Intensive and systematic surveys in the area south of Mount Olympos west Ossa revealed not only tell settlements, but also several flat sites from different prehistoric periods. For one namely Elateia 1, a detailed relative chronological assessment was made with help statistical evaluations pottery assemblages. In addition, short-lived bone samples confirmed more precisely defined exact positio...

This study focuses on the chronostratigraphic sequence of Cave Kaf Taht el-Ghar (Dar Ben Karrich, Tétouan, Morocco) excavated in 2012 framework AGRIWESTMED research project. The broad reveals a series occupations ranging from Pleistocene (Moroccan Aterian) to recent historical times. Our identifies rich Early Neolithic phase (sixth millennium cal BC) containing earliest pottery and domesticated...

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS ON SOURCING CLAY SEDIMENTS USED IN POTTERY PRODUCTION AT KUKULIK, SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND, ALASKA JOZWIK, Diana, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99701, [email protected] The archaeological site of Kukulik on Saint Lawrence Island was excavated by Otto Geist from 1931-1935 (Geist 1936) and includes pottery, wood, bone and ivory artifact...

The search for the Middle Neolithic burial complexes in Baikal-Yenisei Siberia is one of most important fields modern regional research. It directly related to problem so-called hiatus, which characterized by absence dated burials several hundred years between Early and Late range ~7–5.5 ka cal BP (or ~6.6–6 updated data). We see greatest prospects at this stage research identifying hunter-gath...

Pigs are one of the earliest domesticated livestock species, first at least 10,000 years ago. The domestication wild boar, including associated morphological changes, is a long process over several millennia. Across Southwest Asia, management, domestication, and adaption different species was highly localized process, influenced by both cultural environmental factors. This paper explores size, ...