Abstract. The rapid changes in our surroundings during the Holocene challenge human body. current study, carried out on terminal Pleistocene-Holocene populations of Levant, presents several examples how habitation and diet have affected disease patterns gross morphology long bones mandibles. Our major findings were that prehistoric Natufian (67%) protohistoric Chalcolithic (80%) exhibited a muc...

this paper examines some of the results of the archaeological survey conducted in ardabil province in summer 2001. ardabil province is situated in northwest iran and in the neighborhood of of azerbaijan republic. the survey of the surrounding area gives an account of the different graves. the greaves are characterized by simple grave; megalithic graves with and without stele and kurgan mound. t...

Variation in burial location and treatment is often observed in the prehistoric archaeological record, but its interpretation is usually highly ambiguous. Biomolecular approaches provide the means of addressing this variability in a way not previously possible, linking the lives of individuals to their funerary treatment. Here, we undertake stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses on a subst...

One of the characteristic features Leilatepe archaeological culture Chalcolithic period (end 5th millennium BC - first half 4th BC) is a unique stone product. This was studied mainly on basis monuments in territory Azerbaijan. Extensive excavations were carried out Leilatepe, Beyuk Kesik I, Poylu II, Galayeri settlements belonging to and numerous tools discovered. Similar also discovered as res...

This study attempts a holistic approach to past foodways in prehistoric northern Gujarat, India, by considering evidence of food production, distribution, preparation and consumption. We present here the results pilot residue study, integrating lipid starch grain analyses, conducted on 28 ceramic vessels from three Chalcolithic/Harappan settlements (c. 3300–2000 cal. BC) which are discussed lig...

Abstract. New research in previously unexplored or poorly documented areas of Greater Mesopotamia has made it possible to define better the chronology and distinctive material aspects Ubaid cultural phenomenon. In particular, end Middle Chalcolithic period been investigated well-stratified contexts comparable with best-known archaeological record from Mosul-Tepe Gawra region Syrian steppe despi...