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The Late Neolithic site of Tell Sabi Abyad in the Balikh region, northern Syria, provides the perfect case study for looking at how ancient societies coped with climate change. Extensive excavations at this site have revealed a unique,…
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Fish bones are recovered from the Late Pleistocene deposits of many cave sites across Europe, these remains are frequently attributed to human activity and used to imply fishing methods and strategies, seasonal activity and to integrate…
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Late Pleistocene fish remains have been recovered from many cave sites across Europe. This research focuses on two areas 1) Cantabria, northern Spain (a coastal area), and 2) the Fucino Basin, central Italy (a mountainous area). Fish bone…
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This paper shows the analysis of animal remains from the Gravettian levels (dated to 19.570±210 years BP) of the cave of Roccia San Sebastiano. The faunal associations suggest the presence of a large coastal plain with Bos…
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During excavation works in Opole (in the years 1939-1978) a set of objects made of bone and horn were uncovered. The shape as well as the current state is a reflection on the subject of their function, allowing us to suppose that a large…
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Snakes are documented in archaeological and ethnographic contexts but little research exists about their contribution to prehistoric food systems. Reported snake remains are interpreted in significantly different ways. Snakes found at…
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The corpse of a dog (Canis familiaris) was discovered in 1953 in a peat bog near Burlage, Lower Saxony, Germany. The dog has well preserved soft tissue and fur on the entire body, although the head is skeletonized. Radiocarbon dates…
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Generally, the anthropogenic accumulations of archaeological remains in the sites are the product of overlapped activities and/or occupations that also involved disruptive processes such as cleaning, transport or own trampling. The result…
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Chaetophractus villosus´ (Dasypodidae) activity, a species with burrowing habits, is one of the natural causes of disturbance of archaeological deposits at El Guanaco Locality, in the pampean region, Argentina. This species modifies…
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Grotta del Clusantin is a small cave at 520m altitude in the Pradis Plateau, a modest physiographic unit of the Carnic Pre-Alps set among mounts elevated at 1,200-1,400 m. The cavity contains an Epigravettian level extensively excavated…
