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Domestic food practice and vessel‐use at Salūt‐ST1, central Oman, during the Umm an‐Nar period
Abstract Investigations into everyday food practices during the Umm an‐Nar period (c.2700–2000 bc) in the Oman Peninsula are limited. We studied lipid residues in pottery from Salūt‐ST1, an Umm an‐Nar stone tower in central Oman, to understand domestic practices and vessel use in locally‐produced Sandy Wares, regionally‐produced Fine Red Omani Wares ...
Akshyeta Suryanarayan +7 more
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On the origin of the Oriental plane tree (Platanus orientalis L.)
Abstract Oriental plane tree (Platanus orientalis) is native to the East Mediterranean region and sister to three western North American species, together forming the Pacific North American–European (PNA‐E) clade. Its sister clade, comprising several eastern North American–Mexican species, has been termed the Atlantic North American (ANA) clade.
Danae Danika +3 more
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Chapter 10. Intensification does not require modification: Tropical Swidden and the Maya
Abstract What is involved in finding fields? Agricultural intensification and its archaeological correlates are not always obvious. Archaeologists frequently equate capital‐based investment and arable farming as the sole path to intensified production.
Anabel Ford
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Chapter 9. Feral fields of Northern Dalmatia (Croatia)
Abstract How do we identify ancient fields and farming systems in areas where the same spaces of cultivation have been used repeatedly over thousands of years? In the limestone karst landscapes of northern Dalmatia, on the Adriatic coast of Croatia, drystone field walls, terraces, and cairns are common features that attest to generations of working the
James Countryman +3 more
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Microparticles from dental calculus disclose paleoenvironmental and palaeoecological records
Dental calculus analysis reveals evidence about past dietary ecology and plant diversity. This multi‐proxy study focuses on pollen and non‐pollen palynomorphs. We detected plants referable to woody habitats and warm‐temperate climates. Clues about past ecological and environmental issues of Central Italy were found.
Alessia D'Agostino +11 more
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MASSIVE PREHISTORIC PIT SITES IN SOUTHERN IBERIA: CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES AND LESSONS LEARNED
Summary Archaeological sites characterized by significant concentrations of pits (‘pit sites’) were widespread in prehistoric Europe. In southern Iberia, many pit sites date back to the Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods (fourth‐third millennia BCE), and often display massive numbers of pits.
María José Armenteros‐Lojo +1 more
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Chronological evolution of the palaeolandscape from the Holocene to the high medieval time at Aardenburg. The region of Bruges (Flanders, Belgium) was an economic and cultural centre during the Late Middle Ages because it was connected to the North Sea via a large tidal inlet called the Zwin, along which smaller towns developed.
Coralie André +6 more
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A Macrobotanical Analysis of Native American Maize Agriculture at the Smith\u27s Point Site [PDF]
The Smith\u27s Point site was a seasonally inhabited Native American encampment in Yarmouth, Massachusetts occupied from the Middle Woodland through the early Colonial periods.
Ferguson, Kelly A.
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Discovery of an Intact Quaternary Paleosol, Georgia Bight, USA
A previously buried paleosol was found on the continental shelf during a study of sea floor scour, nucleated by large artificial reef structures such as vessel hulks, barges, train cars, military vehicles, etc., called “scour nuclei”. It is a relic paleo-
Ervan G. Garrison +4 more
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Corpusul descoperirilor arheobotanice neo-eneolitice din sud-estul României
Archaeobotanical proxies (charcoal, macrobotanical remains, and pollen analysis) were in use since the end of the 19 th century, especially in western Europe.
Golea, M.
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