Ochre is the common archaeological term for prehistoric pigments. It is applied to a range of uses, from ritual burials to cave art to medications. While a substantial number of Palaeolithic paint mining pits have been identified across Europe, the link between ochre use and provenance, and their antiquity, has never yet been identified. Here we characterise the mineralogical signature of core-...

THE CRADLE of the history of medicine in the Old World is to be found in Ancient Egypt and Nubia. Abundant data is available from medical papyri, mummies, osseous remains, literature and art and extends from prehistoric to Graeco-Roman times. The range of pathological processes afflicting the Ancient Egyptians and Nubians has been extended with the description of more material. However, most ex...

Citation: Moreira PA, Aguirre-Dugua X, Mariac C, Zekraoui L, Couderc M, Rodrigues DP, Casas A, Clement CR and Vigouroux Y (2017) Diversity of Treegourd (Crescentia cujete) Suggests Introduction and Prehistoric Dispersal Routes into Amazonia. Front. Ecol. Evol. 5:150. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2017.00150 Diversity of Treegourd (Crescentia cujete) Suggests Introduction and Prehistoric Dispersal Routes in...

By terms-allowed-in-types capacity, the Logic of Proofs LP includes formulas of the form t : φ(t), which have self-referential meanings. In this paper, “prehistoric phenomena” in a Gentzen-style formulation of modal logic S4 are defined. A special phenomenon, i.e., “left prehistoric loop”, is then shown to be necessary for self-referentiality in S4-LP realization.

In this work, several red-colored paintings of post-Paleolithic schematic style found in 10 different shelters in the vicinity of the Vero River (Huesca) were sampled and subjected to analysis by means of scanning electron microscopy-energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry (SEM-EDX), Raman spectroscopy, and laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS). The goal of this re...

There is a wealth of archaeological evidence, from bones excavated in prehistoric middens, piles of fruit stones and sea shells, that give us concrete indications of food consumed at various prehistoric sites around Europe. Added to this information we have pollen analysis from settlement sites and charred plant macrofossils. Wetland archaeology informs us in much more detail not just which foo...