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Integrated multidisciplinary ecological analysis from the Uluzzian settlement at the Uluzzo C Rock Shelter, south‐eastern Italy

Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 37, Issue 2, Page 235-256, February 2022., 2022
ABSTRACT The Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition, between 50 000 and 40 000 years ago, is a period of important ecological and cultural changes. In this framework, the Rock Shelter of Uluzzo C (Apulia, southern Italy) represents an important site due to Late Mousterian and Uluzzian evidence preserved in its stratigraphic sequence.
Sara Silvestrini, Matteo Romandini, Giulia Marciani, Simona Arrighi, Lisa Carrera, Andrea Fiorini, Juan Manuel López‐García, Federico Lugli, Filomena Ranaldo, Viviane Slon, Laura Tassoni, Owen Alexander Higgins, Eugenio Bortolini, Antonio Curci, Matthias Meyer, Michael Christian Meyer, Gregorio Oxilia, Andrea Zerboni, Stefano Benazzi, Enza Elena Spinapolice   +19 more
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Geo-material provenance and technological properties investigation in Copper Age menhirs production at Allai (central-western Sardinia, Italy) [PDF]

, 2017
During the 2nd millennium BC anthropomorphic menhirs belonging to a 3rd millennium BC sanctuary were reused as building material in the Arasseda Nuraghe (Sardinia, Italy).
Cannas, Carla, Mameli, Valentina, Serra, Marco   +2 more
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Back to Uluzzo – archaeological, palaeoenvironmental and chronological context of the Mid–Upper Palaeolithic sequence at Uluzzo C Rock Shelter (Apulia, southern Italy)

Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 37, Issue 2, Page 217-234, February 2022., 2022
ABSTRACT The tempo and mode of Homo sapiens dispersal in Eurasia and the demise of Neanderthals has sparked debate about the dynamics of Neanderthal extinction and its relationship to the arrival of H. sapiens. In Italy, the so‐called ‘Transition’ from Neanderthals to H. sapiens is related to the Uluzzian technocomplex, i.e.
E. E. Spinapolice, A. Zerboni, M. C. Meyer, S. Talamo, G. S. Mariani, L. A. Gliganic, L. Buti, M. Fusco, M. P. Maiorano, S. Silvestrini, R. Sorrentino, A. Vazzana, M. Romandini, A. Fiorini, A. Curci, S. Benazzi   +15 more
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The bird remains from WF16, an early Neolithic settlement in southern Jordan: Assemblage composition, chronology and spatial distribution

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 31, Issue 6, Page 1030-1045, November/December 2021., 2021
Abstract Excavations at the early Neolithic settlement of WF16 in Faynan, southern Jordan, 11.84–10.24 ka BP, recovered 17,700 bird bones, of which 7808 could be identified to at least family level. Sixty‐three different bird taxa are present from 18 families, representing a mix of resident and migrant birds, based on present‐day ecology.
Judith White, Bill Finlayson, Cheryl Makarewicz, Fares Khoury, Ben Greet, Steven Mithen   +5 more
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Stadiul cercetărilor arheozoologice privind pre- şi protoistoria din Transilvania

Arheologia Moldovei, 2016
The stage of the archaeozoological researches about pre- and protohistory from Transylvania Includes a summary in English.
Diana Bindea
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LOST IN THE QUEST FOR FLINT: A GRAVETTIAN HUNTING CAMP (USATEGI, BASQUE COUNTRY)

Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 325-341, November 2021., 2021
Summary Five decades ago, Usategi Cave (Basque Country) yielded a small Gravettian series that included an Isturitz‐type bone point. This paper presents the first 14C dates for the assemblage and new data obtained by the study of the lithic raw materials, a high proportion of which came from north of the Pyrenees. The discussion of this new information
Aitor Calvo, Alvaro Arrizabalaga
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Empty graves in LBK cemeteries – indications of special burial practises

Documenta Praehistorica, 2010
After a short overview of LBK burial rites, I propose a definition of empty graves, dis- tinguishing them from cenotaphs. Until now, empty graves have been found only in twelve LBK graveyards, comprising an average of 10.2% within these cemeteries, which
Eva Lenneis
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Notes on the Margins of Metadata; Concerning the Undecidability of the Digital Image [PDF]

, 2013
This paper considers the significance of metadata in relation to the image economy of the web. Social practices such as keywording, tagging, rating and viewing increasingly influence the modes of navigation and hence the utility of images in online ...
Rubinstein, Daniel, Sluis, Katrina
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Considerații privind cronologia relativă a celei de a doua epoci a fierului în regiunile barbare ale Dobrogei [PDF]

Peuce, 2020
For the end of the Early Iron Age and for the beginning of the Late Iron Age in Dobroudja, the scheme proposed 4 decades ago by Bernhard Hänsel on the basis of the Dobrina and Ravna necropoleis is still relevant today.
Daniel SPÂNU
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Thracian silver jewellery from the 4th c. BC: investigations on objects from the collection of the Roman–Germanic Central Museum, Leibniz Research Institute for Archaeology

Българско е-Списание за Археология, 2022
In 2021, eight Thracian silver objects came to my attention during a research stay at the Roman-Germanic Central Museum, Leibniz Research Institute for Archaeology (RGCM) Mainz, Germany, which have been ignored by the scientific community so far.
Svenja Simon
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