Archaeologists have long looked to Homeric epic, which describes the collection of heroes’ ashes in metal vessels for interment, as a comparison high-status burials found Greek world and, beyond, temperate Europe. Rarely, however, has phenomenon aristocratic metal-urn cremation across Bronze and Iron Age Europe Mediterranean been analysed single phenomenon. The author presents continental-scale...

Generalised regional information on the fauna of sites Pochep culture (Vorobeyna-1, Kudeyarka, Pochep, Kurovo-7). Dominance cattle, pig. On Kudeyarka a sheep prevails. A comparison with preceding Yukhnovo demonstrates sharp difference between structure herd and values hunting. The reason is change population landscape. For Kyiv culture, replacing priest was studied osteological material from no...

The site of Chavín de Huántar, Peru, lies at the heart developing social complexity in Andean Formative period. archaeological contexts on site's immediate periphery are assessed to investigate nature occupation, activities practised, and relationships between area's inhabitants Chavín's ceremonial centre. peripheral Wacheqsa sector, which began as a modest, domestic occupation second millenniu...

Little is known about the early history of chicken ( Gallus gallus domesticus ), including timing and circumstances its introduction into new cultural environments. To evaluate spatio-temporal spread across Eurasia north-west Africa, authors radiocarbon dated 23 bones from presumed contexts. Three-quarters returned dates later than those suggested by stratigraphy, indicating importance direct d...

The high-altitude landscape of western Tibet is one the most extreme environments in which humans have managed to introduce crop cultivation. To date, only sparse palaeoeconomic data been reported from this region. authors present archaeobotanical evidence five sites (dating late first millennium BC and early AD) located cold-arid Tibet. indicate that barley was widely grown region by c . 400 b...