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Antiquity 73 (281)
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Title:
Antiquity 73 (281)
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Antiquity
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Volume:
73 (281)
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Journal
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Year of Publication:
1999
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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Created Date:
20 Jan 2002
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Abstract
Handaxes: products of sexual selection?
Marek Kohn
Steven J Mithen
518 - 526
Suggests that the large numbers of finely trimmed, highly symmetrical objects found throughout the archaeological record of the Pleistocene may be explained as the handiwork of resourceful individuals keen to display their abilities to potential mates.
A generic geomorphological approach to archaeological interpretation and prospection in British river valleys: a guide for archaeologists investigating Holocene landscapes
Andy J Howard
M G Macklin
527 - 541
Notes the benefits of a multi-disciplinary approach to studies of the exploitation of alluvial areas.
Iron Age inhumation burials at Yarnton, Oxfordshire
Gill Hey
Alex Bayliss
Angela Boyle
551 - 562
Reports on excavations which uncovered a cemetery on the edge of a settlement which has been radiocarbon dated to sometime between the third and fourth centuries BC. Considers that this sort of cemetery site may have been more common than excavated evidence suggests for this particular period or that the bodies were buried for particular reasons such as the prevention of disease.
Chewing tar in the early Holocene: an archaeological and ethnographic evaluation
Elizabeth M Aveling
Carl Heron
579 - 584
A discussion concerning samples of birch bark tar bearing teethmarks, which have been found at several Mesolithic sites in Scandinavia. It is considered whether the substance was chewed as a treatment for medical complaints, for dental health, as a stimulant, or for more practical purposes such as tool making. Comparisons are drawn with similar activities in more recent times.