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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 +4 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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Radiocarbon and stable isotope evidence of dietary change from the Mesolithic to the Middle Ages in the iron gates: New results from Lepenski Vir [PDF]
, 2004 A previous radiocarbon dating and stable isotope study of directly associated ungulate and human bone samples from Late Mesolithic burials at Schela Cladovei in Romania established that there is a freshwater reservoir effect of approximately 500 yr in ...
Radovanovic, I. +5 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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Antlerworking Practices in Mesolithic Britain [PDF]
, 2012 This thesis aims to characterise the use of antler in the British Mesolithic, and to place this within the broader context of human and deer relations during the period.
Elliott, Benjamin
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Ancient DNA Reveals Limited Hunter-Gatherer Ancestry in the Cerny Culture (Middle Neolithic, France) Despite Hunting-Associated Practices. [PDF]
Am J Biol AnthropolABSTRACT The arrival of the Neolithic way of life in Europe is associated with the migration of Anatolian farmers and their admixture with local hunter‐gatherers. In the Paris Basin (Northern France), the Middle Neolithic Cerny culture (4700–4300 bce) combines agricultural practices with funerary items linked to hunting, suggesting a particular ...
Sauvage J +10 more
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Evol AnthropolABSTRACT This paper reconceptualizes fashion as a deep‐time system of bodily communication rather than a byproduct of modern consumer societies. We define fashion as a socially transmitted system of bodily display in which patterned variation occurs within shared conventions of appearance.
d'Errico F, Rigaud S.
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Woodland clearance in the Mesolithic: the social aspects. [PDF]
, 2005 Did Mesolithic people regard the woodland as a wilderness or park? Previous models have portrayed the hunter-gatherers of the Mesolithic as in tune with nature and making use of clearings to attract game.
John G Robb +6 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 +28 more
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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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