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The importance of wild plant resources in the Neolithic: a case study of the Late Neolithic lakeshore settlement of Grandson-Corcelettes, Les Pins (Switzerland)
The site of Grandson-Corcelettes, Les Pins is located at Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland and was occupied during several phases of the Late Neolithic...
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A new perspective on Tegelbarg: character and chronology of a Late Neolithic shell midden in the western Baltic
The site of Tegelbarg can be described as a Late Neolithic stratified occupation deposit, including a shell midden, situated on the Baltic coast in...
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Interdisciplinary analyses of the remains from three gallery graves at Kinnekulle: tracing Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age societies in inland Southwestern Sweden
In this paper, we investigate the Scandinavian Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age of Kinnekulle in southwestern Sweden. The above-mentioned periods...
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How animal dung can help to reconstruct past forest use: a late Neolithic case study from the Mooswinkel pile dwelling (Austria)
Animal dung analyses are a useful tool for vegetational studies. Preserved ruminant dung from archaeological layers offers a unique possibility for...
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The Analysis of Soil and Environmental Conditions in the Late Neolithic Settlements of the Lower Volga Region
Abstract —The results of interdisciplinary research conducted at the Late Neolithic settlements Algai and Oroshaemoe (Aleksandrovo-Gaisky district of...
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Pottery circulation and cultural exchange during the mid-late Neolithic Age in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau
During the mid-late Neolithic Age, there were two regional cultures in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, the Majiayao culture and the Zongri remains....
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Review on vegetation, landscape and climate changes in the Carpathian Basin during the Neolithic and Chalcolithic period
The Neolithic and Copper Age (CA) of Hungary (6000–2800 cal bc ) represents a meticulous construction of settlement structure, material culture,...
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The history of agriculture in the mountainous areas of the lower Yangtze River since the late Neolithic
Understanding the role of agriculture in the development of human societies around the world is an important field of study with many unanswered...
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Revisiting the concept of the ‘Neolithic Founder Crops’ in southwest Asia
Zohary and Hopf coined the term ‘founder crops’ to refer to a specific group of eight plants, namely three cereals (einkorn, emmer and barley), four...
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Investigating the Neolithic rubble layers of ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan, using luminescence dating
A chronological study was conducted on the Neolithic depositional layers widely known as ‘Rubble layers’ at the Neolithic site ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan....
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The diet of settled Neolithic farmers of east-central Europe: isotopic and dental microwear evidence
This study reconstructs Middle and Late Neolithic dietary practices in the area of the today Czech Republic and Lower Austria with a help of...
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Vegetation dynamics and land-use change at the Neolithic lakeshore settlement site of Ploča Mičov Grad, Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia
Detailed knowledge about the interactions between vegetation, climate and land use during the Mesolithic and Neolithic, at the transition from...
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Rabbits beyond hunter-gatherers’ diets in Western Europe? The case for leporid accumulations in Neolithic Southwestern Iberia
Rabbit and hare remains are a common occurrence in Mediterranean archaeological contexts. A lot of effort was made to try and ascertain the...
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Integrative approaches to the study of animal management practices during the Neolithic of South Iberian Peninsula: the case of El Toro cave (Antequera, Málaga, Spain)
The introduction and adoption of livestock played a pivotal role in sha** subsistence strategies of populations in the southern Iberian Peninsula...
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Postglacial evolution of the Lake Constance shelf and its relation to a 10-km long chain of submerged Neolithic mounds
A recent bathymetric survey of Lake Constance revealed ~ 170 mounds composed of loosely deposited rocks aligned in a ~ 10-km long chain along the...
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On the traces of lost identities: chronological, anthropological and taphonomic analyses of the Late Neolithic/Early Eneolithic fragmented and commingled human remains from the Farneto rock shelter (Bologna, northern Italy)
The present study examines the prehistoric human skeletal remains retrieved starting from the 1920s in the deposit of the Farneto rock shelter,...
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Wood use and forest management by Neolithic millet farmers at the **nglong site, northern China
The origin and development of agriculture and its relationship with climate change are hotly debated topics among environmental archaeologists. In...
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Pig domestication and human subsistence at the early Neolithic site of Guanjia (6100–5500 BC), Central China
This case study of the early Neolithic Guanjia site (6100–5500 BC) combines zooarchaeological, paleobotanical, and isotope research to investigate...
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The largest headhunting event in prehistoric Asia: evidence of mass decapitation at the 4100-year-old Neolithic Age Honghe site, Heilongjiang, China
Decapitation is a deeply rooted form of violence in human history, reflecting the backgrounds of interpersonal conflicts and the development of...
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Prehistory of the Ciomadul Region from the Neolithic to the Late Iron Age
Volcanoes have always been explained with various superstitions over human history. People of the Antiquity thought volcanoes had a divine origin. In...