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Dystrybucja i rola sztyletów krzemiennych wśród społeczności grupy kościańskiej kultury unietyckiej – analiza typologiczno-chronologiczna materiałów z Niziny Wielkopolsko-Kujawskiej oraz studium przypadku znaleziska z Bronikowa (gm. Śmigiel)

Sebastian Teska, Katarzyna Pyżewicz, Piotr Majorek

Folia Praehistorica Posnaniensia > 2018 > 23 > 169-188

The article focuses on the matter of significance of flint daggers on the area settled by Early Bronze Age societies connected with Únětice Culture Kościan Group. Analytical part is separated into two sections. The first is a case study of a stray find from Bronikowo (com. Śmigiel) and the second involve typological analysis of flint daggers from western part of Polish Lowlands. Results gathered give...

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Stable‐isotope analysis of collective burial sites in Southern France at late Neolithic/early Bronze Age transition

Mélie Le Roy, Pierre Magniez, Gwenaëlle Goude

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology > 32 > 2 > 396 - 407

The northwestern Mediterranean has been an area favored for bioanthropological and biogeochemical investigations for almost 20 years now. Recent studies have demonstrated that, contrary to previous thought, the diets of Neolithic people were highly diversified and could be influenced by the organizational system and specific mobility of the people. Due to the presence of numerous single burial sites...

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Remains of a Late Neolithic settlement from site 7 in Krzyż Wielkopolski 7

Anna Głód

Folia Quaternaria > 2021/2022 > nr 89/90 > 5--18

The research conducted at site 7 in Krzyż Wielkopolski has provided evidence of long-term occupation of this area from the Late Palaeolithic (Sviderian) to the modern era. Undoubtedly the most intensive occupation is related to the Early Mesolithic communities of the Preboreal and Boreal Periods. However, pottery fragments, flint tools, and perhaps also belemnite artefacts, all associated with societies...

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Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Technological and Typological Elements in the Production of Flint Projectile Points of the Neman Culture in the Polish Lowland Region

Borkowski, Wojciech, Kowalewski, Mariusz

Światowit > 2020 > 59 > 111-120

The production of flint projectile points in the late stage of the Neman culture shows certain elements which are clearly similar in terms of technology and typology to the solutions known from flint-working of the people representing the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age cultures. The occurrence of such features has already been presented in relation to Neman culture ceramic production which lies at...

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„Swój” czy „obcy”? Wybrane konteksty grocików krzemiennych w zespołach grobowych

Wojciech J. Borkowski, Mariusz Kowalewski

Wiadomości Archeologiczne > 2021 > LXXII > 72 > 107-116

Schyłek neolitu i początki wczesnej epoki brązu są okresem, podczas którego zachodziły procesy będące skutkami głębokich przemian kulturowych. Te fundamentalne zmiany polegały na powstaniu nowych struktur społecznych i gospodarczych, związanych z uprawianiem pasterstwa i wynikającej z niego wzmożonej mobilności grup ludzkich. Musiały wiązać się z tym rozmaite konflikty międzygrupowe, wynikające chociażby...

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Mitochondrial genomes from Bronze Age Poland reveal genetic continuity from the Late Neolithic and additional genetic affinities with the steppe populations

Anna Juras, Przemysław Makarowicz, Maciej Chyleński, Edvard Ehler, more

American Journal of Physical Anthropology > 172 > 2 > 176 - 188

Objective In this work we aim to investigate the origins and genetic affinities of Bronze Age populations (2,400–1,100 BC) from the region of southern Poland and to trace maternal kinship patterns present in the burials of those populations by the use of complete mitochondrial genomes. Materials and methods We performed ancient DNA analyses for Bronze Age individuals from present‐day Poland associated...

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Ślady osadnictwa z epoki kamienia i wczesnego średniowiecza oraz odkrycia z okresu nowożytnego na stanowisku nr 12 w Kędzierzynie, gm. Sianów, pow. koszaliński

Lidia Kamyszek, Leszek Żygadło

Materiały Zachodniopomorskie > 2020 > 16 > 9-35

Excavation research was conducted in 2015–2017 on multicultural site No. 12 at Kędzierzyn, Koszalin district. Majority of the finds are associated with the settlement of the Pomeranian culture. This article, however, presents other material connected with the Mesolithic and Neolithic settlement represented by the Corded Ware groups as well as the Early Middle Ages and early modern period.

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Who lived on the Swiss Plateau around 3300 BCE? Analyses of commingled human skeletal remains from the dolmen of Oberbipp

Inga Siebke, Noah Steuri, Anja Furtwängler, Marianne Ramstein, more

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology > 29 > 5 > 786 - 796

Nowadays, the discovery and excavation of an almost intact Late Neolithic dolmen is rare, as those monuments were often visible in the landscape and have been investigated or destroyed in earlier times; therefore, information about the buried individuals has often been lost. The excavation of the dolmen, a stone grave chamber, from Oberbipp, Switzerland, in 2012 provided a unique opportunity to study...

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Zabytki wykonane technikami krzemieniarskimi ze wschodniej części polskich Karpat. Badania z lat 2016–2017

Adrianna Raczak

Materiały i Sprawozdania Rzeszowskiego Ośrodka Archeologicznego > 2018 > 39 > 111-116

The following article presents the results of field survey from 2016-2017. Research work was carried out in the region of Duszatyn, Połonina Wetlińska and Przełęcz Bukowska. Considering palynological analyzes and flint material recorded in this area, they indicate human activity in the Neolithic period and Early Bronze Age. Moreover, the location of artefacts in the high parts of the mountains evidences...

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Identification of a fragment of an Early Bronze bone recovered from the Borownia striped flint mine in the Ostrowiec district (on the centenary of Polish research on prehistoric flint mining

Jacek Lech, Danuta Makowicz-Poliszot, Anna Rauba-Bukowska

Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia > 2019 > 14 > 57–68

The site was discovered in 1921 and identified as a prehistoric striped flint mine in 1922. It is notable for its excellently preserved prehistoric industrial landscape, particularly discernible in the valley of the Kamienna river. It was excavated for the first time in 2017. In 2018, the site was nominated for inscription on the World Heritage List together with the Krzemionki Opatowskie mine. Flint...

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Infant and childhood diet at the passage tomb of Alto de la Huesera (north‐central Iberia) from bone collagen and sequential dentine isotope composition

T. Fernández‐Crespo, A. Czermak, J. A. Lee‐Thorp, R. J. Schulting

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology > 28 > 5 > 542 - 551

During the Late Neolithic (ca. 3500–2900 cal BC), the Rioja Alavesa region of north‐central Spain witnessed great demographic pressure and social unrest, manifested as widespread violent conflict. Drawing upon the ethnographic literature, it is possible that this situation impacted upon child‐rearing practices, both through food shortages and differential parental investment, favouring male infants...

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Middens, currents and shorelines: Complex depositional processes of waterlogged prehistoric lakeside settlements based on the example of Zurich-Parkhaus Opéra (Switzerland)

Niels Bleicher, Ferran Antolín, Oliver Heiri, Simone Häberle, more

Journal of Archaeological Science > 2018 > 97 > C > 26-41

Circumalpine lakeside settlements have been declared Unesco world heritage in 2011. Their importance is mainly due to waterlogged preservation of organic material and hence the outstanding potential of these sites for performing detailed archaeological studies of prehistoric societies. However, the details of the taphonomic processes (depositional environment, development of anoxia, lateral or vertical...

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Geomagnetic field in the Near East at the beginning of the 6th millennium BC: Evidence for alternating weak and strong intensity variations

Stanislava Yutsis-Akimova, Yves Gallet, Natalia Petrova, Sophie Nowak, more

Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors > 2018 > 282 > C > 49-59

This study presents new archeointensity results from the multilayered settlement Yarim Tepe I located today in Northern Iraq. Archeological evidences and new radiocarbon dates indicate that this site was occupied for about four centuries, between the end of the 7th and the beginning of the 6th millennium BC, leading to a 6.5 m-thick sequence of archeological deposits. A series of 16 groups of potsherds,...

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A possible case of symbolic trepanation in Neolithic Central Germany

Nicole Nicklisch, Veit Dresely, Jörg Orschiedt, Frank Ramsthaler, more

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology > 28 > 3 > 216 - 226

Manipulations on prehistoric skulls such as trepanations are among the most fascinating palaeopathological findings though it is not always easy to make a firm diagnosis. This case study presents a lesion on the cranial vault of a Late Neolithic burial in Central Germany. The defect forms an almost lanceolate lesion along the sagittal suture, which had not penetrated the cranial vault. Similar lesions...

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Polished stone axes from Varna/Nössingbühel and Castelrotto/Grondlboden, South Tyrol (Italy)

F. Bernardini, A. Min, D. Lenaz, Zs. Kasztovszky, more

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences > 2019 > 11 > 4 > 1519-1531

A collection of polished stone axes from a late Neolithic site and an Early Bronze Age hill fort in South Tyrol (Italy) have been analysed through a multi-analytical approach, mainly based on non-destructive techniques (i.e. Raman spectroscopy, X-ray fluorescence and prompt gamma activation analysis) to identify the raw materials used in the same area during different periods and compare them with...

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Rapid geomagnetic field intensity variations in the Near East during the 6th millennium BC: New archeointensity data from Halafian site Yarim Tepe II (Northern Iraq)

Stanislava Yutsis-Akimova, Yves Gallet, Shahmardan Amirov

Earth and Planetary Science Letters > 2018 > 482 > C > 201-212

We present new archeointensity results from a series of groups of pottery fragments that were collected from the multi-layered archeological site Yarim Tepe II in Northern Iraq (Northern Mesopotamia) dated to the 6th millennium BC. This site comprises a 7-m-thick sequence of archeological deposits encompassing the Middle Halaf, Late Halaf and the Halaf-Ubaid Transitional (HUT), between ∼5750 and ∼5000...

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Holocene valley incision in the southern Bükk foreland: Climate-human-environment interferences in northern Hungary

Martin Schumacher, Anna Dobos, Wolfram Schier, Brigitta Schütt

Quaternary International > 2018 > 463 > PA > 91-109

Prehistoric human settlement activities in northern Hungary have been well studied for several decades. Recent studies from the Great Hungarian Plain provide evidence of human impact starting as early as in the Neolithic (c. 8200 cal BP). Archaeological records suggest that with establishment of the Baden culture (c. 5500 cal BP), settlements were moved from Tisza River towards the northern mountainous...

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Kontekst środowiskowy i stratygrafia stanowiska archeologicznego Lipowo w Kotlinie Biebrzy (NE Polska)

Marcin Frączek, Tomasz Kalicki, Adam Wawrusiewicz, Aleksander F. Sanko

Acta Geographica Lodziensia > 2018 > 107 > 25-37

Jednym z najciekawszych aspektów badań geoarcheologicznych jest poznanie przeszłości człowieka w kontekście otaczającej go ówcześnie rzeczywistości. Zagadnienie to nabiera szczególnego znaczenia w odniesieniu do społeczeństw łowiecko-zbierackich, ściśle uzależnionych od środowiska naturalnego, które przez całą epokę kamienia bezwzględnie dominowały na obszarach Podlasia. Z badań paleogeograficznych...

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Strontium isotope analysis of Yangtze alligator remains from Late Neolithic North China

Xiaotong Wu, Xingxiang Zhang, Zhengyao Jin, Yanbo Song, more

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences > 2019 > 11 > 3 > 1049-1058

Endangered wild Yangtze alligators (Alligator sinensis) inhabit the downstream subtropical lakes and swamps of the Yangtze River at a latitude of approximately 30° N. What remains puzzling is the discovery of the remains of Yangtze alligators at many Middle and Late Neolithic archeological sites in North China, mainly in the form of alligator osteoderms buried in tombs of the elite. To determine whether...

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The Stone Age Plague and Its Persistence in Eurasia

Aida Andrades Valtueña, Alissa Mittnik, Felix M. Key, Wolfgang Haak, more

Current Biology > 2017 > 27 > 23 > 3683-3691.e8

Yersinia pestis, the etiologic agent of plague, is a bacterium associated with wild rodents and their fleas. Historically it was responsible for three pandemics: the Plague of Justinian in the 6^th century AD, which persisted until the 8^th century [1]; the renowned Black Death of the 14^th century [2, 3], with recurrent outbreaks until the 18^th century [4]; and the most recent 19^th century pandemic,...

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Dystrybucja i rola sztyletów krzemiennych wśród społeczności grupy kościańskiej kultury unietyckiej – analiza typologiczno-chronologiczna materiałów z Niziny Wielkopolsko-Kujawskiej oraz studium przypadku znaleziska z Bronikowa (gm. Śmigiel)

Stable‐isotope analysis of collective burial sites in Southern France at late Neolithic/early Bronze Age transition

Remains of a Late Neolithic settlement from site 7 in Krzyż Wielkopolski 7

Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Technological and Typological Elements in the Production of Flint Projectile Points of the Neman Culture in the Polish Lowland Region

„Swój” czy „obcy”? Wybrane konteksty grocików krzemiennych w zespołach grobowych

Mitochondrial genomes from Bronze Age Poland reveal genetic continuity from the Late Neolithic and additional genetic affinities with the steppe populations

Ślady osadnictwa z epoki kamienia i wczesnego średniowiecza oraz odkrycia z okresu nowożytnego na stanowisku nr 12 w Kędzierzynie, gm. Sianów, pow. koszaliński

Who lived on the Swiss Plateau around 3300 BCE? Analyses of commingled human skeletal remains from the dolmen of Oberbipp

Zabytki wykonane technikami krzemieniarskimi ze wschodniej części polskich Karpat. Badania z lat 2016–2017

Identification of a fragment of an Early Bronze bone recovered from the Borownia striped flint mine in the Ostrowiec district (on the centenary of Polish research on prehistoric flint mining

Infant and childhood diet at the passage tomb of Alto de la Huesera (north‐central Iberia) from bone collagen and sequential dentine isotope composition

Middens, currents and shorelines: Complex depositional processes of waterlogged prehistoric lakeside settlements based on the example of Zurich-Parkhaus Opéra (Switzerland)

Geomagnetic field in the Near East at the beginning of the 6th millennium BC: Evidence for alternating weak and strong intensity variations

A possible case of symbolic trepanation in Neolithic Central Germany

Polished stone axes from Varna/Nössingbühel and Castelrotto/Grondlboden, South Tyrol (Italy)

Rapid geomagnetic field intensity variations in the Near East during the 6th millennium BC: New archeointensity data from Halafian site Yarim Tepe II (Northern Iraq)

Holocene valley incision in the southern Bükk foreland: Climate-human-environment interferences in northern Hungary

Kontekst środowiskowy i stratygrafia stanowiska archeologicznego Lipowo w Kotlinie Biebrzy (NE Polska)

Strontium isotope analysis of Yangtze alligator remains from Late Neolithic North China

The Stone Age Plague and Its Persistence in Eurasia

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