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The Borsuka Cave is located in the Szklarka river valley, constituting the southern part of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. The most interesting material has been obtained from Layer VI. Within it 61 pendants and their fragments…
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A recent collaborative archaeological project between Bishop Museum, Hawai‘i State Parks, and cultural stewards Nā Pali Coast ‘Ohana focused on the coastal valley of Miloli‘i in the Hawaiian Islands. Miloli‘i…
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I am not a specialist in the study of animal bones but an enthusiast for the multiple roles, meanings and dimensions of animals in the past. I want to use the welcome opportunity of the invitation to speak to the plenary session of ICAZ…
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The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is not merely central to Western imaginings of the north, but a frequent motif in contemporary Inuit art and design. Given its size (up to 3 metres and 800 kg), predatory skills, and behavioural…
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The site of Ngandong plays a significant role in our understanding of human evolution in Australasia as it would appear to represent the latest assemblage of Homo erectus in the region. Exciting accounts of contemporaneous hominins in…
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Camelid remains were recovered from archaeological site Quebrada Seca 3 (4050 masl), in the Puna of Catamarca, Argentina. The specimens span several stratigraphic levels with occupations throughout the Holocene. They include bones from…
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We are using an equid population of more than 30 well-preserved individuals of probable onager x donkey parentage from an elite burial complex (Umm el-Marra, northern Syria, ca. 2600-2200 BC) to test the utility of 3D laser scanning…
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The Ancestral Pueblo Communities of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico witnessed sweeping social and political changes during the ninth, tenth, and eleventh centuries CE but the extent to which these developments correlate with shifts in economic…
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After decades of collecting animal bones at archeological sites in Israel there is still a lack of camel bones from Iron II contexts until Roman times. Even at sites situated on important trade routes, near ports or market terminals,…
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Focus is on the subsistence economy of the Yangshao period in the Wei River Valley, how it developed through time and how it related to changing environmental & social configurations. Research is based on analysis of faunal remains…
