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Applying sterols and bile acids as biomarkers for identifying human versus wild animals' faecal traces in cave sediments at archaeological sites

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract Faecal biomarkers are used to trace and identify the source of faecal matter at various types of archaeological sites. Until now, the focus has been centred on humans and domesticated animals. However, in caves, it's wild animals that play a role in the deposition of organic matter.
Natalia Gryczewska, Marcin Sulwiński, Piotr Chibowski, Maciej T. Krajcarz, Marcin Zegarek, Małgorzata Kot, Andrea Pereswiet‐Soltan, Karol Szymczak, Małgorzata Suska‐Malawska   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The dispersal of domestic cats from Northern Africa and their introduction to Europe over the last two millennia

De Martino M, De Cupere B, Rovelli V, Serventi P, Baldoni M, Di Corcia T, Geiger S, Alhaique F, Alves PC, Buitenhuis H, Ceccaroni E, Cerilli E, De Grossi Mazzorin J, Detry C, Dowd M, Fiore I, Gourichon L, Grau-Sologestoa I, Küchelmann HC, Kunst GK, McCarthy M, Miccichè R, Minniti C, Moreno M, Onar V, Oueslati T, Parrag M, Uria BP, Romagnoli G, Rugge M, Salari L, Saliari K, Santos AB, Schmölcke U, Sforzi A, Soranna G, Spassov N, Tagliacozzo A, Tinè V, Trixl S, Vuković S, Wierer U, Wilkens B, Doherty S, Sykes N, Frantz L, Mattucci F, Caniglia R, Larson G, Peters J, Van Neer W, Ottoni C.   +51 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Boomerang and bones: Refining the chronology of the Early Upper Paleolithic at Obłazowa Cave, Poland. [PDF]

PLoS One
Talamo S, Casaccia N, Richards MP, Wacker L, Tassoni L, Nadachowski A, Kraszewska A, Kowal M, Skłucki J, Barrington C, Kelly M, Tait F, Williams M, Figus C, Vazzana A, Di Bernardo G, Romandini M, Di Domenico G, Benazzi S, Malegori C, Sciutto G, Oliveri P, Hublin JJ, Hajdinjak M, Skoglund P, Picin A, Valde-Nowak P.   +26 more
europepmc   +1 more source

What can lithics tell us about hominin technology's ‘primordial soup’? An origin of stone knapping via the emulation of Mother Nature

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract The use of stone hammers to produce sharp stone flakes—knapping—is thought to represent a significant stage in hominin technological evolution because it facilitated the exploitation of novel resources, including meat obtained from medium‐to‐large‐sized vertebrates. The invention of knapping may have occurred via an additive (i.e., cumulative)
Metin I. Eren, Stephen J. Lycett, Michelle R. Bebber, Alastair Key, Briggs Buchanan, Emma Finestone, Joseph Benson, Rebecca Biermann Gürbüz, Adela Cebeiro, Roman Garba, Anne Grunow, C. Owen Lovejoy, Danielle MacDonald, Erica Maletic, G. Logan Miller, Joseph D. Ortiz, Jonathan Paige, Justin Pargeter, Tomos Proffitt, Mary Ann Raghanti, Teal Riley, Jeffrey I. Rose, David M. Singer, Robert S. Walker   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

A dataset of scientific dates from archaeological sites in eastern Africa spanning 5000 BCE to 1800 CE. [PDF]

Sci Data
Iminjili V, Crowther A, Fisher MT, Kay A, Roberts P, Goldstein S, Boivin N, Fernandes R.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Tracing the origin of Roman mosaic tiles in Aquileia: Petrographic analysis of specimens from the suburbium

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract This research represents the most extensive characterisation of Roman mosaic tesserae (tiles) from Aquileia, Italy, to date, examining 153 specimens. The study aimed to identify the lithotypes used in mosaics production through a multi‐analytical approach, which included colorimetric analysis, polarised light microscopy and scanning electron ...
Neva M. E. Stucchi, Giulia Franceschin, Chiara Coletti, Andrea Vavasori, Claudio Mazzoli, Arianna Traviglia   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence from Tinshemet Cave in Israel suggests behavioural uniformity across Homo groups in the Levantine mid-Middle Palaeolithic circa 130,000-80,000 years ago. [PDF]

Nat Hum Behav
Zaidner Y, Prévost M, Shahack-Gross R, Weissbrod L, Yeshurun R, Porat N, Guérin G, Mercier N, Galy A, Pécheyran C, Barbotin G, Tribolo C, Valladas H, White D, Timms R, Blockley S, Frumkin A, Gaitero-Santos D, Ilani S, Ben-Haim S, Pedergnana A, Pietraszek AV, García P, Nicosia C, Lagle S, Varoner O, Zeigen C, Langgut D, Crouvi O, Borgel S, Sarig R, May H, Hershkovitz I.   +32 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A holocene n-alkane stable isotope record from Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa and its implications for the later stone age record. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Ecker M, Rhodes S, Andersen N, Horwitz LK, Chazan M, Makarewicz CA.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Uncovering Human Tooth Marks in the Search for Dog Domestication: The Case of Coímbre Cave. [PDF]

Animals (Basel)
Claver I, Estaca V, de Andrés-Herrero M, Herranz-Rodrigo D, Álvarez-Alonso D, Yravedra J.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Two methods, two views: Integrating phytoliths in thin sections and bulk samples on the urban Dark Earths from the DIVA-site (Antwerp, Belgium). [PDF]

PLoS One
Alonso-Eguiluz M, Lo Russo S, Vrydaghs L, Tribel P, Bontempi G, Schenkel A, Celis D, Nys K, Devos Y.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source