Review of The Birth of the Gods and the Origins of Agriculture by Jacques Cauvin, translated by Trevor Watkins (New Studies in Archaeology). [PDF]
, 2014 When, almost a century ago, Raphael Pumpelly put forward the ‘oasis theory’ for the origins of farming in the Near East, his was one of the first in a long series of explanations which looked to environment and ecology as the cause of the shift from ...
Bar-Yosef, Ofer +4 more
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Diachronic changes in dental health of Bronze Age rural populations from Nahal Refaim, Israel
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 34, Issue 5, September/October 2024.Abstract We present the results of a study of dental pathology (specifically dental wear, caries, dental calculus, and enamel hypoplasia) carried out on 1108 teeth and empty alveoli of Bronze Age human populations that inhabited the rural settlement of Nahal Refaim, on the outskirts of the city of Jerusalem.
Eva Chocholova +4 more
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The Yarmouk tributary to the Jordan river II: Infrastructure impeding the transformation of equitable transboundary water arrangements [PDF]
, 2019 This article explores the ways in which key components of infrastructure built on the Yarmouk tributary to the Jordan River induce or impede the transformation of existing transboundary water arrangements.
Abdallah, Chadi +4 more
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Journal of Biogeography, Volume 51, Issue 7, Page 1244-1258, July 2024.Abstract Aim Deserts represent dynamic ecosystems that support communities of endemic and specialised species. We analysed the role of present and past climatic conditions in shaping the distribution of the widespread Bunopus geckos in the Arabian and south‐west Asian deserts. We studied their phylogeographic and demographic history to test whether the
Lukáš Pola +9 more
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Location of the River Euphrates in the Late Miocene; dating of terrace gravel at Shireen, Syria
, 2006 International audienceWe report gravel of the River Euphrates, capped by basalt that is Ar-Ar dated to ~9 Ma, at Shireen in northern Syria. This gravel, preserved by the erosion-resistant basalt, allows us for the first time to reconstruct the history of
Beck, A. +7 more
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Morphology of Tigris River within Baghdad City [PDF]
, 2012 In recent years, substantial changes have occurred in the morphology of the River Tigris within Baghdad City. Although huge volumes of sediment are being trapped in recently constructed headwater reservoirs, the number of islands in the Tigris at Baghdad
A. A. Ali, N. A. Al-Ansari, S. Knutsson
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Of highland-lowland borderlands: local societies and foreign power in the Zagros-Mesopotamian interface [PDF]
, 2016 Narratives of civilization are spun from the juxtaposition of a civilized self with that of a barbarous other. Such an opposition is never more easily constructed than from the distinctiveness of lowland and mountain topographies, environments, and life ...
Casana, Jesse, Glatz, Claudia
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Groundwater Depletion in the Middle East from GRACE with Implications for Transboundary Water Management in the Tigris-Euphrates-Western Iran Region [PDF]
, 2013 In this study, we use observations from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite mission to evaluate freshwater storage trends in the north-central Middle East, including portions of the Tigris and Euphrates River Basins and western ...
De Linage, Caroline +5 more
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Pastoral Nomads of the Second and Third Millennia AD on the Upper Tigris River, Turkey: Archaeological Evidence from the Hirbemerdon Tepe Survey [PDF]
, 2009 The importance of non-sedentary pastoralist groups in the social and political history of Mesopotamia has long been appreciated from the perspective of ancient texts and ethnohistorical sources, but empirical evidence from archaeology has been lacking ...
Hammer, Emily, Ur, Jason
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Tilbeshar au carrefour d'échanges entre la vallée de l'Euphrate et la côte méditerranéenne.
, 2010 International audienceWith a maximum area of 56 hectares, Tilbeshar is a major city of Southeast Anatolia in the Bronze Age. It is the center of a small territory and belongs to the vast network of exchanges, particularly active in the third and early ...
Kepinski, Christine
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