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
From Stone to Metal: the Dynamics of Technological Change in the Decline of Chipped Stone Tool Production. A Case Study from the Southern Levant (5th–1st Millennia BCE)
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DOI: 10.1007/s10816-019-09412-2
Abstract: The shift from stone to metal has been considered one of the main technological transformations in the history of humankind. In order to observe the dynamics underlying the disappearance of chipped stone tools and their… read more here.
Keywords: stone metal; case study; chipped stone; metal ... See more keywords
Wisdom dwells in places: What can modern farmers learn from ancient agricultural systems in the desert of the Southern Levant?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2018.11.009
Abstract: Abstract Farming in drylands has always been challenging, however, modern technologies that allow irrigation by using distant water have sparked renewed interest in desert agriculture. Using imported water liberates the modern farmers from one of… read more here.
Keywords: agricultural systems; water; modern farmers; southern levant ... See more keywords
Pollution and human mobility in the southern Levant during the Iron Age using chemical and isotopic analysis of human tooth enamel
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2020.105262
Abstract: Abstract The extent of pollution and human mobility in the Iron Age in the southern Levant is estimated in this study through lead (Pb) and strontium (Sr) concentrations and isotopic compositions in human tooth enamel.… read more here.
Keywords: pollution; mobility; age; southern levant ... See more keywords
Metal provenance of Iron Age Hacksilber hoards in the southern Levant
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2021.105472
Abstract: Abstract Hacksilber facilitated trade and transactions from the beginning of the second millennium BCE until the late fourth century BCE in the southern Levant. Here we demonstrate the use of new, data-driven statistical approaches to… read more here.
Keywords: southern levant; iron age; silver; age ... See more keywords
Iron oxide concretions as raw material for iron IIA iron metallurgy in the southern Levant: New evidence from Tel Beth-Shemesh, Israel
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102570
Abstract: Abstract Recent discovery and analysis of a series of iron production and manufacture sites and installations in the southern Levant opened the door for a variety of important studies concerning iron metallurgy in the region.… read more here.
Keywords: tel beth; beth shemesh; metallurgy; southern levant ... See more keywords
The last glacial cycle of the southern Levant: Paleoenvironment and chronology of modern humans.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.04.007
Abstract: The spectrum of glacial-interglacial environmental shifts in the southern Levant Mediterranean zone is evaluated based upon carbon isotopic records of speleothems from several caves, faunal records of Middle Paleolithic and Upper Paleolithic layers in caves,… read more here.
Keywords: cycle southern; levant paleoenvironment; vegetation; southern levant ... See more keywords
The significance of the morphometric and contextual variation in stone hewn mortars during the Natufian-PPNA transition in the southern Levant
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.11.023
Abstract: Abstract Bedrock features such as hewn mortars and cup-marks are known around the world. In the Levant they first appear in Natufian sites in large numbers, a variety of types and contexts, including habitation sites… read more here.
Keywords: transition; transition southern; pre pottery; southern levant ... See more keywords
Perforated Stars: Networks of Prestige Item Exchange and the Role of Perforated Flint Objects in the Late Chalcolithic of the Southern Levant
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DOI: 10.1086/690646
Abstract: Within the Late Chalcolithic of the Levant, the issues of specialization, regionality, and new dimensions of social complexity are long debated. In this article, we focus on the appearance of perforated flint objects that reflect… read more here.
Keywords: late chalcolithic; flint objects; southern levant; exchange ... See more keywords
Birds in Transition: Bird Exploitation in the Southern Levant During the Late Bronze Age, Iron Age I, and Iron Age II
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DOI: 10.1086/707393
Abstract: Birds and the exploitation of birds by humans are typically overlooked in archaeofaunal collections. While the frequency of avian remains does not rival those of domestic livestock, that does not render them insignificant in the… read more here.
Keywords: age iron; exploitation; age; southern levant ... See more keywords
Multiregional origins of the domesticated tetraploid wheats
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227148
Abstract: We used genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) to investigate the evolutionary history of domesticated tetraploid wheats. With a panel of 189 wild and domesticated wheats, we identified 1,172,469 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with a read depth ≥3. Principal… read more here.
Keywords: tetraploid wheats; domesticated tetraploid; southern levant; multiregional origins ... See more keywords