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Torbjørn Ekrem, Peter Langton
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Towards an Archaeology of the Contemporary Past [PDF]
Archaeology, defined as the study of material culture, extends from the first preserved human artefacts up to the present day, and in recent years the ‘Archaeology of the Present’ has become a particular focus of research.
Buchli, V
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Nature and Antiquities: The Making of Archaeology in the Americas [PDF]
Nature and Antiquities analyzes how the study of indigenous peoples was linked to the study of nature and natural sciences. Leading scholars break new ground and entreat archaeologists to acknowledge the importance of ways of knowing in the study of nature in the history of archaeology.
Irina Podgorny+2 more
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Examples from the graphic library depicting morphologies of interparietal bones, ossicles at lambda, mendosal sutures, and intrasutural ossicles. Abstract Due to its complex ossification during development, the superior region of the human occipital bone is a frequent site of supernumerary bones known as interparietal bones.
Melissa D. Clarkson+4 more
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The potential of artificial selection to dramatically impact phenotypic diversity is well known. Large-scale morphological changes in domestic species, emerging over short timescales, offer an accelerated perspective on evolutionary processes.
Pauline Hanot+6 more
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A Arqueologia Aérea: Métodos e Técnicas para a Observação de Dolmens. O Caso de Mora e Arraiolos. [PDF]
Aerial archaeology allows the observer to observe the world through space and understand the landscape to be natural or anthropic. Based on the understanding of aerial archaeology and the concept of photo interpretation, it is shown here how the dolmens ...
Batista, Teresa+2 more
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Abstract With the development of dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA), there has been an increasing application of DMTA for dietary estimation in extant and fossil reptiles, including dinosaurs. While numerous feeding experiments exist for herbivorous mammals, knowledge remains limited for carnivorous reptiles. This study aimed to qualitatively and
K. Usami, M. O. Kubo
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7000-year-old evidence of fruit tree cultivation in the Jordan Valley, Israel
This study provides one of the earliest examples of fruit tree cultivation worldwide, demonstrating that olive (Olea europaea) and fig (Ficus carica) horticulture was practiced as early as 7000 years ago in the Central Jordan Valley, Israel.
Dafna Langgut, Yosef Garfinkel
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The Origin of Late Roman Period–Post-Migration Period Lithuanian Horses
In this paper, we present the 87Sr/86Sr data of 13 samples from horses from six Lithuanian burial sites dating from the 3rd to the 7th C AD. Alongside these data, we also publish the bioavailable 87Sr/86Sr data of 15 Lithuanian archaeological sites ...
Giedrė Piličiauskienė+6 more
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Approaches to Sensory Landscape Archaeology [PDF]
As the medium through which humans interact with the physical world, senses are crucial to explore when trying to understand the beings that embody them.
Faycurry, Jessica
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