In the field of human history, ancient DNA has provided answers to long-standing debates
about major movements of people and has begun to inform on other important facets of the …

Provenancing exotic raw materials and reconstructing the nature and routes of exchange is
a major concern of prehistoric archaeology. Amber has long been recognised as a key …

This new revised edition of African Civilizations re-examines the physical evidence for
developing social complexity in Africa over the last six thousand years. Unlike the two …

Donkeys carried Christ into Jerusalem while in Greek myth they transported Hephaistos up
to Mount Olympos and Dionysos into battle against the Giants. They were probably the first …

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Agriculture first reached the Iberian Peninsula around 5700 BCE. However, little is known
about the genetic structure and changes of prehistoric populations in different geographic …

Because of its great potential to provide data on contacts and overseas trade, ivory has
aroused a great deal of interest since the very start of research into Iberian late prehistory …

The use of amber is documented in the Iberian peninsula since the Palaeolithic. The
procurement and trade of this fossil resin has often been considered in discussions of long …

This study uses strontium isotopes (87 Sr/86 Sr) in dental enamel from burial populations
related to the fortified Chalcolithic settlement site of Zambujal (c. 2800–1800 BC) to …

During excavations in the huge ditched enclosure of Valencina de la Concepción (Seville,
Spain), the main centre from the first hierarchical framework-settlement in the Guadalquivir …