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Digital Spatial Technologies to Compose the Map of the Southeast Iberia Megalithic Phenomenon. The Case Study of Fonelas (Granada, Spain)

Archaeological Prospection, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 257-273, January/March 2026.
ABSTRACT Megalithic landscapes in Southeast Iberia remain unevenly and insufficiently documented, particularly in rugged areas where traditional survey methods are limited. This paper addresses this gap by applying a multiscalar approach to the megalithic necropolises of the Fardes River (Granada, Spain), with the objective of detecting, documenting ...
Carolina Cabrero González, Juan Antonio Cámara Serrano, José Antonio Bueno Herrera, Jesús Gámiz Caro   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Typological Classification and the Chronology of Iron Age pottery in central-southern Britain [PDF]

, 2012
Pottery has been one of the most popular artefacts in the study of the Iron Age in central-southern Britain because of its advantages of commonality, durability and volume.
NISHITANI, AKIRA
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Sexual symbolism in the Early Neolithic of the Southern Levant: pestles and mortars from WF16

Documenta Praehistorica, 2005
WF16 is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic site in the Southern Levant that has produced an important collection of ground stone artefacts. These include one explicit and one ambiguous representation of a phallus – the latter may be a human head and shoulders.
Steven Mithen, Bill Finlayson, Ruth Shaffrey   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ancient DNA analysis of 8000 B.C. near eastern farmers supports an early neolithic pioneer maritime colonization of Mainland Europe through Cyprus and the Aegean Islands. [PDF]

PLoS Genetics, 2014
The genetic impact associated to the Neolithic spread in Europe has been widely debated over the last 20 years. Within this context, ancient DNA studies have provided a more reliable picture by directly analyzing the protagonist populations at different ...
Eva Fernández, Alejandro Pérez-Pérez, Cristina Gamba, Eva Prats, Pedro Cuesta, Josep Anfruns, Miquel Molist, Eduardo Arroyo-Pardo, Daniel Turbón   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Soil Erosion Paradox Re‐Examined: Alluviation and Land Use History in a Small British Lowland River Catchment in the Late Holocene

Geoarchaeology, Volume 41, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT Modern studies show that soil erosion results in a loss of ecosystem function, particularly fertility, and is a cause of declining agricultural yields. However, despite the well‐attested high rates of soil erosion across Roman and medieval Europe there appears to have been little or no soil‐associated decline in agricultural production—the ...
Ben Pears, Emily Forster, Sam Hudson, Jayne Carroll, Richard Jones, Antony G. Brown   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Utilizing traditional literature to triangulate the ecological history of a tropical savanna

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 1, Page 81-98, January 2026.
Abstract The ecological history of tropical savannas remains a subject of intense debate and of high conservation relevance. Despite emerging evidence suggesting the antiquity of tropical savannas, the misconception that all tropical savannas are products of anthropogenic deforestation still dominates public and policy spheres.
Ashish N. Nerlekar, Digvijay Patil
wiley   +1 more source

Exploitation of animals resources from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Tell AbuSuwwan site in Jordan: “an Archaeozoological perspective”

, 2011
The analysed faunal assemblages are coming from Tell AbuSuwwan Neolithic site in Jordan. Tell AbuSuwwan is one of the Neolithic mega-farming sites. Radiocarbon datings show a continuous occupation of the site from the Pre-pottery Neolithic A until the ...
Abuhelaleh, Bellal
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Inner Asian Agropastoralism Within the Mongol Empire: Multi‐Proxy Investigations at Sel'Ungur Cave, Kyrgyzstan

Geoarchaeology, Volume 40, Issue 6, November/December 2025.
ABSTRACT Agropastoralism has been a widespread subsistence strategy in Central Asia from prehistory to the present. While significant research has aimed at understanding past agropastoral communities in the region, reconstructing a generalized economic model remains challenging due to the complex topographic and ecological conditions, as well as its ...
G. Brancaleoni, S. V. Shnaider, M. Blinnikov, K. Boxleitner, S. M. Mentzer, V. Alekseitseva, S. V. Zhilich, T. Chargynov, S. Alisher kyzy, E. V. Parkhomchuk, R. Spengler, B. Viola, A. I. Krivoshapkin, M. T. Krajcarz   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vesnice či již město? Neolit a počátky urbanizace Evropy

AntropoWebzin, 2014
The purpose of this paper is to acquaint the reader with the majortrends of proto-urban settlements in the Near East since the beginnin gof Pre-pottery Neolithic (PPN) to the Early Chalcolithic (10/9000 BC– 6000 BC) and the Early Neolithic to the Early ...
Josef Dufek
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Ceramic Production at the Khaybar Walled Oasis During the Mid/Late Third–Early Second Millennium BCE: Evidence for a Burnished Ware Horizon in Northwest Arabia

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 108-137, November 2025.
ABSTRACT The knowledge of Early and Middle Bronze Age ceramics in Northwest Arabia remains limited, particularly in the Medina region, due to the scarcity of archaeological contexts dated to the fourth–first half of the second millennium BCE. Recent research in the Khaybar oasis has revealed significant Bronze Age occupation.
Shadi Shabo, Guillaume Charloux, Bruno Depreux, Kévin Guadagnini, Noisette Bec Drelon, Modwene Poulmarc'h, Diaa Albukaai, Munirah AlMushawh, Rémy Crassard   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source