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Archaeometry, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the relationship between wetland ecosystems and prehistoric lakeshore settlements within the Lake Ohrid basin (a biodiversity hotspot) by considering plant food systems at Ploča Mičov Grad, North Macedonia. The mid‐fifth millennium (c.4555–4373 to 4437–4241 cal BCE) waterlogged assemblage contained a diverse spectrum of ...
Amy Holguin +14 more
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Toxicological analyses of the bone matrix: Successes and challenges
Archaeometry, EarlyView.Abstract This study aimed to conduct an in‐depth and systematic literature review dealing with toxicological analyses on human bone tissue and focusing on the forensic toxicological and archaeotoxicological field. Several studies have focused their research on medical drugs, drugs of abuse, and trace elements on both human cadavers and skeletal remains,
Gaia Giordano +3 more
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AMS radiocarbon dating from the Neolithic of eastern Ukraine casts doubts on existing chronologies [PDF]
, 2015 The Seversky Donets River (Northern Donets) basin in eastern Ukraine and the Lower Don River valley in Russia were inhabited by populations that have been considered to be one of the earliest pottery-using cultures in Europe.
Lillie, Malcolm +2 more
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.Abstract Numerous isotopic studies of Scottish Mesolithic and Neolithic diets suggest a shift from marine‐based to terrestrial‐based subsistence strategies. However, bulk collagen isotope analysis may overlook low‐level marine food consumption. This study combines bulk collagen stable isotope data from four Neolithic sites (Quanterness, Rattar East ...
Valentina Martinoia +8 more
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Tradition, time and narrative : rethinking the Late Neolithic of the Maltese Islands [PDF]
, 2017 This paper reconsiders the Late Neolithic of the Maltese Islands from a broader perspective. It argues that the prevailing narrative centred on passzvely inherited cultural baggage obscures the dynamic narrative created by the ancient inhabitants.
Vella Gregory, Isabelle
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Antiquity of Neolithic Man. [PDF]
Nature, 1912 RECENT excavations in St. Helier, Jersey, have brought to light the following evidence bearing on the antiquity of Neolithic man:—
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines the continuity and change in harvesting practices between the Late Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B (LPPNB) and the Early Pottery Neolithic at Qminas, north‐western Levant, through a traceological analysis of flint sickles. By combining qualitative traceological analysis with quantitative functional approaches, we demonstrate that ...
Fiona Pichon +3 more
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The oldest amputation on a Neolithic human skeleton in France [PDF]
, 2007 While 'surgical' practices such as trepanations are well attested since the first stages of the European Neolithic, the amputation of limbs in Prehistoric periods has not been well-documented until the case presented here. The particularly well-
Cecile Buquet-Marcon +2 more
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UNPACKING THE EARLY NEOLITHIC?
Samara Journal of Science, 2015 The preliminary analysis of Early Neolithic pottery from North Central Bulgaria, and the site of Dzhulyunitsa specifically, yielded surprising results which affect a number of aspects related to the study of the Neolithisation processes. Not all characteristic features traditionally considered as key signal of the Neolithisation processes were ...
DZHANFEZOVA TANYA +2 more
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.Abstract This article discusses the results of analytical work on wall and floor plaster from a secular monument excavated on the plateau of Palaepaphos–Hadjiabdoullah (Cyprus). Excavated within the frame of the Palaepaphos Urban Landscape Project (PULP), funded by the University of Cyprus since 2006, the monument is an extensive multifunction workshop
Marta Lorenzon, Maria Iacovou
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