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A Prehistory of the Chantry

Journal of the British Archaeological Association, 2011
Despite the attention of a number of scholars over the last half-century, the origins and early history of the chantry remain obscure.
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The prehistory of the cytoskeleton concept

Cytoskeleton, 2014
Here we discuss how the concept and the name of cytoskeleton were generated and started to evolve over the last two centuries into what is presently a basic topic of modern biology. We also attempt to describe some facets of the emergence of cytoskeleton component characterization in which our laboratory was in part involved.
Matteo Coen   +2 more
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Energy in Prehistory

2017
This chapter discusses the use of energy during prehistoric times. Our direct ancestors spent their lives as simple foragers, and it was only about 10,000 years ago that the first small populations of our species began a sedentary existence based on the domestication of plants and animals.
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Pitfalls in Prehistory

Antiquity, 1945
I have been repeatedly asked to record a few of the more picturesque pitfalls or potential pitfalls I have encountered in my fieldwork. In attempting to do so, I have selected examples which, although they deal with entirely recent events, reflect the kind of thing that has undoubtedly gone on in one form or another from time immemorial.
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The Prehistory of Language

2009
1. Introduction: Rewards and Challenges of Multi-perspectival Work on the Evolution of Language and Speech 2. Why Only Humans Have Language 3. Is Sociality a Crucial Prerequisite for the Emergence of Language? 4. Holistic Communication and the Co-evolution of Language and Music: Resurrecting an Old Idea 5. Music as a Communicative Medium 6.
Chris Knight, Rudolf P. Botha
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Willows in prehistory

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Section B. Biological Sciences, 1992
SynopsisPalynological and macrofossil evidence of the former presence and abundance ofSalixspp. in the British Isles is discussed. The occurrence ofSalixremains in archaeological excavations is reviewed. It is concluded that, whereasSalixspp. of shrub and dwarf-shrub habits were abundant during the glacial and late-glacial periods, tall-shrub and tree ...
J. P. Huntley, Brian Huntley
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Is there a Prehistory of Linguistics?

Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 1995
There are few aspects of human behaviour more fundamental than our ability to use language. Language plays a key role in the study of any living human society, and of all historical communities which have left us written records. In theory it could also throw enormous light on the development and relationships of prehistoric human communities. But here
Peter Bellwood   +4 more
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The Prehistory of Hawai‘i

2014
The Hawaiian Islands are the most isolated inhabited archipelago in the world. Initially colonized around A.D. 1000, the environmental gradients of rainfall and island-age have influenced subsequent cultural variation and differentiation in the islands.
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The Prehistory of Syria

Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 1988
Archaeological research has established that Syria played a central role in prehistoric cultural development in southwest Asia. Its location at the junction of routes from Africa, Europe, and Asia made it a focus of cultural innovation and spread. Syria was first inhabited about a million years ago by early humans who came from Africa.
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Is Prehistory Practical?

Antiquity, 1933
In 1933 it can hardly be alleged that Prehistory is a useless study, wholely remote from and irrelevant to practical life. In one great country at least, interpretations of supposed facts of Prehistory, imperfectly apprehended by an untrained mind of undoubted genius, have revolutionized the whole structure of society.
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