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About the neolithisation of the Mesolithic Groups in the East of the Iberian Peninsula: Exclusion as a possibility [PDF]

open access: diamond, 2014
Si bien en los momentos de contacto entre sociedades cazadoras recolectoras y agropecuarias se pudieron dar situaciones muy diversas, la neolitización por procesos de aculturación directa e indirecta, desde una perspectiva integradora y regida por el ...
García Atiénzar, Gabriel   +1 more
core   +3 more sources

Neolithisation of Sava-Drava-Danube interfluve at the end of the 6600–6000 BC period of Rapid Climate Chang: a new solution to an old problem

open access: diamondDocumenta Praehistorica, 2016
The idea of the Neolithisation of the Sava-Drava-Danube interfluve has undergone very little change since S. Dimitrijević's time. Despite their many shortcomings, new archaeological excavations and radiocarbon dates of Early Neolithic sites have provided
Katarina Botić
doaj   +3 more sources

The maternal genetic make-up of the Iberian Peninsula between the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Rep, 2017
Agriculture first reached the Iberian Peninsula around 5700 BCE. However, little is known about the genetic structure and changes of prehistoric populations in different geographic areas of Iberia. In our study, we focus on the maternal genetic makeup of
Szécsényi-Nagy A   +72 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Infectious disease in the Pleistocene: Old friends or old foes?

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 182, Issue 4, Page 513-531, December 2023., 2023
Sources of evidence for studying infectious diseases of humans and other Pleistocene hominins. From top to bottom: DNA analysis of humans and hominins, modern and ancient, including the analysis of genomes at a population scale; palaeopathology, such as osteolytic skeletal lesions resulting from infection, and the study of mummified tissues or palaeo ...
Charlotte J. Houldcroft, Simon Underdown
wiley   +1 more source

Twelve years of the ‘Arabian Seashores’ project: How the extensive investigation of coastal Oman changed the paradigm of the Arabian Neolithic

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 34, Issue S1, Page S1-S21, November 2023., 2023
Abstract For over a decade, the French mission ‘Archaeology of the Arabian Seashores’ has been exploring the evolution of the Omani coastline, from hunter–gatherers to the rise of complex societies during the crucial passages from the culmination of the Pleistocene to the Early Bronze Age, passing through the Neolithic.
Vincent Charpentier   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Anatolia to Algarve: Assessing the Early Stages of Neolithisation Processes in Europe

open access: yesOpen Archaeology, 2022
The introduction and spread of the Neolithic “way of life” in Europe was a process that took several millennia, followed by different rhythms and displayed singularities in each geographic area.
Borrell Ferran   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

An archaeological review of Polynesian adze quarries and sources

open access: yesArchaeology in Oceania, Volume 58, Issue 2, Page 183-213, July 2023., 2023
ABSTRACT Adze quarries and sources are some of the most visible, unique and well‐preserved Polynesian archaeological sites where stone technology, intensification of production, other aspects of economy, social organisation and ritual practices are anchored together on the landscape.
Christopher Jennings   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neolithisation in the Northern French Alps: First Results of the Lithic Study of the Industries of La Grande Rivoire Rockshelter (Isère, France)

open access: yesOpen Archaeology, 2022
The “transition” period from the end of the Second Mesolithic to the Early Neolithic is a singular phase in the prehistory of Western Europe. The first signs of neolithisation will be observed in the Northern French Alps between 5500 and 5350 cal.
Dallaire Marc-André
doaj   +1 more source

Diversity and homogeneity among the early farming communities of Western Anatolia

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2016
Our knowledge of the Neolithisation of Western Anatolia has increased considerably in recent years. Being located beyond, but on the border of the formative zone of Neolithisation, the region has acted as a buffer in the dispersal of the Neolithic way ...
Eylem Özdoğan
doaj   +1 more source

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