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The place and role of Kosovar Starčevo in Balkans neolith [PDF]
As per the author's view, the enormous importance of the European prehistoric archaeology lies down in fact that many archaeological sites were found in the area of Kosovo and Metohia. These sites had very near connection with lead and cyno- barit mines.
Petrović Radmilo
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The Goss Farm Site (41FN12) on Bois d’Arc Creek, Fannin County, Texas [PDF]
The Goss Farm site (41FN12) is an ancestral Caddo settlement on an alluvial landform on the west side of Bois d’Arc Creek near its confluence with the Red River.
Perttula, Timothy K.
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ABSTRACT Mediterranean wetlands are one of Europe's most vital and endangered biodiversity hotspots. This study determined the carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotope values of modern plants to construct an isotopic framework by which to contextualize agropastoral management in and around past wetland ecosystems.
Doris Vidas‐Cardador +5 more
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Animal 'Ritual' Killing: from Remains to Meanings [PDF]
As humans, we interact with our environment and the other species inhabiting it in a variety of ways. Animals not only provide a source of sustenance, but a means for humans to express their social concepts through interaction.
Morris, James
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ABSTRACT Twelve metal artifacts from recent excavations at the Sasanian archaeological site of Jahāngir in western Iran have been analyzed. These items include both decorative and utilitarian artifacts. The samples were examined using micro‐X‐ray fluorescence (μ‐XRF), scanning electron microscopy with energy‐dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy (SEM‐EDS), and
Omid Oudbashi +2 more
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Reconstructing Prehistoric Music Technologies: Archaeological Explorations of Humans as Designers
Miriam A. Kolar
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The Pine Saddle site (3PL1080) in the Ouachita Mountains, Polk County, Arkansas [PDF]
Novaculite was procured and knapped by aboriginal Indian populations living in southwestern Arkansas for thousands of years, and there are numerous prehistoric novaculite quarries in the Ouachita Mountains. In Late Archaic times.
Nelson, Bo, Perttula, Timothy K.
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Medicine for the Material World
ABSTRACT It is clear that many of the inorganic materials of antiquity have been used both as medicines for human ills and also as agents in technological processes. This paper speculates that there might have been a stronger link between these two functions in the past, based on the concept of “active agents”—materials that are efficacious at curing ...
A. M. Pollard
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ABSTRACT Provenance reconstruction using strontium and lead stable isotopes can produce complex multidimensional fingerprints, challenging traditional methods. Identifying nonlocals, who migrated between sites, is a major task. Migrants are identifiable by divergent multi‐isotope fingerprints due to isotopic mixing between origin and destination sites.
Andrea Göhring +8 more
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In this summary we describe the activities developed in the «Aula Experimental», which takes place annually in the Laboratory of Prehistoric Archaeology. The latest course has dealt with the constituents of prehistoric pottery and its fabrication. We are
Carmen Rosa Olaria Puyoles
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