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...

Each pottery specimen analyzed was selected on the basis of its potential to reveal information about taxonomic relationships, in addition to providing samples for chemical and mineral analyses. Preference was given to larger sherds with distinct temper and surface treatment characteristics. Table A.1 describes the provenience of the 70 samples. Table A.2 includes the paste and temper character...

in this research energy efficiency for greenhouse cucumber production in shahreza township located in esfahan province using data envelopment analysis (dea) technique was studied. in this study, data were obtained from 25 randomize active vegetable greenhouses from 60 greenhouses in shahreza township and villages environs. the results showed that the highest and lowest consumed energy were rela...

mehran plain is located in the cultural region of south west iran. studying the geographic location of this region in relation to the formation of early states is important. the cultural materials of chogha ahowan in mehran plain would explain the process of urbanization and cultural interactions of this region with its neighbors. according to the surveys conducted to collect necessary pottery ...

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)...

china is one of the oldest and most important countries in the world that has had an important role in the process of pottery production. especially chinese potters have had an inimitable skill in production of porcelain wares. although impress of chinese pottery on iran returns to the early periods after islam but during timurid and safavid periods this impress is more greater especially in ma...

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...

The origin of pottery is among the most important questions inOldWorld archaeology. The author undertakes a critical review of radiocarbon dates associated with the earliest pottery-making and eliminates a number of them where the material or its context are unreliable. Using those that survive this process of ‘chronometric hygiene’, he proposes that food-containers made of burnt clay originate...