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Characterizing the diet of individuals at the Neolithic chambered tomb of Hazleton North, Gloucestershire, England, using stable isotopic analysis
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope compositions were measured on human and faunal bones, sampled from the Neolithic chambered tomb of Hazleton North, Gloucestershire, UK. The values were used to characterize the diet of the burial community as a whole. Humans were higher in δ15N by 4.5–5.0‰ relative to animal δ15N,...Hedges, Robert ; Saville, Alan ; O'Connell, Tamsin
bone, carbon, nitrogen, Neolithic, stable isotope, and Paleodiet
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A neotype of the clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa Griffith 1821)
Recent research has recognised that the clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) is, in fact, two separate species, which differ markedly with respect to craniodental and pelage morphology and genomic characters. There is confusion about the origin and inaccuracies in the description of the nominal specimen, and the undisputed lack of a...Christiansen, P ; Kitchener, Andrew C
Craniodental morphology, Pelage morphology, Skin, Neotype, Type locality, Skull and mandible, Neofelis nebulosa, and BM1955.1644
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Rediscovering the Arisaid
The stereotype of 'traditional' Highland dress is the kilted male figure. The National Museums Scotland (NMS) and other museums have long included a category 'Arisaids' in their collections; research reveals that this was a female version of 'traditional' Highland dress, a finely-made and high status garment which was going out...Quye, Anita ; Cheape, Hugh
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Anatomizing an archaeological project - Hazleton revisited. Presidential address delivered at Gambier Parry Hall, Highnam, 27 March 2010
This presidential address revisits the author’s archaeological excavation of a Neolithic long cairn at the Cotswold village of Hazleton in 1979–1982. After a summary of the findings of the excavation a personal account is given of the reasons for the project, how it developed and was achieved, its post-excavation aftermath,...Saville, Alan