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Mandibular morphology and the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition in Westernmost Iberia [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2023
Neolithic farming and animal husbandry were first developed in the Near East ~ 10,000 BCE and expanded westwards, reaching westernmost Iberia no later than 5500 BCE. It resulted in major social, cultural, economic and dietary changes.
Ricardo Miguel Godinho, Cláudia Umbelino, António Carlos Valera, António Faustino Carvalho, Nuno Bicho, João Cascalheira, Célia Gonçalves, Patricia Smith   +7 more
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High-resolution isotope dietary analysis of Mesolithic and Neolithic humans from Franchthi Cave, Greece. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Franchthi Cave, in the Greek Peloponnese, is a well-known Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic site, with several human burials. In many parts of Europe there is clear evidence from archaeological and isotopic studies for a diet change between the ...
Valentina Martinoia, Anastasia Papathanasiou, Sahra Talamo, Rebecca MacDonald, Michael P Richards   +4 more
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Genomic and dietary discontinuities during the Mesolithic and Neolithic in Sicily

iScience, 2022
Summary: Sicily is a key region for understanding the agricultural transition in the Mediterranean because of its central position. Here, we present genomic and stable isotopic data for 19 prehistoric Sicilians covering the Mesolithic to Bronze Age ...
He Yu, Marieke S. van de Loosdrecht, Marcello A. Mannino, Sahra Talamo, Adam B. Rohrlach, Ainash Childebayeva, Vanessa Villalba-Mouco, Franziska Aron, Guido Brandt, Marta Burri, Cäcilia Freund, Rita Radzeviciute, Raphaela Stahl, Antje Wissgott, Helen Fewlass, Antonio Tagliacozzo, Marcello Piperno, Sebastiano Tusa, Carmine Collina, Vittoria Schimmenti, Rosaria Di Salvo, Kay Prüfer, Cosimo Posth, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Detlef Gronenborn, Didier Binder, Choongwon Jeong, Wolfgang Haak, Johannes Krause   +28 more
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Britain In or Out of Europe During the Late Mesolithic? A New Perspective of the Mesolithic–Neolithic Transition

Open Archaeology, 2022
Lacking well-dated fifth millennium Mesolithic evidence and based on a consensus that late Mesolithic Britain was isolated from the continent, discussion of the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition has focused on the centuries around 4000 BC.
Lawrence Tom, Donnelly Mike, Kennard Liz, Souday Caroline, Grant Rose   +4 more
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Du mésolithique en creux

Revue Archéologique de l’Est, 2022
The preventive archaeological excavation conducted in 2017 on the site of "Mont Saint-Pierre" in Champigny (Marne) led to the discovery of Mesolithic remains on the left bank of the Vesle River.
Nicolas Garmond, Denis Bouquin, Colas Guéret, Frédéric Poupon, Françoise Toulemonde   +4 more
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The Iron Gates Mesolithic in a Regional Context

Documenta Praehistorica, 2021
The specific character of the Iron Gates Mesolithic material culture derives from the geomorphological and ecological features of the Iron Gates gorge in the Early Holocene.
Dušan Mihailović
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Pioneer Archaeologists and the Influence of Their Scientific Relationships on Mesolithic Studies in North Iberia

Open Archaeology, 2022
Count Vega del Sella’s research marked the beginning of the long tradition of Mesolithic studies in Asturias (North Spain). Another pioneer, L. Sierra, explored a number of caves in Cantabria with Mesolithic shell-middens, but no specific research line ...
Fano Miguel Ángel, de la Rasilla Marco, Cubas Miriam   +2 more
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Mesolithic Montology

Open Archaeology, 2022
This article focuses on the Mesolithic occupation of mountain environments in Europe. The montane Mesolithic is a important aspect of the Mesolithic as a whole, but neither its significance nor its potential is fully recognised.
Warren Graeme
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From Coastal Sites to Elevated Hinterland Locations in the Mesolithic – Discussing Human–Woodland Interaction in the Oslo Fjord Region, Southeast Norway

Open Archaeology, 2023
The coastal areas of Southeast Norway underwent dramatic environmental changes throughout the Mesolithic period. Continuous postglacial land uplift/isostatic rebound lead to retreating shorelines turning former seabed into coastal hinterland.
Schülke Almut
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Mesolithic Occupations During the Boreal Climatic Fluctuations at La Baume de Monthiver (Var, France)

Open Archaeology, 2023
The Mesolithic technology in Western Europe depicts the last cultural expressions and adaptations of hunter-gatherers before the adoption of Neolithic agro-pastoral practices.
Ricci Giulia, Audiard Benjamin, Tomasso Antonin, Hoareau Leïla, Julien Marie-Anne, Mologni Carlo, Purdue Louise, Porraz Guillaume   +7 more
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