Znanstveni skupovi by Preston Miracle
by Mateja Hulina, Selena Vitezović, Preston Miracle, Janja Mavrović, Adriana Grzunov, Ivana Ožanić Roguljić, Ina Miloglav, Institut za arheologiju, Zagreb, Hrvatsko arheološko društvo HAD, Miroslav Vuković, Jasna Vukovic, Maja Miše, Igor Medarić, Adam Crnobrnja, and Sinisa Radovic Odsjek za arheologiju Filozofskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu pokrenuo je 2013. godine održav... more Odsjek za arheologiju Filozofskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu pokrenuo je 2013. godine održavanje znanstvenog skupa „METodologija i ARHeometrija“ kojemu je cilj poticanje interdisciplinarnosti, kritičkog promišljanja, novih spoznaja i pristupa, te teoretskih okvira u suvremenoj arheološkoj znanosti. Pokrivanje širokog spektra tema i znanstvenih disciplina rezultiralo je radovima i raspravama koje promiču znanstvenu problematiku iz područja metodologije, dokumentiranja i interpretacije arheoloških podataka. Interdisciplinarni karakter skupa na jednom mjestu okuplja arheologe i istraživače ostalih znanstvenih disciplina s kojima arheolozi blisko surađuju, a koji svojim radom, projektima i idejama promiču nove spoznaje o interpretaciji ljudskog života u prošlosti.
Papers by Preston Miracle
Antiquity, 2011
The generalised picture of Mesolithic marine diet giving way to a Neolithic terrestrial diet, as ... more The generalised picture of Mesolithic marine diet giving way to a Neolithic terrestrial diet, as derived from isotope measurements, has been both championed and challenged in this journal. Here new results from the Balkans offer a preliminary picture of a diversity of food strategy, both before and after the great transition.
U radu obrazlažemo podjelu na faze Vele peci, opisujemo njenu stratigrafiju te iznosimo rezultate... more U radu obrazlažemo podjelu na faze Vele peci, opisujemo njenu stratigrafiju te iznosimo rezultate analize loncarije. Pet metara debele naslage obuhvacaju razdoblje od mezolitika do kasne antike, a najbolje su zastupljeni broncano doba i neolitik. Nakon mezolitika, pretpovijesni pastiri iz Pupicine peci koristili su Velu pec za držanje stoke. Neuobicajeni sadržaj jedne jamice možda ukazuje na obredne aktivnosti.
Environmental Archaeology, 2020
The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition is a classic topic of archaeological discussion, and the East... more The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition is a classic topic of archaeological discussion, and the East Adriatic is of particular interest as a gateway region for agriculture entering Europe from the Near East. Neolithisation along the East Adriatic coast has been characterised as a two-wave process of leapfrog demographic replacement along the Dalmatian coast, followed by a longer process of acculturation further inland. Research on this transition primarily addresses the arrival of Neolithic technology and domesticates, but the view from 'traditionally Mesolithic' activities can provide an alternative perspective. This pilot study highlights one such practice, identifying changes in the seasonality of shellfish gathering over the Neolithic transition using material from Vela Spila, Korčula (Croatia). Specimens of the gastropod Phorcus turbinatus from across this transition were assessed using oxygen isotope analysis. Results showed a focus on summer and autumn collection during the Mesolithic, which then shifted to autumn and winter in the Neolithic. These results indicate differences in shellfish gathering and exploitation across the Neolithic transition, and implications for the demographic transition and human-environment interactions are discussed. Shellfishing in the East Adriatic is identified as an area of Neolithisation rather than Mesolithic continuity.
MESO, 2005
Sažetak: This paper examines the palaeoecological and paleodietary significance of edible land sn... more Sažetak: This paper examines the palaeoecological and paleodietary significance of edible land snails from several different points of view: ethno-archaeological, nutritional, experimental and theoretical, based on the study of assemblages from the Pupićina cave ( ...
XV Congress of the International Union for Prehistoric …, 2006
Vindija Cave contains important Middle and Early Upper Palaeolithic lithic and faunal assemblages... more Vindija Cave contains important Middle and Early Upper Palaeolithic lithic and faunal assemblages associated with remains of Neandertals that span the period from ca. 45 – 25 ka. The association in level G1 of Neandertal remains (directly radiocarbon dated to ca. 29 ka) and Early Upper Palaeolithic artifacts (e.g. bone points, lithic bifacial point, and other Aurignacian-type lithics) is particularly significant for different models of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition, and the artefact and hominin assemblages have been studied in detail in recent years. In this paper we present the first results of new zooarchaeological analyses of Vindija. We focus on the ungulate remains from the F and G Complexes at Vindija, and discuss the significance of our results for palaeoecological reconstructions, taphonomy, and hominin subsistence practices. Résumé: La Grotte de Vindija contient des assemblages lithiques et fauniques datés du Paléolithique Moyen et du Paléolithique Supérieur Ancien et sont associés à des restes de Néanderthaliens, qui couvrent une période de environ 45 à 25 ka. L'association dans le niveau G1 de restes néanderthaliens (directement datés par radiocarbone de environ 29 ka) et d'artefacts du Paléolithique Supérieur Ancien (e.a. pointes osseuses, pointe bifaciale lithique et autres artefacts lithiques de type aurignacien) est particulièrement significative pour les différents modèles relatifs à la transition Paléolithique Moyen – Paléolithique Supérieur. Les assemblages archéologiques et osseux humains ayant été étudiés dans le detail ces dernières années, nous présentons dans cet article les premiers résultats des analyses zooarchéologiques menées à Vindija. Nous nous intéressons plus particulièrement aux restes des ongulés des complexes F et G de Vindija, et discutons leur implication pour les reconstructions paléoécologiques, la taphonomie et les techniques de subsistence des hominidés.
Giornate di Paleontologia, 2006
U ovom radu predstavljamo rezultate obrade keramickog materijala iz unutrasnjeg dijela spilje Pup... more U ovom radu predstavljamo rezultate obrade keramickog materijala iz unutrasnjeg dijela spilje Pupicine peci, koji je istražen 2001. godine. Odredili smo cetiri prapovijesne kronoloske faze, koje su pripadale srednjem neolitiku, kasnom neolitiku/ranom eneolitiku, kasnom eneolitiku/ranom broncanom dobu te srednjem broncanom dobu. Zadnja faza je rimska/srednjovjekovna. Materijal iz srednjoneoliticke i srednjobroncanodobne faze vrlo je slican onom iz vanjskog dijela spilje, sto ukazuje na istovremeno naseljavanje cijele spilje u tim razdobljima. Pojava eneolitickih slojeva, koji nisu zabilježeni u prednjem dijelu spilje, pokazuje da se ona upotrebljavala i u to vrijeme.
Quaternary Science Reviews, 2020
Abstract In this paper new palaeogeographic and archaeological data from the prehistoric cave Vel... more Abstract In this paper new palaeogeographic and archaeological data from the prehistoric cave Vela Spila on the island of Korcula in Croatia are combined with new realizations of two glacial isostatic adjustment models in order to present relative sea-level change scenarios confronting the inhabitants of the cave at different time slices and to show how they experienced and adapted to sea-level and climate change from the Late Pleistocene through the Holocene. Our results show that from the Late Upper Palaeolithic until the Mesolithic, humans in the study area would have experienced tens of metres of sea-level rise, at rates in some cases up to 12 mm per year, and, owing to the relatively flat morphology of the now submerged plains, hundreds of meters of horizontal coastline change in the plains to the north and south of the island. This evidence supports the hypothesis that the rapid loss of these plains likely contributed to the human abandonment of the cave after the Palaeolithic for about five thousand years, followed by significant changes in lifestyle and diet in the Mesolithic. Our results have important implications for the study of how past human groups, especially in vulnerable coastal areas, were affected by sea level, climate, and other environmental changes. Vela Spila represents a case study of how changing environment and rising seas can force significant alterations in human societies, even when there is no risk of inundation to settlement sites.
Molinarska draga is a small limestone canyon on the western slope of the Ucka mountain, carved by... more Molinarska draga is a small limestone canyon on the western slope of the Ucka mountain, carved by the same seasonally-running stream that runs through Vela druga and past Pupicina Cave ca. 3 km to the west. Four siteswere tested in 2001 and 2002: Ovcja pec, Sklepova pec, Abri near Ovcja pec and Abri pod slapom. Two major cultural phases of activity were recorded in Ovcja pec, the Mesolithic(?) and Medieval one. Humans sporadically visited Sklepova pec, perhaps during Mesollthic. Abri near Ovcja pec and Abri pod slapom yielded only negative evidence of humans activity. Test excavations in Molinarska draga make a useful contribution to the larger picture of past cave use in the region.
Journal of Archaeological Science, 2015
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American Journal of Archaeology, 2003
The oldest and longest enduring microlithic sequence in India: 35 000 years of modern human occup... more The oldest and longest enduring microlithic sequence in India: 35 000 years of modern human occupation and
Journal of Archaeological Science, 2016
The exploitation of cattle labour in agriculture and transport, prior to large-scale mechanisatio... more The exploitation of cattle labour in agriculture and transport, prior to large-scale mechanisation, has significantly helped shape the development course of human societies. This paper addresses the question of how to recognise cattle traction using refined techniques derived from control bone samples. We propose a detailed examination of morphometrics from distal metapodials for this purpose. Our results show that metric datasets from specific parts of these elements demonstrate a separation between traction and non-traction groups. Statistical analyses support such separation, encouraging the application of this model to shed light on ancient animal labour exploitation. This model is additionally well suited to fragmentary materials – distal metapodials rather than the whole elements – enabling its wide potential application in zooarchaeological research.
List of Contributors ix Preface (Peter Woodman) xvii Plenaries (i) Mapping the European Mesolithi... more List of Contributors ix Preface (Peter Woodman) xvii Plenaries (i) Mapping the European Mesolithic (S. K. Kozłowski) xx (ii) The Mesolithic in Europe-some retrospective perspectives (Lars Larsson) xxvii (iii) The way forward (T. Douglas Price) xxxiii (iv) Ireland's place in the European Mesolithic: why it's ok to be different (Peter C. Woodman) xxxvi (v) The Mesolithic and the 21st century (Marek Zvelebil) xlvii New lands 1 Introduction (Peter C. Woodman) 1 2 Climate change, demography and social relations: an alternative view of the Late Palaeolithic 3 pioneer colonization of southern Scandinavia (Felix Riede) 3 Late Palaeolithic reindeer hunters-from a coastal perspective (Bengt Nordqvist) 11 4 Colonizing seascapes: comparative perspectives on the development of maritime relations in the Pleistocene/Holocene transition in northwest Europe (Hein Bjartmann Bjerck) 5 Entering new shores. Colonization processes in early archipelagos in eastern central Sweden (Roger Wikell and Mattias Pettersson) 6 The flint collection from the Ristola site in Lahti and the cultural contacts of the earliest Postglacial settlement of southern Finland (Hannu Takala) 7 The Sujala site in Utsjoki: Post-Swiderian in northern Lapland? (Jarmo Kankaanpää and Tuija Rankama) 8 Hunter-gatherers of the Istrian peninsula: the value of lithic raw material analysis to study small-scale colonization processes (Paolo Pellegatti) 9 Early farmers on the coast: lithic procurement strategies of colonists in the eastern Adriatic (Niels H. Andreasen) 10 The colonisation of eastern alpine territories: the Val di Non case study and the 'Regole' field camps (Trento, Italy)
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2005
... Mujina Pecina is located along a potential migration corridor for hominin populations moving ... more ... Mujina Pecina is located along a potential migration corridor for hominin populations moving into Europe from western Asia. ... These 'mixed' hominin-carnivore signatures are pulled apart through a detailed taphonomic analysis of this well-excavated assemblage. ...
Quaternary International, 2010
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014
PLoS ONE, 2012
Recent finds of 36 ceramic artifacts from the archaeological site of Vela Spila, Croatia, offer t... more Recent finds of 36 ceramic artifacts from the archaeological site of Vela Spila, Croatia, offer the first evidence of ceramic figurative art in late Upper Palaeolithic Europe, c. 17,500-15,000 years before present (BP). The size and diversity of this artistic ceramic assemblage indicate the emergence of a social tradition, rather than more ephemeral experimentation with a new material. Vela Spila ceramics offer compelling technological and stylistic comparisons with the only other evidence of a developed Palaeolithic ceramic tradition found at the sites of Pavlov I and Dolní Věstonice I, in the Czech Republic, c. 31,000-27,000 cal BP. Because of the 10,000-year gap between the two assemblages, the Vela Spila ceramics are interpreted as evidence of an independent invention of this technology. Consequently, these artifacts provide evidence of a new social context in which ceramics developed and were used to make art in the Upper Palaeolithic.
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