Sacred Landscapes and Changing Sea Levels: New Interdisciplinary Data from the Early Neolithic to the Present in South-Eastern Sicily

2017 ◽  
pp. 233-253
Author(s):  
Giovanni Scicchitano ◽  
Elena Flavia Castagnino Berlinghieri ◽  
Fabrizio Antonioli ◽  
Cecilia Rita Spampinato ◽  
Carmelo Monaco
Keyword(s):  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Sea Levels ◽  
Sacred Landscapes ◽  
South Eastern

scholarly journals Pigs and humans in Early Neolithic South-eastern Europe

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 38-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna De Groene ◽  
Petar Zidarov ◽  
Nedko Elenski ◽  
Youri Van den Hurk ◽  
Thijs Van Kolfschoten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Wild Boar ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Dietary Analysis ◽  
Domestic Pigs ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Neolithic Site ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
Pig Management

The Bulgarian site Džuljunica-Smărdeš, dating to 6205-5529 cal. BC, is one of the oldest Neolithic sites in Europe. Both domestic cattle and caprines are present in the zooarchaeological assemblage, but Sus, in contrast, is extremely rare. It is not known if the earliest Neolithic people in Europe did rear domestic pigs, practised some form of pig management, or only hunted wild boar. This research investigates the human pig relationships, using biometry, kill-off patterns and isotopic dietary analysis. With this integrated methodological approach, it might be possible to characterize human-suid relationships in this pivotal Early Neolithic site with greater accuracy. Understanding this relationship at this site contributes to the broader debate on how Neolithisation and domesticates spread through Europe, and which bio-cultural mechanisms were responsible for differential patterns of animal exploitation.

scholarly journals Wczesnoneolityczne figurki antropomorficzne na przykładzie nowego znaleziska z Lipnicy w województwie wielkopolskim

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 65-79
Author(s):  
Andrzej Krzyszowski
Keyword(s):  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Central European ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Lower Silesia

A fragment of clay figurine was found in a Band Pottery Culture pit at Lipnica near Szamotuły during rescue excavations o f the Y amai gas pipe ( 1996). It was probably painted and ornamented by vertically incised lines. Its compositional and formal attributes make us believe that this is a fragment of anthropomorphic, freestanding and realistically represented figurine without steatopygic features. It was either an early Neolithic idol or toy. The figurine shows similarities to alike artifacts from Central European oecumene of the Band Pottery culture (in particular in the Lower Silesia and Germany), which are characterized by their slenderness and incised ornamentation. Additionally, the painting decoration is indicative of influences from south-eastern centers of the LBK (Ukraine and Moravia).

Sacred landscapes of the south-eastern USA: prehistoric rock and cave art in Tennessee

Antiquity ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 87 (336) ◽  
pp. 430-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan F. Simek ◽  
Alan Cressler ◽  
Nicholas P. Herrmann ◽  
Sarah C. Sherwood
Keyword(s):  
Rock Art ◽  
The South ◽  
Sacred Landscapes ◽  
Down Low ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Usa ◽  
Systematic Field ◽  
Cave Art

Systematic field exploration in Tennessee has located a wealth of new rock art—some deep in caves, some in the open air. The authors show that these have a different repertoire and use of colour, and a different distribution in the landscape—the open sites up high and the caves down low. The landscape has been reorganised on cosmological terms by the pre-Columbian societies. This research offers an exemplary rationale for reading rock art beyond the image and the site.

scholarly journals Pigs and humans in Early Neolithic South-eastern Europe

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 38-51
Author(s):  
Donna De Groene ◽  
Petar Zidarov ◽  
Nedko Elenski ◽  
Youri Van den Hurk ◽  
Thijs Van Kolfschoten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Wild Boar ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Dietary Analysis ◽  
Domestic Pigs ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Neolithic Site ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
Pig Management

The Bulgarian site Džuljunica-Smărdeš, dating to 6205-5529 cal. BC, is one of the oldest Neolithic sites in Europe. Both domestic cattle and caprines are present in the zooarchaeological assemblage, but Sus, in contrast, is extremely rare. It is not known if the earliest Neolithic people in Europe did rear domestic pigs, practised some form of pig management, or only hunted wild boar. This research investigates the human pig relationships, using biometry, kill-off patterns and isotopic dietary analysis. With this integrated methodological approach, it might be possible to characterize human-suid relationships in this pivotal Early Neolithic site with greater accuracy. Understanding this relationship at this site contributes to the broader debate on how Neolithisation and domesticates spread through Europe, and which bio-cultural mechanisms were responsible for differential patterns of animal exploitation.

Geographic variation in advertisement calls of Crinia signifera (Anura:Myobatrachidae) in the Bass Strait area of south-eastern Australia

2005 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 221 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Littlejohn
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Variation ◽  
Dominant Frequency ◽  
Demographic Structure ◽  
Advertisement Calls ◽  
Call Duration ◽  
Sea Levels ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
South Central ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Pattern Of Variation

The structure of recorded advertisement calls of a total of 176 males of Crinia signifera from eight localities on the south-eastern Australian mainland and Tasmania was investigated. On the basis of number of pulses per call (samples from all localities) and call duration adjusted to 13.0°C (samples from six localities), two geographic groups are recognised: (1) south-central Victoria, and (2) the extreme south-eastern mainland and Tasmania. This pattern of variation is postulated to reflect expansion of a differentiated Tasmanian stock on to the extreme south-eastern Australian mainland along the eastern sill of the Bassian Isthmus during the lower sea levels of the Late Pleistocene. Geographic variation in pulse rate (derived from number of pulses and call duration) was also considered because of its use in previous studies. The variation in dominant frequency in samples from five localities, adjusted for snout–vent length, does not conform to that for number of pulses and call duration, and is attributed to differences in demographic structure and recruitment.

Surse de sare și procesul de neolitizare din SE Transilvaniei

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 303-319
Author(s):  
Gheorghe Lazarovici ◽  
◽  
Cornelia Magda Lazarovici ◽  
Silviu Gridan ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salt Water ◽  
Ceramic Materials ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Neolithic Site ◽  
Communication Paths

Archaeological investigations at Rupea in the summer of 2018 showed that in the vicinity of each spring of salt water, from about 50 m to 1,7 km there is an early Neolithic site, belonging to Starčevo – Criş. Analyzing the ceramic materials from a complex and those discovered on the area of the site we found that they belong to the Starčevo-Criş III phase. Chronological and cultural links suggest that these communities are related to the discoveries of Cristian III in the same cultural phase. Based on ethno-archeological research on salt sources, but also in the sheepfolds, their placement against salt springs and salted lands, archaeologists have established direct links between salt sources and neolithisation processes in the Rupea area. Rupea is at the center of communication paths between Moldova, south-eastern Transylvania and western Transylvania in the middle basin of Mureş and the center of Transylvania (the upper part of Mureş's middle basin).

scholarly journals Genomic and dietary transitions during the Mesolithic and Early Neolithic in Sicily

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marieke S. van de Loosdrecht ◽  
Marcello A. Mannino ◽  
Sahra Talamo ◽  
Vanessa Villalba-Mouco ◽  
Cosimo Posth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central Position ◽  
Neolithic Period ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
Early Farmers ◽  
Late Mesolithic

AbstractSouthern Italy is a key region for understanding the agricultural transition in the Mediterranean due to its central position. We present a genomic transect for 19 prehistoric Sicilians that covers the Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic period. We find that the Early Mesolithic hunter-gatherers (HGs) are a highly drifted sister lineage to Early Holocene western European HGs, whereas a quarter of the Late Mesolithic HGs ancestry is related to HGs from eastern Europe and the Near East. This indicates substantial gene flow from (south-)eastern Europe between the Early and Late Mesolithic. The Early Neolithic farmers are genetically most similar to those from the Balkan and Greece, and carry only a maximum of ∼7% ancestry from Sicilian Mesolithic HGs. Ancestry changes match changes in dietary profile and material culture, except for two individuals who may provide tentative initial evidence that HGs adopted elements of farming in Sicily.One-sentence summaryGenome-wide and isotopic data from prehistoric Sicilians reveal a pre-farming connection to (south-) eastern Europe, and tentative initial evidence that hunter-gatherers adopted some Neolithic aspects prior to near-total replacement by early farmers.

scholarly journals Beginnings of the Neolithic in Southeast Europe: the Early Neolithic sequence and absolute dates from Džuljunica-Smărdeš (Bulgaria)

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 51-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raiko Krauß ◽  
Nedko Elenski ◽  
Bernhard Weninger ◽  
Lee Clare ◽  
Canan Çakırlar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Southeast Europe ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
Balkan Region ◽  
Climate Fluctuation ◽  
Insight Into

 Investigations of a balk in the centre of the prehistoric settlement of Džuljunica-Smărdeš  comprised a sequence of archaeological deposits from the very onset of Neolithisation in South-eastern Europe throughout the end of the Early Neolithic. The arrival of Neolithic lifeways in the region coincides with the end of a period for which palaeoclimate proxies attest to considerable climate fluctuation. In connection with these investigations, the zoological finds were examined, which provide insight into the economy of this key settlement for the entire Balkan region.

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