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The oldest Pottery Neolithic (PN) culture of northeastern Iran: First absolute dating from eastern Mazandaran plains

Rahmat Abbasnejad Seresti, Xinying Zhou, Seyyed Kamal Asadi Ojaei

published 10 Jun 2025

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Multivariate analyses of Aurignacian and Gravettian personal ornaments support cultural continuity in the Early Upper Palaeolithic

Francesco d’Errico, Jack Baker, Daniel Pereira, Esteban Álvarez-Fernández, Martina Lázničková-Galetová, Solange Rigaud

published 04 Jun 2025

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From the jaws of the “Leviathan”: A sperm whale tooth from the Valencina Copper Age Megasite

Samuel Ramírez-Cruzado Aguilar-Galindo, Miriam Luciañez-Triviño, Fernando Muñiz Guinea, Luis Miguel Cáceres Puro, Antonio Toscano Grande, Marta Díaz-Guardamino, Juan Manuel Vargas Jiménez, Thomas Xavier Schuhmacher, Rafael María Martínez Sánchez, Santiago Guillamón Dávila, Joaquín Rodríguez Vidal, Leonardo García Sanjuán

published 14 May 2025

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Revised phylogeny of mouflon based on expanded sampling of mitogenomes

Paolo Mereu, Monica Pirastru, Pedro Morell Miranda, Gözde Atağ, Kıvılcım Başak Vural, Barbara Wilkens, André Elias Rodrigues Soares, Damla Kaptan, Marco Zedda, Nicolò Columbano, Mario Barbato, Salvatore Naitana, Eleftherios Hadjisterkotis, Mehmet Somel, Füsun Özer, Torsten Günther, Giovanni Giuseppe Leoni

published 14 May 2025

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Tracing the emergence of domesticated grapevine in Italy

Mariano Ucchesu, Sarah Ivorra, Vincent Bonhomme, Thierry Pastor, Biancamaria Aranguren, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Giovanna Bosi, Andrea Cardarelli, Anna Depalmas, Gianni de Zuccato, Assunta Florenzano, Juan Francisco Gibaja-Bao, Marta Mariotti Lippi, Niccolò Mazzucco, Anna Maria Mercuri, Mario Mineo, Miria Mori Secci, Renato Nisbet, Gianluca Pellacani, Paola Perazzi, Mauro Rottoli, Luciano Salzani, Marco Sarigu, Alessandro Usai, Laurent Bouby

published 23 Apr 2025

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Behind the wall: Macrolithic artifacts as testing tools for activities and social structure on a Middle Chalcolithic site in Central Anatolia

Jaroslav Řídký, Kristina Doležalová, Daniel Pilař, Pınar Çaylı, Işıl Demirtaş, Sevil Gülçur

published 14 Apr 2025

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Cattle on the rocks: Understanding cattle mobility, diet, and seasonality in the Iberian Peninsula. The Middle Neolithic site of Cova de les Pixarelles (Tavertet, Osona)

Roger Alcàntara Fors, Richard Madgwick, Laura C. Viñas-Caron, Alexandra J. Nederbragt, Maria Saña Seguí

published 27 Jan 2025

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Neural plasticity in early potters: Shape analysis and TMS-EEG co-registration trace the rise of a new motor skill

Vanessa Forte, Luisa Sartori, Antonino Visalli, Mustafa Yildirim, Gaspare Galati, Massimo Vidale, Emanuela Faresin, Antonino Vallesi

published 17 Jan 2025

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High-resolution isotope dietary analysis of Mesolithic and Neolithic humans from Franchthi Cave, Greece

Valentina Martinoia, Anastasia Papathanasiou, Sahra Talamo, Rebecca MacDonald, Michael P. Richards

published 17 Jan 2025

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12,000-year-old spindle whorls and the innovation of wheeled rotational technologies

Talia Yashuv, Leore Grosman

published 13 Nov 2024

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Esh-Shaheinab: The archetype of the Sudanese Neolithic, its premises and sequels

Giulia D’Ercole, Julie Dunne, Giacomo Eramo, Richard P. Evershed, Elena A. A. Garcea

published 31 Oct 2024

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Subsistence and population development from the Middle Neolithic B (2800–2350 BCE) to the Late Neolithic (2350–1700 BCE) in Southern Scandinavia

Jens Winther Johannsen, Julian Laabs, Magdalena M. E. Bunbury, Morten Fischer Mortensen

published 28 Oct 2024

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Children at play: The role of novices in the production of Europe’s earliest Upper Paleolithic ceramics

Rebecca Farbstein, April Nowell

published 25 Oct 2024

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