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The Bell Beaker complex is defined, above all, by a ceramic style widespread across Europe during the 3rd millennium BC. In contrast to the preceding period, it represents an entity distinguished from other archaeological manifestations by its material culture, funeral practices and mode of diffusion. Its particularly vast geographic distribution has provoked different interpretations: a unique population invading Europe, the long-distance exchange of prestige goods, and the absence of a Bell Beaker population with only the diffusion of its cultural components. Osteoarchaeology makes it possible to test the first of these hypotheses, which proposes the diffusion of a culture by population displacement. The pertinent elements on the human skeleton must thus be identified for analysis. Here, the choice was made to analyze non-metric dental traits, anatomic variations observed on permanent and deciduous dentition. These are, in general, traits that are present or absent, or which reflectdifferent phases ofdevelopment. They can be positive structures, such as the presence of tubercles or ridges, or negative, such as grooves. Such traits can also vary in the number, position and size of cusps and roots. Based on results obtained fromstudies of archaeological material, the regions selected to test this hypothesis are the Czech Republic, Hungary, Switzerland, France and Spain.

Proceedings of a conference on the early archaeology of Cadiz, Spain, held in April 2008.

This study concerns lithic technical systems during the Middle Palaeolithic (Final Glaciation) in the north-east Aquitaine basin (France). The analytical approach is based on a paradigm which shows the complexity of production schemes by technical and economical perspectives ('branched' chaîne opératoire). The results of this study show self-sufficient organizations of lithic production systems: each, with its own technical specifics, shows techno-economical adaptations in relation to differing eco-functional objectives achieved in different environments. This Mousterian lithic production approach gives a new understanding of the Mousterian variability in this landscape. The analysis adopted (technical and economic behaviour) also presents questions about stability or diversity of technical knowledge and economic understanding as practised by Mousterian groups during the Final Glaciation period.

The Moche culture (100-800 A.D.) developed on the northern Peruvian coast in an area spread over the Piura and Nepeña valleys. The zooarchaeological study of the faunal remains discovered in graves at four main ceremonial sites (Sipán, San José de Moro, El Brujo and Moche) has provided evidence of twelve sacrificed animal species: domestic taxa such as llamas, dogs and guinea pigs, and also wild species such as bats. A comparison of the zooarchaeological data with the iconographical corpus showed that animals served different ritual purposes, such as mortuary food and as guides for the deceased's soul into the afterlife; they were also symbolically considered as mediators between the world of the living and the dead. The study also comparesarchaeological data with other sources, such as ethnohistorical texts and ethnographical testimonies leading to a better understanding of the symbolical dimension represented by Andean animals.

This volume is a study of the bi-face (stone tool) industries of northwest Europe in the mid-Pleistocene, especially around the basins of the Somme and the Escaut (in France and Belgium). Through detailed analysis, special emphasis is placed on production, function, and dating, in an attempt to relate the finds (and the lithic industries) to various habitation, and settlement periods.

The starting point of this investigation was the striking absence in the archaeological literature of any detailed comparison between two significant Central European sites, despite their proximity in both geographical and temporal (roughly 30,000 to25,000 years before the present) terms. This silence was even more startling considering the fame that these two localities have enjoyed over the century since they were excavated - Willendorf II primarily in 1908, Dolni Vestonice starting in 1924 and continuing into the present. A sensitively written treatment, taking the author back across many borders.

This work, in nine chapters, is a retrospective analysis of ditched rural structures (dating from Prehistoric to Gallo-Roman times) which have been traced since 1975 by aerial surveys over northern Brittany. As well as detailing aerial surveying techniques and archaeology, the study serves also as a comparative framework for similar structures located on both sides of the Channel. Aerial observation is particularly valuable as a means of detecting such remains, and this volume presents a detailed analysis of sites, combining text, graphics and statistics with numerous maps of the areas under study.

A challenging piece of research that assesses the historical background to how the Inuit economy became integrated into the modern world.

Any attempt to understand present-day European societies and a possible "European identity" must include an historical perspective. Many of the phenomena on the road from the Stone Age to urbanization and the "Cities of tomorrow" affecting Europe anditsdevelopment between c. 3000 and 500 BC appeared first in southeastern Mediterranean Europe (in the Aegean area), influenced by the cultures in the Eastern Mediterranean such as Anatolia, Egypt and the Levant. These seven papers from a session ofthe European Association of Archaeologists in Lisbon in 2000 focus on how these impulses were transmitted, what forms of interaction led to their spread and acceptance, and why certain societies did not accept them.

The Reconstruction of Archaeological Landscapes through Digital Technologies' presents 18 papers from the Italy-United States Workshop that took place in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, in November 2001.This workshop is made possible by grants from the J. M. Kaplan Fund, U.S.A., and the National Research Council, Italy.Sponsored by CNR (National Research Council - ITABC, Institute of Technologies Applied to Cultural Heritage, Roma, Italy) and Boston University's Center for Archaeological Studies, Center for Remote Sensing, and the Department of Archaeology (USA) with the collaboration of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).Organized by Kathryn Bard (BU), Farouk El Baz (BU - CRSA), Maurizio Forte (CNR-ITABC), Salvatore Garraffo (CNR-ITABC), P. Ryan Willams (Field Museum), James Wiseman (BU).Co-chairs: Farouk El Baz (BU - CRSA), Maurizio Forte (CNR-ITABC), James Wiseman (BU).

This is the third in a projected series of five volumes dedicated to the work of the Adriatic Islands Project (AIP). The first volume, The Archaeological Heritage of the Island of Hvar, Croatia was published bilingually, in English and Croatian (Gaffney et al. 1997). The second volume, The Archaeological Heritage of the Island of Brac, Croatia was published in English (Stanèiè et al. 1999). This volume builds on the achievements of these earlier publications. The work utilises, essentially, the same research methodologies developed for survey on Hvar and Brac. The continuing reliance of project staff on complex computer technologies to store and analyse the large project databases also remains, and the impact of the increasing sophistication of thesetechnologies for display of data can be seen in this publication. This book, covering prehistory to medieval times, is divided into two parts, reflecting the diverse nature of the areas under study. Part one deals with the most remote island group that fell within the project study area and includes the island of Vis and the smaller islands that have for centuries been associated with Vis; Bi¿evo, Svetac and Palagrüa. Part two deals specifically with the island of ¿olta. ¿olta lies just west of Brac and is the part of the project study area that is nearest to the mainland.

This is a new archaeological study of the volcanic region in southern Peru known as 'The Valley of the Volcanoes'. In the southern part of the Republic of Peru, in the Arequipa Departament, there extends the little-known until recently Valle de los Volcanes, or the Valley of the Volcanoes. It is around 65 km long and is located between a latitude of 15°05' and 15°41' S. It thus extends in a nearly southerly direction (along 72°20' W), between the massifs of Nevado Coropuna (6425 m above sea-level (a.s.l.)) to the west, and Cordillera Shila (around 5600 m a.s.l.) to the east, and drops from the edge of Altiplano (4900-5100 m a.s.l.) in the north, to the Colca River Canyon (around 1350 m a.s.l.) in the south. Administratively, the Valley of the Volcanoes currently lies in the territories of two Peruvian provinces. The larger part belongs to the Castilla Province, while a small area of puna to the north-west of the municipality of Umachulco, situated in the upper part of the valley, is found in the Condesuyos Province (Cayarani District). There are five districts - the smallest administrative units - in the territory of the valley: Ayo, Chachas, Andahua, Chilcaymarca and Orcopampa.

Barbara E. Barich with contributions by Massimo Baistrocchi, Giorgio Belluomini, Isabella Caneva, Angela E. Close, Achilles Gautier, Luigia Manfra, Bruno Marcolongo, Alberto M. Palmieri, Erhard Schulz and Sandra Y. Vons-Comis

This volume is part of a two volume set: ISBN 9781407388410 (Volume I); ISBN 9781407388427 (Volume II); ISBN 9780860544265 (Volume set).The Beaker problem is one of the oldest, and most celebrated, in European prehistoric archaeology.