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- Budd, Chelsea, et al.
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The prehistoric populations of Ukraine : stable isotope studies of fisher-hunter-forager and pastoralist-incipient farmer dietary pathways
- 2020
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Ingår i: Prehistoric Ukraine. - Oxford : Oxbow Books. - 9781789254587 - 9781789254594 ; , s. 283-307
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This chapter outlines the results of stable isotope studies of the prehistoric populations of Ukraine across the earlier to middle Holocene, ca. 10,000–3500 cal BC. The data are consistent with the continued exploitation of fisher-hunter-forager subsistence strategies across the periods studied with variations occurring in the relative amount of freshwater proteins consumed across the Epipalaeolithic through to Eneolithic periods. During the Neolithic and later periods there is a clear increase in the frequency of domesticates in zooarchaeological assemblages, indicative of an increasing emphasis on pastoralism and animal husbandry. However, the visibility of domestic fauna in dietary isotope studies is difficult to determine due to the paucity of faunal remains available for analysis. The key exception to the dominant subsistence trends appears to relate to the Trypillia farming culture, where agro-pastoralism is evidenced, and in this context isotope data from the site of Verteba Cave in western Ukraine is discussed. The majority of isotope data considered here are obtained from the cemeteries located in the Dnieper River valley, particularly those focused on the rapids, and its tributaries.
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- Jerand, Philip, 1985-, et al.
(författare)
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Monuments at risk in the Swedish arctic : Jokkmokk edition
- 2023
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Between 3rd and 7th of July an archaeological survey was conducted with funding from the Arctic 5 (Arctic Centre) network under the auspices of the MARISA (Monuments At Risk In the Swedish Arctic) project in the Jokkmokk region. Seven areas were visited, the status of known sites was assessed, and new sites were recorded.
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- Lillie, Malcolm C., 1963-, et al.
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Introduction
- 2020
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Ingår i: Prehistoric Ukraine. - Oxford : Oxbow Books. - 9781789254587 - 9781789254594 ; , s. 1-6
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Lillie, Malcolm C., 1963-, et al.
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Palaeoecology : considering proximate and ultimate influences on human diets and environmental responses in the early Holocene Dnieper River region of Ukraine
- 2022
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Ingår i: Palaeopathology and evolutionary medicine. - Oxford : Oxford University Press. - 9780198849711 - 9780198849728 ; , s. 120-137
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Humans evolved in diverse and variable environments, so understanding health and disease from evolutionary perspectives must include this consideration. In our contribution, we present an overview of early Holocene human health in changing environments via a case study from archaeological sites in contemporary Ukraine. Central and eastern Europe has received little attention to date in the literature on dietary and health transitions. We thus examine demographic, palaeopathological and stable isotope data from early Holocene (Mesolithic) and Neolithic Mariupol type cemeteries from the Dnieper River region. We find that even over a few thousand years and in a small geographic region, populations had diets that varied within and between individuals and sites, with different proportions of terrestrial and aquatic resource exploitation. Human behaviour interacted with ecology to create different health outcomes, with more sedentary and fish-eating populations showing palaeopathological evidence for increased parasite load. Whether this resulted in different fitness outcomes is an open question but, although an evolutionary perspective over a long time span provides undeniably important context, we argue that we must not overlook the impact of changes on a small, proximate scale and their effects on the health of individuals. One key challenge for the future is to link proximate and evolutionary perspectives to improve our understanding of health in the past and to influence health status positively in contemporary populations.
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- Lillie, Malcolm C., 1963-
(författare)
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Palaeopathology of the prehistoric populations of Ukraine
- 2020
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Ingår i: Prehistoric Ukraine. - Oxford : Oxbow Books. - 9781789254587 - 9781789254594 ; , s. 235-282
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This chapter outlines the results of palaeopathological analysis of the prehistoric populations of Ukraine across the earlier to middle Holocene, ca. 10,000–3500 cal BC (the Epipalaeolithic–Eneolithic periods). While a number of sites throughout Ukraine have skeletal inventories (e.g. Murzak Koba and Fatma Koba in Crimea, the Dnieper-Donets culture cemeteries, etc.), to date the key sites that have been subjected to systematic analysis are the cemeteries that are located along the Dnieper River, in particular at the Dnieper Rapids. An outline of the radiocarbon dating of these sites has been presented in Chapter 6, along with an outline of the sites themselves. This chapter focuses on dental and cranial pathologies (as the cranial region is the key area conserved in collections) with a view to assessing the evidence for any significant dietary shifts or inter-site variability in expression of pathology across the study periods.
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- Lillie, Malcolm C., 1963-, et al.
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Radiocarbon dating of sites in the Dnieper Region and western Ukraine
- 2020
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Ingår i: Prehistoric Ukraine. - Oxford : Oxbow Books. - 9781789254587 - 9781789254594 ; , s. 187-233
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This chapter presents the results of radiocarbon analysis at a number of Dnieper cemeteries and associated sites, undertaken by the authors since the early 1990s. These cemeteries primarily span the earlier to middle Holocene period, between ca. 10,000–3500 cal BC (the Epipalaeolithic to Eneolithic periods), although a number of sites include burials from later periods. To date, the key sites that have been subjected to systematic analysis are the cemeteries that are located along the Dnieper River and, in particular, those at the Dnieper Rapids. The radiocarbon dating of these sites, and the cemeteries themselves, form the basis of the analysis outlined in Chapters 7 and 8. Despite in excess of two decades of analysis the identification of a potential freshwater reservoir effect (FRE) has perhaps proven to be one ofthe most significant results from this extended period of study (Lillie et al. 2009). This and other aspects of the research agenda are considered.
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Prehistoric Ukraine : from the first hunters to the first farmers
- 2020
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This volume covers the Prehistory of Ukraine from the Lower Palaeolithic through to the end of the Neolithic periods. This is the first comprehensive synthesis of Ukrainian Prehistory from earliest times through until the Neolithic Period undertaken by researchers who are currently investigating the Prehistory of Ukraine. At present there are no other English language books on this subject that provide a current synthesis for these periods. The chapters in this volume provide up-to-date overviews of all aspects of prehistoric culture development in Ukraine and present details of the key sites and finds for the periods studied. The book includes the most recent research from all areas of prehistory up to the Neolithic period, and, in addition, areas such as recent radiocarbon dating and its implications for culture chronology are considered; as is a consideration of aDNA and the new insights into culture history this area of research affords; alongside recent macrofossil studies of plant use, and anthropological and stable isotope studies of diet, which all combine to allow greater insights into the nature of human subsistence and cultural developments across the Palaeolithic to Neolithic periods in Ukraine. It is anticipated that this book will be an invaluable resource for students of prehistory throughout Europe in providing an English-language text that is written by researchers who are active in their respective fields and who possess an intimate knowledge of Ukrainian prehistory.
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