Applying Zooarchaeological Methods to Interpret Mortuary Behaviour and Taphonomy in Commingled Burials: The Case Study of the Late Neolithic Site of Bolores, Portugal

This article analyses ground stone discoveries from the late neolithic site of Pericei located in north-west of Romania, in Șimleu Depression. Combined characteristics of chisels and adzes in working process are discussed along with their context, especially those connected to stone working: the layer, dwellings and pebble agglomerations. We conclude that Pericei was a production center for stone chisels, appeared to supply the demand that until then was satisfied by Suplac/Porț site that continued to produce ground stone tools for a longer period.

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Through the Gloomy Vale: Underworld Alignments at Stonehenge

10.46472/cc.01221.0203 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 21 (1 and 2) ◽

pp. 11-30

Author(s):

Lionel Sims ◽

David Fisher

Keyword(s):

Bronze Age ◽

Mirror Image ◽

Landscape Model ◽

Late Neolithic ◽

The World ◽

The Dead

Three recent independently developed models suggest that some Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments exhibit dual design properties in monument complexes by pairing obverse structures. Parker Pearson’s1 materiality model proposes that monuments of wood are paired with monuments of stone, these material metaphors respectively signifying places of rituals for the living with rituals for the dead. Higginbottom’s2 landscape model suggests that many western Scottish megalithic structures are paired in mirror-image landscape locations in which the horizon distance, direction and height of one site is the topographical reverse of the paired site – all in the service of ritually experiencing the liminal boundaries to the world. Sims’3 diacritical model suggests that materials, landscapes and lunar-solar alignments are diacritically combined to facilitate cyclical ritual processions between paired monuments through a simulated underworld. All three models combine in varying degrees archaeology and archaeoastronomy and our paper tests them through the case study of the late Neolithic/EBA Stonehenge Palisade in the Stonehenge monument complex.

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Fishing with lure hooks at the Late Neolithic site of Vinča – Belo Brdo, Serbia

Journal of Archaeological Science ◽

10.1016/j.jas.2015.11.005 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 65 ◽

pp. 134-147 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

E. Cristiani ◽

V. Dimitrijević ◽

S. Vitezović

Keyword(s):

Late Neolithic ◽

Neolithic Site

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Feeding Stonehenge: cuisine and consumption at the Late Neolithic site of Durrington Walls

Antiquity ◽

10.15184/aqy.2015.110 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 89 (347) ◽

pp. 1096-1109 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

Oliver E. Craig ◽

Lisa-Marie Shillito ◽

Umberto Albarella ◽

Sarah Viner-Daniels ◽

Ben Chan ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Late Neolithic ◽

Neolithic Site ◽

Image Position

Abstract

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Bone Industry from the Late Neolithic Site Hotnisa–Orlovka

Epohi ◽

10.54664/hrup7308 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Hristina Markova ◽

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Keyword(s):

Bos Taurus ◽

Raw Material ◽

Long Bones ◽

Late Neolithic ◽

Domesticated Animals ◽

The Balkans ◽

Neolithic Site

The worked bones from the Late Neolithic site Hotnitsa–Orlovka provide information about production and use of bone objects from Central North Bulgaria in this period. The domesticated animals are the main source of the bone industry (mainly large ungulates like Bos taurus and smaller mammals like ovis/capra). The ancient inhabitants of Hotnitsa–Orlovka prefered the longitudinally split long bones (mainly metapodium) and flat bones (ribs). The finishing of the bone objects is produced by abrision with sandstones. It is observed that some of the types have productive standardization which was planned specifically so that the use of unnecessary labor and the throwing away of raw material are avoided. This in turn leads to the thought of specialized bone industry. Despite the lack on stratigraphy posiotion of the artefacts, paralels can be drawn between the general characteristics of the findings from Hotnitsa– Orlovka and a number of other Late Neolithic sites from the Balkans.

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Quantitative approximation to large-seeded wild fruit use in a late Neolithic lake dwelling: New results from the case study of layer 13 of Parkhaus Opéra in Zürich (Central Switzerland)

Quaternary International ◽

10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.003 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 404 ◽

pp. 56-68 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Ferran Antolín ◽

Niels Bleicher ◽

Christoph Brombacher ◽

Marlu Kühn ◽

Bigna L. Steiner ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Late Neolithic ◽

Wild Fruit ◽

Central Switzerland

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Exploring the Wetland: Integrating the Fish and Plant Remains into a Case Study from Tianluoshan, a Middle Neolithic Site in China

Environmental Archaeology - Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-75082-8_10 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 199-227 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ying Zhang

Keyword(s):

Neolithic Site ◽

Plant Remains

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The Neolithic Site of Serra Cicora: Results of the AMS Radiocarbon Dating

Radiocarbon ◽

10.1017/s0033822200019706 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 47 (2) ◽

pp. 207-210 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

G Quarta ◽

M D'Elia ◽

E Ingravallo ◽

I Tiberi ◽

L Calcagnile

Keyword(s):

Mass Spectrometry ◽

Radiocarbon Dating ◽

Southern Italy ◽

Early Neolithic ◽

Human Occupation ◽

Late Neolithic ◽

Ams Radiocarbon Dating ◽

Neolithic Site ◽

New Information ◽

Definition Of

Bone and charcoal samples from the Neolithic site of Serra Cicora in the Salento Peninsula (southern Italy) have been dated by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). Measurements appear to support other archaeological evidence and have shown that 2 distinct phases of human occupation of the site can be identified: the first occupation in the Early Neolithic and a second occupation in the Middle-Late Neolithic. The results provide new information and are a fundamental contribution to the definition of the absolute chronology of the Middle-Late Neolithic in this part of Europe.

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