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Human–Deer Relations during Late Prehistory: The Zooarchaeological Data from Central and Southern Portugal in Perspective

open access: yesAnimals
Human–animal relations have been a fruitful research topic worldwide. The importance of deer in hunter–gatherer societies is undeniable, with cervids being commonly found in archaeological and past artistic records, with a notable amount of information ...
Nelson J. Almeida   +4 more
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Preserved collagen reveals species identity in archaeological marine turtle bones from Caribbean and Florida sites [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2019
Advancements in molecular science are continually improving our knowledge of marine turtle biology and evolution. However, there are still considerable gaps in our understanding, such as past marine turtle distributions, which can benefit from advanced ...
Virginia L. Harvey   +6 more
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Earliest Mule Remains from Early Bronze Age Central Anatolia

open access: yesAnimals
This paper discusses the discoveries of early donkey and the earliest mule remains in Central Anatolia from the site Derekutuğun. This site represents the remains of a village dating back to the Early Bronze Age and Assyrian Trade Colonies period ...
Can Yümni Gündem
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Early Evidence of Post-Mortem Fetal Extrusion in Equids: A Case from the Western Zhou Period (1045–771 BC) Site of Yaoheyuan in Northwestern China

open access: yesAnimals
Post-mortem fetal extrusion, also known as “coffin birth”, refers to the phenomenon where a fetus is pushed out of a deceased female due to pressure from decomposing gas in the abdominal cavity.
Zexian Huang   +7 more
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Insights into the Middle Pleistocene fauna of South Africa: Zooarchaeology, stable isotopes and dating of Pniel 6

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 6, Page 1120-1139, August 2025.
ABSTRACT The Florisian Land Mammal Age (FLMA; 773‐12 ka) is characterised by specialist, often extinct, grazing as well as wetland species, many of which are no longer present in the southern African interior. Middle Pleistocene FLMA faunal assemblages are rare, particularly those associated with artefacts, limiting reconstruction of environmental ...
S. Sophia Politt   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Humans, Other Animals and Disease: a comparative approach towards the development of a standardised recording protocol for animal palaeopathology

open access: yesInternet Archaeology, 2006
In recent years the impact of animal disease on human societies has had an extremely high profile, with the spread of diseases such as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and foot and mouth among animal populations, as well as the transmission of ...
Stephanie Vann, Richard Thomas
doaj   +1 more source

Forensic skeletal and molecular anthropology face to face: Combining expertise for identification of human remains

open access: yesAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1550, Issue 1, Page 77-107, August 2025.
Forensic anthropology has grown into a vital discipline for the identification of human remains when conventional methods fail. Molecular anthropologists, skilled in analyzing degraded DNA, can significantly aid in identification and profiling. This review emphasizes the importance of collaboration between these fields, showcasing how their combined ...
Elena Pilli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

El consumo de grasa en el Paleolítico Superior : implicaciones paleoeconómicas, nutrición y subsistencia

open access: yesEspacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie I, Prehistoria y Arqueología, 1999
Se analizan las respuestas adaptativas de los grupos humanos del final del Pleistoceno ante los periodos de escasez alimentaria y se esbozan los rasgos básicos de los patrones paleoeconómicos de subsistencia, caracterizando las líneas de aprovechamiento ...
Ana Mateos Cachorro
doaj   +1 more source

Neolithic Lifeways at the Microlevel: Isobiographies From Italy

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 122-135, July/August 2025.
ABSTRACT Characterization of prehistoric lifeways tends to work at the level of generalization, but can we investigate microvariation? For example, it is common to discuss the “Neolithic diet”, but how much did what people ate vary, not only between individuals but from year to year or from place to place?
Silvia Soncin   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

El aprovechamiento de los recursos cárnicos en el Castro Celtibérico de Peña Moñuz (Dehesa de Olmeda, Guadalajara) [PDF]

open access: yesMunibe Antropologia-Arkeologia
En este artículo se presenta el estudio zooarqueológico y tafonómico de Peña Moñuz (Olmeda de Cobeta, Guadalajara), un asentamiento celtibérico del s. IV-II a.C. Nuestros datos complementan las evidencias descritas para otros yacimientos celtibéricos con
Verónica Estaca-Gómez   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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