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The Tay Landscape Partnership Scheme: Report on the assessment of Mesolithic lithic artefacts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The archaeological record for Mesolithic events in Perth and Kinross has proved elusive. On behalf of the Tay Landscape Partnership Scheme an investigation of the lithic assemblages from Perth and Kinross held in the collections of the National Museums ...
Wright, Dene
core  

How efficient is an integrative approach in archaeological geophysics? Comparative case studies from Neolithic settlements in Thessaly (Central Greece) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The geophysical prospection of Neolithic tells imposes specific challenges due to the preservation and nature of the architectural context and the multiple, usually disturbed, soil strata.
Cuenca-Garcia, C.   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Dealing With Inbuilt Age: A Bayesian Approach to Radiocarbon Dating of Rice, Bamboo and Charcoal From Non Ban Jak, Thailand

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT New radiocarbon determinations from rice grains and bamboo have been obtained from Non Ban Jak, Northeast Thailand. These, along with charcoal, date a late Iron Age building sequence. The results come from short‐lived species and charcoal with potential inbuilt age. We built a series of Bayesian models to obtain a reliable chronology.
C. F. W. Higham, T. F. G. Higham
wiley   +1 more source

Chronology of Neolithic Sites in the Social and Cultural Space of the Trans-Urals

open access: yesАрхеология евразийских степей
The concept of social and cultural space of the Neolithic Trans-Urals describes a historical space, considered in terms of the existing cultural traditions of certain societies in the spatial -temporal framework of the VII–V millennia BC (cal BC).
Vadim S. Mosin
doaj   +1 more source

Group identities in the Central Balkan Late Neolithic

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2012
The final period of Neolithic Vinča culture, which occupied wide areas in the Balkans, is characterised by large settlements, which were built, judging by the most recent investigations, according to premeditated plan. What was their purpose? Were they autonomous or part of some wider communities? How large was the territory within which people of that
openaire   +3 more sources

Biometric Analysis of Giant and Large Murid Remains From Matja Kuru 2, Timor‐Leste

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Published research on Matja Kuru 2 (MK2) demonstrates its significance for understanding human lifestyle during the terminal Pleistocene and Holocene. Murids represent the most commonly identified taxa in the site, with specimens preliminarily classified as small, large and giant based on size comparisons.
Sarah Hannan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evolution of the human fear-circuitry and acute sociogenic pseudoneurological symptoms: The Neolithic balanced-polymorphism hypothesis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
In light of the increasing threat of large-scale massacres such as terrorism against non-combatants (civilians), more attention is warranted not only to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but also to acute sociogenic pseudoneurological ("conversion ...
Bracha, Dr. H. Stefan   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The Fiery Eyes of a Maenad: Origin Determination of Faceted Garnet Eye Inlays in a Roman Bronze Bust From Southern Tyrol

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 1837, the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck, Austria, purchased a Roman bronze statue of a maenad from the 2nd century ce with red garnets as facetted eye inlays found near Brixen, Southern Tyrol. These garnets were investigated using optical microscopy, a portable hand‐held and a stationary micro‐X‐ray fluorescence device, as
H. Albert Gilg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flint and Tuff in Prehistoric Cumbria

open access: yesInternet Archaeology, 2009
Field surveys have revealed a substantial number of lithic scatters on the south-west Cumbrian coastal plain and the eastern limestone uplands of Cumbria.
P.J. Cherry
doaj   +1 more source

Putting life into Late Neolithic houses

open access: yesEXARC Journal, 2021
Investigating Domestic Craft and Subsistence Activities through Experiments and Material Analysis. Leiden University currently coordinates the project “Putting Life in Neolithic Houses”. Th is will take until 2025 and is funded by the Dutch Research Council NWO.
openaire   +1 more source

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