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A simulation of the Neolithic transition in Western Eurasia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Farming and herding were introduced to Europe from the Near East and Anatolia; there are, however, considerable arguments about the mechanisms of this transition.
Ackland   +100 more
core   +1 more source

Settlements and Seafaring: Reflections on the Integration of Boats and Settlements Among Marine Foragers in Early Mesolithic Norway and the Yámana of Tierra del Fuego

open access: yes, 2017
The abundant Early Mesolithic (11,500–10,000 cal. BP) settlements at the raised shorelines in Norway and Sweden represent the earliest documented marine foragers in northern Europe.
Hein B. Bjerck
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Autism, the Integrations of 'Difference' and the Origins of Modern Human Behaviour [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
It is proposed here that the archaeological evidence for the emergence of 'modern behaviour' (160,000-40,000 bp) can best be explained as the rise of cognitive variation within populations through social mechanisms for integrating 'different minds ...
Spikins, Penny
core   +1 more source

People and plant entanglements at the dawn of agricultural practice in Greece. An analysis of the Mesolithic and early Neolithic archaeobotanical remains

open access: yesQuaternary International, 2018
Investigation of the incipience of agriculture in Greece employing archaeobotanical remains is a challenging field of inquiry, aiming at gaining insights into the complex socio-economic transformations that gradually shaped the way of Neolithic life. Yet,
Georgia Kotzamani, Alexandra Livarda
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Violence in the Mesolithic

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2006
The Mesolithic populations of the Danube’s Iron Gates Gorge (Serbia/Romania) spanned over 1500 years (from before 7000 BC to around 5500 BC) in one of the more favourable foraging environments of Europe. Over most of this period, the dominant economy was foraging, but farming was practiced by communities in the region from around 6500 BC. This research
openaire   +3 more sources

Book Review: Steinzeitbier – Mesolithisches Brauen am Haspelsee und die Geschichte des Bierbrauens by Ulrich Bähr (ed)

open access: yesEXARC Journal, 2021
Did people in the Mesolithic period brew beer at Haspelmoor? How was the fermentation process started and how did they control the temperature of cooking stones? These and other questions regarding Stone Age brewing are answered in the new book published
Eva Götting-Martin
doaj  

The Early Mesolithic in Southern Scandinavia and Northern Germany

open access: yes, 2018
Please note: due to the size and quality of these volumes, the ebook files are very large. Users downloading to mobile devices, or with an internet connection with limited bandwidth, should view and download chapters individually from the dropdown menu ...
M. Sørensen, H. Lübke, Daniel Groß
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Floodplain environmental change during the younger dryas and holocene: Evidence from the lower kennet valley, south central England [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Many lowland rivers across northwest Europe exhibit broadly similar behavioural responses to glacial-interglacial transitions and landscape development. Difficulties exist in assessing these, largely because the evidence from many rivers remains limited
Collins, PEF   +3 more
core  

Mesolithic Monuments of the Western Kazakhstan

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2018
The article investigates Mesolithic monuments in Western Kazakhstan. A mesolithic monument Ustyurt is represented by the monuments of Aydabolskaya group: Aydabol 6-7, 9-12, 14-16, 20-23, 25; Aktaylak 1 (layer 1), Aktobe 2, Tchuruk 2 (layers 1 and 2 ...
E. Klyshev, P. Koltsov
doaj  

Inland Mesolithic settlement in Central Jutland

open access: yesDanish Journal of Archaeology
In Central Jutland there are many traces of settlement throughout the Mesolithic, mostly represented by flint scatters. Yet we do not have a good understanding of the inland Mesolithic, since many sites are palimpsests with mixed flint assemblages from ...
Lone Andersen
doaj   +1 more source

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