Compound specific isotope evidence points to use of freshwater resources as weaning food in Middle Neolithic Paris Basin [PDF]
Am J Biol Anthropol, 2022 Abstract Objectives A clear understanding of past weaning practices can provide invaluable insights into social issues such as infant care, fertility rate, and demographic patterns in past societies. This study presents the first archeological research employing compound specific isotope analysis (CSIA) for the reconstruction of past weaning practices.
Cheung C, Herrscher E, Thomas A.
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A contribution to understanding stratigraphy of Lepenski Vir [PDF]
Starinar, 2011 This paper presents the results of the analysis of the documentation from the excavations at the site of Lepenski Vir during two investigation campaigns in 1966.
Perić Slaviša, Nikolić Dubravka
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Early Life Conditions and Physiological Stress following the Transition to Farming in Central/Southeast Europe: Skeletal Growth Impairment and 6000 Years of Gradual Recovery. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2016 Early life conditions play an important role in determining adult body size. In particular, childhood malnutrition and disease can elicit growth delays and affect adult body size if severe or prolonged enough.
Macintosh AA, Pinhasi R, Stock JT.
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The domestication of human birth [PDF]
Documenta Praehistorica, 2006 Observations of the burial places of newborns at the prehistoric site at Lepenski Vir (Serbia) revealed the possibility that deliveries took place inside houses that were heated.
Sofija Stefanović
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Micro-regions of the Lepenski Vir culture: Padina in the Upper Gorge and Hajdučka Vodenica in the Lower Gorge of the Danube [PDF]
Documenta Praehistorica, 2008 This paper was compelled into existence when confronting the fact that the most commonly discussed transitional period connecting the Late Mesolithic and the Early Neolithic in the Đerdap or the Iron Gates Gorges (present-day Serbia and Romania) is ...
Borislav Jovanović
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A child born to immigrant parents at Lepenski Vir [PDF]
Documenta PraehistoricaOur 2022 article challenged the traditional view of Lepenski Vir as a Mesolithic village that became Neolithic. Instead, genetic analysis suggests it was founded by Aegean farmers who occasionally admixed with local hunter-gatherers but maintained ...
Maxime Brami +2 more
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Absolute chronology and stratigraphy of Lepenski Vir [PDF]
Starinar, 2007 In the last decade, a number of specialist analyses were made on the material from old excavations of Mesolithic-Neolithic sites in the Danube Gorges. These new results altered significantly our understanding of the Lepenski Vir culture.
Borić Dušan, Dimitrijević Vesna
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Metaarchitecture of Predrag Ristić: Bridging non-philosophy and hypermetaphysics [PDF]
Zbornik Radova Akademije Umetnosti, 2023 This paper aims to research, critically interpret and synthesize the metaarchitectural work of Dr. Predrag Ristić, a Serbian and Yugoslav architect and artist (1931-2019). The focus is on Ristić's production of meta-architecture, exploring his role as an
Ciganović Aleksa, Stevanović Vladimir
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Lepenski Vir chronology and stratigraphy revisited [PDF]
Starinar, 2019 This article offers a new look at the stratigraphy and chronology of Mesolithic and Neolithic deposits at Lepenski Vir, particularly based on newly available Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) dating and aDNA genomic evidence.
Borić Dušan
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Mosses as biomonitors for radioactivity following the Chernobyl accident [PDF]
Archives of Biological Sciences, 2011 In this work 137Cs and 40K radionuclide concentrations in moss collected at NP Djerdap in the period from 1996 to 2009 are presented. Values of the substrate-moss transfer factor for 137Cs and 40K were calculated.
Čučulović Ana +3 more
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