The farming-inequality nexus: new insights from ancient Western Eurasia

A Bogaard, M Fochesato, S Bowles - Antiquity, 2019 - cambridge.org
This article advances the hypothesis that the transformation of farming from a labour-limited
form to a land-limited form facilitated the emergence of substantial and sustained wealth …

In search of the 'great horse': A zooarchaeological assessment of horses from England (AD 300–1650)

C Ameen, H Benkert, T Fraser, R Gordon… - international Journal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Popular culture presents a deep‐rooted perception of medieval warhorses as massive and
powerful mounts, but medieval textual and iconographic evidence remains highly debated …

Unravelling the resilience of the KGK VI population from the Gumelnița site (Romania) through stable isotopes

A García-Vázquez, A Bălășescu, G Vasile, M Golea… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The Gumelnița site belongs to the Kodjadermen-Gumelnița-Karanovo VI (KGK VI)
communities (c. 4700–3900 cal BC) and comprises the tell-type settlement and its …

Review on vegetation, landscape and climate changes in the Carpathian Basin during the Neolithic and Chalcolithic period

EK Magyari, P Raczky, M Merkl, I Pálfi… - Vegetation History and …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Neolithic and Copper Age (CA) of Hungary (6000–2800 cal bc) represents a
meticulous construction of settlement structure, material culture, arable farming and herding …

Refining the methods for identifying draught cattle in the archaeological record: Lessons from the semi-feral herd at Chillingham Park

R Thomas, L Bellis, R Gordon, M Holmes… - 2021 - figshare.le.ac.uk
ObjectiveThis study--> provides a baseline of pathological and sub-pathological changes in
the lower-limb bones of a semi-feral herd of domestic cattle. The purpose is to refine an …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying draught cattle in the past: Lessons from large-scale analysis of archaeological datasets

M Holmes, R Thomas, H Hamerow - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Improve understanding of the links between biological variables (sex, body size
and anatomical position) and adaptive remodelling of autopodia, and the identification of …

Qué sucedió en la Edad del Cobre

P Díaz-del-Río - BSAA arqueología, 2023 - revistas.uva.es
Este texto desarrolla una interpretación histórica de lo que sucedió en la Edad del Cobre en
la Península Ibérica. Lo que aconteció durante esta edad de oro solo pudo ser posible …

Early Balkan metallurgy: Origins, evolution and society, 6200–3700 BC

M Radivojević, BW Roberts - Journal of World Prehistory, 2021 - Springer
This paper analyses and re-evaluates current explanations and interpretations of the origins,
development and societal context of metallurgy in the Balkans (c. 6200–3700 BC). The early …

[HTML][HTML] Traction in Neolithic Çatalhöyük? Palaeopathological analysis of cattle and aurochs remains from the East and West Mounds

S Kamjan, P Erdil, E Hummel, Ç Çilingiroğlu… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cattle traction was a technological innovation that made a significant impact on production,
individual and household wealth, and social organisation. Despite ongoing debates …

[HTML][HTML] Zooarchaeological evidence for livestock management in (earlier) Neolithic Europe: Outstanding questions and some limitations of current approaches

P Halstead - Quaternary International, 2024 - Elsevier
With the increasingly routine recovery of faunal remains from archaeological excavations
and zooarchaeological analysis of such assemblages by macroscopic and, more recently …