Construction and use of rock-cut cisterns: a chronological OSL approach in the arid Negev Highlands, IsraelArchaeological and Anthropological Sciences - Tập 13 - Trang 1-21 - 2021
Andrea Junge, Zachary C. Dunseth, Ruth Shahack-Gross, Israel Finkelstein, Markus Fuchs
The Negev Highlands (Israel) are characterized by a rich settlement history over the last millennia. To sustain life in this arid environment, measures to collect and store water were introduced. Two types of installations to collect and store runoff water were built in the region: open reservoirs, and more elaborate subterranean rock-cut cisterns. This article focuses on the latter. Based on a fe...... hiện toàn bộ
Holocene lithostratigraphy and its implementation in the geoarchaeological research of the Athenian Basin, GreeceArchaeological and Anthropological Sciences - Tập 8 - Trang 441-452 - 2014
D. Vandarakis, K. Pavlopoulos, K. Vouvalidis, E. Fouache
The Athenian Basin is a very interesting area from an archaeological point of view, since it is inhabited from Neolithic time. The human impact on the landscape is shown by the ancient constructions such as the Long Walls and the canalization of the rivers in the area of the Athenian Basin and Piraeus. The aim of the study is to detect the paleogeographical evolution of this area. In order to mani...... hiện toàn bộ
From quartz curvature to late Holocene mobility at Spring Cave, Western Cape, South AfricaArchaeological and Anthropological Sciences - Tập 14 - Trang 1-12 - 2022
Benjamin Davies, Matthew J. Douglass, David R. Braun, John Parkington, Mitchell J. Power, J. Tyler Faith
The late Holocene was a period of cultural change along the west coast of South Africa, with widespread archaeological evidence for shifts in settlement patterns and economic activity. With these changes, we expect variability in the movement patterns of resident populations. In this proof-of-concept paper, we use lithic assemblages from Spring Cave near Verlorenvlei to evaluate changes in mobilit...... hiện toàn bộ
Reconstructing diet and mobility using multi-isotopic analysis in Apurimac, Peru (~ AD 880–1260)Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences - Tập 11 - Trang 1089-1105 - 2018
Ellen M. Lofaro, Danielle S. Kurin, D. Enmanuel Gómez Choque, John Krigbaum
The unraveling of the Wari Empire circa AD 1000 is marked by violent political upheaval and climate change. Such social, economic, and environmental disruptions are often accompanied by significant shifts in human diet and mobility in affected populations. We examine diachronic change through isotopic analysis of human remains from an early burial site (Turpo; AD 880–990) and three later sites (Ca...... hiện toàn bộ
Investigating variability in the frequency of fire use in the archaeological record of Late Pleistocene EuropeArchaeological and Anthropological Sciences - Tập 14 - Trang 1-26 - 2022
Aylar Abdolahzadeh, Shannon P. McPherron, Dennis M. Sandgathe, Theodore G. Schurr, Deborah I. Olszewski, Harold L. Dibble
The primary focus of this paper is to examine the extent to which the pattern of Neandertal fire use in southwest France occurred at other times and places during the European Late Pleistocene. In previous studies, both direct and indirect data showed a pattern of limited fire use in layers associated with colder intervals in MIS 4 and 3 and more frequent evidence of fire use in those from warmer ...... hiện toàn bộ
Land-use change for rice and foxtail millet cultivation in the Chengtoushan site, central China, reconstructed from weed seed assemblagesArchaeological and Anthropological Sciences - Tập 4 - Trang 1-14 - 2011
Hiroo Nasu, Hai-Bin Gu, Arata Momohara, Yoshinori Yasuda
Archaeobotanical analysis of moat sediments from the Neolithic site of Chengtoushan, Hunan, China, provides evidence of the land-use change for rice and foxtail millet cultivation around the site. Rice constantly appeared through the three phases of Daxi culture with high percentages, while accompanying wetland species of paddy field weeds gradually decreased. In contrast, foxtail millet increased...... hiện toàn bộ