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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Neolithic period"”.
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Rethinking the aceramic neolithic: Insights from an ethnoarchaeological study on Cyprus
The so-called bizarre Aceramic Neolithic Period on the Mediterranean island of Cypros is reconsidered in light of an ethnoarchaeological study conducted in conjunction with the Kholetria-Ortos Project. The ethnoarchaeological study was designed to discover the organizational aspects of agropastoral …
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1,000 ancient genomes uncover 10,000 years of natural selection in Europe
… us to resolve the timing of selection into the Neolithic, Bronze Age, and Historical periods, and to identify 25 loci with evidence of rapid changes in allele frequency during these periods. All 10 candidate loci in the Historical period were detected in previous scans, with many associated with …
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Umm Meshrat I and II : two Late Neolithic sites along the Wadi ath-Thamad, Jordan
… Umm Meshrat I and II comparable with other Late Neolithic sites in the southern Levant. The analysis demonstrated that both sites exhibit characteristics typical of the Late Neolithic period. Among the chipped stone assemblage, these typical artifacts include tile knives, ha-Parsa points, burins, …
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Human Mitochondrial DNA from 5th – 3rd Millennia BCE: An Analysis of Iberian Populations
… demographic changes accompanied the onset of the Neolithic but subsequent population dynamics are less clear. Ancient DNA data from the Neolithic period of coastal regions of the Iberian Peninsula are relatively scarce. The aim of the present study was to sequence DNA from Neolithic Iberians from …
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Contextualising the cropmark record: the timber monuments of the Neolithic of Scotland
… built for the first time at the beginning of the Neolithic period in Scotland (4000 BC). While archaeological attention and investigation has focused upon monuments of stone and earth, those of timber have generally received much less attention and remain to be fully accepted and integrated into …
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Anatolian Ceramics: A Reflection of Society and Culture
<p>From prehistory to the modern period, ceramics have played an important role in human life. This paper focuses on the history of pottery in Anatolia (Asia Minor, present day Turkey). One of the culturally richest areas in the Mediterranean, Anatolia is nestled between Europe, Asia, and Africa. …
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The construction and use of categories of Neolithic pottery from Wales
The thesis examines the Neolithic pottery from Wales and attempts to write a history of practices concerned with its construction and use. This work is undertaken from the standpoint that contingency, that is the constraints and possibilities of the history of objects, has a major role in their …
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Nutritional Stress & Early Development in the Neolithic Near East: A Comparison of Adult and Subadult Tooth Size
… from hunting and gathering to farming during the Neolithic Revolution in the Near East came with a diet that relied heavily on domesticated crops. This change in diet could lead to a reliance on lower nutritional quality foods compared to the hunter-gatherer diet. Such a decline in nutritional …
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An Aerial Investigation and Mapping Project in Southern Holderness: An Evolving Wetland Landscape
… in an evolving wetland environment from the Neolithic period up to the 20th century.
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Skin and bone: the face in the archaeological imagination
… structure. The ‘starting point’ is the Neolithic period which has been associated with the notion of visuality with a reconstruction from the early Neolithic site of Annagh, Co. Limerick. The following layer of analysis appears with attention to intersubjectivity in the early medieval …
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Mountains: Time out of mind? Contextualising the landscape: the significance and use of the Cumbrian fells in the neolithic and early bronze age
… from the volcanic tuff found here, in the Neolithic period. However, little research has been undertaken discrete from the stone quarries, with the region becoming marginalised in the national Neolithic narrative. This thesis examines the evidence for the presence of people living in the …
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The vegetational and archaeological history of the Ingleborough Massif, North Yorkshire
… possible early Mesolithic activity during this period was found. Small-scale and short-lived clearance of the mixed-oak woodland began c. 5700 BP, due to the activities of either Late Mesolithic or Early Neolithic peoples. A distinctive and long-term clearance phase (lasting c. 500-700 years) …
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Environmental change and human interaction in the western Mediterranean over the long term: a comparative study from Sardinia
… case study. This research targets critical periods of the Holocene within three diverse environmental settings as case studies, using micromorphological and geochemical data from off-site sediment cores, as independent indicators of palaeoclimate conditions, and geomorphological and …
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Insularity and Interaction: Investigating the role of exchange and inter-island interaction in the Banda Islands, Indonesia
… and lifestyles throughout the region during the Neolithic period. Although it is clear that interaction has played an important role in shaping Island Southeast Asian cultures on a regional scale, little is known about local histories and trajectories of exchange in much of the region. This …
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Ceramic Architectural Models from the Madaba Plains Region: A Selected Art Historical Analysis
… shows that they were created as early as the Neolithic period, they seem to have peaked in popularity and proliferation during the Iron Age. A few studies and several typologies have been offered over the years, but none have addressed iconography or artistic motifs as well as shape. …
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The Mesolithic/Neolithic transition in the southern region of Ireland: a Bayesian approach to the integration of the palaeoenvironmental and archaeological records
… study has assessed the evidence the Mesolithic/Neolithic transition (c.4500 – 3750 cal BC) in southern Ireland, examining the timing, extent and nature of woodland disturbance, agricultural activity and settlement during the period. This study represents the first explicit use of the Bayesian …
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The dating and phasing of the timber circle complex at Ballynahatty, Co. Down
… not only this tradition, but also the end of the Neolithic in Ireland as a whole, and so it is vital that the results and interpretation be presented in order to elucidate this period. By providing an in depth analysis of this particular site, it is hoped to pave the way toward a greater …
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Late glacial and Holocene marine geology, palaeoceanography and palaeoecology of the Northern Isles of Scotland
… transition at 5.1 k cal BP occurs during the Neolithic period, but existing archaeological evidence does not suggest a synchronous shift in diet. From 5.2 k cal a BP sand content increases, however it is challenging to determine if this is a result of changing tidal dynamics or is related to …
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Ένα αρχιπέλαγος πολιτισμών: η νεολιθική περίοδος στα νησιά του Αιγαίου: αρχαιολογικά δεδομένα, θεωρία, ερμηνεία
Η παρούσα διδακτορική διατριβή έχει ως σκοπό τη συνολική, όσο το δυνατόν παρουσίαση και επανεκτίμηση των φάσεων κατοίκησης των νησιών του Αιγαίου, από την πρώτη εμφάνιση της ανθρώπινης δραστηριότητας έως περίπου τις αρχές της τρίτης χιλιετίας. Η αναφορά στη Νεολιθική περίοδο και κυρίως στις …