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Exploring geomagnetic variations in ancient Mesopotamia: Archaeomagnetic study of inscribed bricks from the 3rd–1st millennia BCE [PDF]
Matthew D Howland +2 more
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Mesopotaamia jumalanna Nanāia mõjudest Kesk- ja Lõuna-Aasias [PDF]
In this paper we have traced some basic attributes belonging to the Mesopotamian goddess Nanāia, from their origin in the period of Ur III (2112–2004 BC) in ancient Mesopotamia up to the period of the Kuṣāṇas and Kūšānšāhs (from the 1st century AD to the
Andrew Schumann, Vladimir Sazonov
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A few thousand years ago, ancient Mesopotamia became the first civilization that engineered water infrastructure to drive native agricultural systems. That civilization created the earliest irrigation systems known to humankind. The ancient Mesopotamians also won success in creating successful irrigation-driven agriculture in arid and semi-arid ...
Scott Creney, Brigette Adair Herron
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We present the first ancient DNA data from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Mesopotamia (Southeastern Turkey and Northern Iraq), Cyprus, and the Northwestern Zagros, along with the first data from Neolithic Armenia.
Iosif Lazaridis +204 more
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FACIAL HAIR AND BEARD COVERINGS MOTIVES FOR GROWTH AND COVERAGE IN THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN AND MESOPOTAMIAN DOCTRINE [PDF]
أغطية شعر الوجه واللحية:دوافع إطلاقها وتغطيتها فى عقيدة المصرى القديم وبلاد ما بين النهرين [Ar] عرف شعر الوجه واللحية فى الشرق الأدنى ...
Reda Elsayed Attalla
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Upper Mesopotamia played a key role in the Neolithic Transition in Southwest Asia through marked innovations in symbolism, technology, and foodways. We present thirteen ancient genomes (c.8500-7500 calBCE) from Pre-Pottery Neolithic Çayönü in the Tigris ...
N. Ezgi Altınışık +23 more
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The genetic identity of the earliest human-made hybrid animals, the kungas of Syro-Mesopotamia
Ancient DNA identifies elite equids in Bronze Age Mesopotamia as the first human-bred hybrid animals, the enigmatic kungas.
E. Bennett +7 more
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Agricultural extensification refers to an expansive, low‐input production strategy that is land rather than labour limited. Here, we present a robust method, using the archaeological proxies of cereal grain nitrogen isotope values and settlement size, to
A. Styring +6 more
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Phytolith evidence for the pastoral origins of multi-cropping in Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq)
Multi-cropping was vital for provisioning large population centers across ancient Eurasia. In Southwest Asia, multi-cropping, in which grain, fodder, or forage could be reliably cultivated during dry summer months, only became possible with the ...
E. Laugier, Jesse Casana, D. Cabanes
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