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New Neolithic cult centres and domestic settlements in the light of Urfa Region Surveys

Documenta Praehistorica, 2015
The present study concerns Neolithic period cult centres and settlements discovered recently during surface surveys in the central district of Urfa (Sanlıurfa) region in south-eastern Turkey.
Bahattin Celik
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Latitudinal gradient in dairy production with the introduction of farming in Atlantic Europe

Nature Communications, 2020
The transition to agriculture brought major changes to human populations in Europe during the Neolithic period. Here, Cubas and colleagues analyse lipid residues from Neolithic pottery from along the Atlantic coast of Europe to trace the spread of dairy ...
Miriam Cubas, Alexandre Lucquin, Harry K. Robson, André Carlo Colonese, Pablo Arias, Bruno Aubry, Cyrille Billard, Denis Jan, Mariana Diniz, Ricardo Fernandes, Ramón Fábregas Valcarce, Cécile Germain-Vallée, Laurent Juhel, Arturo de Lombera-Hermida, Cyril Marcigny, Sylvain Mazet, Grégor Marchand, César Neves, Roberto Ontañón-Peredo, Xose Pedro Rodríguez-Álvarez, Teresa Simões, João Zilhão, Oliver E. Craig   +22 more
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Living by the lake: Plant food diversity in a prehistoric lake‐dwelling community in the Republic of North Macedonia

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, Michael Charles, Ferran Antolín, Rachel Ballantyne, Müge Ergun, Albert Hafner, Stefanie Jacomet, André F. Lotter, Goce Naumov, Johannes Reich, Raül Soteras, Elizabeth Stroud, Willy Tinner, Rachel Wood, Amy Bogaard   +14 more
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First metals discovery and development the sacral component phenomenon [PDF]

, 2015
This article is accentuated on the civilizational significance of the first industrial metals discovery, it reveals the prerequisites for the development of ores and the main stages of metals mastering connected with centuries-old experience of the ...
Biletskyi, V. S., Haiko, H.
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What can lithics tell us about food production during the transition to farming? Exploring harvesting practices and cultural changes during the neolithic in Southwest Asia: a view from Qminas (north‐western Syria)

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, Osamu Maeda, Juan José Ibáñez Estévez, Patricia Anderson   +3 more
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The origin of farming in the Lower Volga Region

Documenta Praehistorica, 2015
The paper focuses on the results of archaeological, palaezoological, and radiocarbon analyses of Neolithic and Eneolithic sites in the Northern Caspian and Lower Volga regions.
Alexander Vybornov, Pavel Kosintsev, Marianna Kulkova   +2 more
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The Oldest Traces of Alcoholic Beverages in the Border Zone of the North and East European Plains

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Analysis of organic compounds preserved on pottery from the Bell Beaker community and the initial phase of the Trzciniec Cultural Sphere in the border zone of the Eastern and North European Plains was prompted by traces of alcoholic beverages found in contextually and formally analogous discoveries of more westerly provenance.
Dariusz Manasterski, Katarzyna Januszek, Angelina Rosiak, Aleksandra Cetwińska, Joanna Kałużna‐Czaplińska   +4 more
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‘You Load Sixteen Tons, What Do You Get?’. The Jodłowno Hoard (Pomerania, Poland) as Evidence of Long‐Distance Contacts in the Early Iron Age

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents multifaceted analyses of metal artefacts from the Jodłowno Hoard (Northern Poland), revealing that the metal originated from Iberian polymetallic ore deposits. Transported as raw ingots via Atlantic maritime routes, this copper was reworked locally into regionally distinctive forms.
K. Nowak, P. Gan, Z. Stos‐Gale, K. Cywa, J. Karasiński   +4 more
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Fats, Fire and Bronze Age Funerary Rites: Organic Residue Analysis of Wide Horizontal Rim Vessels From Burial Contexts in Northwest Portugal

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents the first GC‐MS–based analyses of wide horizontal rim vessels with well‐defined funerary contexts, from Middle Bronze Age Portugal (Quinta do Amorim 2 and Pego). Organic residues from two vessels revealed ruminant fats and plant oils, alongside molecular markers of heat exposure.
João Vinícius Back, César Oliveira, Ana M. S. Bettencourt, Hugo Aluai Sampaio, Luciano Vilas Boas, Luís Gonçalves   +5 more
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Geoarchaeological insights into a Neolithic combustion feature from Abric del Xicotó (northeastern Iberia)

iScience
Summary: The Neolithic was a period of important cultural transformations across different regions. Applying state-of-the-art geoarchaeological techniques to archaeological sites from this period has shown to contribute relevant data on site formation ...
Enrique Fernández-Palacios, Natalia Égüez, Cynthia González-Olivares, Antonio V. Herrera-Herrera, Carolina Mallol, Xavier Mangado, Marta Sánchez de la Torre   +6 more
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