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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"neolithic transition"”.
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Is there anybody there? An Archaeology of Empty Places in the Mesolithic Neolithic Transition of England
The nature of the mechanisms surrounding the transition to a Neolithic way of life is still much debated in archaeology. Despite the vast volume of research undertaken, we still do not have def initive proof whether or not this cultural change occurred due to the colonisation of these islands. …
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Monuments, society and the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition, with particular reference to Cumbria and the northern Irish Sea region
… of monuments with origins in the earlier Neolithic. In that context it is suggested that some of the structures located beneath long cairns were originally free standing foci. How the monuments might reflect contemporary society is discussed and it is shown that some standing stones might …
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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 Neolithic Settlement of the Yorkshire Dales
The Neolithic archaeology of the Yorkshire Dales is widely acknowledged, but poorly understood. The research presented in thesis is the first time that all the archaeological evidence has been quantified and synthesised to provide an informed view of settlement in the Yorkshire Dales for period …
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The development of a spatial explicit agent-based modelling framework to explore past vegetation dynamics
… in North-West Europe, with the Mesolithic to Neolithic transition perhaps the most important of them all, manifesting in the shift from hunting and gathering to farming practices. Debate still surrounds causality of these changes, but the archaeological record presents definitive changes in …
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Geoarchaeology of the Danilo Bitinj and Pokrovnik Sites, Dalmatia, Croatia
… via geological and geochemical analysis of two Neolithic settlements in central Dalmatia, Croatia. The Early Farming in Dalmatia Project, of which this geoarchaeological study is a part, is a case study in the adoption and environmental impact of agricultural technology. Dalmatia served to …
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Human population history and its interplay with natural selection
The complex demographic changes that underlie the expansion of anatomically modern humans out of Africa have important consequences on the dynamics of natural selection and our ability to detect it. In this thesis, I aimed to refine our knowledge on human population history using ancient genomes, …