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Anthropometric methods and the interdisciplinary conversation between archaeology and economics [PDF]
, 2008 In this paper we use possibilities of interdisciplinary work between archaeology and economics, focusing on the development of European living standard in terms of nutritional status in long-run perspective (1st to 18th century AD), and its determinants.
Baten, Joerg, Koepke, Nikola
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, 2011 This is the first book to provide a systematic overview of social zooarchaeology, which takes a holistic view of human-animal relations in the past. Until recently, archaeological analysis of faunal evidence has primarily focused on the role of animals in the human diet and subsistence economy. This book, however, argues that animals have always played
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Combining ZooMS and zooarchaeology to study Late Pleistocene hominin behaviour at Fumane (Italy)
Scientific Reports, 2019 Collagen type I fingerprinting (ZooMS) has recently been used to provide either palaeoenvironmental data or to identify additional hominin specimens in Pleistocene contexts, where faunal assemblages are normally highly fragmented.
Virginie Sinet-Mathiot +6 more
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Animal husbandry across the Western Roman Empire: Changes and continuities [PDF]
, 2017 This special issue of the European Journal of Archaeology discusses aspects of animal husbandry in a number of provinces of the Western Roman Empire. In this introduction, we describe the general characteristics of animal husbandry in pre-Roman and Roman
Albarella, U., Valenzuela Lamas, S.
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Extreme cultural persistence in eastern-central Brazil: the case of Lagoa Santa Paleaeoindians
Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiênciasLapa do Santo rockshelter, a Paleoindian site located in Eastern-Central Brazil, presented two main occupations; one during Early Holocene (12,460 to 8700 cal BP), and a latter in Middle Holocene (5100 to 4200 cal BP). In spite of this 3600 year gap, the
ASTOLFO G.M. ARAUJO +3 more
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Mycenaean Pefkakia Excavation Project: preliminary report on archaeological research conducted in 2023 [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the MediterraneanThis is a report on the second season of a five-year (2022–2026) archaeological project at the site of Mycenaean Pefkakia, which is a collaboration between the Polish Archaeological Institute at Athens and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Magnesia. In 2023,
Bartłomiej Lis +7 more
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Mourning the Sacrifice. Behaviour and Meaning behind Animal Burials [PDF]
, 2016 The remains of animals, fragments of bone and horn, are often the most common finds recovered from archaeological excavations. The potential of using this material to examine questions of past economics and environment has long been recognized and is ...
Morris, James
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Bone modification and the conceptual relationship between humans and animals in Iron Age Wessex [PDF]
, 2010 archaeological records. As a result of the manner in which human and animal remains are traditionally studied and reported on, the analysis of taphonomic processes which affect the character of specimens between death and incorporation into forming ...
Madgwick, Richard
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Frontiers in Environmental ArchaeologyRecent revisions of Neanderthal behavioral models call into question the notion of inflexible subsistence strategies. Here, we present new zooarchaeological and taphonomic data from Level JJ at Lapa do Picareiro (Portuguese Estremadura), dating to ~51.5 ...
Milena Carvalho +3 more
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Neandertal man the hunter: A history of Neandertal subsistence
, 2010 The history of Neandertals has been examined by a number of researchers who highlight how historical biases have impacted popular and scientific perceptions of Neandertals.
Ready, E.
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