Bioarchaeology in the ancient Near East: Challenges and future directions for the southern Levant.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23149
Abstract: The synthesis of biological anthropology, archaeology, and social theory provides a bioarchaeological model to reconstruct nuanced aspects of demography, diet, disease, death, daily activities, and biodistance, even in the absence of discrete burials. Numerous skeletal… read more here.
Keywords: anthropology; near east; east challenges; bioarchaeology ancient ... See more keywords
A Transient Pulse of Genetic Admixture from the Crusaders in the Near East Identified from Ancient Genome Sequences
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.03.015
Abstract: During the medieval period, hundreds of thousands of Europeans migrated to the Near East to take part in the Crusades, and many of them settled in the newly established Christian states along the Eastern Mediterranean… read more here.
Keywords: crusaders near; near east; admixture crusaders; transient pulse ... See more keywords
Animals as Social Actors: Cases of Equid Resistance in the Ancient Near East
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DOI: 10.1017/s0959774319000222
Abstract: This paper examines the concept of animals as social actors in the ancient Near East through a case study of human–equid relations. In particular, examples where equids may be seen as expressing resistance, as depicted… read more here.
Keywords: animals social; near east; ancient near; resistance ... See more keywords
Reconciling evidence from ancient and contemporary genomes: a major source for the European Neolithic within Mediterranean Europe
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1976
Abstract: Important gaps remain in our understanding of the spread of farming into Europe, due partly to apparent contradictions between studies of contemporary genetic variation and ancient DNA. It seems clear that farming was introduced into… read more here.
Keywords: near east; source; reconciling evidence; mediterranean europe ... See more keywords
Ancient DNA from the Near East probes a cradle of civilization
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DOI: 10.1126/science.ade5539
Abstract: Description Studies seek clues to origins of farming, early languages Studies seek clues to origins of farming, early languages read more here.
Keywords: ancient dna; cradle civilization; dna near; east probes ... See more keywords
To the knowledge of the Near East species of the genus Odocnemis Allard, 1876 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini).
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4767.2.7
Abstract: A brief review of the eight species of the genus Odocnemis Allard, 1876 from the Near East (Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Egypt) is given. All species (excluding probably O. intrusicollis from Cyprus) belong to… read more here.
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The earliest cotton fibers and Pan-regional contacts in the Near East
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DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1045554
Abstract: Fiber technology (cordage and textile) has played a central role in all human societies for thousands of years, and its production, application and exchange have deep roots in prehistory. However, fiber remains have only rarely… read more here.
Keywords: fibers pan; cotton; cotton fibers; near east ... See more keywords