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Andean societies never build a homogenous unit in the history of ancient America. While the Inca Empire is good documented, there are several possible empires in ancient America where the question weather it was a state, local chiefdoms,…
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The preference of the astragalus bone for a variety of functions is visible in the archaeological record across a wide temporal and spatial range. Hypotheses that these artifacts functioned as jewelry amulets, good luck charms or dice…
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Paleogenetics has yet to directly impact our understanding of the origins of domestic zebu (humped) cattle (Bos indicus). Given the sub-tropical and tropical climates across the Indo-Malaysian ecozone, the preservation of aDNA is likely…
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Graphical representations of assemblage data (maps, figures, & tables) are a fundamental medium for disciplinary and interdisciplinary communication but the conventional focus on single-sites and complex statistical analyses often…
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Cows play a very important role in the beliefs of many early societies. They sometimes play a role play a role in the origin myths of some societies while milk is often said to have magical powers. Butter was sometimes ritually deposited…
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This paper discusses the evidence for faunal translocations on Atafu Atoll in the central Pacific archipelago of Tokelau. Atolls are among the most depauperate of terrestrial environments in both flora and fauna. They offered initial…
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Recent DNA evidence from archaeological chicken bones recovered from sites across the Pacific to the coast of Chile strongly suggests pre-Columbian Polynesian presence in South America. Other archaeological, cultural and linguistic…
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In this poster the timing and modalities of the introduction of the Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata L. 1758) in Italy are reviewed. The Crested Porcupine current distribution outside Africa is limited to Sicily and the Italian…
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For centuries, if not for millennia, several of the Mediterranean islands were better known for their richness in certain zoological species, more useful as a source for meat than for their faunal repertoire in general. In fact, since…
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During the 5th or early 6th century AD a gigantic project was undertaken, possibly by the Sasanian king Pirouz. A wall of over 195 km length was built, almost certainly against the Sasanian Empire’s northern neighbours, the White…
