Autism, the Integrations of 'Difference' and the Origins of Modern Human Behaviour [PDF]
, 2009 It is proposed here that the archaeological evidence for the emergence of 'modern behaviour' (160,000-40,000 bp) can best be explained as the rise of cognitive variation within populations through social mechanisms for integrating 'different minds ...
Spikins, Penny
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From respect to reburial: negotiating pagan interest in prehistoric human remains in Britain, through the Avebury consultation [PDF]
, 2011 The recent Avebury Consultation on reburial has drawn considerable public and professional attention to the issue of pagan calls for respect towards the care of human remains.
Blain J. +11 more
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The potential of statistical shape modelling for geometric morphometric analysis of human teeth in archaeological research. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 This paper introduces statistical shape modelling (SSM) for use in osteoarchaeology research. SSM is a full field, multi-material analytical technique, and is presented as a supplementary geometric morphometric (GM) tool.
Christopher Woods +4 more
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Sensory Explorations of Roman Material Culture: a Disability Perspective
Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal, 2023 This paper introduces a disability perspective to sensory explorations of Roman material culture. Exploration of the senses often assume a non-disabled, adult perspective; however, a person’s experience is greatly impacted by their body and whether an ...
Stephanie Susanne Evelyn-Wright
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Bodies in Pile: Osteological and Archaeological Analysis of Skeletal Remains from Phaselis Infrastucture [PDF]
Phaselis: Disiplinlerarası Akdeniz Araştırmaları DergisiPhaselis is located within the borders of Tekirova neighborhood of Kemer district. It is an important port city on the Mediterranean trade route. The ongoing excavations in the city reveal important features of the city. One of these excavations is being
Tolga Karahan +2 more
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The Iron Age Dogs from Alaybeyi Höyük, Eastern Anatolia
Animals, 2021 To date, little is known about the biological and cultural status of Iron Age dogs in Anatolia. Here, we present a zooarchaeological study of an assemblage of 143 Iron Age dog bones, including two dog skeletons, unearthed from the 2016 and 2017 salvage ...
Abu B. Siddiq +3 more
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Estudio osteoarqueológico de un cementerio medieval: el caso de San Esteban de Beriáin (Navarra) [PDF]
Munibe Antropologia-ArkeologiaEn el presente artículo se exponen algunos de los resultados obtenidos del estudio osteoarqueológico del cementerio medieval de San Esteban de Beriáin (Navarra).
Iraia Sáez de la Fuente López
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The pile dwelling settlement of Dossetto di Nogara (Verona). Excavation season 1999
IpoTESI di Preistoria, 2022 The pile dwelling, which has been only limitedly excavated in 1999, is located along the old watercourse of the river Tartaro in the Verona plain. The dwelling can be dated to the Early Bronze Age and the materials belong to the Polada culture with ...
Luciano Salzani +7 more
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Syndactyly in Pigs: A Review of Previous Research and the Presentation of Eight Archaeological Specimens [PDF]
, 2011 This paper reviews evidence for the rare condition of porcine syndactyly. It describes eight archaeological examples from Britain, Northern Ireland and France. Syndactyly refers to the partial or complete fusion of two or more adjacent phalanges on the
Adrian +108 more
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The (mis)use of adult age estimates in osteology. [PDF]
, 2015 yesContext: Adult age-at-death is presented in a number of different ways by anthropologists. Ordinal categories predominate in osteoarchaeology, but do not reflect individual variation in ageing, with too many adults being classified as ‘middle adults’.
Buckberry, Jo
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