This paper describes a newly defined nonmetric trait in the human dentition, i.e., Hypotrophic Roots of the Upper Central Incisors (HRUCI). Teeth presenting HRUCI are characterized by abnormally short roots whose crowns exhibit no apparent morphological alterations. The trait was observed in six samples from collective funerary sites in the Iberian Peninsula dated from the Late Neolithic to the...

The site of Kul Tepe is located near the city of Hadishahr, in Eastern Azerbaijan Province. It is an ancient multi-period mound, having an extension of about 6 hectares and rising 19 meters above the surrounding land. The second season of archeological excavations at the site, carried out in 2013, aimed at clarifying its chronology and its settlement organization. In the meantime it aimed at el...

The paper presents an analysis of bone and stone industries the Late Mesolithic Early Neolithic Middle Trans-Urals. Researchers usually consider that inventories played auxiliary role. But these features are basic for where ceramic is absent. A comparison Neolithic, identification their semblance difference main indicator role local traditions in formation cultures. This research has showed a c...

From the 1800’s and onwards, pottery sherds have been found at a number of Neolithic occupation sites in Rogaland County, Southwestern Norway. In this paper, assemblages from nine contexts are analyzed order to produce an interpretative chronology. Typological analysis is combined with correspondence Bayesian modelling radiocarbon dates. The result coherent chronological model that accounts for...

The perplexing mystery of why so many trephined skulls from the Neolithic period have been uncovered all over the world representing attempts at primitive cranial surgery is discussed. More than 1500 trephined skulls have been uncovered throughout the world, from Europe and Scandinavia to North America, from Russia and China to South America (particularly in Peru). Most reported series show tha...