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The spread of agriculture in south-eastern Europe: New data from North Macedonia
(y Cambridge University Press on behalf of Antiquity Publications Ltd., 2022)
North Macedonia is a crucial region for
understanding the spread of agriculture
into theMediterranean andCentral Europe.
To date, however, the area has been subject
to relatively limited archaeological research.
Here, ...
The goodness of fit and statistical significance of seriation solutions
(Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, London, 2013)
This paper presents a method for determining the statistical significance and goodness of fit of seriation solutions based on correspondence analysis. The basic assumption is that seriation solutions corresponding to ...
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 ...
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 ...
Last hunters-first farmers: new insight into subsistence strategies in the Central Balkans through multi-isotopic analysis
(Springer Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 2019)
This paper presents new results of stable isotope analysis made on human and animal bones from Mesolithic-Neolithic sites (9500-5200calBC) in the Central Balkans. It reconstructs dietary practices in the Mesolithic and ...
Stressful times for women- Increased physiological stress in Neolithic females detected in tooth cementum
(Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, London, 2020)
We used the tooth cementum annulation method (TCA) to investigate physiological stress before and during the Neolithic demographic transition in Europe. Episodes of physiological stress are reflected as "stress layers" in ...