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World Archaeol 11
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World Archaeol 11
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World Archaeology
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Volume:
11
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Journal
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Year of Publication:
1979
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Date Of Issue From: 1979
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BIAB (British Archaeological Abstracts (BAA))
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Created Date:
05 Dec 2008
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Glass and other vitreous materials
Leo Biek
Justine Bayley
1 - 25
Wide-ranging survey of recent analytical results and their interpretation, particularly in the fields of coloured and lead glasses. Much attention has been given to production dynamics - furnace temperatures etc - in an attempt to explain products which cannot be interpreted from their composition alone. Current work on freshly excavated material of this kind from a number of sites in England is described. There are intriguing possibilities in the study of lead glasses, especially sealing-wax red, in relation to origins and movement. Au
Hides and antlers: a new look at the gatherer-hunter site at Star Carr, N Yorkshire, England
Michael W Pitts
32 - 42
It is suggested that the exposed area at Star Carr was a zone devoted to the working of deer antler and the processing of animal hides, possibly with a fermenting bath. This would be the oldest known example of this practice, and it is further suggested that the settlement remained in occupation during the summer for this and other specialized activities.
The laws of archaeological stratigraphy
Edward C Harris
111 - 117
The study of stratigraphy has often suffered in comparison with the emphasis placed on artefactual study. Four laws of archaeological (as distinct from geological) stratigraphy are stated: the law of superposition, of original horizontality, of original continuity, and of stratigraphical succession. The units of stratigraphy - layers and features - should be placed in sequence without reference to their artefactual content. Only then can they be assigned dates by reference to their content.
Prehistoric diet and nutrition: some food for thought
Robin W Dennell
121 - 135
Archaeo-dietary data ('archaeotrophology') can indicate only some of the foods eaten by a community, since crops from leaves and roots will not be represented in the record. Hence the archaeologist is better advised to use the evidence he has to investigate the production of food in the community under study, and to use skeletal information as a guide to prevailing levels of environmental health. There are as yet no means of ascribing absolute nutritional values to individual foods in the total diet.
Diet and dental disease
Simon Hillson
147 - 162
Diet is a controlling factor in several common groups of dental diseases, as demonstrated by much recent research. The frequency of occurrence of dental disease in ancient skeletal material therefore provides indications of the diet of the population during life. Dental plaque, incremental layers in dentine, Vitamin D deficiency, excess sugar intake, febrile illness etc are among disorders recognizable.
Theoretical goals and methodological realities: problems in the reconstruction of prehistoric subsistence economies
Elsie B Begler
R W Keatinge
208 - 226
Warns against naive acceptance of middens as representing dietary remains: they accumulate randomly, plant remains are differentially preserved, and various methodological problems arise. Attempted quantification can add little to the information offered by simple presence-absence analysis.
Water, soil, and seasonality in early cereal cultivation
Andrew Sherratt
313 - 330
Defines three main phases of agricultural systems in the western Old World: 1, localized fixed-plot horticulture in a narrow range of alluvial habitats, expanded by surface-water management and improved soil-preparation (both requiring extra labour); 2, the closely connected emergence of the plough, which in Europe was associated with major woodland clearance; 3, truly intensive systems from 1st millennium BC, characterized in Europe by the development of the heavy plough. Au(abr)
