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Imperial expansion, public investment, and the long path of history: China’s initial political unification and its aftermath by Fang, Hui, Feinman, Gary M., Nicholas, Linda M.

“…The Neolithic (ca. 8000–1900 B.C.) underpinnings of early Chinese civilization had diverse geographic and cultural foundations in distinct traditions, ways of…”
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imprint of China's first emperor on the distant realm of eastern Shandong by Feinman, Gary M, Nicholas, Linda M, Hui, Fang

“…Imperial expansion is recurrent in human history. For early empires, such as in ancient China, this process generally is known from texts that glorify and…”
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Greater post-Neolithic wealth disparities in Eurasia than in North America and Mesoamerica by Kohler, Timothy A., Smith, Michael E., Bogaard, Amy, Feinman, Gary M., Peterson, Christian E., Betzenhauser, Alleen, Pailes, Matthew, Stone, Elizabeth C., Marie Prentiss, Anna, Dennehy, Timothy J., Ellyson, Laura J., Nicholas, Linda M., Faulseit, Ronald K., Styring, Amy, Whitlam, Jade, Fochesato, Mattia, Foor, Thomas A., Bowles, Samuel

“…Analyses of house-size distributions in the Old and New World showed that wealth disparities increased with the domestication of plants and animals and with…”
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The missing femur at the Mitla Fortress and its implications by Feinman, Gary M., Nicholas, Linda M., Baker, Lindsey C.

“…The authors explore the practice of extracting the thighbone from burials in Mesoamerica, making use of a newly excavated Classic period Zapotec burial at the…”
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Relict Plant Communities at Prehispanic Sites in Oaxaca, Mexico: Historical Implications by Feinman, Gary M., Nicholas, Linda M.

“…Coordinated with excavations at two prehispanic sites in the eastern arm of the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, we documented a diversity of economically useful…”
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The Foundation of Monte Albán, Intensification, and Growth: Coactive Processes and Joint Production by Nicholas, Linda M., Feinman, Gary M.

“…Most early sedentary villages (c. 1500–500 BCE) in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, were situated on or near well-watered land. Around 500 BCE, a new hilltop…”
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Sustainability and duration of early central places in prehispanic Mesoamerica by Feinman, Gary M., Carballo, David M., Nicholas, Linda M., Kowalewski, Stephen A.

“…During the last millennium BCE, central places were founded across many regions of western (non-Maya) Mesoamerica. These early central places differed in…”
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Spindle Whorls from El Palmillo: Economic Implications by Carpenter, Lacey B., Feinman, Gary M., Nicholas, Linda M.

“…We analyze household inventories from eight excavated residences at El Palmillo (Oaxaca, Mexico) with a focus on a large sample of spindle whorls. Measurement…”
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Changes in regional settlement patterns and the development of complex societies in southeastern Shandong, China by Underhill, Anne P., Feinman, Gary M., Nicholas, Linda M., Fang, Hui, Luan, Fengshi, Yu, Haiguang, Cai, Fengshu

“…Around the globe, archaeological settlement pattern survey has brought a new spatial, diachronic, and theoretical vantage to the study of early civilizations…”
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DOMESTIC OFFERINGS AT EL PALMILLO: Implications for community organization by Feinman, Gary M., Nicholas, Linda M., Maher, Edward F.

“…Although the topic has received recent attention, relatively little is known about how pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican communities were internally organized and…”
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The effects of mirtazapine on plasma lipid profiles in healthy subjects by NICHOLAS, Linda M, FORD, Amy L, ESPOSITO, Sharon M, EKSTROM, R. David, GOLDEN, Robert N

“…The novel antidepressant mirtazapine has been linked to elevated random plasma total cholesterol (TC) levels. The purpose of this study was to evaluate in a…”
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Bioarqueologia de la Violencia: Traumatismos en Esqueletos Femeninos de El Palmillo, Oaxaca by Higelin Ponce de Leon, Ricardo, Bustamante, Shunashi S. Victoria, Feinman, Gary M., Nicholas, Linda M., Cervantes Pérez, José Manuel, Gallegos Pérez, José Carlos

“…Desde una perspectiva bioarqueológica, examinamos la incidencia de traumatismos presentes en esqueletos de los habitantes de la antigua ciudad de El Palmillo,…”
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Socioeconomic Inequality and the Consumption of Chipped Stone at El Palmillo, Oaxaca, Mexico by Feinman, Gary M., Nicholas, Linda M., Haines, Helen R.

“…In prehispanic Mesoamerica, basic utilitarian artifacts, such as non-obsidian chipped stone tools, have rarely been considered outside the realms of technology…”
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DOMESTIC OFFERINGS AT EL PALMILLO by Feinman, Gary M., Nicholas, Linda M., Maher, Edward F.

“…Although the topic has received recent attention, relatively little is known about how pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican communities were internally organized and…”
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SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITY AND DIFFERENTIAL ACCESS TO FAUNAL RESOURCES AT EL PALMILLO, OAXACA, MEXICO by Haller, Mikael J., Feinman, Gary M., Nicholas, Linda M.

“…Differential access to faunal resources (meat) is one index of socioeconomic inequality that traditionally has been considered but rarely investigated in…”
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Domestic Faunal Assemblages from the Classic Period Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico: A Perspective on the Subsistence and Craft Economies by Middleton, William D., Feinman, Gary M., Nicholas, Linda M.

“…During the Classic period (ad200–800), urban Monte Albán in the Valley of Oaxaca was one of the most monumental cities in Mesoamerica. Yet relatively little is…”
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HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIC SPECIALIZATION AND SOCIAL DIFFERENTIATION: The stone-tool assemblage at El Palmillo, Oaxaca by Haines, Helen R., Feinman, Gary M., Nicholas, Linda M.

“…This paper examines the stone-tool assemblage recovered from excavations of six Classic-period residential terraces at El Palmillo, a terraced hilltop…”
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Coastal Shandong, China: The longue durée by Feinman, Gary M., Fang, Hui, Nicholas, Linda M.

“…[Display omitted] •The population of coastal Shandong shifted temporally and spatially over time.•Changes in population over time reflect social processes and…”
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Population dynamics and imperial expansion in eastern Shandong (China) during the last millennium BCE by Wang, Zhengliang, Feinman, Gary M., Nicholas, Linda M., Fang, Hui

“…We examine the long-term history of eastern Shandong, China, with a focus on shifts in settlement patterns. We expand on prior work where our focus was a…”
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Houses on a Hill: Classic Period Life at El Palmillo, Oaxaca, Mexico by Feinman, Gary M., Nicholas, Linda M., Haines, Helen R.

“…The increasing attention devoted to the investigation of prehispanic houses in Mesoamerica owes much theoretically and methodologically to the early household…”
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