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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 +28 more
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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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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 Around 8,200 years ago, the Storegga tsunami hit the coasts of the Norwegian and North Seas. This event is well known from wide ranging geological and palaeobotanical work undertaken over the last 30 years. Outside of attempts at palaeodemographic models,
Astrid J. Nyland +2 more
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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 +7 more
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High-resolution isotope dietary analysis of Mesolithic and Neolithic humans from Franchthi Cave, Greece. [PDF]
PLoS ONEFranchthi 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 +4 more
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Colonialism and the European Mesolithic
Norwegian Archaeological Review, 2023 This paper heeds the broader societal calls for decolonisation in Britain and Ireland, and seeks to apply various strands of decolonial practice within the context of Mesolithic archaeology; a subfield which has seen little postcolonial reflection to ...
Ben Elliott, G. Warren
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Palaeoecological signals for Mesolithic land use in a Central European landscape?
Journal of Quaternary Science, 2022 During the Early Holocene, climate was the major factor causing fires, but whether during the Mesolithic (~11.5–7.4 cal ka BP) people co‐shaped their environment by means of fire remains of debate.
Shaddai Heidgen +8 more
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‘Mere food gatherers they, parasites upon nature …’: food and drink in the Mesolithic of Ireland
Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature, 2022 :AbstractThis paper reviews evidence for food and drink in the Mesolithic of Ireland (c. 8000–4000 cal bc). Evidence for past food is subject to systematic biases, including the nature of preservation and changing analytical methodologies as well as ...
G. Warren
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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 +4 more
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Material and Sensory Experiences of Mesolithic Resinous Substances
Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 2022 Mesolithic resinous adhesives are well known for their role as hafting mastic within composite technologies, yet it is increasingly clear that their usage was more diverse than this.
Aimée Little +3 more
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