Sentences with phrase «by archaeological studies»

The groups from the eastern Alps in fact significantly increased in size only from the Bronze Age onwards, as evidenced by archaeological studies conducted in the territory inhabited by the Iceman.

Not exact matches

Many of these supposed ancient cultural features lie uncomfortably close to established archaeological sites being studied by Miracle and others.

The study, she notes, dug into Japanese archaeological literature rarely seen by foreign scientists.

This study has gathered together evidence for the presence of beeswax in the pottery vessels of the first farmers of Europe by investigating chemical components trapped in the clay fabric of more than 6,000 potsherds from over 150 Old World archaeological sites.

By using a statistical technique known as Bayesian analysis — which combines probability with archaeological information to improve precision for groups of radiocarbon dates — the study authors were able to produce a high - precision chronology model for early domestic horse use in Mongolia.

Pre-Columbian art has a long history of study by naturalists and scientists travelling the Orinoco, such as Alexander von Humboldt, and has been the subject of archaeological research in the region for over half a century.

«It's a great privilege to find something so rare, something so historically important, something that will be studied by the archaeological community and fills in a gap.

A recent study led by Joseph Ferraro, Ph.D., assistant professor of anthropology at Baylor, offers new insight in this debate with a wealth of archaeological evidence from the two million - year - old site of Kanjera South (KJS), Kenya.

Once they used clusters of dates to track patterns of population growth and decline at archaeological sites in Europe, they calibrated their method by studying patterns in the types and dates of pollen found at the sites, which reflect when farmers cleared land of trees to grow crops.

That's about 2000 years earlier than suggested by previous studies focusing on a different, more selective set of genes known as the exome, but it's in line with recent archaeological findings that point to distinctly Tibetan permanent settlements appearing between 3600 and 5200 years ago, Yang says.

A 2,700 - year - old portico was discovered this summer on the site of the ancient city of Argilos in northern Greece, following an archaeological excavation led by Jacques Perreault, Professor at the University of Montreal's Centre of Classical Studies and Zisis Bonias, an archaeologist with the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports.

The study is part of the Guatemala - Penn Partnership, led by Dr. Branas, which draws on almost a century of Penn involvement in Guatemala, including public health, medical, anthropologic and archaeological activities and discoveries.

Although it's easy to assume that people tend to disastrously impact environmental health,» says Armstrong, «through studying the archaeological record and working with Indigenous collaborators, we see many examples of ancient societies that have successfully responded to environmental instability by conscientiously managing their resources and behaving in ways that promote resilient and biodiverse habitats.»

In a study by the University of Oklahoma, Boston University and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, researchers investigated the archaeological and genetic history of the Arctic ground squirrel on Chirikof Island, Alaska.

The archaeological research project at Ziyaret Tepe (Turkey) undertaken by the Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies of Mainz University, which was set up 10 years ago, adds a new field archaeological portfolio alongside the excavations in Haft Tappeh and Tchogha Zanbil (Iran).

And this is just the stone tools: other parts of the archaeological record, such as animal bones preserved in caves, are studied by other project members.

In their study, published in Scientific Reports, the team led by Paul Kozowyk from Leiden University, created a framework for the manufacture of tar without ceramics, but so the quantities yielded are similar to what is seen in the archaeological records.

What if you were studying for your Ph.D. in archaeology and decided to take a break from your crummy life by working on an archaeological dig in Israel?

By 1961, after an extensive archaeological study, one - quarter of the partial reconstruction of the Fortress of Louisbourg began.