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The use of Cornus sanguinea L. (dogwood) fruits in the Late Neolithic
Numerous fragments of Cornus sanguinea (dogwood) fruit stones were found in the cultural layer of the Late Neolithic pile dwelling site Strojanova...
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The paleo-synanthropic niche: a first attempt to define animal’s adaptation to a human-made micro-environment in the Late Pleistocene
Synanthropic behavior, i.e., the behavior of wild animals that benefit from a shared ecology with humans, has existed long before the sedentarization...
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Mobility patterns in inland southwestern Sweden during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age
In this paper, we investigate population dynamics in the Scandinavian Neolithic and Early Bronze Age in southwestern Sweden. Human mobility patterns...
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Late Bronze Age millet farmers at Arnbjerg N: an archaeobotanical analysis and a review of Late Bronze Age millet in Denmark
This paper aims to review the role of Panicum miliaceum cultivation in the Late Bronze Age within present-day Denmark. An archaeobotanical analysis...
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The quest for red rice beer: transregional interactions and development of competitive feasting in Neolithic China
The Neolithic cultures in China during the fourth millennium BC experienced increased transregional interactions, characterized by artifacts with...
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Investigating cattle husbandry in the Swiss Late Neolithic using different scales of temporal precision: potential early evidence for deliberate livestock “improvement” in Europe
Cattle were the most common domestic livestock animal throughout much of the Neolithic period in the area now occupied by modern day Switzerland,...
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Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Jordan River Dureijat archeological site reveal subtle late Pleistocene water-level changes at Lake Hula, Jordan Valley, Israel
Sedimentary records of environmental conditions retrieved from archeological sites provide valuable insight into the milieux of ancient humans and...
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Sequential analyses of bovid tooth enamel and dentine collagen (δ18O, δ13C, δ15N): new insights into animal husbandry between the Late Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age at Tana del Barletta (Ligurian Prealps)
Tana del Barletta is an upland cave used from the Late Neolithic to the Middle Bronze Age, located in the vicinity of the coast in Liguria (NW...
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Late Holocene relative sea-level changes and coastal landscape readings in the island group of Mykonos, Delos, and Rheneia (Cyclades, Greece)
On the schist, gneiss and plutonic rocky coasts of the island group of Mykonos, Delos, and Rheneia, beachrocks are the main geomorphological...
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Dietary reconstruction based on stable isotopes and stature at Torre de Palma, a Late Roman/Late Antiquity site in southern Portugal
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes of bone collagen, coupled with osteological evidence, are used to examine diet and health at the site of Torre de...
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The Holocene terraces of the desiccated Bor Lake and Neolithic occupation in Bor Plain, Central Anatolia, Turkey
The lacustrine sediments and geomorphological data from the Bor Plain situated at elevations between 1050 and 1100 m in southern Central Anatolia...
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Ceramic production and the transition to agriculture in Northeast China: Neolithic pottery technology in the Fuxin Region
The production of pottery in East Asia can be traced back to approximately 20,000 years ago. Hunter-gatherer communities utilised pottery for many...
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Variation in pottery use across the Early Neolithic in the Barcelona plain
Differences in pottery technology and style between the Cardial and Epicardial periods have been used to study the social dynamics behind the spread...
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The Late Iron Age in Switzerland: a review of anthropological, funerary, and isotopic studies
The Iron Age in continental Europe is a period of profound cultural and biological importance with heterogeneous trends through space and time....
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Time of change: cattle in the social practices of Late Neolithic Çatalhöyük
Multiple lines of evidence indicate the occurrence of social changes in the Late Neolithic at Çatalhöyük; here, we particularly consider the cattle...
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Unfolding beeswax use in Neolithic and Chalcolithic Cyprus through molecular analysis of lipids extracted from ceramic containers
During the past 30 years, molecular analyses have provided an important corpus of evidence for the exploitation of Apis mellifera products, honey and...
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Pottery lipid analysis at the Shangzhai site, Bei**g, and its implication for subsistence strategy
As the crossroads of prehistoric cultures, the Bei**g region is an important area for studying the exchange of prehistoric culture and the spread of...
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Expansion of the Neolithic in Southeastern Europe: wave of advance fueled by high fertility and scalar stress
What was driving the migrations of the first farmers across Europe? How were demography, society, and environment interconnected to give rise to the...
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Detecting anthropogenic impact on forest succession from the perspective of wood exploitation on the northeast Tibetan Plateau during the late prehistoric period
Human activities are usually considered to have had impacts on forest degradation and/or changes of forest composition in the past. The Tibetan...