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Some observations on the Mesolithic crustacean assemblage from Ulva Cave, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Crustacean remains are a common component of Mesolithic coastal shell middens in western Scotland and, potentially, are a valuable source of information on subsistence practices and shore ecology, yet they are rarely analyzed or described in detail in ...
Pickard, Catriona, Bonsall, Clive
core  

Polish Mesolithic Pots. Jasiu Kowalczyk – in memoriam

open access: yesArchaeologia Polona, 2019
The article deals with making of pottery among the European Mesolithic communities. The author, referring to the terminological proposal of Jan Kowalczyk – "ceramic Mesolithic”, follows in this respect the development of research and the evolution of ...
Stefan Karol Kozłowski
doaj   +1 more source

Typological Analysis and Assessment of the Bone-Working Stone Inventory of the Zamostje 2 Late Mesolithic Layer

open access: yesПоволжская археология, 2023
The article presents the results of a typological and functional analysis of flint assemblage from the Late Mesolithic layer (II half of the 7th – early 6th millennium cal BC) at the site Zamostje 2 (Volga-Oka region).
Lozovskaya Olga V.   +3 more
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Mapping Palaeolithic Imprints: Spatial Analysis of Hand Stencils in El Castillo Cave (Spain) Through Geomatic Techniques

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We present the application of a new quantitative approach to space study in Palaeolithic cave art. Using GIS, we analysed the distribution and position of hand stencils in El Castillo cave to track the gestures and behaviours of Palaeolithic societies.
Olga Spaey   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Archaeogenomics of humans from the layer of the Upper Volga Culture revealed their greatest genetic similarity with Eastern European hunter-gatherers and ancient representatives of Mesolithic/Neolithic Europe [PDF]

open access: yesВестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии
The genetic structure of the population of Northern Europe of the Mesolithic-Neolithic period currently remains poorly investigated due to the small number of materials available for research. For the first time, the complete genome of an individual from
Andreeva T.V.   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Site Groß Fredenwalde, NE-Germany, and the Early Cemeteries of Northern Europe

open access: yesOpen Archaeology, 2023
The Mesolithic burial site Groß Fredenwalde, NE-Germany, discovered in 1962, had remained a poorly understood part of the Mesolithic burial record for decades. Since 2012, the site has been under re-investigation.
Kotula Andreas   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lateglacial to Mid-Holocene Vegetation History in the Eastern Vale of Pickering, Northeast Yorkshire, UK: Pollen Diagrams from Palaeolake Flixton

open access: yesQuaternary, 2022
Palaeolake Flixton, in the eastern Vale of Pickering in northeast Yorkshire, UK, existed as open water during the Lateglacial and early to mid-Holocene, until hydroseral succession and gradual terrestrialisation changed it to an area of fen and basin ...
Ian G. Simmons   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Learning Across the Divide: Understanding Knowledge Sharing Through Petrographic Analysis on Ceramics From the Rhine‐Meuse Delta During the Middle to Late Neolithic Transition (3400–2200 bce)

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vlaardingen (VL) communities on the Dutch West coast (3400–2200 bce) are part of a unique, long‐term continuity in the European Neolithic. Despite large‐scale changes in European populations during the Neolithic, the genomic diversity and cultural practices of VL communities can be retraced to the Mesolithic.
Jisca de Bruin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A freshwater diet-derived 14C reservoir effect at the Stone Age sites in the Iron Gates gorge [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Human bones from single inhumation burials and artifacts made from terrestrial mammal (ungulate) bone found in direct association with the skeletons were obtained from the Stone Age site of Schela Cladovei situated just below the Iron Gates Gorge of the ...
McSweeney, Kathleen   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Mesolithic and Neolithic Northern Cis-Caspian and Volga Steppe: Geometric Microliths

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2020
Introduction. The article examines segments with Helwan retouch discovered during various excavations in the Lower Volga. Those are a key marker of the Seroglazovka culture (Mesolithic — Early Neolithic) distinguished by A.
Alexander A. Vybornov   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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