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Earliest Mule Remains from Early Bronze Age Central Anatolia

Animals
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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Expanding the Faunal Interpretation of the Cova Eirós (NW Iberia) Middle Paleolithic–Early Upper Paleolithic Record With ZooMS

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 576-588, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT The Cova Eirós archaeopaleontological site preserves the most comprehensive archaeostratigraphic sequence in the northwestern Iberian Peninsula, with an exceptionally rich record spanning from the Mousterian to the Upper Paleolithic. The extensive fragmentation of the faunal record and the rich taxonomic diversity at this site have limited the
Hugo Bal‐García, Samantha Brown, Iván Rey‐Rodríguez, Mikel Díaz‐Rodríguez, Carlos Fernández‐Rodríguez, Álvaro Ibáñez‐Encinas, Arturo de Lombera‐Hermida, Tania Mosquera‐Castro, Xosé Pedro Rodríguez‐Álvarez, Ramón Fábregas‐Valcarce   +9 more
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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

Animals
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, Qiang Ma, Chengrui Zhang, Ruoxin Cheng, Furen Hou, Yi Wu, Feng Luo, Yue Li   +7 more
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The zooarchaeological evidence

, 2018
The zooarchaeological sample from the 2012-2014 excavation in Area G at Karkemish includes almost 1100 remains, collected from the Bronze Age, Iron Age and Islamic phases. The present study focuses on the faunal remains from the IA I-III building phase, which account for more than 96% of the total assemblage.
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A Smile From the Past: Exploring a Fixed Bone Dental Bridge From Eighteenth/Nineteenth Century Porto (Portugal)

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 639-645, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper presents the first documented case of a fixed bone dental bridge in Portugal. This item was recovered alongside the remains of a young adult individual of indeterminate sex from the 19th century burial site of the 3rd Order of Our Lady of Carmo in Porto, Portugal.
Steffi Vassallo, Alexandra Patrícia Lopes Esteves, Sandra Assis, Zélia Rodrigues, Nicholas Márquez‐Grant, Anne Malcherek, Manuel F. C. Pereira, Manasij Pal Chowdhury, Francisca Alves Cardoso   +8 more
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Humans, Other Animals and Disease: a comparative approach towards the development of a standardised recording protocol for animal palaeopathology

Internet 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
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Morphometric Analysis of the Pituitary Gland and Sella Turcica Using Computed Tomography Images in Hamdani Sheep: Evaluation of Sexual Dimorphism

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 12, Issue 3, May 2026.
In this study, computed tomography was employed to assess the morphometry of the pituitary gland and sella turcica in Hamdani sheep. Analysis demonstrated distinct sexual dimorphism, with males exhibiting significantly higher values across all volumetric and osteometric parameters.
Mahmut Öntürk, Osman Yılmaz
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Ancient symbols and regional biodiversity: Unveiling the world’s oldest flag: A historical review and interdisciplinary approach integrating archaeozoology, archaeobotany, and conservation disciplines [PDF]

Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences
Ancient symbols, manifested through motifs in art, architecture, pottery, and other material culture, provide critical insights into the historical relationships between human societies and their environments.
Zohreh Moradi, Ghazal Esmaeili, Hamid Reza Esmaeili   +2 more
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El aprovechamiento de los recursos cárnicos en el Castro Celtibérico de Peña Moñuz (Dehesa de Olmeda, Guadalajara) [PDF]

Munibe 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, Laura Aguilar-Molina, Jesús Arenas-Esteban   +2 more
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Extreme cultural persistence in eastern-central Brazil: the case of Lagoa Santa Paleaeoindians

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Lapa 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, FRANCISCO A. PUGLIESE JR., RAFAEL O. DOS SANTOS, MERCEDES OKUMURA   +3 more
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