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Notes on a ‶shell mound″ at Tongue Ferry, Sutherland
It will be readily admitted by those who have been following the general results of archaeological research, that the investigation of those shell mounds left by the hand of man in Scotland has not led to such important conclusions as the study of similar deposits in Denmark.
Peach, B. N., Horne, J.
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Some Sheathes and a Casket from the Belorechensk mounds (N.I. Veselovsky’s excavation of 1896): the construction characteristics, analogies [PDF]
The article considers in detail a miniature bone casket and three wooden scabbards with a leather shell and a characteristic metal (silver) frame, those were found in the Belorechensk mounds of the 14th – early 15th c. They are rare finds.
Tatiana Matehina
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Introduction: to understand and interpret the consumption of plants and animals by humans in the past requires the investigation of different lines of evidence.
Maureen Sánchez P. +2 more
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Artefacts from the Turbinella pyrum shell found at 3rd–4th century sites in the Middle Kama region
Starting from the 1950s, researchers have been collecting original artefacts — discs made of obviously non-local shells — in the Middle Kama region. In the 1990s, the source region for such molluscs was determined to be the coastline of India. Since then,
Goldina R.D.
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Resumo Os sambaquis do litoral do Espírito Santo foram pouco estudados pelas pesquisas arqueológicas realizadas no estado. Apesar de serem conhecidos desde finais do século XIX, foram recorrentemente considerados uma extensão marginal dos ...
Ximena Suarez Villagran +11 more
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Interactions between sedimentary evolution and prehistoric human occupation in the south-central coast of Santa Catarina, Brazil [PDF]
Since the beginning of the human occupation in the south-central coast of Santa Catarina State, in Brazil, the articulation between natural and anthropic processes modeled a strongly domesticated landscape, shaped by the massive construction of shell ...
Paulo César Fonseca Giannini +8 more
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Notes on the shell - mounds at Seaford, Little Swanport
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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A tradição ceramista Tupiguarani na planície costeira central do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Este artigo é um resumo expandido da Dissertação de Mestrado, defendida por nós, em Março de 2007, na Universidade do vale do Rio dos Sinos – Unisinos. A posição geográfica da Planície Costeira Central é dos 30º 15’ aos 32º 15’ e 50º 15’ a 52º 05’. É uma
Marlon Borges Pestana
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Forty years after completing the archaeological investigations in the Salgado region, northeastern Pará, researchers have returned to the site to study prehistoric human occupations in the northern coastal regions of Brazil near the Amazon estuary.
Maura Imazio da Silveira +4 more
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From scatter to mound: A new developmental model for shell mound sites at Weipa
<p>Recent research on shell mounds near Weipa (northeast Australia) has focussed on economic questions, particularly understanding what these sites reveal about the production strategies of Aboriginal people and possible links to broader social and environmental transformations documented in late Holocene northeastern Australia. However, in order
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