Sea level and shoreline reconstructions for the Red Sea: isostatic and tectonic considerations and implications for hominin migration out of Africa

K Lambeck, A Purcell, NC Flemming… - Quaternary Science …, 2011 - Elsevier
The history of sea level within the Red Sea basin im**es on several areas of research. For
archaeology and prehistory, past sea levels of the southern sector define possible pathways …

The chronology of the human colonization of the Canary Islands

J Santana, M Del Pino, J Morales, R Fregel… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The human colonization of the Canary Islands represents the sole known expansion of
Berber communities into the Atlantic Ocean and is an example of marine dispersal carried …

Crossing the maelstrom: new departures in Viking archaeology

J Lund, SM Sindbæk - Journal of archaeological research, 2022 - Springer
This paper reviews the achievements and challenges of archaeological research on Viking
Age northern Europe and explores potential avenues for future research. We identify the …

Modeling the role of voyaging in the coastal spread of the Early Neolithic in the West Mediterranean

N Isern, J Zilhão, J Fort, AJ Ammerman - Proceedings of the National …, 2017 - pnas.org
The earliest dates for the West Mediterranean Neolithic indicate that it expanded across
2,500 km in about 300 y. Such a fast spread is held to be mainly due to a demic process …

Ancient biological invasions and island ecosystems: tracking translocations of wild plants and animals

CA Hofman, TC Rick - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2018 - Springer
Biological invasions are one of the great threats to Earth's ecosystems and biodiversity in the
Anthropocene. However, species introductions and invasions extend deep into the human …

Pleistocene Water Crossings and Adaptive Flexibility Within the Homo Genus

D Gaffney - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2021 - Springer
Pleistocene water crossings, long thought to be an innovation of Homo sapiens, may extend
beyond our species to encompass Middle and Early Pleistocene Homo. However, it remains …

Archeology, deep history, and the human transformation of island ecosystems

TC Rick, PV Kirch, JM Erlandson, SM Fitzpatrick - Anthropocene, 2013 - Elsevier
Island ecosystems and peoples face uncertain futures in the wake of predicted climate
change, sea level rise, and habitat alteration in the decades and centuries to come …

Aquaculture in the ancient world: Ecosystem engineering, domesticated landscapes, and the first Blue Revolution

AJ Rogers - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2024 - Springer
Aquaculture is the world's fastest growing food sector and accounts for more than 50% of the
world's fish food supply. The significant growth in global aquaculture since the middle of the …

Modeling distance with time in ancient Mediterranean seafaring: a GIS application for the interpretation of maritime connectivity

J Leidwanger - Journal of archaeological science, 2013 - Elsevier
Investigations of Mediterranean connectivity have increasingly turned toward maritime
landscape models to frame questions of seaborne exploration, marine resource exploitation …

Ancient DNA reveals the chronology of walrus ivory trade from Norse Greenland

B Star, JH Barrett, AT Gondek… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The importance of the Atlantic walrus ivory trade for the colonization, peak, and collapse of
the medieval Norse colonies on Greenland has been extensively debated. Nevertheless, no …