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Sequential Incisions on a Cave Bear Bone from the Middle Paleolithic of Peturina Cave, Serbia
(Springer, New York, 2018)
We present the detailed analysis of a cervical vertebra from a cave bear, found at Peturina cave, Serbia, in a Mousterian archaeological level dated by radiocarbon at 43.5-44.6 kyr cal BP, and by ESR to between 93.5 and ...
Late Mesolithic lifeways and deathways at Vlasac (Serbia)
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon, 2014)
Recent excavations (2006-2009) at the Mesolithic-Neolithic site of Vlasac in the Danube Gorges region of the north-central Balkans have focused on a reevaluation of previous conclusions about site formation processes, ...
Reconstruction of two mother-infant dyads and obstetrical consequences of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition: A case study from Lepenski vir and Vlasac (Serbia)
(Lavoisier, 2019)
The current world population of approximately seven billion people shows that despite the complexities of human birthing, the human species is thriving. Changes in human pelvic morphology resulting from bipedalism and ...
Surface characterization of the raw and cooked bovine cortical metatarsal bone
(Wroclaw Univ Technology, Fac Computer Science & Management, Wroclaw, 2019)
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to quantify the elastic properties and evaluate microscopical features of raw and boiled metatarsal bovine bone. Methods: The elastic modulus, hardness and microscopic surface of raw ...
Prehistoric motherhood: diet from pregnancy to baby-led weaning in the Danube Gorges Mesolithic-Neolithic
(Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, 2015)
The Approximate Bayesian Computation approach to reconstructing population dynamics and size from settlement data: demography of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition at Lepenski Vir
(Springer Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 2016)
Demographic aspects of prehistoric populations have an important role in current archaeological theory and empirical research. In this study, we develop a method to estimate population dynamics and population size and apply ...
Effects of Residential Mobility on the Ratio of Average House Floor Area to Average Household Size: Implications for Demographic Reconstructions in Archaeology
(Sage Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks, 2012)
The aim of this article is to test the hypothesis that mobile or predominantly mobile societies have a lower ratio of average house floor area to average household size. The analysis is performed on a cross-cultural sample ...
Sulphur isotope evidence for freshwater fish consumption: a case study from the Danube Gorges, SE Europe
(Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, London, 2010)
To explore the use of sulphur Isotopes as an indicator of the consumption of freshwater fish, we undertook sulphur isotope analysis on bone collagen extracted from humans and animals from five archaeological sites from the ...
Spavin in red deer: A case study from the Early Neolithic Blagotin, Serbia
(Elsevier Science Inc, New York, 2016)
Pathological modifications are rarely observed in the remains of wild animals from archaeological sites. We present one such specific, pathological change a case of spavin in a red deer specimen from the Early Neolithic ...