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High-resolution sediment analysis reveals Middle Bronze Age byre-houses at the site of Oppeano (Verona province, NE Italy). [PDF]

PLoS One, 2022
High-resolution sediment analysis allowed us to identify two Middle Bronze Age (MBA 1, 1650–1550 cal a BCE) byre-houses at the waterlogged site of Oppeano “4D”, south of Verona (Veneto region, NE Italy). The site lies in a low-lying valley incised by the
Nicosia C, Polisca F, Miller C, Ligouis B, Mentzer S, Mangani C, Gonzato F.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a Middle Bronze Age city in the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea.

Sci Rep, 2021
We present evidence that in ~ 1650 BCE (~ 3600 years ago), a cosmic airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam, a Middle-Bronze-Age city in the southern Jordan Valley northeast of the Dead Sea.
Bunch TE, LeCompte MA, Adedeji AV, Wittke JH, Burleigh TD, Hermes RE, Mooney C, Batchelor D, Wolbach WS, Kathan J, Kletetschka G, Patterson MCL, Swindel EC, Witwer T, Howard GA, Mitra S, Moore CR, Langworthy K, Kennett JP, West A, Silvia PJ.   +20 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

There and back again: A zooarchaeological perspective on Early and Middle Bronze Age urbanism in the southern Levant. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2020
Multiple arguments for or against the presence of ‘urban’ settlements in the Early Bronze Age of the southern Levant have identified the need to compare these settlements against their rural hinterlands through multiple lines of evidence.
Gaastra JS, Greenfield TL, Greenfield HJ.   +2 more
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Wealth Consumption, Sociopolitical Organization, and Change: A Perspective from Burial Analysis on the Middle Bronze Age in the Carpathian Basin

Open Archaeology, 2023
Tracing the patterns of wealth consumption within and between burial communities can reveal different aspects of the sociopolitical and economic abilities of and relations between individuals, groups, and whole communities.
J. Laabs
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Middle Bronze Age land use practices in the north-western Alpine foreland – A multi-proxy study of colluvial deposits, archaeological features and peat bogs

The Soil, 2021
We present a multi-proxy approach to reconstruct Middle Bronze Age (MBA, 1600-1250 BCE) land use practices in the north-western Alpine foreland (SW Germany, Hegau).
S. Scherer, B. Höpfer, K. Deckers, E. Fischer, M. Fuchs, E. Kandeler, E. Lehndorff, J. Lomax, S. Marhan, E. Marinova, J. Lechterbeck, J. Meister, C. Poll, Humay Rahimova, M. Rösch, Kristen Wroth, J. Zastrow, Thomas Knopf, T. Scholten, P. Kühn   +19 more
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EARLY AND MIDDLE BRONZE AGE CHRONOLOGY OF THE CARPATHIAN BASIN REVISITED: QUESTIONS ANSWERED OR PERSISTENT CHALLENGES?

Radiocarbon: An International Journal of Cosmogenic Isotope Research, 2021
The Early and Middle Bronze Age in the Carpathian Basin is often viewed as a long period of transition from a dispersed form of land occupation to one of increasing aggregation, ultimately resulting in the formation of tell settlements and large ...
R. Staniuk
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Establishing the Middle Sea: The Late Bronze Age of Mediterranean Europe (1700–900 BC)

Journal of Archaeological Research, 2021
The Late Bronze Age (1700–900 BC) represents an extremely dynamic period for Mediterranean Europe. Here, we provide a comparative survey of the archaeological record of over half a millennium within the entire northern littoral of the Mediterranean, from
F. Iacono, E. Borgna, M. Cattani, C. Cavazzuti, H. Dawson, Y. Galanakis, M. Gori, Cristiano Iaia, N. Ialongo, T. Lachenal, A. Lorrio, R. Micó, B. Molloy, A. Nafplioti, K. Pêche-Quilichini, C. R. Herrada, R. Risch   +16 more
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MIDDLE BRONZE AGE JERUSALEM: RECALCULATING ITS CHARACTER AND CHRONOLOGY

Radiocarbon: An International Journal of Cosmogenic Isotope Research, 2021
The following paper presents the results of radiocarbon (14C) dating of Middle Bronze Age (MB) contexts in Jerusalem. The dates, sampled with microarchaeology methods from three different locations along the eastern slopes of the city’s ancient core ...
J. Regev, Y. Gadot, Helena Roth, J. Uziel, O. Chalaf, D. Ben-Ami, Eugenia Mintz, L. Regev, E. Boaretto   +8 more
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Reconstructing the childhood diet of the individuals from the Middle Late Bronze Age Bezdanjača Cave, Croatia (ca. 1430 1290 BCE) using stable C and N isotope analysis of dentin collagen

Journal of bioanthropology, 2021
This paper investigates the childhood diet of 16 individuals from the Middle Late Bronze Age (1430 1290 BCE) Bezdanjača Cave (Lika region, Croatia) using stable isotope analysis of dentin collagen from permanent first molars.
V. Martinoia, S. Benazzi, M. Carić, S. Radović   +3 more
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Le site de l’âge du Bronze moyen de Berstett Langenberg (Bas-Rhin), approches croisées

Gallia Préhistoire, 2023
. Excavated in 2018 as part of the western bypass of Strasbourg, the Berstett Langenberg site of nearly two hectares (site no. 5.6 of the project) has revealed occupations dating from the Late Neolithic to the Final La Tène period.
Michler Matthieu, Auxiette Ginette, Jodry Florent, Nadia Tarifa-Mateo, Adam Pierre, Schaeffer Philippe, Féliu Clément, Véber Cécile   +7 more
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