland site of Pestenacker and of the adjacent valley depositions. [PDF]
Data Brief, 2022 Köhler A +13 more
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