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Clermont, Norman, and Philip E. L. Smith. "Prehistoric, prehistory, prehistorian … who invented the terms?" Antiquity 64, no. 242 (March 1990): 97–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00077322.

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Who first used a word for the idea of ‘prehistory’? Chippindale, in a paper published last year, tried to clear up this old confusion once and for all. He failed. Here are more answers to the question — a matter of real historical importance since the invention of a prehistoric past was so central to the 19th-century development of archaeology.
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Hakonen, Aki. "Communities Beyond Society: Divergence of Local Prehistories on the Bothnian Arc, Northern Europe." Open Archaeology 7, no. 1 (January 1, 2021): 211–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opar-2020-0132.

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Abstract This article presents a comparison of material records of two nearby regions on the coast of the Bothnian Bay. The timeframe is 5300–2000 BCE. The focus is on regional differences, which indicate a schizmogenesis of communal identities. The study calls for a reorientation of research concerning Fennoscandian prehistory. More attention should be paid to localized prehistories. It is argued that when prehistoric society is used as a fundamental group category, especially in the context of forager communities, the modern concept of state society distorts the underlying framework. Focusing on the regional level by constructing local prehistoric narratives limits the anachronistic effect and allows the proliferation of local communal identities. Such local prehistories, when collated and compared, offer a pathway to understanding prehistoric stateless societies, which are misrepresented by simplistic material cultural zones and the inherent homogeny ingrained within the concept of society. In this paper, the analysis is focused on practices representing local traditions. Two divergent themes that arise from the local prehistoric narratives are the Late Mesolithic use of local stone materials and regional changes in Neolithic dwelling forms.
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Coye, Noël, and Arnaud Hurel. "Émile Cartailhac (1845–1921): une préhistoire en constante reconstruction." ORGANON 55 (December 12, 2023): 25–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/00786500.org.23.002.18779.

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Émile Cartailhac (1845–1921): A Prehistory in Constant Reconstruction At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, French prehistory underwent a conceptual and methodological overhaul in line with the movement affecting the human sciences at the time. This change was brought about by a new generation of prehistorians, but some of the earliest, including Émile Cartailhac, were also at the forefront of the movement. The Toulouse prehistorian was not a systemic thinker, but conducted research into, and dissemination and promotion of prehistory at both the national and international level. He played an active role in the main debates renovating prehistory and proposed a series of compromises that reconfigured prehistoric practice by the renovation of methods and the opening up of new areas of investigation.
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Pelayo, Francisco. "Origins and circulation of prehistoric collections in Madrid museums." Aulas Museos y Colecciones de Ciencias Naturales 7-2020 (2020): 77–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.29077/aula/7/06_pelayo.

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The National Museum of Natural Sciences was the first scientific institution in Madrid that guarded a collection of prehistoric objects. The donation was sent in 1847 by a Spanish diplomat appointed in Copenhagen. Twenty years later this collection would be transferred to the National Archaeological Museum, created in 1867. This was the beginning of the circulation of prehistoric collections among the museums of Madrid. The purchase by the State of private collections of prehistoric objects, collected by amateurs, increased the specimens of the two great national museums, that of Natural Sciences and that of Archeology. These two state museums exchanged collections, passing the copies of anthropology, paleontology and geology to the Natural Sciences Museum, and the stone tools to the Archeology Museum. The transfer of collections between museums was extended after the creation of the Anthropology Museum in 1910 and the Prehistoric Museum of the Madrid City Council in 1929. After the Civil War, the prehistory collections of the Anthropology Museum were transferred to the Archaeological Museum. El Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales fue la primera institución científica de Madrid que custodió una colección de objetos prehistóricos. La donación fue enviada en 1847 por un diplomático español destinado en Copenhague. Veinte años después esta colección se transfirió al Museo Arqueológico Nacional, creado en 1867. Este fue el comienzo de la circulación de colecciones de prehistoria entre los museos de Madrid. La compra por el Estado de colecciones privadas de objetos prehistóricos, recogidas por aficionados, incrementaron los fondos de los dos grandes museos nacionales, el de Ciencias Naturales y el de Arqueología. Estos dos museos estatales intercambiaron colecciones, pasando al de Ciencias Naturales los ejemplares de antropología, paleontología y geología, y al Arqueológico los instrumentos líticos. La transferencia de colecciones entre museos se extendió tras la creación del Museo de Antropología en 1910 y del Museo Prehistórico del Ayuntamiento de Madrid en 1929. Tras la Guerra Civil, los fondos de prehistoria del Museo de Antropología se traspasaron al Museo Arqueológico.
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Venegas Ramos, Alberto. "El consumo de la Prehistoria a través del videojuego, representaciones, tipologías y causas = The Prehistory through the Videogames: Representations, Tipologies and Causes." Espacio Tiempo y Forma. Serie I, Prehistoria y Arqueología, no. 10 (December 4, 2017): 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/etfi.10.2017.19174.

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Las representaciones de la Prehistoria en la cultura popular siempre han sido parciales, deformadas por los propios creadores para fijar una “marca prehistórica” que fuera fácilmente reconocible para los consumidores. En este trabajo intentaremos trazar un recorrido por la historia de las representaciones del videojuego ambientados en la Prehistoria para establecer una tipología y una serie de rasgos generales. Como conclusión ligaremos esta tipología, las diferentes representaciones y rasgos generales con las nociones de consumo, el pasado y el uso de la Historia en la cultura popular expresadas en los trabajos de Barthes Samuel (2012), David Lowenthal (2015) y Jerome de Groot (2016).The representation of the Prehistory in popular culture have been always partial, deformed by the creators of contents to create a “prehistoric brand” that be easily recognoscible for the consumer. In this paper we will try to trace a history of the prehistoric representations in the video games and stablish a typology for the different manifestations. In the last place, we will question himself the reasons for this representations in relation with the works of Barthes Samuel (2012), David Lowenthal (2015) and Jerome de Groot (2016) and their notions of the relation between the consuming, the past and the use of History in the popular culture.
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Chapman, Robert. "The Prehistoric Society, Prehistory and Society." Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 51, no. 1 (December 1985): 15–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0079497x00007003.

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Towards the beginning of her novel Excellent Women Barbara Pym recounts a telephone conversation of more than passing relevance to our meeting today.I dialled the number fearfully and heard it ring. ‘Hello, hello, who is that?’ a querulous elderly woman's voice answered. I was completely taken aback, but before I could speak the voice went on, ‘If it's Miss Jessop I can only hope you are ringing up to apologize’. I stammered out an explanation. I was not Miss Jessop. Was Mr Everard Bone there? ‘My son is at a meeting of the Prehistoric Society’, said the voice. ‘Oh, I see. I'm so sorry to have bothered you’, I said. ‘People are always bothering me — I never wanted to have the telephone put in at all’.After a further apology I hung up the receiver shaken and mystified but at the same time relieved. Everard Bone was at a meeting of the Prehistoric Society. It sounded like a joke. (1952, 29–30)Mr President, Ladies and Gentlemen, if this is a typical reaction to the Prehistoric Society, then on 23 February we become a fifty-year-old joke! If we allow for the history of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia, then we reach well and truly back into the days of the Music Hall joke.
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Tipping, Richard, Richard Bradley, Jeff Sanders, Robert McCulloch, and Robert Wilson. "Moments of crisis: climate change in Scottish prehistory." Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 142 (November 30, 2013): 9–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.9750/psas.142.9.25.

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There is strong evidence for many key turning points in Scottish and north-west European prehistory – what we call moments of 'crisis' – to be associated with evidence for widespread and abrupt natural changes in climate. Association or coincidence are not cause, though, and the testing of specific hypotheses to establish this relation is needed. The timing of these moments of abrupt climatic change in Scottish prehistory is proposed in a review of the many new data-sets of prehistoric climate change affecting the North Atlantic region. The case is made that Scotland in prehistory, because of its location in the North Atlantic region, should become a testing-ground of the relation between prehistoric society and climate change, to move debate beyond merely coincidence matching.
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CHARLES, D. K. "Japanese Prehistory: Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers In Japan." Science 235, no. 4791 (February 20, 1987): 916b—917b. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.235.4791.916b.

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Wood, Jacqui. "Food and drink in European prehistory." European Journal of Archaeology 3, no. 1 (2000): 89–111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/eja.2000.3.1.89.

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There is a wealth of archaeological evidence, from bones excavated in prehistoric middens, piles of fruit stones and sea shells, that give us concrete indications of food consumed at various prehistoric sites around Europe. In addition to this information, we have pollen analysis from settlement sites and charred plant macrofossils. Wetland archaeology informs us in much more detail about not only the types of foods that were being eaten in prehistory but also, in some cases, their cooking techniques. This paper will explore whether or not a popular misconception about the daily diet in prehistory has its roots in the analysis of stomach contents of various bog bodies found in Europe.
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Harry, Karen G. "Ceramic Specialization and Agricultural Marginality: Do Ethnographic Models Explain the Development of Specialized Pottery Production in the Prehistoric American Southwest?" American Antiquity 70, no. 2 (April 2005): 295–319. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/40035705.

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Ethnographic data indicate that historically, ceramic specialization is strongly correlated with agricultural and economic marginality. Where such specialization is concentrated geographically, it often is found in areas having agriculturally poor lands (Arnold 1985). Although this association is well established for modern-day and historic peasant communities, the degree to which this pattern extended into prehistory is unknown. In this paper, I evaluate the applicability of the agricultural marginality model to the prehistoric American Southwest by considering evidence from six areas where specialized pottery production is known to have occurred. The data from these areas suggest that, in the prehistoric Southwest, agricultural marginality was not the primary or sole factor leading to the adoption of part-time ceramic specializations. To understand why the ethnographic model does not apply to the prehistoric Southwest, attention must be focused on understanding the differing social and economic contexts within which prehistoric farmers and historic and modern-day peasants operated.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Prehistoric"

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Smith, Geoffrey M. "Pre-Archaic technological organization, mobility, and settlement systems : a view from the Parman Localities, Humboldt County, Nevada /." abstract and full text PDF (free order & download UNR users only), 2006. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1436213.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2006.
"August, 2006." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 257-268). Library also has microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [2006]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. Online version available on the World Wide Web.
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Koutrafouri, Vasiliki G. "Ritual in prehistory : definition and identification : religious insights in early prehistoric Cyprus." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/3288.

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Prehistoric archaeology has had major difficulties in identifying ritual practices. The history of archaeological approaches ranges from a total repudiation of the capability of the discipline to recognise and analyse ritual activities in the past, to absolute acceptance of all identified prehistoric patterns as ritual. Even within a postmodern apprehension of the world, where deconstruction of all established perceptions seems to have reached an end point, prehistoric archaeology has never successfully constructed a notion of ritual in prehistory. Acknowledging that ritual definition and identification is a problem of the modern western archaeologist, this thesis identifies the root of the problem in methods of thinking deeply rooted in western civilization, in our cultural schemata, and in approaches to archaeology that only superficially observe the problem rather than confront and resolve it. In seeking a resolution, this work proposes a structural dismantling of the problem and its recomposition from its basics. The thesis proposes a middle-range theory based on structuralism and pragmatics and a method of meticulous contextual and relational analysis for the identification and interpretation of ritual practices in prehistory. As a starting point, death is identified as the quintessential category for the exploration of a mytho-logic system and its subsequent definition. The treatment of the dead is recognised as the ideal starting point for an examination of the archaeological record in quest for ritual. Ritual structural elements identified in the context of burial are used subsequently for the identification of non-death ritual practices. The identification of religious practices in Early Prehistoric Cyprus reveals a vibrant ritualpracticing culture contrary to previous commonly accepted observations. Structured depositions in ritually empowered containers; ritual transport; hoarding; symbolic abandonment; ritual sealing; ritual burning; ritual use of burials for the creation of liminality; construction of highly symbolic structures and subsequent attribution of agency to them, all constitute religious practices attested by this thesis for the Cypriot PPNB and Aceramic Neolithic. This identification of ritual in Early Prehistoric Cyprus enables the exploration of this culture’s mytho-logic. The thesis demonstrates how early Cypriots viewed their world and their position in it. Finally, this research offers new perspectives in recognising past socio-cultural realities through the examination of ritual practices.
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Evans, Irene Helen. "Prehistoric landscapes of Cumbria." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.425138.

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Sophady, Heng. "Archaeo-stratigraphy of Laang Spean prehistoric site (Battambang Province) : a contribution to Cambodian Prehistory." Thesis, Paris, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016MNHN0025.

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Laang Spean est la plus grande grotte préhistorique du nord-ouest du Cambodge, située au sud-ouest de la province de Battambang à environ 330 km de Phnom Penh. Nichée au sommet de la colline calcaire de Phnom Teak Trang, cette grotte a été découverte et fouillée dans les années 1960 par Cécile et Roland Mourer puis reprise en 2009 par la Mission préhistorique franco-cambodgienne (MNHN, Paris et le Ministère de la Culture du Cambodge). Les découvertes obtenues entre 2009 et 2015 constituent le matériel d’étude de cette thèse et ont permis d’enrichir la séquence archéologique connue sur une puissance stratigraphique de 5 mètres de profondeur. Les horizons culturels comprennent des artefacts lithiques (galets et silex), de la poterie, des os d'animaux et des sépultures humaines. Le résultat principal repose sur la mise en évidence de trois couches distinctes d'occupation comprise entre 71000 BP à 3000 BP : Néolithique, Hoabinhien, pré-hoabinhien. Un nouveau cadre chrono-culturel a été obtenu en croisant des méthodes modernes de datation (14C-AMS, OSL, U-Th et fraction minérale). Nous avons pu ainsi discuter de l'occupation Hoabinhienne (derniers chasseurs-cueilleurs du Sud-Est asiatique) et la replacer à la transition pléistocène-holocène. Antérieur au niveau Hoabinhien (11 à 71ka), une autre occupation de chasseurs-cueilleurs a été enregistrée avec des restes de faune et des éclats de silex, qui conduit à nous interroger sur la succession des activités humaines préhistoriques avant l’Holocène dans cette région calcaire du nord- ouest du Cambodge. Les résultats chronologiques et archéo-stratigraphiques nous permettent à présent de mieux comprendre la position du techno-complexe Hoabinhien dans son cadre culturel, environnemental et spatial à des fins de comparaisons futures avec d’autres sites de chasseurs-cueilleurs d’Asie du Sud-Est continentale. Enfin, l’étude du site de Laang Spean met en parallèle deux modèle inédits d’occupation ancienne et d’exploitation du territoire : un campement pour les chasseurs Hoabinhiens et une nécropole pour les gens du Néolithique
Laang Spean is the biggest prehistoric cave situated near the top of the limestone mountain known as Phnom Teak Treang, southwest of Battambang province, northwest of Cambodia, and approximately 330 km from Phnom Penh. The cave was discovered and initially excavated by Cécile and Roland Mourer in the 1960s. Since 2009, the site has been re-excavated by the Franco-Cambodian Prehistoric Mission (MNHN-Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, Cambodia). The abundant archaeological remains collected between 2009 and 2015 represent the database of this Ph.D. and have now been complemented the archaeological occupations on 5 meters of a long sequence. The cultural layers included lithic artefacts (pebbles and flint), pottery, animal bones, and human burials. The new results from seven years of excavation campaigns reveal three main occupation layers ranging from 71 000 BP to 3000 BP: Neolithic, Hoabinhian, and Pre- Hoabinhian levels. A new chronological framework was obtained using modern complementary methods (14C, OSL, U-Th dating and mineral fraction). We were able to discuss the Hoabinhian occupation (last hunter-gatherers of Southeast Asia) and replace the Pleistocene - Holocene transition. Previous Hoabinhian level (11 to 71ka), another hunter-gatherers occupation was registered with animal remains and flint flakes, which lead to question about the succession of prehistoric human activities before the Holocene in this limestone region of Northwestern Cambodia. The chronological and archaeo-stratigraphic results allow us now to better understanding the position of the Hoabinhian techno-complex in its cultural, environmental and spatial framework for the purpose of future comparisons with other hunter-gatherer sites in Mainland Southeast Asia. Finally, the Laang Spean study case shows an association of two kinds of occupation and territory exploitation: a living camp for Hoabinhian hunters and a burial site during the Neolithic period
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Ross, Alistair. "Stereo reconstruction of prehistoric footprints." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.597104.

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The preservation and understanding of our past is fundamental to our development as a society and without the dedicated work of scientists, archaeologists and historians, the clues as to how we have evolved over the millennia would be lost. The work underlying this thesis provides a permanent 3-dimensional record of the hominid trackway discovered at Laetoli, Tanzania in 1978 from the stereo photographs taken during the expedition. Despite great care and attention from the archaeologists, many of the footprints have, since initial excavation, been irreparably damaged and as a result, the photographs and 3-dimensional models produced are all that remain of a vitally important discovery. In order to overcome issues presented by the original stereo photographs, robust reconstruction techniques have been implemented in conjunction with a novel segmentation approach for the extraction of the footprint from the background surface. The accuracy of the resulting models is then assessed by way of photogrammetric plots of the footprints, drawn soon after their discovery. This is achieved via a novel contour matching and evaluation technique. Finally, the results of the application of these algorithms to the entire laetoli footprint dataset are provided for the benefit of future researchers in related fields.
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Williams, Samuel Rees. "Prehistoric landscapes in North Wales." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.425449.

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This thesis evaluates man's physical imprint on the natural landscape of North Wales in the prehistoric period and considers what imprint remains from his activities. Man's imprint can be classed under four main headings, namely, that arising from domestic, ritual, economic and defensive activities. Such diverse activities afford opportunities to consider multiple features together, thereby illuminating coordinated action between regions and emerging tribal groups. The investigations have emphasised the importance of open coastal and estuarine landfalls, from the Neolithic period onwards, and routes leading inland from them, especially along river valleys. Settlements tended to form clusters along them, the research suggesting that the earliest small upland sites were probably of the Beaker period. Late Neolithic and Bronze Age ritual is well attested, but the research also reveals the ritual importance of watersheds and running water in these periods. Constructional skills developed rapidly, even to developing an architectural awareness. A consideration of structures from the Bronze and Iron Ages suggested guidelines for distinguishing between unexcavated, and therefore not otherwise dated, structures from these periods. Some buildings, together with some other factors, strongly suggest the practice of transhumance in North Wales from as early as the Neolithic; while the layout of some settlements, believed to be Iron Age, suggest the development of partible inheritance among families, with the consequent multiple sub-division of land.Research into the siting of hill-forts has revealed observational and defensive networks, both coastal and inland, including along some identifiable tribal boundaries. Some hill-forts are now seen to have been collecting points and storage depots for goods, temporarily held for onward transmission, or for longer periods for redistribution, perhaps for other tribes as well as for local groups. These investigations suggest that the North Wales landscape, excluding the effects of modem industry and mechanized farming, with their attendant land enclosures, had changed little since prehistoric times and the pattern of the ancient landscape can still be discerned.
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Lagana, Louis. "Prehistoric Malta and contemporary art." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2005. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7718.

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Malta, a small island in the middle of the Mediterranean is extremely rich in its Prehistoric archaeological heritage. Local and also foreign artists were and continue to be fascinated and influenced by prehistoric art during the course of their careers. This thesis demonstrates the ways in which contemporary artists interpret Neolithic symbolism, particularly the images of Neolithic Goddesses found in various temples on the islands. The well preserved state of the Maltese Temples and their artefacts, and their beauty, still stimulate the imagination of artists to create works of art that show not only their personal reflections, but also their 'collective' psychic qualities. My methodological approach is to employ Jungian theory and contemporary theories of Primitivism to analyse such these works of art. I explore the reasons why artists are still interested in recreating symbols of the past. My general line of argument in the thesis is that some contemporary artists have a strong desire to recapture what they see as the 'spiritual perception of nature' that seems to be lacking at the present time. Through personal and collective symbols artists can be seen to be creating a new vocabulary which might act as a healing agent to relieve society from its persisting ills. The particular facets of this work and issues arising within practices relating to Malta's Neolithic past are explored through a number of case studies, examining closely the works of some well-known artists (local and foreign), such as Neville Ferry, Eva-Gesine Wegner, Sina Farrugia, Louis, Casha, and Jean Busutil Zalcski.
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Hägg, Karin Niklasson. "Early prehistoric burials in Cyprus /." Jonsered : Åström, 1991. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35588027j.

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Fish, Suzanne K., Paul R. Fish, Charles Miksicek, and John Madsen. "Prehistoric Cultivation in Southern Arizona." University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/554214.

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Gathering of wild agave for food and fiber is widely recognized in ethnographic accounts of Southwestern Indians. Historically documented cultivation is limited to small-scale plantings and has not established agave as a significant aboriginal cultigen. The apparent absence of agave as a cultivated staple among peoples of the Sonoran Desert contrasts with pre-Columbian and historic ubiquity of this crop further south. It is a major cultigen throughout the rest of highland Mexico, including areas in Durango and Zacatecas, often considered within the greater Southwestern cultural sphere. Current archaeological evidence suggests that agave figured more prominently in prehistoric Southwestern agriculture than in that of subsequent groups.
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Coupland, Gary. "Prehistoric cultural change at Kitselas Canyon." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27059.

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This study investigates the prehistoric transition from egalitarian to ranked social structure at Kitselas Canyon, Skeena River, British Columbia. It contributes to archaeological theory by developing and testing a model of the evolution of cultural complexity. A culture historical contribution is also made in the development of a prehistoric local sequence for Kitselas Canyon. The theoretical model argues that cultural change at Kitselas Canyon occurred as a deviation amplifying process. Beginning with an initial condition of environmentally limited access to the critical salmon resource, the cultural response was to impose further access restriction by placing control of the resource in the hands of fewer and fewer individuals. An important stage in this process is the formation of corporate groups, initially organized along egalitarian lines. It is argued that ranked corporate groups emerged from egalitarian corporate groups, not as a response to subsistence-related stress, but rather as a means of consolidating control over the most productive resource locations. This model is tested against archaeological data from Kitselas Canyon. The historic period is described to elucidate the ethnographic model, which represents the comparative base for the study of prehistoric social change. Data from the Paul Mason Site at Kitselas Canyon is presented. Three cultural components at this site are identified through multivariate quantitative analysis. These results are then integrated with the existing sequence from the nearby Gitaus site to establish a five-phase prehistoric cultural sequence for Kitselas Canyon. This constitutes the temporal framework for the investigation of prehistoric social change. Social change is investigated in terms of a series of variables - residential permanency, storage, population aggregation, household variability, and status goods. Much of the investigation focusses on the Paul Mason Phase, dated at ca. 3000 B.P. This phase represents the development of salmon intensification, residential permanency, large-scale storage, and substantial population aggregation. However, there is no evidence of ascribed status differentiation, as seen historically among the Skeena River groups. This pattern is attributable to the formation of egalitarian corporate groups. This study demonstrates the importance of egalitarian corporate groups in the evolution of Northwest Coast society. Identification of such a group at Kitselas Canyon during the Paul Mason Phase supports the proposition that social ranking evolved as a deviation amplifying process with respect to resource access.
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Books on the topic "Prehistoric"

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translator, Imholz Kathleen, ed. Vendbanimi prehistorik i Maliqit: The prehistoric settlement of Maliq. Tiranë: "Botimet M&B", 2018.

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Shipman, Gary. Prehistoric animals. Monterey (Calif.): Evan-Moor, 1991.

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Benton, Michael. Prehistoric life. New York: Shooting Star Press, 1994.

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Arnaiz-Villena, Antonio, Jorge Martínez-Laso, and Eduardo Gómez-Casado, eds. Prehistoric Iberia. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4231-5.

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Heever, Juri Van der. Prehistoric life. London: New Holland, 1994.

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Adams, Richard E. W. Prehistoric Mesoamerica. 3rd ed. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006.

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MacSween, Ann. Prehistoric Scotland. London: Batsford, 1989.

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1963-, Bailey Douglass W., Panaĭotov Ivan 1942-, and Alexandrov Stefan, eds. Prehistoric Bulgaria. Madison, Wis: Prehistory Press, 1995.

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Philip, Steele. Prehistoric animals. London: Heinemann, 1990.

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ill, Persico F. S., ed. Prehistoric animals. Chicago, IL: Kidsbooks, 1991.

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Book chapters on the topic "Prehistoric"

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Gooch, Jan W. "Prehistoric Art." In Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers, 585. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_9392.

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Horvath, Agnes, and Arpad Szakolczai. "Prehistoric trickster." In The Political Sociology and Anthropology of Evil: Tricksterology, 105–18. First Edition. | New York : Routledge, [2019]: Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429458415-7.

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Xia, Nai. "Prehistoric Period." In Ancient Egyptian Beads, 73–81. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54868-0_15.

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Brigham, Diana, Jessica Fell, Constance Simons, Kathy Strunk, and Anthony Yodice. "Prehistoric Connections." In Units of Instruction for gifted learners, 66–69. New York: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003239369-14.

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Talairach, Laurence. "Prehistoric ‘Beasties’." In Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature, 219–72. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72527-3_6.

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Di Simplicio, Oscar, and Martina Di Simplicio. "Prehistoric Women." In An Anatomy of Witchcraft, 23–28. London: Routledge, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003414377-4.

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Martínez-Laso, J., E. Gómez-Casado, P. Varela, M. González-Hevilla, J. Alonso-García, J. Longás, and A. Arnaiz-Villena. "Genetic and Historical Relationships Among Mediterraneans." In Prehistoric Iberia, 3–32. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4231-5_1.

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Flores, C., M. Hernández, A. M. González, and V. M. Cabrera. "Genetic Affinities Among Human Populations Inhabiting the Subsaharan Area, Northwest Africa, and the Iberian Peninsula." In Prehistoric Iberia, 33–50. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4231-5_2.

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Moral, P., M. Kandil, A. Fernandez-Santander, E. Esteban, and N. Valveny. "The History of Iberian and Moroccan Populations: Evidence from Genetic Data (DNA Studies and Classical Polymorphisms)." In Prehistoric Iberia, 51–64. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4231-5_3.

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Sanchez-Mazas, A. "The Berbers of North Africa: Genetic Relationships According to HLA and other Polymorphisms." In Prehistoric Iberia, 65–77. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4231-5_4.

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Conference papers on the topic "Prehistoric"

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Wright, Kenneth R. "Prehistoric Mesa Verde Reservoirs." In Biennial Geotechnical Symposium 2004. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40758(151)1.

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Seglins, Valdis. "EGYPTIAN PREHISTORIC POTTERY SHAPE ANALYSIS." In 16th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM2016. Stef92 Technology, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgem2016/b11/s01.022.

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Robson, Harry, and Kenneth Ritchie. "Prehistoric fishing in Southern Scandinavia." In SUBSISTENCE STRATEGIES IN THE STONE AGE, DIRECT AND INDIRECT EVIDENCE OF FISHING AND GATHERING. Institute for the History of Material Culture Russian Academy of Science, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.31600/978-5-907053-00-7-2018-114-115.

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UOMINI, NATALIE. "PREHISTORIC HANDEDNESS: SOME HARD EVIDENCE." In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference (EVOLANG6). WORLD SCIENTIFIC, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789812774262_0081.

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Wright, Kenneth R., Ruth M. Wright, and Alfredo Valencia Zegarra. "Lost Inca Trail: Prehistoric Civil Engineering." In Fourth National Congress on Civil Engineering History and Heritage. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40654(2003)16.

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Nardi, Varinia, Claudia Sabbini, and Saverio G. Malatesta. "SH.AR.P.P. (SHared ARchaeological Platform for Prehistory): Building an Informative System for Italian Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sites." In ArcheoFOSS 2019. Basel Switzerland: MDPI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2021010007.

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Berihuete Azorín, Marian, Amaia Arranz-Otaegui, and Inés López-Dóriga. "Prehistoric plant underground storage structures in Europe." In SUBSISTENCE STRATEGIES IN THE STONE AGE, DIRECT AND INDIRECT EVIDENCE OF FISHING AND GATHERING. Institute for the History of Material Culture Russian Academy of Science, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.31600/978-5-907053-00-7-2018-198-199.

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Sherrod, Brian L., and Ralph A. Haugerud. "Prehistoric Earthquakes in the Puget Lowland, Washington." In Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems 2006. Environment and Engineering Geophysical Society, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.4133/1.2923653.

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Stanley, Samuel D., Areej J. Salaymeh, Thomas J. Palazzolo, and David M. Warnke. "Analyzing prehistoric hunter behavior with cultural algorithms." In 2014 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC). IEEE, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/cec.2014.6900577.

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Lufkin, John L. "Geology of Colorado and Major Prehistoric Events." In Biennial Geotechnical Seminar 2006. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40890(219)1.

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Reports on the topic "Prehistoric"

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Clague, J. J., E. Naesgaard, and R. W. Mathewes. Geological evidence for prehistoric earthquakes. Natural Resources Canada/ESS/Scientific and Technical Publishing Services, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/210042.

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Horejs, Barbara, and Ulrike Schuh, eds. PREHISTORY & WEST ASIAN/NORTHEAST AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY 2021–2023. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, December 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1553/oeai.pwana2021-2023.

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The long-established research of Prehistory and West Asian/Northeast African archaeology (the former Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology, OREA) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences was transformed into a department of the »new« Austrian Archaeological Institute (OeAI) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in 2021. This merging of several institutes into the new OeAI offers a wide range of new opportunities for basic and interdisciplinary research, which support the traditional research focus as well as the development of new projects in world archaeology. The research areas of the Department of Prehistory and West Asian/Northeast African Archaeology include Quaternary archaeology, Prehistory, Near Eastern archaeology and Egyptology. The groups cover an essential cultural area of prehistoric and early historical developments in Europe, Northeast Africa and West Asia. Prehistory is embedded in the world archaeology concept without geographical borders, including projects beyond this core zone, as well as a scientific and interdisciplinary approach. The focus lies in the time horizon from the Pleistocene about 2.6 million years ago to the transformation of societies into historical epochs in the 1st millennium BC. The chronological expertise of the groups covers the periods Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age and Early Iron Age. The archaeology of West Asia and Northeast Africa is linked to the Mediterranean and Europe, which enables large-scale and chronologically broad basic research on human history. The department consists of the following seven groups: »Quaternary Archaeology«, »Prehistoric Phenomena«, »Prehistoric Identities«, »Archaeology in Egypt and Sudan«, »Archaeology of the Levant«, »Mediterranean Economies« and »Urnfield Culture Networks«. The groups conduct fieldwork and material analyses in Austria, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Greece, Cyprus, Türkiye, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Sudan and South Africa.
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Wang, B. Geotechnical test results at a prehistoric landslide site in Breckenridge, southwestern Quebec. Natural Resources Canada/ESS/Scientific and Technical Publishing Services, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/298755.

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Ferring, C. R., and Bonnie C. Yates. Archaeological Investigations at Five Prehistoric Sites at Lewisville Lake, Denton County, Texas. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, January 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada352106.

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Wang, B. Geotechnical test results at a prehistoric landslide site in Breckenridge, southwestern Quebec. Natural Resources Canada/ESS/Scientific and Technical Publishing Services, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/321806.

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Galor, Oded, Marc Klemp, and Daniel Wainstock. The Impact of the Prehistoric Out of Africa Migration on Cultural Diversity. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, May 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w31274.

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Abbott, James T., W. N. Trierweiler, Gemma Mehalchick, Karl Kleinbach, and Marybeth S. Tomka. NRHP Significance Testing of 57 Prehistoric Archeological Sites on Fort Hood, Texas. Volume 1. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, October 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada302916.

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Abbott, James T., W. N. Trierweiler, Gemma Mehalchick, Karl Kleinbach, and Marybeth S. Tomka. NRHP Significance Testing of 57 Prehistoric Archeological Sites on Fort Hood, Texas. Volume 2. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, October 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada302917.

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Goodwin, R. C. Archeological Testing at 16 cm 61, a Prehistoric Shell Midden in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, July 1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada171926.

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Saville, Alan, and Caroline Wickham-Jones, eds. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Scotland : Scottish Archaeological Research Framework Panel Report. Society for Antiquaries of Scotland, June 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.9750/scarf.06.2012.163.

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Why research Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Scotland? Palaeolithic and Mesolithic archaeology sheds light on the first colonisation and subsequent early inhabitation of Scotland. It is a growing and exciting field where increasing Scottish evidence has been given wider significance in the context of European prehistory. It extends over a long period, which saw great changes, including substantial environmental transformations, and the impact of, and societal response to, climate change. The period as a whole provides the foundation for the human occupation of Scotland and is crucial for understanding prehistoric society, both for Scotland and across North-West Europe. Within the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods there are considerable opportunities for pioneering research. Individual projects can still have a substantial impact and there remain opportunities for pioneering discoveries including cemeteries, domestic and other structures, stratified sites, and for exploring the huge evidential potential of water-logged and underwater sites. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic archaeology also stimulates and draws upon exciting multi-disciplinary collaborations. Panel Task and Remit The panel remit was to review critically the current state of knowledge and consider promising areas of future research into the earliest prehistory of Scotland. This was undertaken with a view to improved understanding of all aspects of the colonization and inhabitation of the country by peoples practising a wholly hunter-fisher-gatherer way of life prior to the advent of farming. In so doing, it was recognised as particularly important that both environmental data (including vegetation, fauna, sea level, and landscape work) and cultural change during this period be evaluated. The resultant report, outlines the different areas of research in which archaeologists interested in early prehistory work, and highlights the research topics to which they aspire. The report is structured by theme: history of investigation; reconstruction of the environment; the nature of the archaeological record; methodologies for recreating the past; and finally, the lifestyles of past people – the latter representing both a statement of current knowledge and the ultimate aim for archaeologists; the goal of all the former sections. The document is reinforced by material on-line which provides further detail and resources. The Palaeolithic and Mesolithic panel report of ScARF is intended as a resource to be utilised, built upon, and kept updated, hopefully by those it has helped inspire and inform as well as those who follow in their footsteps. Future Research The main recommendations of the panel report can be summarized under four key headings:  Visibility: Due to the considerable length of time over which sites were formed, and the predominant mobility of the population, early prehistoric remains are to be found right across the landscape, although they often survive as ephemeral traces and in low densities. Therefore, all archaeological work should take into account the expectation of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic ScARF Panel Report iv encountering early prehistoric remains. This applies equally to both commercial and research archaeology, and to amateur activity which often makes the initial discovery. This should not be seen as an obstacle, but as a benefit, and not finding such remains should be cause for question. There is no doubt that important evidence of these periods remains unrecognised in private, public, and commercial collections and there is a strong need for backlog evaluation, proper curation and analysis. The inadequate representation of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic information in existing national and local databases must be addressed.  Collaboration: Multi-disciplinary, collaborative, and cross- sector approaches must be encouraged – site prospection, prediction, recognition, and contextualisation are key areas to this end. Reconstructing past environments and their chronological frameworks, and exploring submerged and buried landscapes offer existing examples of fruitful, cross-disciplinary work. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic archaeology has an important place within Quaternary science and the potential for deeply buried remains means that geoarchaeology should have a prominent role.  Innovation: Research-led projects are currently making a substantial impact across all aspects of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic archaeology; a funding policy that acknowledges risk and promotes the innovation that these periods demand should be encouraged. The exploration of lesser known areas, work on different types of site, new approaches to artefacts, and the application of novel methodologies should all be promoted when engaging with the challenges of early prehistory.  Tackling the ‘big questions’: Archaeologists should engage with the big questions of earliest prehistory in Scotland, including the colonisation of new land, how lifestyles in past societies were organized, the effects of and the responses to environmental change, and the transitions to new modes of life. This should be done through a holistic view of the available data, encompassing all the complexities of interpretation and developing competing and testable models. Scottish data can be used to address many of the currently topical research topics in archaeology, and will provide a springboard to a better understanding of early prehistoric life in Scotland and beyond.
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