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Domestic food practice and vessel‐use at Salūt‐ST1, central Oman, during the Umm an‐Nar period

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 41-60, November 2024.
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
wiley   +1 more source

On the origin of the Oriental plane tree (Platanus orientalis L.)

open access: yesPapers in Palaeontology, Volume 10, Issue 4, July/August 2024.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Chapter 10. Intensification does not require modification: Tropical Swidden and the Maya

open access: yesArchaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 106-119, July 2024.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Chapter 9. Feral fields of Northern Dalmatia (Croatia)

open access: yesArchaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 94-105, July 2024.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Microparticles from dental calculus disclose paleoenvironmental and palaeoecological records

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2024.
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
wiley   +1 more source

MASSIVE PREHISTORIC PIT SITES IN SOUTHERN IBERIA: CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES AND LESSONS LEARNED

open access: yesOxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 2-22, February 2024.
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
wiley   +1 more source

The Roman to medieval landscape transformation at Aardenburg (southern The Netherlands) based on palynology and diatom analysis

open access: yesBoreas, Volume 53, Issue 1, Page 88-105, January 2024.
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
wiley   +1 more source

A Macrobotanical Analysis of Native American Maize Agriculture at the Smith\u27s Point Site [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
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.
core   +1 more source

Discovery of an Intact Quaternary Paleosol, Georgia Bight, USA

open access: yesApplied Sciences
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
doaj   +1 more source

Corpusul descoperirilor arheobotanice neo-eneolitice din sud-estul României

open access: yesMateriale și Cercetări Arheologice
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.
doaj   +1 more source

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