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The Prehistoric rock art of Morocco.
This study aims to examine all aspects of Moroccan rock art and place it in an archaeological and environmental context. Almost 300 sites are now known but few have been studied fully. This work is the first overall analysis to be attempted. Data on climatic changes during the Holocene period, …
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Prehistoric cranial variation in Papua New Guinea
This thesis is an investigation of recent prehistoric cranial variation in Papua New Guinea. It presents for the first time metric, non-metric and anatomical data recorded on crania from the Central Highlands and Highlands Fringe regions, as well as data for a number of regions from the North and …
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Prehistoric cranial variation in Papua New Guinea
This thesis is an investigation of recent prehistoric cranial variation in Papua New Guinea. It presents for the first time metric, non-metric and anatomical data recorded on crania from the Central Highlands and Highlands Fringe regions, as well as data for a number of regions from the North and …
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«Prehistoric Ligeti». L’opera corale a cappella 1941-1956
This doctoral dissertation examines György Ligeti’s early choral works, composed between 1941 and 1956, investigating how the complex geopolitical and cultural contexts of mid-twentieth-century Hungary shaped his stylistic evolution and musical language. It pays particular attention to his …
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Early prehistoric petrology: A case study from Leicestershire.
… research focused on the petrographic analysis of prehistoric ceramics within the East Midlands. Prior assessments have been intermittent and not drawn together by a research-based agenda, with a few notable exceptions. This research uses petrographic analysis to shed light on early prehistoric …
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The Role of Shell Middens in Prehistoric Economies
… and ecological background to the study of prehistoric shell food exploitation; Chapter III is a detailed study of the economic potential of shell food, combined with an analysis of theoretical concepts; and Chapter IV is a survey of the ethnographic literature on shell-midden economies. The …
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Remembering, Forgetting, and Artifact Deposition in Late Prehistoric Florida
<p>Material culture plays a fundamental role in memory processes. Artifacts are an important means of both connecting with and cutting ties with a real or imagined past. They can be reminders or symbols of connection to other people, places, things, powers, or memories, making them key components …
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Prehistoric Timberline Adaptations in the Eastern Uinta Mountains, Utah
Excavations at a high altitude archaeological site (3350 m) in the eastern Uinta Mountains, Utah, uncovered at least three ephemeral brush structures. These temporary timberline dwellings are the highest structures excavated in Utah to date. The periods of occupation range from the early Fremont …
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Strontium isotope tracing of prehistoric human mobility in France
… of strontium isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr) to trace prehistoric human mobility patterns. Strontium isotope ratios vary across the landscape based on the age and composition of the underlying geology. Through diet humans incorporate strontium into their skeletal tissues such as bones and teeth. Teeth …
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Strontium isotope tracing of prehistoric human mobility in France
… of strontium isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr) to trace prehistoric human mobility patterns. Strontium isotope ratios vary across the landscape based on the age and composition of the underlying geology. Through diet humans incorporate strontium into their skeletal tissues such as bones and teeth. Teeth …
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Vegetation, wildlife, and human foraging in prehistoric western Virginia
… ago. The model was based on the assumption that prehistoric human foraging was impelled by the need to satisfy energy requirements and that prehistoric human foragers strove for maximum energetic efficiency. The model was driven by an objective function, that minimized the cost (expressed in …
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A Study of the Prehistoric Finns, Based on the Kalevala
University of Minnesota Masters thesis. May 1914. 1 computer file (PDF); 176 pages.
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Understanding the later prehistoric field systems of the Yorkshire Dales
… of the UK’s most extensive and well-preserved prehistoric landscapes. Of particular interest are a number of coaxial field systems, which cover hundreds of hectares and exhibit significant time-depth, yet remain little studied and poorly understood in relation to comparable resources elsewhere …
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PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT VARIABILITY IN THE GRASSHOPPER AREA, EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA
The variability of prehistoric settlements and settlement systems (settlement variability) is a result of the kinds of activities conducted (functional variability) and how long and intensively settlements were occupied (occupational variability). Previous studies of settlement variability, …
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The Tichitt Tradition: A Late Prehistoric Occupation of the Southwesternsahara
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T23:54:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7207010.pdf: 15065846 bytes, checksum: 1e83a92895e998337e7646284c99af32 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1971
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Nutritional consequences of prehistoric subsistence strategies in lower Central America
… and examines patterns of nutritional status of prehistoric populations that inhabited tropical coastal environments in lower Central America during the period from 5000 B.C. to A.D. 1550. The subsistence bases of archaeological populations are reconstructed using the stable carbon and stable …
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Ecological niche models of early rice agriculture in prehistoric Japan
The introduction of rice and millet agriculture into Japan during the 1st millennium BCE was a significant turning point in Japanese history that eventually led to the emergence of early states in the archipelago. Rice and millet agriculture was brought in by migrant communities from the Korean …
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Prehistoric settlement patterns in central Ulster : evidence from artifacts and sites
… of this almost virgin terrain in terms of prehistoric food supply and production. That study achieved much of what it set out to do, though many sites however remained unvisited, many artifacts remained unseen and no planned excavations had been carried into effect.<br/><br/>In this …
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