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This post offers a summary of information on the exciting discovery of the oldest farming village in the Mediterranean islands, at Cyprus’ Klimonas region. Continue reading “Klimonas, Cyprus; The oldest farming village in the Mediterranean islands (~11,000 yBP)”
In this post we present selected parts of the very informative paper titled “A Compositional Study (pXRF) of Early Holocene Obsidian Assemblages from Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean“, by Theodora Moutsiou Continue reading “Obsidian findings from Cyprus suggest the existence of Neolithic (land and sea) trade networks”
In this post we present a summary of information on the apparent beginnings of metallurgy in the central Mediterranean region. Continue reading “Neolithic beginnings of metallurgy in the central Mediterranean region?”
The archaeological artefacts that we study form only a minor fraction of the objects that were in circulation in prehistoric times. In the case of amber, however, there is an exceptional degree of underestimation. Amber is soft, fragile, inflammable and weathers easily. All this taken together makes the single amber artifacts that we find, in fact, representative of much larger quantities that were in use by a community under investigation. Continue reading “Amber Trade in Prehistoric Europe – From the Baltic to the Mediterranean”
Bronze was imported to Scandinavia from the East Mediterranean. This trading started about 1750 BC. At just the same time amber from the Baltic started to appear in Mycenaean and Minoan graves. This gives evidence of active trading between the Mediterranean and Scandinavia. Continue reading “Ancient Mediterraneans in Scandinavia; Bronze Age Trade”
In a warming world, we expect to see increases in some extreme weather events. The science is pretty clear that in some parts of the world, drought and heat waves have and will continue to increase. In other areas, more severe storms along with precipitation and flooding have increased. Drought, heat waves, and floods are examples of changes to weather and climate patterns that will have costs for human society. Continue reading “Worst Mediterranean drought in 900 years has human fingerprints all over it”
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