Abstract The beginning of the Neolithic in Adriatic region dates back to approximately 6000 cal BC, and appearance Impressed Ware pottery marks its generic development. By combining lithic, economic, paleoenvironmental data, we propose a new arrhythmic model for chronology Neolithisation Adriatic. On one hand, available data suggest that south-central part basin (Dalmatia Apulia) transition far...

Historical and recent challenges to the practice of comparative forensic examination have created a driving force for the formation of objective methods for toolmark identification. In this study, fifty sequentially manufactured chisels were used to create impression toolmarks in lead (500 toolmarks total). An algorithm previously used to statistically separate known matching and nonmatching st...

This study investigated strontium isotopes in the dental enamel of 32 human skeletons from Forte Marechal Luz sambaqui (shellmound), Santa Catarina, Brazil, aiming at identifying local and non-local individuals. The archeological site presents pot sherds in the uppermost archeological layers. Dental enamel was also examined from specimens of terrestrial fauna ((87)Sr/(86)Sr = 0.71046 to 0.71273...

Dietary hardness and abrasiveness are inferred from human dental microwear at Ohalo II, a late Upper Palaeolithic site (22,500-23,500 cal BP) in the southern Levant. Casts of molar grinding facets from two human skeletons were examined with a scanning electron microscope. The size and frequency of microwear was measured, counted, and compared to four prehistoric human groups from successive chr...

Exposure to high lead concentrations produces severe alterations in central nervous system development and, consequently, in the behavior of both experimental animals and children (l-5). However, in asymptomatic children exposed to lead intoxication the resulting intellectual and behavioral abnormalities may be expressed in different waysi.e., as hyperactivity (S), fine motor incoordination (7)...

the present article investigates the administrative structure of the pottery mound from an administrative management point of view. data obtained from excavation of the pottery mound has generated an extensive archeological databank relating to the beginning of the historical era with a focus on the emergence of management and administrative systems in the central iranian plateau. in the proto-...

This paper describes some statistical analyses of a particular archaeological material (pottery) originating at some sites in the city of Tours. An important part of the archaeological study of pottery is the comparison of ceramic assemblages to establish the absolute dates of contexts. In this paper, a statistical model is built to assess this comparison. The statistical procedure uses classic...