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Dung in the dumps: what we can learn from multi-proxy studies of archaeological dung pellets
A key question in archaeobotany concerns the role of herbivore dung in contributing plant remains to archaeobotanical assemblages. This issue has...
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Afromontane forests and human impact after the African Humid Period: wood charcoal from the Sodicho rock shelter, SW Ethiopian highlands
The SW highlands of Ethiopia are a key component in the evolution of modern humans. Yet, palaeoecological studies, essential to understand past...
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Paleosols and Tetrapod Tracks from the Lower Cretaceous of the Northern Caucasus
AbstractTwo Early Cretaceous (Aptian) paleosol (fossil soil, FPS) profiles in the Northern Caucasus in the close vicinity of the City of Kislovodsk,...
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Livestock faecal indicators for animal management, penning, foddering and dung use in early agricultural built environments in the Konya Plain, Central Anatolia
Livestock dung is a valuable material for reconstructing human and animal inter-relations and activity within open areas and built environments. This...
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The brewing function of the first amphorae in the Neolithic Yangshao culture, North China
In recent years, functional study of Neolithic pottery found in the Yellow River valley has shown that globular jars of the pre-Yangshao period (ca....
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Environmental Evolution of Cape Maly Chukochy (Kolyma Lowland) in the Middle–Late Neopleistocene: Micropaleontological Evidence
Abstract—This paper presents results of the micropaleontological study of permafrost sediments exposed by CHUK 1/17 borehole at Cape Maly Chukochy,...
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Do soil phytoliths accurately represent plant communities in a temperate region? A case study of Northeast China
Modern soil phytoliths can potentially provide analogues for phytolith assemblages from archaeological and palaeoecological contexts. To assess the...
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Phytolith Analysis from Coprolites of Pilauco
The analysis of microfossils such as phytoliths may provide strong evidence regarding the characteristics of the dominant vegetation in ancient...
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Bulbs and Biographies, Pine Nuts and Palimpsests: Exploring Plant Diversity and Earth Oven Reuse at a Late Period Plateau Site
Earth ovens, hearths, and middens are common archaeological features in western North America that contain the residues of everyday activities....
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Combined methodologies for gaining much information from ancient dental calculus: testing experimental strategies for simultaneously analysing DNA and food residues
Dental calculus from archaeological samples is a rich source of ancient biomolecules, such as DNA, proteins, and microremains, mainly related to...
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Early Pleistocene Pedosediments of the Lori Basin (Armenia): Genesis, Properties, and Paleogeographic Interpretation
AbstractRed-colored pedosediments were described in the sections of the Lori Basin in northern Armenia. The environmental conditions in the period of...
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