Prehistoric people sometimes died at an old age to judge by the longevity of life estimated from skeletal data. Anthropology, however, suggests that is a much more complex concept than that. The process growing stressed in anthropological theory may advantageously be discussed on basis prehistoric burial-ground Examples Swedish burial-grounds hint cultural variation way which societies viewed a...

The study of prehistoric mapping in Europe and its borderlands, as in other continents, requires a new beginning. In the past scholars have been handicapped not only by a severe shortage of evidence but also by misguided attitudes toward the intellectual capacity of early man. In addition, they have failed to consider either the diagnostic characteristics of prehistoric maps or the principles t...

BACKGROUND The negative health effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are well established for modern human populations but have so far not been studied in prehistoric contexts. PAHs are the main component of fossil bitumen, a naturally occurring material used by past societies such as the Chumash Indians in California as an adhesive, as a waterproofing agent, and for medicinal purp...

The question about the usage of video game technology to create successful educational games and learning tools has been extensively debated (Prensky, 2006). This research will explore these topics in order to develop a practical case study that could be used as a learning tool. There will be two main topics discussed and analysed, the first being the relevance of gaming in education, the secon...

Prior to the early 1950s, Americanist archaeologists, given their interest in chronology, routinely searched for direct historical connections between ethnographically documented cultures and archaeological cultures. In those instances where clear evolutionary connections existed between ethnographic and prehistoric cultures, the ethnic affinities of the latter could be assessed, chronologies o...

A promising, but also controversial approach to ecological restoration is trophic rewilding, i.e., species introductions to restore top-down trophic interactions and associated trophic cascades to promote selfregulating biodiverse ecosystems. To provide historically-informed base-lines for trophic rewilding in the Neotropics, we aggregate data on late-Quaternary (last 130,000 years) large-bodie...

Human settlement of Polynesia was a major event in world prehistory. Despite the vastness of the distances covered, research suggests that prehistoric Polynesian populations maintained spheres of continuing interaction for at least some period of time in some regions. A low level of genetic variation in ancestral Polynesian populations, genetic admixture (both prehistoric and post-European cont...

Based on the data of Jiangzhai one-stage settlement sites archaeological excavation data, this paper applies three-dimensional visualization technology of virtual reality to scenario building. In order to enhance the fidelity of prehistoric settlement sites to reproduce the virtual system simulation results in the system design and implementation process, it essential to build plenty of the nat...