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The Prehistory Of Bukit Tengkorak. Sabah. Malaysia. by Stephen, Chia

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What’s in a name? The Ligurians, a case study in ethnicity in late prehistory by Vecchi, Elisa

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Slum plays, salvation stories, and crook pictures: the gangster regeneration cycle and the prehistory of the gangster genre by Heffernan, Nick

“…This essay identifies and examines a neglected cycle of gangster regeneration films that flourished between 1910 and 1925 and constituted the prehistory of a genre usually identified with the early 1930s. …”
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A concise review of lobster utilization by worldwide human populations from prehistory to the modern era by Spanier, E., Lavalli, K., Goldstein, J., Groeneveld, J., Jordaan, G., Jones, C., Phillips, Bruce, Bianchini, M., Kibler, R., Díaz, D., Mallol, S., Goñi, R., Van Der Meeren, G., Agnalt, A., Behringer, D., Keegan, W., Jeffs, A.

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An archaeological field survey of part of the Black Mountain in south-east Dyfed: a contribution to the interpretation of economy and settlement in the region from prehistory to the early modern period by Ward, Anthony H.

“…House circles and homesteads may date to later prehistory and the early proto-historic period, while numerous rectangular foundations are probably the remains of Medieval, possibly later Medieval, settlement. …”
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Children and death in the Bronze and early Iron Age Aegean by Gallou, Chrysanthi

Subjects: “…archaeology; childhood; death rites; Aegean; Greece; prehistory…”
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Of white hair and feeding bottles: exploring children-elderly interactions in prehistoric Aegean by Gallou, Chrysanthi

Subjects: “…Childhood; old age; Aegean; prehistory; socialisation; alloparenting; apprenticeship; archaeology…”
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The spread of rice to Japan: insights from Bayesian analysis of direct radiocarbon dates and population dynamics in East Asia by Leipe, Christian, Long, Tengwen, Wagner, Mayke, Goslar, Tomasz, Tarasov, Pavel E.

Subjects: “…Agriculture spread; Yayoi culture; Mumun culture; East Asian prehistory; Bronze Age; Mainland China; Korean Peninsula…”
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Hard cheese: upland pastoralism in the Italian Bronze and Iron Ages by Pearce, Mark

“…Cheese production is an essential part of models for the pastoral use of Mediterranean uplands in prehistory but it is commonly held that in the Alps the production of hard cheese only begins in the Middle Ages. …”
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Storia delle ricerche paletnologiche nel territorio di Varese by Pearce, Mark

“…The province of Varese saw some of the pioneering work in prehistory in Italy in the 19th century, and many key figures in the history of the discipline have done work in the province.…”
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A Limited Express or Stopping All Stations? Railways and Nineteenth-Century New Zealand by Brett, Andre

“…I introduce the existing literature to indicate contributions with which greater engagement is required and to identify directions requiring further research. The provincial ‘prehistory’ of railways preceding the Vogel boom of the 1870s requires particular emphasis; railways figured prominently in the settler imagination even though physical construction was minimal. …”
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The Obsidian Industry At Bukit Tengkorak, Sabah, Malaysia. by Chia, Assoc Prof. Dr. Stephen, Ming Soon

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Archaeology and archaeometallurgy: some unresolved areas in the interpretation of analytical data by Pearce, Mark

“…This paper uses examples from Mediterranean and in particular Italian prehistory to explore the interface between prehistoric archaeology and metals analysis by examining three areas: the usefulness of data from past analyses (‘what is it made of?’)…”
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Illicit Drug Trends Globally by Vandam, L., Matias, J., McKetin, Rebecca, Meacham, M., Griffiths, P.

“…Human consumption of psychoactive substances goes back to prehistory and has always been a global phenomenon even if patterns of use and prevalence rates vary considerably by time and place. …”
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Taiwan Austronesian Language Heritage Connecting Pacific Island Peoples: Diplomacy And Values by Blundell, David

“…The region is increasingly using this linguistic heritage to seek collaboration and partnership. Since Neolithic prehistory, Taiwan has ushered in the Austronesian languages that became about 1,200 in number spreading across most of Island Southeast Asia and Oceania for several thousand years, extending from origins, with examples found in the Formosan languages, through the Malayo-Polynesian languages of the islands of Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Micronesia, Melanesian islands, Polynesia, and across the Indian Ocean in Madagascar. …”
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The Archaeology Of Gua Tupak From 1,190 B.P. To 170 B.P. In Bau, Sarawak by Gani, Nicholas

“…The excavations at Gua Tupak yielded valuable archaeological data that could aid in providing information on the prehistory of the site and the Bau area. The archaeological data include various types of artefacts such as shell remains, animal bones, ceramic sherds and stone artefacts. …”
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History of metallurgical development of boat propeller and keris (a comparison) / Yusniza Yem by Yem, Yusniza

“…People in back dated, even in the prehistory decade and civilization has growth the engineering field to fulfill their basic need and the demand at that time. …”
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Giovanni Patroni e l’opposizione a Luigi Pigorini by Pearce, Mark

“…He is also an important figure in the history of Italian prehistoric archaeology who is worth remembering as the author of the first major synthesis of Italian prehistory (La Preistoria d’Italia), for his courage in daring to oppose the ideas of Pigorini even before Pigorini died, and as the founder of the Milan School of prehistoric studies. …”
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Early Pastoral Economies and Herding Transitions in Eastern Eurasia by Taylor, W.T.T., Clark, J., Bayarsaikhan, J., Tuvshinjargal, T., Jobe, J.T., Fitzhugh, W., Kortum, R., Spengler, R.N., Shnaider, S., Seersholm, F.V., Hart, I., Case, N., Wilkin, S., Hendy, J., Thuering, U., Miller, B., Miller, A.R.V., Picin, A., Vanwezer, N., Irmer, F., Brown, S., Abdykanova, A., Shultz, D.R., Pham, V., Bunce, Michael, Douka, K., Jones, E.L., Boivin, N.

“…Such a framework can explain key broad-scale patterns in the movement of people, ideas, and material culture in Eurasian prehistory.…”
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Book review: Archaeology & world religion by Badlihisham Mohd. Nasir, Abdul Ghafar Don, Gan, Wei Nie, Ismah Shamirah Ismail, Nur Amira Mohd Zailani, Raja Puteri Nurul Affiqah Raja Ahmad

“…Canon Dr Anders, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans, Hertfordshire, DilipChakrabarti -- Chakrabarti, Dr Dilip, Lecturer, Department of Archaeology, Universityof Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, Robin Coningham -- Coningham, Dr Robin, Senior Lecturer, Department of ArchaeologicalSciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, Rachel Hachlili -- Hachlili, Professor Rachel, Chair of the Department of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Israel, Timothy Insoll --Insoll, Dr Timothy, Lecturer in Archaeology, School of Art History andArchaeology, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, Paul Lane -- Lane, Dr Paul, Director, British Institute in Eastern Africa, PO Box30710, Nairobi, Kenya, Rachel MacLean -- MacLean, Dr Rachel, Honorary Secretary, British Institute in EasternAfrica, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London and Mike Parker Pearson -- Parker Pearson, Dr Mike, Reader, Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield, Northgate House, West Street, Sheffield. …”
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