Three Sitophilus species (S. granarius L., S. oryzae L., and S. zeamais Mots.) are closely related based on DNA analysis of their endosymbionts. All are seed parasites of cereal crops and important economic pest species in stored grain. The Sitophilus species that currently exist, including these three species, are generally believed to be endemic to Asia's forested areas, suggesting that the f...

Abstract. The site of Khirokitia in Cyprus (7th-early 6th millennium BC) yielded one the largest series human remains for Pre-Pottery Neolithic period Eastern Mediterranean and Near region (MNI = 243). paleopathological study this allowed us to diagnose a probable case diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) affecting male aged between 30 49 years, who also suffered from osteoarthritis....

The causes and implications of the regional variations in the spread of the incipient agriculture in Europe remain poorly understood. We apply population dynamics models to study the dispersal of the Neolithic in Europe from a localized area in the Near East, solving the two-dimensional reaction-diffusion equation on a spherical surface. We focus on the role of major river paths and coastlines ...

Chemical analyses of ancient organics absorbed into pottery jars from the early Neolithic village of Jiahu in Henan province in China have revealed that a mixed fermented beverage of rice, honey, and fruit (hawthorn fruit and/or grape) was being produced as early as the seventh millennium before Christ (B.C.). This prehistoric drink paved the way for unique cereal beverages of the proto-histori...

The transition from mobile to sedentary life was one of the greatest social challenges of the human past. Yet little is known about the impact of this fundamental change on social interactions amongst early Neolithic communities, which are best recorded in the Near East. The importance of social processes associated with these economic and ecological changes has long been underestimated. Howeve...

A total of 145 flint items, as well four obsidians and seven stone-made artefacts, were collected during the excavations on Linear Pottery culture settlement Modrychi-1 in Lviv Oblast, which is located within Ukrainian Outer Subcarpathia. The assemblage obsidian items has been analyzed an integral complex that characterizes material Neolithic settlement. prevailing number such cores, flakes bla...

Abstract This review article examines seventy years of research and methodological approaches to the analysis Mesolithic Neolithic pottery in Sudan. It begins with studies done by A. J. Arkell at end 1940s, leading definition Khartoum ceramic traditions. The then discusses application concepts ware, fabric, decorative technique, chaîne opératoire use new classification tools archaeometric metho...

The paper describes the main types of pottery forms and some results their analysis for vessels Srednedonskaya Neolithic culture from site Dobroe 9. Until recently, only a few settlements with traced stratigraphic position on Upper Don were studied. At 9, homogeneous lithological layer was revealed, containing materials this culture: pottery, bones, stone products. moment, 109 m researched by e...

The abundance of obsidian at the Pottery Neolithic Wadi Rabah culture (7600/500–6800 cal. bp ) settlement Hagoshrim IV in northern Israel, rich repertoire stamp seals, and imported chlorite vessels site, as well presence skilled knappers, indicate intensive trade. Reviewing archaeological data, we propose that discovered other sites southern Levant reflects one earliest forms a kin-based direct...