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Lead isotopes of prehistoric copper tools define metallurgical phases in Late Neolithic and Eneolithic Italy
The diffuse presence of small copper ore deposits in the Alpine area, mostly exploited since Late Medieval times, led most scholars to assume that...
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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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Large-scale violence in Late Neolithic Western Europe based on expanded skeletal evidence from San Juan ante Portam Latinam
This paper explores the nature and extent of conflict in Late Neolithic Europe based on expanded skeletal evidence for violence from the San Juan...
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Different trajectories of livelihood transformations in response to the trans-Eurasian exchange in agricultural, pastoral, and agro-pastoral regions of north China during the late Neolithic and Bronze Age
Significant spatiotemporal variation in human livelihood patterns and its relationship to trans-Eurasian exchange and climate change in north China...
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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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Direct evidence of plant consumption in Neolithic Eastern Sudan from dental calculus analysis
The Neolithic communities of Eastern Sudan combined intensive pastoralism with plant exploitation as their main subsistence strategies. However, to...
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Northwest African Neolithic initiated by migrants from Iberia and Levant
In northwestern Africa, lifestyle transitioned from foraging to food production around 7,400 years ago but what sparked that change remains unclear....
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Identification of microbial pathogens in Neolithic Scandinavian humans
With the Neolithic transition, human lifestyle shifted from hunting and gathering to farming. This change altered subsistence patterns, cultural...
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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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Repeated plague infections across six generations of Neolithic Farmers
In the period between 5,300 and 4,900 calibrated years before present (cal. bp ), populations across large parts of Europe underwent a period of...
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Microdestructive analysis with Py-GC/MS for the identification of birch tar: a case study from the Huayang site in late Neolithic China
The use of birch tar has a long history, and its remains are found worldwide, especially in Europe, but few remains are found in Asia. Common...
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100 ancient genomes show repeated population turnovers in Neolithic Denmark
Major migration events in Holocene Eurasia have been characterized genetically at broad regional scales
1 –4 . However, insights into the population...
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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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The Establishment of the Agricultural Landscape of Central Sicily Between the Middle Neolithic and the Beginning of the Iron Age
The possible co-variation of human occupation and vegetation from the Middle Neolithic to the beginning of the Iron Age (7.5–2.8 ka BP) in Central...
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Surface treatment of red painted and slipped wares in the middle Yangtze River valley of Late Neolithic China: multi-analytical case analysis
Red slipped and painted wares (RSW and RPW) were manufactured to cook, serve, or store foods and liquids in the middle Yangtze River valley (MYRV) of...
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Absolute dating of the European Neolithic using the 5259 BC rapid 14C excursion
Abrupt radiocarbon ( 14 C) excursions, or Miyake events, in sequences of radiocarbon measurements from calendar-dated tree-rings provide opportunities...
