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6 results for "Mesolithic"

M_5_22 Verified Forbidden Archaeology

M_5_22 — Mesolithic Europe: Hunter-Gatherer Complexity Before Agriculture

The Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age, ~10,000–5000 BCE in Europe) — the period between the end of the last Ice Age and the arrival of farming — has been traditionally treated as a brief, uninteresting interlude between the d

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E_3_13 Verified Cataclysms & Chronology

E_3_13 — Storegga Slide: Mega-Tsunami and Mesolithic Europe

The Storegga Slide (Norwegian: Storegga-raset; Store = "great," egga = "edge") — a series of submarine landslides on the continental slope off western Norway at approximately 64°N — constitutes one of the largest known m

Storegga submarine landslide mega-tsunami Norway North Sea Doggerland
F_4_25 Verified Lost Connections

F_4_25 — Doggerland: Europe's Submerged Landscape

Doggerland is the name given to the now-submerged landmass that once connected Britain to continental Europe across what is now the southern North Sea. During the Last Glacial Maximum (~26,500–19,000 years ago), when sea

Doggerland North Sea submerged landscape Mesolithic Storegga tsunami
J_2_09 Verified Ancient Technology

J_2_09 — Rope, Cordage, and Ancient Fiber Technology

Rope and cordage — twisted or braided fibers used for binding, pulling, lifting, fastening, sailing, and construction — is arguably the most underappreciated technology in human history: invisible in the archaeological r

rope cordage fiber twine string spinning
G_1_07 Verified Modern Frameworks

G_1_07 — Stable Isotope Analysis and Ancient Diets

Stable isotope analysis of human and animal remains — primarily the measurement of carbon ($\delta^{13}$C), nitrogen ($\delta^{15}$N), and sulfur ($\delta^{34}$S) isotope ratios in bone collagen, tooth enamel, hair kerat

stable isotopes carbon isotopes nitrogen isotopes sulfur isotopes paleodiet diet reconstruction
L_2_07 Genetics & Origins

L_2_07 — European Genetics and Three Ancestral Populations

The genetic history of Europe has been revolutionized by ancient DNA, revealing that most present-day Europeans can be modeled at a broad level as mixtures of three major ancestral components assembled over the past ~10,

European genetics ancient DNA three ancestral populations Western Hunter-Gatherers Early European Farmers Steppe pastoralists