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Iron Age diet at Glastonbury Lake Village: the isotopic evidence for negligible aquatic resource consumption (2008)
Journal Article
Jay, M. (2008). Iron Age diet at Glastonbury Lake Village: the isotopic evidence for negligible aquatic resource consumption. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 27(2), 201-216. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0092.2008.00304.x

The British Iron Age site at Glastonbury Lake Village in Somerset is well known for the extensive and prolonged excavations, the comprehensive publications and the superb preservation of organic remains. The environmental material recovered has led t... Read More about Iron Age diet at Glastonbury Lake Village: the isotopic evidence for negligible aquatic resource consumption.

The ‘oriental’ component of the Balkan flora: evidence of presence on the Thracian Plain during the Weichselian late-glacial (2008)
Journal Article
Magyari, E., Chapman, J., Gaydarska, B., Marinova, E., Deli, T., Huntley, J., …Huntley, B. (2008). The ‘oriental’ component of the Balkan flora: evidence of presence on the Thracian Plain during the Weichselian late-glacial. Journal of Biogeography, 35(5), 865-883. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01849.x

Aim:  To obtain palaeobotanical evidence enabling evaluation of the viability of the hypothesis that the ‘oriental’ element of the Balkan flora reached south-east Europe from Turkey prior to the Holocene, probably via the Thracian Plain during a late... Read More about The ‘oriental’ component of the Balkan flora: evidence of presence on the Thracian Plain during the Weichselian late-glacial.

The Pigs of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific: New Evidence for Taxonomic Status and Human-Mediated Dispersal (2008)
Journal Article
Dobney, K., Cucchi, T., & Larson, G. (2008). The Pigs of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific: New Evidence for Taxonomic Status and Human-Mediated Dispersal. Asian Perspectives: The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, 47(1), 59-74. https://doi.org/10.1353/asi.2008.0009

This paper undertakes a major survey of the genus Sus from Island Southeast Asia and specifically attempts to re-examine the taxonomic status of the pigs of Wallacea, in order to re-evaluate the complex evidence for human mediated dispersal. This was... Read More about The Pigs of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific: New Evidence for Taxonomic Status and Human-Mediated Dispersal.

From an Archaeology of Iconoclasm to an Anthropology of the Body : Images, Punishment and Personhood in England, 1500-1660 (2008)
Journal Article
Graves, C. (2008). From an Archaeology of Iconoclasm to an Anthropology of the Body : Images, Punishment and Personhood in England, 1500-1660. Current Anthropology, 49(1), 35-57. https://doi.org/10.1086/523674

This paper argues that the iconoclastic attack on images in England in the 16th and 17th century was not random destruction. Particular parts of the body, namely the head and hands, were the focus of attack. These were the same foci upon which capita... Read More about From an Archaeology of Iconoclasm to an Anthropology of the Body : Images, Punishment and Personhood in England, 1500-1660.

A palimpsest landscape: the field systems (2008)
Book Chapter
Newson, P. (2008). A palimpsest landscape: the field systems. In G. Barker (Ed.), Archaeology and desertification the Wadi Faynan Landscape Survey, Southern Jordan (169-174). Oxbow

Isotopic analysis of humans and animals from Vedrovice (2008)
Journal Article
Richards, M., Montgomery, J., Nehlich, O., & Grimes, V. (2008). Isotopic analysis of humans and animals from Vedrovice. Anthropologie (Brno. Print), XLVI(2-3), 185-194

We report here the results of our isotopic analysis of humans from the site of Vedrovice. We undertook carbon and nitrogen analysis to reconstruct human diets and strontium and sulphur isotope analysis to reconstruct human mobility. Our carbon and ni... Read More about Isotopic analysis of humans and animals from Vedrovice.

Embodiment and visual reproduction in the Neolithic: the case of stamped symbols (2008)
Journal Article
Skeates, R. (2008). Embodiment and visual reproduction in the Neolithic: the case of stamped symbols. Documenta Praehistorica, 35, 179-184. https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.35.13

This paper explores the cultural and conceptual dimensions of ceramic (and stone) stamps found at Neolithic and Copper Age sites in Western Asia and Southern Europe, dating to between the eighth and third millennia BC. Based upon a recent study of th... Read More about Embodiment and visual reproduction in the Neolithic: the case of stamped symbols.

Mercurio Sobrio tra Africa e Roma (2008)
Journal Article
Leone, A., & Palombi, D. (2008). Mercurio Sobrio tra Africa e Roma. Archeologia classica (Testo stampato), 59(9), 409-433

Places of Assembly: New Discoveries in Sweden and England (2008)
Journal Article
Sanmark, A., & Semple, S. (2008). Places of Assembly: New Discoveries in Sweden and England. Fornvännen, 103(4), 245-259

This paper reviews recent field results from Sweden and England demonstrating that currently held perceptions of assembly-sites as archaic and cultic are only partially accurate. Evidence has emerged for the purposeful creation of assembly locations... Read More about Places of Assembly: New Discoveries in Sweden and England.

Health, healing and disease (2008)
Book Chapter
Roberts, C. (2008). Health, healing and disease. In D. Pearsall (Ed.), Encylopedia of archaeology (1417-1426). Academic Press

The Middle Tiber Valley in the Imperial Period (2008)
Book Chapter
Witcher, R. (2008). The Middle Tiber Valley in the Imperial Period. In F. Coarelli, & H. Patterson (Eds.), Mercator placidissimus : the Tiber Valley in antiquity : new research in the upper and middle river valley (467-486). QUASAR

This paper explores the settlement and economy of the middle Tiber valley during the early and mid imperial periods. Drawing on the results of the Tiber valley project, in particular the restudy of the South Etruria survey and more recent surveys and... Read More about The Middle Tiber Valley in the Imperial Period.

The Tiber Valley Project: The Database and Geographical Information System (2008)
Book Chapter
Witcher, R., & Kay, S. (2008). The Tiber Valley Project: The Database and Geographical Information System. In F. Coarelli, & H. Patterson (Eds.), Mercator placidissimus : the Tiber Valley in antiquity : new research in the upper and middle river valley (417-429). QUASAR

This short contribution outlines the basic information technology at the heart of the Tiber valley project; the purpose of this article is to introduce the principles of the database and GIS and the methodologies followed. More detailed discussion of... Read More about The Tiber Valley Project: The Database and Geographical Information System.

New developments in the scientific dating of brick (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bailiff, I. K. (2008). New developments in the scientific dating of brick. In T. Coomans, & H. Van Royen (Eds.), Medieval brick architecture in Flanders and Northern Europe : the question of the Cistercian origin (133-144)

Fired clay brick has been widely used in the construction of buildings in many parts of Europe since its introduction by the Romans, and the extremely robust physical properties of fired clay enable bricks to endure within the archaeological record f... Read More about New developments in the scientific dating of brick.

Identification of the Yellow Skin Gene Reveals a Hybrid Origin of the Domestic Chicken (2008)
Journal Article
Eriksson, J., Larson, G., Gunnarsson, U., Bed'hom, B., Tixier-Boichard, M., Strömstedt, L., …Andersson, L. (2008). Identification of the Yellow Skin Gene Reveals a Hybrid Origin of the Domestic Chicken. PLoS Genetics, 4(2), Article e1000010. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000010

Yellow skin is an abundant phenotype among domestic chickens and is caused by a recessive allele (W*Y) that allows deposition of yellow carotenoids in the skin. Here we show that yellow skin is caused by one or more cis-acting and tissue-specific reg... Read More about Identification of the Yellow Skin Gene Reveals a Hybrid Origin of the Domestic Chicken.

Warfare in ancient South Asia (2008)
Book Chapter
Coningham, R., & Manuel, M. (2008). Warfare in ancient South Asia. In P. de Souza (Ed.), The Ancient World at war (229-242). Thames & Hudson