Emma Cleminson , Justin Bradfield , Sarah Wurz , Jerome P. Reynard
{"title":"Unprepared for work: Preliminary analyses of ad hoc bone tools from the Howiesons Poort layers at Klasies River main site, South Africa","authors":"Emma Cleminson , Justin Bradfield , Sarah Wurz , Jerome P. Reynard","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105128","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105128","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Howiesons Poort technocomplex is known for innovative developments in backed geometric stone tools, ochre and shifts in foraging behaviour, and the possible early use of the bow and arrow. Bone tools and ornaments have been found at a handful of sites from this period. Despite its relative rarity, worked bone has played an important role in discussions around the development of cognitive complexity in humans. Scholars have, however, tended to emphasize formally made bone tools at the expense of informal, expedient or <em>ad hoc</em> bone tools in these assemblages. Here, we present the results of a technological and usewear analysis undertaken on a sample of bone specimens from the Deacon excavations of the Howiesons Poort layers at Klasies River main site. Our aim was to identify <em>ad hoc</em> tools and fragmented pieces of worked bone missed during initial excavations and sorting. Twelve pieces of worked bone were identified, presenting manufacturing wear and <em>ad hoc</em> use. A range of different activities is implicated, with worked bone used on hard and soft surfaces consistent with leather, skin and plant contact. This is the first recognised evidence of informal bone modification at this site and adds to our understanding of bone technology during the Howiesons Poort.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"64 ","pages":"Article 105128"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143815648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Caruso Fermé , N. Macchioni , G. Massaferro , C. Zapata
{"title":"Berberis sp. in the American extreme south: Archaeobotanical record of use by Patagonian hunter-gatherers during the Holocene","authors":"L. Caruso Fermé , N. Macchioni , G. Massaferro , C. Zapata","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105132","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105132","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The general objective of this work is to deepen the knowledge on the use of <em>Berberis</em> sp. wood among Patagonian hunter-gatherer societies during the Holocene. For this purpose, the presence of <em>Berberis</em> sp. remains in the Patagonian archeological sites and the existence of artifacts made with <em>Berberis</em> sp. wood belonging to the ethnographic collections are studied. The physical properties (density) of the wood of these shrubs are also analyzed. The results obtained show the recovery of <em>Berberis</em> sp. remains in 24 Patagonian archaeological sites. At the sites Cerro Casa de Piedra 5 and Cerro Casa de Piedra 7, different types of <em>Berberis</em> sp. remains and wooden artifacts were recovered. The basal density of the samples of <em>Berberis</em> sp. taken allows them to be considered as medium-heavy woods of medium density. Finally, the results achieved show the selection and use of <em>Berberis</em> sp. wood as raw material for artifact manufacture from early times (9,390 ± 40 BP) until the contact with Europeans (19th century-early 20th century).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"64 ","pages":"Article 105132"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143815646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Raw material, typology and technology of tools made on animal-derived osseous materials from Bihar: Neolithic to Kushana period","authors":"Mohit Kumar, Umesh Kumar Singh","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105115","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105115","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Evidence outlining the subsistence pattern of the Early Agro-Pastoral community of Bihar, which is available in front of us in the form of remains made of stone, metal, terracotta, and osseous material. Much study has been done on the artifacts made of various mediums, not so much on the substances like bone, antler, ivory and tortoise shell in study area. It gives information regarding the specific utilization of multifarious animal species by prehistoric societies. The bone tools from the Neolithic culture form the initial stage of manufacturing process in the assemblages of Bihar. Because of its physical properties, it was one of the most preferred raw materials used by the prehistoric community to make tools, weapons, toys, and ceremonial objects. This paper aims to re-examine bone tools available for study and review published materials on bone artifacts recovered from the Neolithic period to the Kushana period located in Bihar. Through methodological approaches, significant information can be drawn about the manufacturers and consumers of these objects. A techno-typological study has been conducted primarily focused on the manufacturing techniques of the tools. For the identification of materials, the description published in excavation reports was applied. The aim of the present investigation is to analyse the tools typology, technology, and preferred raw materials, all of which seem to have considered crucial for the social and economic activities of the early community of Bihar.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"64 ","pages":"Article 105115"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143815649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel Loponte , Alejandro Acosta , Tommaso Giovanardi , María J. Corriale , Owen Alexander Higgins , Mirian Carbonera , Natacha Buc , Cinzia Scaggion , Eugenio Bortolini , Giulia Marciani , Stefano Benazzi , Lucía T. Rombolá , Andrés Gascue , Michael V. Westbury
{"title":"A multidisciplinary investigation into whether Andean caravans reached the southern lowlands of the Paraná-Plata basin during pre-Columbian times","authors":"Daniel Loponte , Alejandro Acosta , Tommaso Giovanardi , María J. Corriale , Owen Alexander Higgins , Mirian Carbonera , Natacha Buc , Cinzia Scaggion , Eugenio Bortolini , Giulia Marciani , Stefano Benazzi , Lucía T. Rombolá , Andrés Gascue , Michael V. Westbury","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105118","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105118","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The expansion of llama caravans and the dispersal of domesticated camelids to extra-Andean regions is one of the key topics in South American archaeology. One of the main indicators of both processes is the presence of domesticated camelids in the archaeological record, particularly the llama (<em>Lama glama</em>). Based primarily on historical sources subject to interpretation, it has been suggested that llama caravans may have reached the southeast of South America during Pre-Columbian times, particularly to the northern Pampean region and the Paraná River valley. While the archaeological assemblages in these two areas include camelid bones that have thus far been identified as guanaco (<em>Lama guanicoe</em>), the possibility of misidentification due to the osteometric similarity between the latter and <em>L. glama</em> could mask the presence of domestic camelids in the record, undermining evidence of this potential major expansion of Andean caravans and domestic camelids. To clarify this issue, we applied a multidisciplinary approach combining archaeological, isotopic, and paleogenomic analyses to determine the taxonomic status of camelids recovered from archaeological sites in northern Pampean region and the valley of the Paraná River. Our findings demonstrate that all the individuals analyzed correspond to guanacos, whose survival extended into early historical times. Additionally, the archaeological record from both areas contemporaneous with the maximum pre-Columbian expansion of the Andean caravans, provides no evidence of direct trade with the Andean world.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"64 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143806936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Geoffrey Ludvik , J.Mark Kenoyer , Elisavet Vergeraki , Michael J. Boyd , Colin Renfrew
{"title":"New evidence for long distance interaction at Keros: Carnelian bead analysis using scanning electron microscopy","authors":"Geoffrey Ludvik , J.Mark Kenoyer , Elisavet Vergeraki , Michael J. Boyd , Colin Renfrew","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105120","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105120","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Recent investigation of materials from the enigmatic Cycladic sites of Kavos and Dhaskalio have greatly expanded our understanding of the Early Bronze Age Aegean world. Here the authors examine six carnelian beads from these sites to reconstruct their production sequence and possible regional origin. Analysis of microscopic indications of bead production methods allowed a high-resolution reconstruction of the technologies involved at each step. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was employed to examine silicone impressions of drill holes made from these beads. This served to document the characteristic tool marks used to perforate the Keros and Dhaskalio beads. When compared to the SEM images of experimentally-reproduced drillings and those from beads whose drilling agents have already been identified, the identification of the types of drills used was possible. Since different production methods and drilling styles are diagnostic of different regional craft traditions it was then possible, using an interregional comparative study, to suggest the workshop traditions of origin for these beads. Results indicate that long distance import was likely for most of these beads while two may have been produced more locally in Anatolia. Of special significance is the one carnelian bead from Dhaskalio that we demonstrate derived from the Indus Valley craft tradition, perforated with a distinctly Indus-style drill and made in a shape common among Indus-affiliated beads. This in turn has major implications regarding the connectivity of the early Keros and Dhaskalio community.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"64 ","pages":"Article 105120"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143815647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Welmoed A. Out , Jacob Kveiborg , Peter M. Jensen , Casper S. Andersen , Mila Andonova-Katsarski , Neeke Hammers , Marie Kanstrup , Kenneth C. Ritchie , Cecilie Stenner , Jette Linaa
{"title":"Interregional networks in the late Viking Age? Insights from a burned pit house in the Viking-Age town of Aros, present-day Aarhus, Denmark (ca. 980 CE)","authors":"Welmoed A. Out , Jacob Kveiborg , Peter M. Jensen , Casper S. Andersen , Mila Andonova-Katsarski , Neeke Hammers , Marie Kanstrup , Kenneth C. Ritchie , Cecilie Stenner , Jette Linaa","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105096","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105096","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Viking Age was a dynamic period, with local centres and urban sites engaging to varying degrees in local, regional and interregional networks. While the role of certain northern towns in these networks is relatively well-known and the related knowledge up to date, other towns appear to have received comparatively little recent attention. This study aims to investigate the role of the Viking-Age town of Aros, present-day Aarhus, situated on the eastern coast of Jutland, Denmark, in interregional networks, by means of the interdisciplinary study of a rare context, excavated in 2009: a well-preserved burned pit house at the site of Bispetorv, dated to the late 10th century CE. What does the archaeological assemblage tell about the house and its occupants, what can be said about resource exploitation, and to what extent were the occupants of the late Viking-Age pit house involved in long-distance trade?</div><div>The study of the pit house at Bispetorv is based on an interdisciplinary approach, including analysis of inorganic artefacts, zooarchaeological remains, macrobotanical remains and carbonised wood collected from multiple layers, supported by a substantial number of radiocarbon dates. The outcomes are presented within the framework of other comparable published and unpublished sites in and nearby Aarhus including Søndervold and Skt. Clemens Stræde, as well as with other Viking-Age towns in northern Europe.</div><div>The analysis of Bispetorv reveals a predominance of artefacts and ecofacts associated with regional networks, with scant evidence of contacts with the Baltic Sea coast. While these results match the findings from other sites in Aarhus, and are comparable to other local centres, they are in apparent contrast to larger urban centres such as Ribe, Hedeby and Kaupang. Further research, based on a variety of methods, will have to show to what degree the currently available bioarchaeological results from Aarhus are representative for the remaining parts of the urban centre and to what extent long-distance contacts evolved over time.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"64 ","pages":"Article 105096"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143800029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Demet Delibaş , N. Ezgi Altınışık , Marin A. Pilloud , M. Melis Koruyucu , Yılmaz Selim Erdal
{"title":"Demographic history of early centralized societies: A biodistance study on prehistoric Anatolia","authors":"Demet Delibaş , N. Ezgi Altınışık , Marin A. Pilloud , M. Melis Koruyucu , Yılmaz Selim Erdal","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105101","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105101","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The emergence of urbanization and centralized authority in the Early Bronze Age marks the most significant transformation in Southwest Asia since the Neolithic transition. Political centralization and social stratification, which originated in Southern Mesopotamia, spread to surrounding regions through long-distance interactions, especially trading relations. Anatolia experienced these shifts dynamically during both the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. While the archaeological aspects of these changes have long been well-documented, their biological impact through ancient DNA analysis has gained more interest in recent years. This study investigates whether patterns of increased genetic diversity and homogenization observed in archaeogenomic data are consistent with biodistance analyses based on dental morphological data, and assesses the impact of lifestyle changes during the Late Chalcolithic-Early Bronze Age on biocultural interactions in Anatolia and its surroundings. Biodistance analysis was conducted on human skeletal remains from six archaeological sites in Anatolia, spanning the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age, using crown and cervical mesiodistal and buccolingual measurements alongside 36 dental nonmetric traits defined in ASUDAS. Heterogeneity and evenness analyses, Mean Measure of Divergence, Gower’s Coefficient, and Mahalanobis Distances for Multivariate Mixed Data analyses were applied to dental morphological data. The results reveal increased genetic diversity and phenotypic similarity following the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age. These findings align with patterns seen in archaeogenomic studies which indicate gene flow occurred before cultural diffusion associated with urbanization.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"64 ","pages":"Article 105101"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143800030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tuuli Kasso , Caterina Zaggia , Gianluca Pastorelli , Max Ramsøe , Matthew J. Collins , Cecilie Brøns
{"title":"Behind the mask − Archaeometric analysis of four gilded Romano-Egyptian mummy masks from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen","authors":"Tuuli Kasso , Caterina Zaggia , Gianluca Pastorelli , Max Ramsøe , Matthew J. Collins , Cecilie Brøns","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105106","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105106","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the materials and production techniques involved in the creation of four gilded mummy masks from Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt from the collections of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. These masks, dating from the 1st century BCE to the 2nd century CE, are an example of the dual existence of a traditional Egyptian style and newly introduced Roman stylistic elements in funerary art. Various analytical methods, including imaging, FTIR, SEM-EDS, and palaeoproteomic analysis, were employed to identify and examine the composition of the materials. The main constructive material for the masks is plaster made of gypsum and calcite. Red and yellow ochre were used for the preparation layers for the gilding, which was made with silver-containing gold leaf. Four masks is not representative of major developments in gilding techniques, but the study does reveal information about the materials and production techniques available in Roman Egypt.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"64 ","pages":"Article 105106"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143785955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karoline M. Reich , Patrick Heimel , Stefan Lettner , Johannes Kirchner , Stefan Tangl
{"title":"MicroCT-based dental age estimation: Method comparison of the London Atlas and regression equations for deciduous and permanent teeth applied on central European infants of the 19th century","authors":"Karoline M. Reich , Patrick Heimel , Stefan Lettner , Johannes Kirchner , Stefan Tangl","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105105","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105105","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Tooth mineralisation and alveolar eruption show a strong temporal correlation with the chronological age of sub-adults and thus represent a valuable asset for age estimation in archaeology and forensic science. Despite the vast number of various dental age estimation methods published, evidence-based comparison of their degree of accuracy is lacking.</div><div>This study aimed (1) to evaluate if µCT scans are a reliable alternative to conventional techniques for tooth length measurements and (2) to compare the accuracy and reliability of the London Atlas of Tooth Development and Eruption with six well-established regression methods for age estimation of subadults.</div></div><div><h3>Material and Methods</h3><div>Forty-two skulls of a Central European osteological collection of the early 19th century (known age at death 7 months in utero–11 years) were scanned with µCT to estimate dental age via London Atlas-classification and regression equations based on deciduous and permanent tooth length measurements.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Tooth length measurements via µCT proved to be a technically feasible method with an excellent agreement with caliper measurements.Regression equations of Liversidge (1993) and Cardoso (2019) for the deciduous dentition and London atlas yielded the most accurate age estimates (prediction errors: 0.20–0.30 years). Regression equations for permanent teeth were less accurate; however, performance was improved when their application was restricted to individuals ≤ 3 years of age. Most accurate age estimates for single teeth were achieved for deciduous incisors, canines and first molars.</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>µCT extends the spectrum of tools available for tooth length assessment. While regression equations for deciduous teeth represent a reliable age estimation method for younger individuals, the London Atlas outperforms the regression equations for permanent teeth. It thus can be considered a preferred alternative to estimate age in older individuals (>3 years) with an adequate state of conservation. A higher weighting of the first mineralising deciduous teeth can contribute to further improving the accuracy of the London Atlas.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"64 ","pages":"Article 105105"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143785811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Patricia L. Fall , Steven E. Falconer , Elizabeth Ridder , Suzanne E. Pilaar Birch , Mary C. Metzger , Steven Porson
{"title":"Bronze Age agropastoral management in central Cyprus and along the Jordan Rift","authors":"Patricia L. Fall , Steven E. Falconer , Elizabeth Ridder , Suzanne E. Pilaar Birch , Mary C. Metzger , Steven Porson","doi":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105119","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105119","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We compare ancient landscapes and agropastoral management in a variety of environmental settings in the Eastern Mediterranean. Agropastoral practices are inferred across Early and Middle Bronze Age landscapes based on evidence excavated from four rural settlements in the northern Jordan Valley (Tell el-Hayyat, Tell Abu en-Ni‘aj), the Dead Sea Basin (Zahrat adh-Dhra‘ 1), and the Troodos foothills of Cyprus (Politiko-<em>Troullia</em>). Comparative analyses using AMS dating, carbonized seed to charcoal ratios, charcoal, seed and bone frequencies, and stable isotope ratios (δ<sup>15</sup>N and δ<sup>13</sup>C) from seeds and animal bone collagen enable discussion of contrasting natural and agrarian landscapes. Villages in the Jordan Valley burned dung fuel along with wood from riparian trees, while wood from desert trees was utilized near the Dead Sea, and pine, oak, and olive trees provided fuel in central Cyprus. Bone assemblages reveal animal husbandry based on high frequencies of sheep and goats, supplemented by domestic pigs at Tell el-Hayyat and Tell Abu en-Ni‘aj. Politiko-<em>Troullia</em> is distinguished by the hunting of deer and feral pigs as inferred from stable isotope analysis of bone collagen. Plant cultivation strategies are inferred from δ<sup>15</sup>N and δ<sup>13</sup>C, which have similar values for cereals and pulses at Tell el-Hayyat and Tell Abu en-Ni‘aj despite different environmental conditions and societal contexts. Values of δ<sup>15</sup>N and δ<sup>13</sup>C from barley and wheat at Zahrat adh-Dhra‘ 1 suggest the greatest amount of management (irrigation and manuring), while plant cultivation at Politiko-<em>Troullia</em> involved olive arboriculture and little management of cereals. Ancient plants and animals illuminate the herding, hunting, and cultivation practices that helped mold ancient Eastern Mediterranean landscapes, often in response to environmental stress.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48150,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports","volume":"64 ","pages":"Article 105119"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143785952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}