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Medicine for the Material World
ABSTRACT It is clear that many of the inorganic materials of antiquity have been used both as medicines for human ills and also as agents in technological processes. This paper speculates that there might have been a stronger link between these two functions in the past, based on the concept of “active agents”—materials that are efficacious at curing ...
A. M. Pollard
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Este artigo apresenta uma análise tecnológica de materiais líticos de escavações arqueológicas conduzidas no Cerrito PT-02 (Cerrito da Sotéia) e suas áreas arredores, localizado na Ilha da Feitoria, Pelotas-RS.
Anderson Marques Garcia +1 more
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A critical assessment of the Protoaurignacian lithic technology at Fumane Cave and its implications for the definition of the earliest Aurignacian. [PDF]
Falcucci A, Conard NJ, Peresani M.
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ABSTRACT Since 2000, archaeological excavations have brought to light the sanctuary of Athena in Castro (Apulia, Italy), including terracotta roofs dated between the 6th and 4th centuries bce. Based on their morphological and stylistic features, it is suggested that the terracotta items were manufactured in the Greek colony of Taras (modern Taranto ...
M. M. N. Franceschini +7 more
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Lithic technology at the below forks site, FhNg-25 : strategems of stone tool manufacture [PDF]
The Below Forks site is a deeply stratified multicomponent archaeological site situated two kilometres downstream from the confluence of the North and South Saskatchewan Rivers. The lowest cultural occupation has been dated to 6000 rcybp.
Kasstan, Steven C.
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What Do Lithics Tell Us About Cultural Evolution? Insights From the Central African Record
ABSTRACT While Western historical narratives often incorporate a biased vision of human evolution—driven by a progressive view tied to a progressively evolving state of culture—this paper proposes combining archaeological lithic data with epistemological reflections to critique the modern regime of historicity, where progress is assumed as rational ...
Isis Isabella Mesfin
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Modern humans first moved into the Ivane valley between 43,000 – 49,000 years cal BP, placing it within the initial colonisation stage of Papua New Guinea.
Ford, Anne
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ABSTRACT The current diversity and distribution of species and populations have been shaped by the major climatic oscillations during the Quaternary. The brown trout (Salmo trutta) is a striking example of the strong effect of past climate changes on the evolutionary history of species, in fact, the alternation of glacial/interglacial cycles has led to
Tatiana Fioravanti +5 more
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Within the framework of the project named Technological Variability and Social Interaction Networks in Northwest Argentina through the study of lithic technology strategies throughout the Formative period (Mercuri 2012) we collected samples of lithic raw
Cecilia Mercuri
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