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Early domestic animals in Europe: imported or locally domesticated? (2003)
Book Chapter
Rowley-Conwy, P. (2003). Early domestic animals in Europe: imported or locally domesticated?. In A. Ammerman, & P. Biagi (Eds.), The widening harvest : the neolithic transition in Europe : looking back, looking forward (99-117). Archaeological Institute of America

The Gravettian burial known as the Prince (‘Il Principe’): new evidence for his age and diet (2003)
Journal Article
Pettitt, P., Richards, M., Maggi, R., & Formicola, V. (2003). The Gravettian burial known as the Prince (‘Il Principe’): new evidence for his age and diet. Antiquity, 77(295), 15-19. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00061305

The famous upper Palaeolithic (Gravettian) burial with shell ornaments known as "Il Principe" was discovered in Italy sixty years ago. Here the authors present recent scientific research on his skeleton, leading to new assessments of the date of the... Read More about The Gravettian burial known as the Prince (‘Il Principe’): new evidence for his age and diet.

A review of trepanations in British antiquity focusing on funerary context to explain their occurrence (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Roberts, C., & McKinley, J. (2000, April). A review of trepanations in British antiquity focusing on funerary context to explain their occurrence. Presented at Trepanation : history, discovery, theory. International colloquium on cranial trepanation in human history., Birmingham University

This study focuses on the extant evidence for trepanations in Britain and assesses the possible reasons for their occurrence. Sixty-two trepanations are considered, ranging in date from the Neolithic (4,000-2,000 BC) to the post-Medieval (post-sixtee... Read More about A review of trepanations in British antiquity focusing on funerary context to explain their occurrence.

From Franchthi to the Tiszazug: two Early Neolithic worlds (2003)
Book Chapter
Chapman, J. C. (2003). From Franchthi to the Tiszazug: two Early Neolithic worlds. In E. Jerem, & P. Raczky (Eds.), Morgenrot der Kulturen : Frühe Etappen der Menschheitsgeschichte in Mittel- und Südosteuropa (89-108). Archaeolingua

Diet, Economy and Status : Evidence from the Animal Bones (2003)
Book Chapter
Jaques, S., Dobney, K., & Van Neer, W. (2003). Diet, Economy and Status : Evidence from the Animal Bones. In R. Matthews (Ed.), Excavations at Tell Brak vol 4 : exploring an Upper Mesopotamian Regional Centre, 1994-1996 (417-430). McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research / British School of Archaeology

Tell Brak in Syria is one of the largest and most important multi-period sites in northern Mesopotamia. Excavations in 1994-1996 cast new light on everyday life at the settlement through several phases of occupation from the early 4th millennium BC t... Read More about Diet, Economy and Status : Evidence from the Animal Bones.