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Linking the Flow Regime of Papyrus‐Dominated Wetlands to Biologically Relevant Hydrologic Attributes
Ecohydrology, Volume 18, Issue 2, March 2025.ABSTRACT The dominant plant species in many African wetlands is Cyperus papyrus. Its adaptation to saturated and low‐oxygen conditions and its dense structure and height provide breeding and feeding grounds for unique flora and fauna. As a keystone species adapted to local hydrology, the flooding regime of papyrus offers the full range of hydrologic ...
Alem Oyarmoi +3 more
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Ancient and historical cooking pots and food: an eternal communion. A topical review
Archaeometry, Volume 67, Issue 1, Page 219-234, February 2025.Abstract This contribution provides a topical view at and review of traditional clay‐based utilitarian cooking pots that were used for millennia to prepare, serve, display, and distribute foodstuff. Key mechanical and thermal properties of ceramic cooking vessels will be discussed and strategies of property optimization outlined.
Robert B. Heimann
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 12, December 2024.The Euphrates Softshell Turtle (Rafetus euphraticus) is an endangered freshwater turtle native to the Tigris‐Euphrates river system. As a key component of their nesting habitat, this study quantitatively assesses the occurrence of sand areas in the upper part of the Tigris in Turkey based on remote sensing data.
Murat Biricik +2 more
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River definitions reciprocally define us
River Research and Applications, Volume 40, Issue 9, Page 1747-1753, November 2024.Abstract This article explores different definitions of river, and in doing so, considers how our efforts to define rivers illuminate aspects of the human condition. Through an exploration of our definitions of river, through the human imagination, in poetry, music, and human's actions, this article considers how our nature is reflected back by rivers ...
Antonia Sohns
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The Neolithic Revolution in the Middle East
The Economic History Review, Volume 77, Issue 4, Page 1154-1196, November 2024.Abstract This paper investigates the causes and the consequences of the emergence of agriculture in the Middle East. Agriculture has emerged in many parts of the world since the end of the last Ice Age about 15 000 years ago. The paper first surveys the Palaeolithic Period to understand why agriculture did not emerge earlier.
Robert C. Allen
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A FAIENCE HEAD OF A BEARDED MALE FROM TEL ABEL BETH MAACAH: ICONOGRAPHY, TECHNOLOGY AND CONTEXT
Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 43, Issue 4, Page 373-398, November 2024.Summary A faience head depicting a bearded male was unearthed in a ninth‐century BC context at Tel Abel Beth Maacah, located on the modern Israel‐Lebanese border. During the Iron Age, the site was at the interface between the kingdoms of Israel and Aram‐Damascus and the Phoenician city‐states of Tyre and Sidon.
N. Yahalom‐Mack +5 more
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Social use of metal from the Late Chalcolithic to the Early Bronze Age in the Upper Euphrates Valley
, 2013 Previous work on the early use of metal draws heavily upon the work of V. Gordon Childe, particularly his 1944 ‘Archaeological ages as technological stages’ article which outlined the development and social impact of metal in prehistory. Subsequent work,
Stork, Leigh A.
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, 2018 Within the scope of this study, it is aimed to contribute to the efforts for forming a database including the natural radiation levels throughout the country and developing a foundation for radiation safety.
YILDIRIM, Muhammet +6 more
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Ibis, Volume 166, Issue 4, Page 1264-1279, October 2024.Based on the species‐rich avifaunas from Early Neolithic sites across Upper Mesopotamia (southeast Türkiye, northern Syria, northern Iraq), we compared seven species' Early Holocene distribution patterns with that of their modern species ranges.
Nadja Pöllath, Joris Peters
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, 2018 This paper examines pottery from an Early Bronze Age (III–IV) cist burial (Tomb III) found at Tell Qumluq in the upper Euphrates River valley of northern Syria. It was one of several burials requiring urgent rescue excavation due to flood damage in 2008.
Jamieson, A
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