This chapter critically synthesizes the growing literature relating to the archaeology of the
senses and situates it in the light of the emerging interdisciplinary paradigm known as sensual …

The island of Sardinia has been of particular interest to geneticists for decades. The current
model for Sardinia’s genetic history describes the island as harboring a founder population …

This study investigates to what extent Bronze Age societies in Northern Italy were permeable
accepting and integrating non-local individuals, as well as importing a wide range of raw …

… © 2020 selection and editorial matter, Robin Skeates and Jo Day; individual chapters,
the contributors The right of Robin Skeates and Jo Day to be identified as the authors of the …

This book provides an introduction to contemporary debates surrounding the rival claims of
the competing interest groups throughout the world that lay claim to the material remains of …

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been infecting humans for millennia and remains a global health
problem, but its past diversity and dispersal routes are largely unknown. We generated …

… of relations between archaeologists and metal-detector users in England and Wales (Thomas);
the changing significance of the senses in representations of prehistoric Malta (Skeates); …

It has been hypothesized that the Neolithic transition towards an agricultural and pastoralist
economy facilitated the emergence of human-adapted pathogens. Here, we recovered eight …

Across Europe, the genetics of the Chalcolithic/Bronze Age transition is increasingly
characterized in terms of an influx of Steppe-related ancestry. The effect of this major shift on the …

Decorated clay stamps carrying a culturally filtered range of abstract designs are one of the
most visually striking but problematic categories of portable art found at Neolithic and Copper …