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

Oriental 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, Piotr M. Koltsov, Marianna A. Kulkova   +2 more
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Plant exploitation and subsistence patterns of the Mesolithic in arid China: New evidence of plant macro-remains from the Pigeon Mountain site

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023
The nature of the Mesolithic in China has not been studied much due to the few well-context sites discovered and excavated during this period. The situation also restricts the understanding of human subsistence in the Mesolithic period in China ...
Xuefang Zheng, Fei Peng, Shuzhi Wang, Jialong Guo, Huiming Wang, Xing Gao, Xing Gao, Xing Gao, Zhijun Zhao   +8 more
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Seasonal Shellfishing across the East Adriatic Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition: Oxygen Isotope Analysis of Phorcus turbinatus from Vela Spila (Croatia)

, 2020
The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition is a classic topic of archaeological discussion, and the East Adriatic is of particular interest as a gateway region for agriculture entering Europe from the Near East.
Tansy Branscombe, Marjolein. D. Bosch, P. Miracle   +2 more
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Genomic and dietary transitions during the Mesolithic and Early Neolithic in Sicily

bioRxiv, 2020
Southern Italy is a key region for understanding the agricultural transition in the Mediterranean due to its central position. We present a genomic transect for 19 prehistoric Sicilians that covers the Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic period.
Marieke Sophia van de Loosdrecht, M. Mannino, S. Talamo, Vanessa Villalba-Mouco, C. Posth, Franziska Aron, Guido Brandt, Marta Burri, Cäcilia Freund, Rita Radzevičiūtė, Raphaela Stahl, Antje Wissgott, Lysann Klausnitzer, S. Nagel, M. Meyer, A. Tagliacozzo, M. Piperno, S. Tusa, C. Collina, V. Schimmenti, Rosa Di Salvo, Kay Prüfer, J. Hublin, S. Schiffels, Choongwon Jeong, W. Haak, J. Krause   +26 more
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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)

Archaeometry, 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, Erik Kroon, Lasse van den Dikkenberg, Dennis Braekmans   +3 more
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The beginning of the Neolithic on the Upper Volga (Russia)

Documenta Praehistorica, 2019
The appearance of the Neolithic in the Upper Volga region is to be associated with infiltrations of notch-ware pottery-makers into the indigenous Mesolithic populations. Most likely the first vessels were imported into the region as final goods.
Nataliya A. Tsvetkova
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Typological Analysis and Assessment of the Bone-Working Stone Inventory of the Zamostje 2 Late Mesolithic Layer

Поволжская 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., Fedorova Daria N., Malyutina Anna А. , Taktasheva Snezhana D.   +3 more
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Dental calculus and isotopes provide direct evidence of fish and plant consumption in Mesolithic Mediterranean

Scientific Reports, 2018
In this contribution we dismantle the perceived role of marine resources and plant foods in the subsistence economy of Holocene foragers of the Central Mediterranean using a combination of dental calculus and stable isotope analyses.
E. Cristiani, A. Radini, D. Borić, Harry K. Robson, Isabella Caricola, M. Carra, G. Mutri, Gregorio Oxilia, A. Zupancich, M. Šlaus, Dario Vujević   +10 more
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Morphometric and Paleobiological Insights Into Pleistocene Sicilian Wolf Populations

Acta Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Pleistocene wolves (Canis lupus) from Sicily represent one of the few known insular populations of this species from that time period. Despite their potential relevance for understanding carnivore adaptations in insular contexts, no dedicated study has previously investigated their morphology and evolutionary significance.
Domenico Tancredi, Carolina Di Patti, Sabrina Lo Brutto, Matteo Cammarata   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stable oxygen isotope analysis of Phorcus lineatus (da Costa, 1778) as a proxy for foraging seasonality during the Mesolithic in northern Iberia

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2019
The Mesolithic period in the Cantabrian region, a coastal area located in northern Spain, is characterised by a marked increase in the human use of coastal resources in comparison with previous periods, resulting in the formation of so-called “shell ...
Asier García-Escárzaga, Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti, A. Cobo, David Cuenca-Solana, J. Martín‑Chivelet, P. Roberts, M. González-Morales   +6 more
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