Continuity or conquest? A multi-isotope approach to investigating identity in the Early Iron Age of the Southern Levant.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23086
Abstract: OBJECTIVES Across the Mediterranean and Near East, the transition from the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1550-1200 BC) to the Early Iron Age (ca. 1200-900 BC) was accompanied by profound cultural change. While this transformation was… read more here.
Keywords: early iron; tell dothan; age; isotope ... See more keywords
From Mesolithic hunters to Iron Age herders: a unique record of woodland use from eastern central Europe (Czech Republic)
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DOI: 10.1007/s00334-020-00784-0
Abstract: In a continuous, perfectly stratified sedimentary sequence which was discovered under a large sandstone overhang in northern Bohemia, Czech Republic, we analysed multiple biological remains, archaeological features and artefacts. This multi-proxy record has allowed us… read more here.
Keywords: iron age; record; woodland; czech republic ... See more keywords
New insights into agriculture in northwestern France from the Bronze Age to the Late Iron Age: a weed ecological approach
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DOI: 10.1007/s00334-020-00817-8
Abstract: New plant macrofossil studies in northwestern France enable a better insight into agriculture through the Bronze and Iron Age. Most of the previous analyses, carried out in Calvados (Normandy) on Late Iron Age dwellings, suggested… read more here.
Keywords: iron age; age; northwestern france; late iron ... See more keywords
Discerning social interaction and cultural influence in Early Iron Age Mongolia through archaeometallurgical investigation
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DOI: 10.1007/s12520-019-00952-y
Abstract: The cultural groups that resided in the Early Iron Age Eurasian steppe in the first millennium BCE are well-known for the establishment of trade networks that became increasingly active with the advent of horse riding,… read more here.
Keywords: discerning social; iron age; iconography; early iron ... See more keywords
Can bone surface modifications help to identify livestock pens? The case of the Iron Age settlement of El Turó de la Font de la Canya (Barcelona, Spain)
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DOI: 10.1007/s12520-020-01068-4
Abstract: Identification of animal pens offers relevant information as to livestock practices in late prehistoric societies. To date, livestock pens have been identified particularly in caves thanks to the recognition of fumier deposits. However, that is… read more here.
Keywords: surface modifications; livestock; bone surface; livestock pens ... See more keywords
Chemical–physical characterisation of Early Iron Age glass beads from Central Europe
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bsecv.2017.03.001
Abstract: Archaeological excavation of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology (Polish Academy of Sciences, PAN) at several Iron Age sites located in West Poland and South Germany has allowed the recovery of an important set of… read more here.
Keywords: iron age; glass; glass beads; central europe ... See more keywords
Ancient Genomes Reveal Yamnaya-Related Ancestry and a Potential Source of Indo-European Speakers in Iron Age Tianshan
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.044
Abstract: Recent studies of early Bronze Age human genomes revealed a massive population expansion by individuals-related to the Yamnaya culture, from the Pontic Caspian steppe into Western and Eastern Eurasia, likely accompanied by the spread of… read more here.
Keywords: iron age; age; ancient; ancestry ... See more keywords
The evolution of the Levantine Iron Age geomagnetic Anomaly captured in Mediterranean sediments
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DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.01.021
Abstract: Abstract The geomagnetic field can vary dramatically over only decades and thousands of kilometers; the Levantine Iron Age geomagnetic Anomaly (LIAA) is probably the best-known example of such short-lived feature of the Earth's magnetic field.… read more here.
Keywords: field; geomagnetic anomaly; iron age; geomagnetic field ... See more keywords
Origin and mobility of Iron Age Gaulish groups in present-day France revealed through archaeogenomics
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DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104094
Abstract: Summary The Iron Age period occupies an important place in French history because the Gauls are regularly presented as the direct ancestors of the extant French population. We documented here the genomic diversity of Iron… read more here.
Keywords: mobility; day france; iron age; age ... See more keywords
Circulation of iron products in the North-Alpine area during the end of the first Iron Age (6 th -5 th c. BC): A combination of chemical and isotopic approaches
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2017.10.002
Abstract: Os isotopic ratios and trace element approaches were used to compare the signatures of ore and slag from different potential production sites located in eastern France and South-West Germany with the signature of artefacts from… read more here.
Keywords: first iron; bipyramidal semi; end first; iron age ... See more keywords
Maternal relationships within an Iron Age burial at the High Pasture Cave, Isle of Skye, Scotland
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2019.104978
Abstract: Human remains from the Iron Age in Atlantic Scotland are rare, which makes the assemblage of an adult female and numerous foetal bones at High Pasture Cave, on the Isle of Skye, particularly noteworthy. Archaeological… read more here.
Keywords: pasture cave; cave isle; isle skye; high pasture ... See more keywords