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Integrative approach using Yersinia pestis genomes to revisit the historical landscape of plague during the Medieval Period (2018)
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Namouchi, A., Guellil, M., Kersten, O., Hänsch, S., Ottoni, C., Schmid, B. V., …Bramanti, B. (2018). Integrative approach using Yersinia pestis genomes to revisit the historical landscape of plague during the Medieval Period. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(50), E11790-E11797. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1812865115

Over the last few years, genomic studies on Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of all known plague epidemics, have considerably increased in numbers, spanning a period of about 5,000 y. Nonetheless, questions concerning historical reservoirs and ro... Read More about Integrative approach using Yersinia pestis genomes to revisit the historical landscape of plague during the Medieval Period.

Evidence for Neolithic settlement in the foothills of the Western al-Hajar Mountains (2018)
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Bretzke, K., Parton, A., Lindauer, S., & Kennet, D. (2018). Evidence for Neolithic settlement in the foothills of the Western al-Hajar Mountains. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 29(2), 103-114. https://doi.org/10.1111/aae.12118

Systematic prospection and excavations in the Rustaq region of northern Oman, approximately 45 km from the coast in the foothills of the Western Hajar Mountains, have revealed an unexpectedly dense record of Neolithic sites. Besides surface scatters... Read More about Evidence for Neolithic settlement in the foothills of the Western al-Hajar Mountains.

THE SOIL SCIENCE & ARCHAEO-GEOPHYSICS ALLIANCE (SAGA): going beyond prospection (2018)
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Cuenca-Garcia, C., Armstrong, K., Aidona, E., De Smedt, P., Rosveare, A., Rosveare, M., …Lowe, K. (2018). THE SOIL SCIENCE & ARCHAEO-GEOPHYSICS ALLIANCE (SAGA): going beyond prospection. Research Ideas and Outcomes, 4, Article e31648. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.4.e31648

Archaeological sites can be discovered and recorded in a high-resolution and non-invasive manner using geophysical methods. These measure the spatial variation of a range of physical properties of the soil which may be representative proxies of the s... Read More about THE SOIL SCIENCE & ARCHAEO-GEOPHYSICS ALLIANCE (SAGA): going beyond prospection.

Human and Deltaic Environments in Northern Egypt in Late Antiquity (2018)
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Wilson, P. (2018). Human and Deltaic Environments in Northern Egypt in Late Antiquity. Late antique archaeology, 12(1), 42-62. https://doi.org/10.1163/22134522-12340066

Exclusively teaching the receptive skill of reading texts in a foreign language with no training in language production might seem to be a pedagogical relic and to contradict the communicative approach in foreign language teaching. However, it is a m... Read More about Human and Deltaic Environments in Northern Egypt in Late Antiquity.

A Meeting In The Forest: Hunters And Farmers At The Coneybury ‘Anomaly’, Wiltshire (2018)
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Gron, K. J., Rowley-Conwy, P., Fernandez-Dominguez, E., Gröcke, D. R., Montgomery, J., Nowell, G. M., & Patterson, W. P. (2018). A Meeting In The Forest: Hunters And Farmers At The Coneybury ‘Anomaly’, Wiltshire. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 84, 111-144. https://doi.org/10.1017/ppr.2018.15

The Coneybury ‘Anomaly’ is an Early Neolithic pit located just south-east of Stonehenge, Wiltshire. Excavations recovered a faunal assemblage unique in its composition, consisting of both wild and domestic species, as well as large quantities of cera... Read More about A Meeting In The Forest: Hunters And Farmers At The Coneybury ‘Anomaly’, Wiltshire.

Megalithic people, megalithic missionaries: the history of an idea (2018)
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Scarre, C. (2018). Megalithic people, megalithic missionaries: the history of an idea. Estudos arqueológicos de Oeiras, 24, 157-170

The idea that the megalithic monuments of western and northern Europe were built by a specific group of people who travelled long distances along the Atlantic seaways was first proposed in the 18th century. It remained a dominant concept among 19th c... Read More about Megalithic people, megalithic missionaries: the history of an idea.

Tales from the outer limits: Archaeological geophysical prospection in lowland peat environments in the British Isles (2018)
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Armstrong, K., Cheetham, P., & Darvill, T. (2019). Tales from the outer limits: Archaeological geophysical prospection in lowland peat environments in the British Isles. Archaeological Prospection, 26(2), 91-101. https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1725

In order to systematically investigate the potential of conventional near surface geophysical techniques to locate waterlogged archaeological targets in peatlands, the authors applied four conventional geophysical methods – earth resistance, ground‐p... Read More about Tales from the outer limits: Archaeological geophysical prospection in lowland peat environments in the British Isles.

From Field to Fish: Tracking Changes in Diet on Entry to Two Medieval Friaries in Northern England (2018)
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Kancle, L., Montgomery, J., Gröcke, D. R., & Caffell, A. (2018). From Field to Fish: Tracking Changes in Diet on Entry to Two Medieval Friaries in Northern England. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 22, 264-284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.07.018

Members of religious orders during the later medieval period in Britain were expected to adhere to strict rules governing their daily lives which restricted their consumption of meat. This study aims to investigate whether this switch to a ‘religious... Read More about From Field to Fish: Tracking Changes in Diet on Entry to Two Medieval Friaries in Northern England.

Volcanoes, medicine, and monasticism: Investigating mercury exposure in medieval Iceland (2018)
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Walser, J. W., Kristjánsdóttir, S., Gowland, R., & Desnica, N. (2019). Volcanoes, medicine, and monasticism: Investigating mercury exposure in medieval Iceland. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 29(1), 48-61. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.2712

This study aimed to evaluate the possible use of mercury as a medical treatment at the medieval monastic hospital Skriðuklaustur (ad 1494–1554) in eastern Iceland. The individuals excavated from Skriðuklaustur exhibited a wide range of pathological c... Read More about Volcanoes, medicine, and monasticism: Investigating mercury exposure in medieval Iceland.

Reassessing Community Cemeteries: Cremation Burials in Britain during the Middle Bronze Age (c. 1600–1150 cal BC) (2018)
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Caswell, E., & Roberts, B. (2018). Reassessing Community Cemeteries: Cremation Burials in Britain during the Middle Bronze Age (c. 1600–1150 cal BC). Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 84, 329-357. https://doi.org/10.1017/ppr.2018.9

The Middle Bronze Age (c. 1600–1150 cal bc) in Britain is traditionally understood to represent a major funerary transition. This is a transformation from a heterogeneous funerary rite, largely encompassing inhumations and cremations in burial mounds... Read More about Reassessing Community Cemeteries: Cremation Burials in Britain during the Middle Bronze Age (c. 1600–1150 cal BC).

Grotta Mora Cavorso: Physical, material and symbolic boundaries of life and death practices in a Neolithic cave of central Italy (2018)
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Silvestri, L., Achino, K., Gatta, M., Rolfo, M., & Salari, L. (2020). Grotta Mora Cavorso: Physical, material and symbolic boundaries of life and death practices in a Neolithic cave of central Italy. Quaternary International, 539, 29-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018.09.050

Grotta Mora Cavorso is a multi-stratified site located in the inner Apennines in Central Italy. The archaeological deposit found in it spans from Upper Palaeolithic to World War II, and holds one of the largest Neolithic burial deposits currently kno... Read More about Grotta Mora Cavorso: Physical, material and symbolic boundaries of life and death practices in a Neolithic cave of central Italy.

Deforestation and human agency in the North Atlantic region: Archaeological and palaeoenvironmental evidence from the Western Isles of Scotland (2018)
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Bishop, R., Church, M., Lawson, I., Roucoux, K., O’Brien, C., Ranner, H., …Flitcroft, C. (2018). Deforestation and human agency in the North Atlantic region: Archaeological and palaeoenvironmental evidence from the Western Isles of Scotland. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 84, 145-184. https://doi.org/10.1017/ppr.2018.8

This paper considers the timing and mechanisms of deforestation in the Western Isles of Scotland, focusing in particular on the landscape around the Calanais stone circles, one of the best preserved late Neolithic/early Bronze Age monumental landscap... Read More about Deforestation and human agency in the North Atlantic region: Archaeological and palaeoenvironmental evidence from the Western Isles of Scotland.

Crystallographic texture and mineral concentration quantification of developing and mature human incisal enamel (2018)
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Al-Mosawi, M., Davis, G. R., Bushby, A., Montgomery, J., Beaumont, J., & Al-Jawad, M. (2018). Crystallographic texture and mineral concentration quantification of developing and mature human incisal enamel. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 14449. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32425-y

For human dental enamel, what is the precise mineralization progression spatially and the precise timing of mineralization? This is an important question in the fundamental understanding of matrix-mediated biomineralization events, but in particular... Read More about Crystallographic texture and mineral concentration quantification of developing and mature human incisal enamel.

Fire in the Moor: Mesolithic carbonised remains in riverine deposits at Gleann Mor Barabhais, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland (2018)
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Piper, S., Bishop, R., Rowley-Conwy, P., Elliott, L., & Church, M. (2018). Fire in the Moor: Mesolithic carbonised remains in riverine deposits at Gleann Mor Barabhais, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland. Journal of the North Atlantic, 35, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.3721/037.006.3501

This paper presents the results of a palaeoenvironmental investigation of riverine deposits containing charred heathland plant material, recovered during an archaeological survey of Gleann Mor Barabhais, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland. This survey... Read More about Fire in the Moor: Mesolithic carbonised remains in riverine deposits at Gleann Mor Barabhais, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland.