New insights into Late Bronze Age settlement and farming activity in the southern Burren, western Ireland
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DOI: 10.1007/s00334-019-00746-1
Abstract: This paper is a palaeoenvironmental investigation into prehistoric farming activity in the southern Burren, a distinctive karst landscape in western Ireland, from the Mesolithic to the Early Iron Age (ca 4600–10 bc ). This archaeologically rich… read more here.
Keywords: bronze age; age; late bronze; activity ... See more keywords
Production of Late Bronze-Early Iron Age handmade pottery from Central Epirus (Prefecture of Ioannina), Greece
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.08.009
Abstract: Abstract The present work represents the first archaeometric study of pottery from central Epirus (Prefecture of Ioannina). It is combining the macroscopic examination of a large ceramic body, and the petrographic analysis of 104 samples… read more here.
Keywords: epirus prefecture; age; central epirus; late bronze ... See more keywords
Use of variscite as a gemstone in the Late Bronze Age Royal Tomb at Qatna, Syria
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.101994
Abstract: Abstract Variscite is a green, lustrous mineral similar to turquoise. While both variscite and turquoise are aluminum-bearing, hydrated phosphate minerals, variscite contains no copper. We applied three kinds of portable analytical instruments to a nondestructive,… read more here.
Keywords: bronze age; use variscite; qatna syria; late bronze ... See more keywords
New archaeomagnetic directions from Portugal and evolution of the geomagnetic field in Iberia from Late Bronze Age to Roman Times
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2017.07.004
Abstract: Abstract This study presents new archaeomagnetic results from 33 combustion structures (kilns and hearths) from the archaeological sites of Castelinho, Crestelos, Olival Poco da Barca and Fonte do Milho in NE Portugal. The age of… read more here.
Keywords: new archaeomagnetic; bronze age; age; late bronze ... See more keywords
Radiocarbon chronology of occupation of the site Chicha and Bayesian statistics for the assessment of a discontinuous transition from Late Bronze to Early Iron Age (West Siberia)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rgg.2018.05.004
Abstract: Abstract The Late Bronze to Iron Age transition in West Siberia involved significant cultural and political changes, which were reflected in the emergence of protourban settlements in the forest-steppe zone. The transition is roughly dated… read more here.
Keywords: west siberia; chicha; transition; late bronze ... See more keywords
Intestinal parasites at the Late Bronze Age settlement of Must Farm, in the fens of East Anglia, UK (9th century B.C.E.)
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DOI: 10.1017/s0031182019001021
Abstract: Abstract Little is known about the types of intestinal parasites that infected people living in prehistoric Britain. The Late Bronze Age archaeological site of Must Farm was a pile-dwelling settlement located in a wetland, consisting… read more here.
Keywords: bronze age; settlement; intestinal parasites; must farm ... See more keywords
Negotiating Imperialism and Resistance in Late Bronze Age Ugarit: The Rise of Alphabetic Cuneiform
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DOI: 10.1017/s0959774318000471
Abstract: Ugarit was a highly cosmopolitan, multilingual and multiscript city at the intersection of several major Late Bronze Age political and cultural spheres of influence. In the thirteenth century bc, the city adopted a new alphabetic… read more here.
Keywords: alphabetic cuneiform; bronze age; late bronze;
Large-scale migration into Britain during the Middle to Late Bronze Age
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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04287-4
Abstract: Present-day people from England and Wales have more ancestry derived from early European farmers (EEF) than did people of the Early Bronze Age 1 . To understand this, here we generated genome-wide data from 793 individuals,… read more here.
Keywords: age; middle late; bronze age; britain ... See more keywords
Volcanic ash, victims, and tsunami debris from the Late Bronze Age Thera eruption discovered at Çeşme-Bağlararası (Turkey)
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2114213118
Abstract: Significance The significance of this study is multi-faceted, touching upon methodological advances in multidisciplinary approaches (earth sciences/geology–archaeology) as well as contributing to the historical and chronological understanding of the Late Bronze Age Thera eruption impacts.… read more here.
Keywords: age thera; bronze age; eruption; thera eruption ... See more keywords
Recent Trends in the Study of Late Bronze Age Ceramics in Syro-Mesopotamia and Neighbouring Regions
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DOI: 10.1080/00758914.2017.1400736
Abstract: In the grand scheme of archaeology, pottery is an indelible fixture that is at once crucial and mundane. Ubiquitous in the Ancient Near East from the early days of agriculture, pottery has provided... read more here.
Keywords: age ceramics; bronze age; study late; late bronze ... See more keywords
Boy, You Fight like a Woman … Representations of Defeated Enemies, Boys and Male Nudity in the Late Bronze Age Aegean Iconography and Their Role in the Expression of Masculinity
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DOI: 10.1177/1097184x221133321
Abstract: This paper examines depictions of male nudity, flaccid penises and phalli (erect penises) attested in the representations of boys, defeated warriors and figures of authority in late Bronze Age Aegean (ca. 1700–1050 BCE). It is… read more here.
Keywords: iconography; late bronze; masculinity; male nudity ... See more keywords