Results 21 to 30 of about 19,437 (218)

A multidisciplinary study of an exceptional prehistoric waste dump in the mountainous inland of Calabria (Italy) : implications for reconstructions of prehistoric land use and vegetation in Southern Italy [PDF]

, 2020
The mountainous inland of northern Calabria (Southern Italy) is known for its sparse prehistoric human occupation. Nevertheless, a thorough multidisciplinary approach of field walking, geophysical survey and invasive research led to the discovery of a ...
Arienzo, Ilenia, Attema, Peter A. J., De Neef, Wieke, den Haan, Michael, di Vito, Mauro A., Ippolito, Francesca, Noorda, Nikolaas, Sevink, Jan, Ullrich, Burkhart, van Loon, Emiel E.   +9 more
core   +3 more sources

Decorating the Neolithic: an Evaluation of the Use of Plaster in the Enhancement of Daily Life in the Middle Pre-pottery Neolithic B of the Southern Levant [PDF]

, 2012
During the Middle Pre-pottery Neolithic B in the southern Levant the use of lime plaster in both ritual and domestic contexts increased significantly relative to previous periods.
Clarke, Joanne
core   +1 more source

Kom W and X Basin: Erosion, Deposition, and the Potential for Village Occupation [PDF]

, 2020
The twentieth-century excavations of stratified deposits at Kom W, adjacent to Lake Qarun in Fayum north shore, Egypt, led to a variety of interpretations, including the argument for the presence of a Neolithic village. This has influenced the evaluation
Barrett, Matthew, Emmitt, Joshua, Holdaway, Simon, Koopman, Annelies, Phillipps, Rebecca, Wendrich, Willeke   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

The transition from the Pre-Pottery to the early Pottery Neolithic period at the site of Uğurlu on the Island of Gökçeada, NE Aegean

Българско е-Списание за Археология
Uğurlu, on the island of Gökçeada (Türkiye), is among the most important sites in the Aegean when considering the transition from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic to the early Pottery Neolithic.
Nejat Yücel
doaj   +3 more sources

A Neolithic mega-tsunami event in the eastern Mediterranean: Prehistoric settlement vulnerability along the Carmel coast, Israel.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Tsunami events in antiquity had a profound influence on coastal societies. Six thousand years of historical records and geological data show that tsunamis are a common phenomenon affecting the eastern Mediterranean coastline. However, the possible impact
Gilad Shtienberg, Assaf Yasur-Landau, Richard D Norris, Michael Lazar, Tammy M Rittenour, Anthony Tamberino, Omri Gadol, Katrina Cantu, Ehud Arkin-Shalev, Steven N Ward, Thomas E Levy   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sediment descriptions and geochemical analyses of radiocarbon-dated deposits from the vicinity of Göbekli Tepe—A dataset

Data in Brief, 2020
This dataset comprises the detailed descriptions and laboratory measurements of sediment profiles from the semi-arid environs of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic site Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey—one of the oldest monumental structures of humankind ...
Moritz Nykamp, Daniel Knitter, Brigitta Schütt   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tell es-Sultan 2015. A pilot project for archaeology in Palestine [PDF]

, 2016
The eleventh season (April–June 2015) of the archaeological investigation and site protection as well as valorization of the site of Tell es-Sultan was carried out by the University of Rome “La Sapienza” (under the direction of the present writer) and ...
Nigro, Lorenzo
core   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

A simulation of the Neolithic transition in Western Eurasia [PDF]

, 2011
Farming and herding were introduced to Europe from the Near East and Anatolia; there are, however, considerable arguments about the mechanisms of this transition.
Ackland, Ammerman, Ammerman, Anderung, Arias, Balaresque, Barker, Begon, Bellwood, Bellwood, Bentley, Bocquet-Appel, Boyd, Braidwood, Braidwood, Bramanti, Carsten Lemmen, Childe, Childe, Childe, Clark, Claussen, Colledge, Courtin, Currat, Davison, Davison, Davison, Detlef Gronenborn, Diamond, Diamond, Dieckmann, Dolukhanov, Dolukhanov, Edmonson, Edwards, Fisher, Flannery, Fuller, Gaillard, Geddès, Gkiasta, Gronenborn, Gronenborn, Gronenborn, Gronenborn, Gronenborn, Gronenborn, Guilaine, Haak, Hartz, Hodder, Kai W. Wirtz, Kaplan, Kisdi, Kotova, Kotova, Kuijt, Kutzbach, Larson, Leemans, Lemmen, Lemmen, Lieth, Luikart, Lüning, Manen, Mauvilly, Merico, Metz, Midgeley, Mithen, Patterson, Peltenburg, Pinhasi, Renfrew, Richards, Roth, Ruddiman, Schier, Sheridan, Smith, Smith, Sokal, Theocharis, Thomas, Weninger, Westropp, Whittle, Willcox, Willcox, Wirtz, Wirtz, Wirtz, Zeder, Zilhão, Zilhão, Zimmermann, Zvelebil, Zvelebil, Zvelebil   +100 more
core   +1 more source

New evidence of the Neolithic period in West Central Zagros: the Sarfirouzabad- Mahidasht Region, Iran

Documenta Praehistorica, 2012
Because the eastern region of the Mahidasht Valley in the Sarfirouzabad region, to the south-east of Kermanshah Province, had not been studied by archaeologists, this area of central Zagros was surveyed in 2009 by a team from Tehran University.
Kamal-Aldin Niknami, Meisam Nikzad
doaj   +1 more source