The building stones and slates of Killin : an investigation of stone for the built heritage [PDF]
, 2010 The village of Killin lies in an area of dramatic landscape and mountain scenery. The use of local stone in the buildings gives a direct connection to this landscape and reflects the local geology, comprising mostly metamorphic rocks of Precambrian age
Albornoz-Parra, L.J. +5 more
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Climate frameworks for the Middle Stone Age and Later Stone Age in Northwest Africa
Quaternary InternationalThis paper examines climate conditions in Northwest Africa for Marine Isotope Stage 4, 3, and 2 (71,000–11,000 years ago) and their impact on the distribution of potential suitable areas on a regional scale. The analysis uses climate simulations to model: 1) the geographical extent and variability of macro-refugia based on ethnographic data; and 2) the
Solène Boisard +3 more
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Social implications of archaeology at Little Muck Shelter during the contact period: 150–1300 CE
Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and ScienceLittle is known of forager behavioural shifts in the middle Limpopo Valley, especially after the arrival of farmers. Studies have shown changes in forager toolkits, as to what these represent is not clear. At Little Muck Shelter, toolkits remain similar,
Nicole L. Sherwood, Tim Forssman
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Southern African Field ArchaeologyThis study presents findings from archaeological research conducted in the Mara Region between 2023 and 2024 as part of a University of Dar es Salaam field school.
Musa Mwitondi +5 more
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The Late Natufian at Raqefet Cave: The 2006 Excavation Season [PDF]
, 2008 A long season of excavation took place at Raqefet cave during the summer of 2006. In the first chamber we exposed an area rich with Natufian human burials (Locus 1), a large bedrock basin with a burial and two boulder mortars (Locus 2), an in situ ...
Bocquentin, Fanny +2 more
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Vitamin A Status of Women and Children in Yaoundé and Douala, Cameroon, is Unchanged One Year after Initiation of a National Vitamin A Oil Fortification Program. [PDF]
, 2017 Vitamin A (VA) fortification of cooking oil is considered a cost-effective strategy for increasing VA status, but few large-scale programs have been evaluated. We conducted representative surveys in Yaoundé and Douala, Cameroon, 2 years before and 1 year
Brown, Kenneth H +7 more
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Journal of Open Archaeology DataSouthern Africa possesses a deep archaeological record, spanning more than a million years, which has attracted over a century of research. As a result, it offers one of the densest and most detailed pictures of Stone Age occupation history in Africa ...
Emily Hallinan
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SERFing in the Scottish heartlands: artefacts and the research strategy [PDF]
, 2010 This paper describes the first phase (2006–11) of the SERF (Strathearn Environs and Royal Forteviot) project and outlines the research strategy developed by a team of prehistorians and medievalists.
Driscoll, S.T.
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Cultural transitions in the Middle Stone Age and Later Stone Age records of Northwest Africa
, 2020 De longue date, les modalités, à la fois chronologiques et culturelles, des changements qui s’opèrent entre le Middle Stone Age (MSA) et le Later Stone Age (LSA) en Afrique sont débattues. En Afrique du Nord-Ouest, la variabilité du LSA semble moins prononcée que dans d’autres régions du continent, rendant la transition MSA-LSA potentiellement plus ...
Bouzouggar, Abdeljalil +2 more
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Revisioning The Colonial Record:La relación de Michoacán and Contemporary Mexican Indigenous Film [PDF]
, 2013 This essay discusses two recent Mexican films that draw on the written and pictorial narratives represented in La relación de Michoacán, a sixteenth-century codex.
Gleghorn, Charlotte
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