Search Results - "Pryor, J.E."

Material cosmopolitanism: the entrepot of Harlaa as an Islamic gateway to eastern Ethiopia by Insoll, Timothy, Khalaf, Nadia, MacLean, Rachel, Parsons-Morgan, Hannah, Tait, Nicholas, Gaastra, Jane, Beldados, Alemseged, Pryor, Alexander J.E., Evis, Laura, Dussubieux, Laure

“…The investigation of Islamic archaeology in Ethiopia has until recently been neglected. Excavations at Harlaa, a large urban centre in eastern Ethiopia, are…”
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The chronology and function of a new circular mammoth-bone structure at Kostenki 11 by Pryor, Alexander J.E, Beresford-Jones, David G, Dudin, Alexander E, Ikonnikova, Ekaterina M, Hoffecker, John F, Gamble, Clive

“…Abstract Circular features made from mammoth bone are known from across Upper Palaeolithic Eastern Europe, and are widely identified as dwellings. The first…”
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Maternal stress, social support and preschool children's intelligence by Slykerman, R.F., Thompson, J.M.D., Pryor, J.E., Becroft, D.M.O., Robinson, E., Clark, P.M., Wild, C.J., Mitchell, E.A.

“…Despite some research suggesting maternal stress may be associated with cognitive impairment in preschool children, there has been little direct investigation…”
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Plant foods in the Upper Palaeolithic at Dolní Vĕstonice? Parenchyma redux by PRYOR, Alexander J. E, STEELE, Madeline, JONES, Martin K, SVOBODA, Jiři, BERESFORD-JONES, David G

“…The classic image of Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers in Europe envisages them hunting large mammals in largely treeless landscapes. That is partly due to…”
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Investigating climate at the Upper Palaeolithic site of Kraków Spadzista Street (B), Poland, using oxygen isotopes by Pryor, Alexander J.E., O’Connell, Tamsin C., Wojtal, Piotr, Krzemińska, Alina, Stevens, Rhiannon E.

“…Between 50,000 and 20,000 years ago, Europe experienced a series of rapid climate change events known as the Dansgaard–Oeschger cycles, which may have made…”
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Proboscideans on Parade: A review of the migratory behaviour of elephants, mammoths, and mastodons by Bonhof, Wouter J., Pryor, Alexander J.E.

“…The ecology and behaviour of woolly and Columbian mammoths and mastodons have been extensively studied. Despite this, their patterns of mobility, and…”
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Quantification and propagation of errors when converting vertebrate biomineral oxygen isotope data to temperature for palaeoclimate reconstruction by Pryor, Alexander J.E., Stevens, Rhiannon E., O'Connell, Tamsin C., Lister, John R.

“…Oxygen isotope analysis of bioapatite in vertebrate remains (bones and teeth) is commonly used to address questions on palaeoclimate from the Eocene to the…”
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Performance and automation of ancient DNA capture with RNA hyRAD probes by Suchan, Tomasz, Kusliy, Mariya A., Khan, Naveed, Chauvey, Loreleï, Tonasso‐Calvière, Laure, Schiavinato, Stéphanie, Southon, John, Keller, Marcel, Kitagawa, Keiko, Krause, Johannes, Bessudnov, Alexander N., Bessudnov, Alexander A., Graphodatsky, Alexander S., Valenzuela‐Lamas, Silvia, Wilczyński, Jarosław, Pospuła, Sylwia, Tunia, Krzysztof, Nowak, Marek, Moskal‐delHoyo, Magdalena, Tishkin, Alexey A., Pryor, Alexander J. E., Outram, Alan K., Orlando, Ludovic

“…DNA hybridization‐capture techniques allow researchers to focus their sequencing efforts on preselected genomic regions. This feature is especially useful when…”
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Seasonal records of palaeoenvironmental change and resource use from archaeological assemblages by Prendergast, Amy L., Pryor, Alexander J.E., Reade, Hazel, Stevens, Rhiannon E.

“…Seasonal climate variability can affect the availability of food, water, shelter and raw materials. Therefore, robust assessments of relationships between…”
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Laser ablation strontium isotope analysis of human remains from Harlaa and Sofi, eastern Ethiopia, and the implications for Islamisation and mobility by Pryor, A. J. E., Insoll, T., Evis, L.

“…The ancient city of Harlaa in eastern Ethiopia was occupied between the mid-6th and early 15th centuries AD and played a significant role as a trading centre…”
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Mobility and season of death of the Arctic foxes killed by Gravettian hunters at Kraków Spadzista, Poland by Pryor, Alexander J.E., Pospuła, Sylwia, Nesnídalová, Tereza, Kowalik, Nina, Wojtal, Piotr, Wilczyński, Jarosław

“…•Arctic foxes at Kraków Spadzista were killed mostly in late winter.•Each analysed fox was born and grew up in an isotopically distinct location.•Arctic foxes…”
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Isotopic biographies reveal horse rearing and trading networks in medieval London by Pryor, Alexander J E, Ameen, Carly, Liddiard, Robert, Baker, Gary, Kanne, Katherine S, Milton, J Andy, Standish, Christopher D, Hambach, Bastian, Orlando, Ludovic, Chauvey, Lorelei, Schiavinato, Stephanie, Calvière-Tonasso, Laure, Tressières, Gaetan, Wagner, Stefanie, Southon, John, Shapiro, Beth, Pipe, Alan, Creighton, Oliver H, Outram, Alan K

“…This paper reports a high-resolution isotopic study of medieval horse mobility, revealing their origins and in-life mobility both regionally and…”
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Burning wood or burning bone? A reconsideration of flotation evidence from Upper Palaeolithic (Gravettian) sites in the Moravian Corridor by Beresford-Jones, David G., Johnson, Katherine, Pullen, Alexander G., Pryor, Alexander J.E., Svoboda, Jiří, Jones, Martin K.

“…This paper compares archaeobotanical and other data from new excavations at two Upper Palaeolithic sites — Dolní Vĕstonice II and Předmostí I — in the Moravian…”
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Reflections on Gravettian firewood procurement near the Pavlov Hills, Czech Republic by Pryor, A.J.E., Pullen, A., Beresford-Jones, D.G., Svoboda, J.A., Gamble, C.S.

“…•Firewood strongly influenced mobility and basecamp location in the Palaeolithic.•Unexplored wooded areas likely contained substantial firewood…”
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Ectoparasites as developmental stressors: Effects on somatic and physiological development by Pryor, Leah J. E., Casto, Joseph M.

“…Developmental stress can alter resource allocation in early life, and in altricial birds with rapid developmental trajectories and high resource demands,…”
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Plant foods in the Upper Palaeolithic at Dolní Vӗstonice? Parenchyma redux by Pryor, Alexander J.E., Steele, Madeline, Jones, Martin K., Svoboda, Jiří, Beresford-Jones, David G.

“…The classic image of Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers in Europe envisages them hunting large mammals in largely treeless landscapes. That is partly due to…”
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Paleolithic hunting in a southern Moravian landscape: The case of Milovice IV, Czech Republic by Svoboda, Jiří, Bocheńnski, Zbigniew M., Čulíková, Věra, Dohnalová, Alena, Hladilová, Sárka, Hložek, Martin, Horáček, Ivan, Ivanov, Martin, Králík, Miroslav, Novák, Martin, Pryor, Alexander J.E., Sázelová, Sandra, Stevens, Rhiannon E., Wilczyńnski, Jarosław, Wojtal, Piotr

“…The Dolní Věstonice–Pavlov–Milovice area (Czech Republic) on the slopes of the Pavlov Hills provides an opportunity for correlating the geomorphology of the…”
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A Multi-Proxy Reconstruction of Environmental Change in the Vicinity of the North Bay Outlet of Pro-Glacial Lake Algonquin by Rabett, Ryan J, Pryor, Alexander J. E, Simpson, David J, Farr, Lucy R, Pyne-O'Donnell, Sean, Blaauw, Maarten, Crowhurst, Simon, Mulligan, Riley P. M, Hunt, Christopher O, Stevens, Rhiannon, Fiacconi, Marta, Beresford-Jones, David, Karrow, Paul F

“…We present a multi-proxy study of environmental conditions during and after the recessional phases of pro-glacial Lake Algonquin in the vicinity of the North…”
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