the higher mountainous region of the central zagros is regarded as one of the important regions for the early human settlements. although archaeological studies have been initiated from the early 20s but there has been little precise information on the absolute chronology and also transitional processes of cultural sequences especially on the eastern parts of the region including eastern lurist...

In the four years of dendrochronological investigation covered by this report [1983-1986] we have increased the number of sites studied and samples collected by about 70%, extending the scope of prospecting beyond Greece and Turkey to Yugoslavia and Italy, and including prehistoric, ancient and medieval sites as well as natural forest and riverine wood. The number of samples which can be crossd...

Modern DNA, in particular maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), is now routinely used to trace ancient human migration routes and to obtain absolute dates for genetic prehistory. The errors on absolute genetic dates are often large (50% or more) and depend partly on the inherent evolutionary signal in the DNA data, and partly on our imperfect knowledge of the DNA mutation rate. Despit...

On 26 May 2003, intense rainfall from a series of thunderstorms in eastern North Carolina caused flooding that eventually destroyed the concrete dam in Hope Mills, draining Hope Mills Lake, and revealing a formerly submerged and buried structure that was identified as a timber crib dam. Inspection revealed these logs to be old-growth longleaf pines, which are now rare on the coastal plain lands...