mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid (mtdna) polymorphisms were examinedin bone samples of individuals buried inan early neolithic (c. 5800–4900 bce) hunter-gatherer cemetery, shamanka ii, located atthe southwestern tip of lake baikal, siberia. the mainobjective was to compare the mtdna polymorphisms observed at shamanka ii to those previously reportedfrom the lokomotiv (early neolithic) and ust...

The economic model of the Lithuanian Late Bronze Age (1100–500 cal BC) has long been based on zooarchaeological collections from unstratified, multi-period settlements, which have provided an unreliable understanding animal husbandry and role fishing hunting. opportunity to re-evaluate previously proposed dietary subsistence patterns arose after zooarcheological assemblages Garniai 1 Mineikišk?...

Chemical analysis of a visually opaque, turquoise-blue ingot from the Late Bronze Age royal capital at Amarna, housed in Garstang Museum, University Liverpool, shows an excess copper colourant which indicates that intended colour was opaque red. Trace element places location manufacture Egypt, and date, finds location, dimensions suggest glass made Amarna. This, coupled with other recent ingots...