Commonly known as Kamares ware or style,Footnote9the surface of these vases exhibits distinctive combinations of lines, dots, spirals, and diamonds intersecting or enclosing stamped spirals or clay appliqués. The Kamares style stands out for its use of polychromy and the remarkable diversity in ...
The strategic location of the Zagros Mountains, near the intersection between Africa, Europe, and southwestern Asia, most probably represented a major biographical corridor used by archaic and anatomically modern humans (AMHs) during the Late Pleistocene (Field et al.2006; Oppenheimer2009; Boivin et ...
They are among the most popular exhibits in museums worldwide, with a name so resonant, blockbuster films have been built on it. But some museums in Britain are now using words other than "mummy" to describe their displays of ancient Egyptian human remains. Instead, they are starting to ado...
This is a great museum. The exhibits are spaced very well and have great labelling. Unfortunately, the section I wanted to see was closed. Thus was not indicated anywhere (I usually check websites before I go) and I had to track down an attendant. The Roman and Greek c...
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Closure ritual exhibits two performance characteristics: preventing witches from using materials left behind and protecting innocent people by neutralizing dangerous materials. Roof burning, beam removal, and selective placement of floor artifacts when considered alone do not conclusively distinguish ritual aban...
Not every animal species had the opportunity to occupy the paleo-synanthropic niche, just as not every species exhibits synanthropic behavior today. Each niche has certain requirements that potential candidates must meet (Higashi et al.1992; Svanbäck and Persson2004; Kearney2006). For the paleo...
It is here noteworthy to mention that though Red Balloon rock shelter specularite exhibits some mica-like crystals, there is no mica within Red Balloon specularite. The mica-like crystals are due to micro-crystalline platy hematite. As Watts did not carry out petrographic nor SEM observations, ...
and the small size of the original volumes. On the contrary, quartzite exhibits the lowest ratio at 8.1:1.9, indicating less production, manufacturing, and resharpening at the site. Thus, raw material economy, with regard to the lithic production goals, seems to be a dynamic process at TMB ...
During field inspections in 1997, some slag pieces were found near the Mušiston outcrops (Boroffka et al.2003, 234–236). Since most of these were stray finds collected from the surface, none of them received much attention at this time. However, during reassessment of the material withi...