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Discovery of annual growth in a modern olive branch based on carbon isotopes and implications for the Bronze Age volcanic eruption of Santorini by Ehrlich, Yael, Regev, Lior, Boaretto, Elisabetta

“…The volcanic eruption of Santorini in the Bronze Age left detectable debris across the Mediterranean, serving as an anchor in time for the region,…”
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Early Neolithic wine of Georgia in the South Caucasus by McGovern, Patrick, Jalabadze, Mindia, Batiuk, Stephen, Callahan, Michael P., Smith, Karen E., Hall, Gretchen R., Kvavadze, Eliso, Maghradze, David, Rusishvili, Nana, Bouby, Laurent, Failla, Osvaldo, Cola, Gabriele, Mariani, Luigi, Boaretto, Elisabetta, Bacilieri, Roberto, This, Patrice, Wales, Nathan, Lordkipanidze, David

“…Chemical analyses of ancient organic compounds absorbed into the pottery fabrics from sites in Georgia in the South Caucasus region, dating to the early…”
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The petrous bone contains high concentrations of osteocytes: One possible reason why ancient DNA is better preserved in this bone by Ibrahim, Jamal, Brumfeld, Vlad, Addadi, Yoseph, Rubin, Sarah, Weiner, Steve, Boaretto, Elisabetta

“…The characterization of ancient DNA in fossil bones is providing invaluable information on the genetics of past human and other animal populations. These…”
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Farming legumes in the pre-pottery Neolithic: New discoveries from the site of Ahihud (Israel) by Caracuta, Valentina, Vardi, Jacob, Paz, Ytzhak, Boaretto, Elisabetta

“…New discoveries of legumes in the lower Galilee at the prehistoric site of Ahihud in Israel shed light on early farming systems in the southern Levant…”
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Sub-annual bomb radiocarbon records from trees in northern Israel by Raj, Harsh, Ehrlich, Yael, Regev, Lior, Mintz, Eugenia, Boaretto, Elisabetta

“…Spatial and temporal variations in the atmospheric bomb radiocarbon make it a very useful tracer and a dating tool. With the introduction of more atmospheric…”
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A label-free quantification method for assessing sex from modern and ancient bovine tooth enamel by Kotli, Paula, Morgenstern, David, Bocquentin, Fanny, Khalaily, Hamoudi, Horwitz, Liora Kolska, Boaretto, Elisabetta

“…Identification of the sex of modern, fossil and archaeological animal remains offers many insights into their demography, mortality profiles and domestication…”
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Crystallinity assessment of anthropogenic calcites using Raman micro-spectroscopy by Toffolo, Michael B., Pinkas, Iddo, Gallo, Ana Álvaro, Boaretto, Elisabetta

“…Anthropogenic calcite is a form of calcium carbonate produced through pyrotechnological activities, and it is the main component of materials such as lime…”
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Expansion of eastern Mediterranean Middle Paleolithic into the desert region in early marine isotopic stage 5 by Barzilai, Omry, Oron, Maya, Porat, Naomi, White, Dustin, Timms, Rhys, Blockley, Simon, Zular, André, Avni, Yoav, Faershtein, Galina, Weiner, Steve, Boaretto, Elisabetta

“…Marine Isotopic Stage 5 is associated with wetter climatic conditions in the Saharo-Arabian deserts. This stage also corresponds to the establishment of Middle…”
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A Late Pleistocene high-resolution paleoclimate reconstruction: insights from the archaeobotanical assemblage and the carbon isotope analysis of wild almond (Amygdalus sp.) from Raqefet Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel by Belli, Chiara, Caracuta, Valentina, Weinstein-Evron, Mina, Yeshurun, Reuven, Boaretto, Elisabetta, Nadel, Dani

“…Raqefet Cave is located in southeast Mount Carmel, Israel. It contains a long archaeological sequence with two major occupations: in the early Upper…”
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The absolute chronology of Boker Tachtit (Israel) and implications for the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in the Levant by Boaretto, Elisabetta, Hernandez, Marion, Goder-Goldberger, Mae, Aldeias, Vera, Regev, Lior, Caracuta, Valentina, McPherron, Shannon P., Hublin, Jean-Jacques, Weiner, Steve, Barzilai, Omry

“…The Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) is a crucial lithic assemblage type in the archaeology of southwest Asia because it marks a dramatic shift in hominin…”
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Climatic and environmental conditions in the Western Galilee, during Late Middle and Upper Paleolithic periods, based on speleothems from Manot Cave, Israel by Yasur, Gal, Ayalon, Avner, Matthews, Alan, Zilberman, Tami, Marder, Ofer, Barzilai, Omry, Boaretto, Elisabetta, Hershkovitz, Israel, Bar-Matthews, Miryam

“…Early Ahmarian, Levantine Aurignacian and Post-Levantine Aurignacian archeological assemblages show that the karstic Manot Cave, located 5 km east of the…”
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Tracking the history of grapevine cultivation in Georgia by combining geometric morphometrics and ancient DNA by Bouby, Laurent, Wales, Nathan, Jalabadze, Mindia, Rusishvili, Nana, Bonhomme, Vincent, Ramos-Madrigal, Jazmín, Evin, Allowen, Ivorra, Sarah, Lacombe, Thierry, Pagnoux, Clémence, Boaretto, Elisabetta, Gilbert, M. Thomas P., Bacilieri, Roberto, Lordkipanidze, David, Maghradze, David

“…The Near East and the Caucasus are commonly regarded as the original domestication centres of Vitis vinifera (grapevine), and the region continues to be home…”
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Levantine cranium from Manot Cave (Israel) foreshadows the first European modern humans by Hershkovitz, Israel, Marder, Ofer, Ayalon, Avner, Bar-Matthews, Miryam, Yasur, Gal, Boaretto, Elisabetta, Caracuta, Valentina, Alex, Bridget, Frumkin, Amos, Goder-Goldberger, Mae, Gunz, Philipp, Holloway, Ralph L., Latimer, Bruce, Lavi, Ron, Matthews, Alan, Slon, Viviane, Mayer, Daniella Bar-Yosef, Berna, Francesco, Bar-Oz, Guy, Yeshurun, Reuven, May, Hila, Hans, Mark G., Weber, Gerhard W., Barzilai, Omry

“…A partial skull from northern Israel dated to be from around 55,000 years ago sheds light on a crucial but little-known period of prehistory: the spread of…”
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Nahal Ein Gev II, a Late Natufian Community at the Sea of Galilee by Grosman, Leore, Munro, Natalie D, Abadi, Itay, Boaretto, Elisabetta, Shaham, Dana, Belfer-Cohen, Anna, Bar-Yosef, Ofer

“…The Natufian culture is of great importance as a starting point to investigate the dynamics of the transition to agriculture. Given its chronological position…”
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The Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in the southern Levant: New insights from the late Middle Paleolithic site of Far’ah II, Israel by Goder-Goldberger, Mae, Crouvi, Onn, Caracuta, Valentina, Kolska Horwitz, Liora, Neumann, Frank H., Porat, Naomi, Scott, Louis, Shavit, Roi, Jacoby-Glass, Yael, Zilberman, Tami, Boaretto, Elisabetta

“…Far’ah II is an open-air site in the north western Negev desert (Israel). Previous excavations in the 1970’s revealed a rich, in situ Middle Paleolithic (MP)…”
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Radiocarbon dating and microarchaeology untangle the history of Jerusalem's Temple Mount: A view from Wilson's Arch by Regev, Johanna, Uziel, Joe, Lieberman, Tehillah, Solomon, Avi, Gadot, Yuval, Ben-Ami, Doron, Regev, Lior, Boaretto, Elisabetta

“…Radiocarbon dating is rarely applied in Classical and Post-Classical periods in the Eastern Mediterranean, as it is not considered precise enough to solve…”
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Radiocarbon Dating of an Olive Tree Cross-Section: New Insights on Growth Patterns and Implications for Age Estimation of Olive Trees by Ehrlich, Yael, Regev, Lior, Kerem, Zohar, Boaretto, Elisabetta

“…The age of living massive olive trees is often assumed to be between hundreds and even thousands of years. These estimations are usually based on the girth of…”
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Variations in Atomic Disorder in Biogenic Carbonate Hydroxyapatite Using the Infrared Spectrum Grinding Curve Method by Asscher, Yotam, Weiner, Steve, Boaretto, Elisabetta

“…Biogenic carbonate hydroxyapatite crystals are inherently disordered at the atomic level due mainly to the substitutions of various ions in the crystal…”
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Rapid phytolith extraction for analysis of phytolith concentrations and assemblages during an excavation: an application at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel by Katz, Ofir, Cabanes, Dan, Weiner, Stephen, Maeir, Aren M., Boaretto, Elisabetta, Shahack-Gross, Ruth

“…A rapid phytolith extraction procedure is described, that allows phytolith concentrations and morphotype assemblages to be analyzed within hours. This…”
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Degradation of mud brick houses in an arid environment: a geoarchaeological model by Friesem, David, Boaretto, Elisabetta, Eliyahu-Behar, Adi, Shahack-Gross, Ruth

“…A common assumption in Near Eastern tell archaeology is that the majority of sediments originate from degraded mud bricks. Little is known about the mechanism…”
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