scholarly journals Water regimentation in the Pontine Plain between Astura and Fogliano in the dynamics of ancient population

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Ebanista
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2000 ◽  
Vol 2 (9) ◽  
pp. 987-996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline F Ryschkewitsch ◽  
Jonathan S Friedlaender ◽  
Charles S Mgone ◽  
David V Jobes ◽  
Hansjürgen T Agostini ◽  
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Human Biology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lia Betti ◽  
Noreen Von Cramon-Taubadel ◽  
Stephen J. Lycett

Author(s):  
Balthasar Bickel

Large-scale areal patterns point to ancient population history and form a well-known confound for language universals. Despite their importance, demonstrating such patterns remains a challenge. This chapter argues that large-scale area hypotheses are better tested by modeling diachronic family biases than by controlling for genealogical relations in regression models. A case study of the Trans-Pacific area reveals that diachronic bias estimates do not depend much on the amount of phylogenetic information that is used when inferring them. After controlling for false discovery rates, about 39 variables in WALS and AUTOTYP show diachronic biases that differ significantly inside vs. outside the Trans-Pacific area. Nearly three times as many biases hold outside than inside the Trans-Pacific area, indicating that the Trans-Pacific area is not so much characterized by the spread of biases but rather by the retention of earlier diversity, in line with earlier suggestions in the literature.


2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-140
Author(s):  
Olivier Évrard ◽  
Thomas O. Pryce ◽  
Guido Sprenger ◽  
Chanthaphilith Chiemsisouraj

Our recent discovery and excavation of a series of iron smelting furnaces, dated to the eighth and ninth century CE, near upland Rmet villages in northwest Laos, potentially sheds new light on the role of regional upland groups during the immediate pre-Tai period. The oral tradition associated with these furnaces emphasises the role of an ancient population of metallurgists who left the area under pressure from the Rmet. These stories could refer to the actual arrival and departure (immigration and emigration) of a population of metallurgists in that area sometime during the second half of the first millennium CE or they can support the scenario of a dissimilation process. The latter would explain the existence of a Rmet subculture that the locals regard as ‘Chueang Lavae’ villages, a differentiation that Karl G. Izikowitz had labelled ‘Upper Lamet’ in the 1930s. Our finds show that archaeology and ethnology can both contribute to a much-needed reformulation of upland Lao history.


Animals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Giontella ◽  
Irene Cardinali ◽  
Hovirag Lancioni ◽  
Samira Giovannini ◽  
Camillo Pieramati ◽  
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The Maremmano horse is considered one of the most important Italian warmblood breeds which originated from an ancient population. In 1980, the National Association of Maremmano Breeders established the first Studbook that recorded 440 dams and four sire founders. In this study, we selected the most significant maternal lines in terms of offspring (for a total of 74 lineages and 92 Maremmano horses) and analyzed their mitochondrial DNA control regions. We found a high variability, reflecting the importance of this local breed as a genetic resource to be preserved. Through multiple sampling, we then verified the pedigree information for 12 dam lines by matching genealogical data with mitochondrial haplotypes. A complete concordance was demonstrated in nine lineages, while for the other we highlighted a different number of haplotypes for each line (three in Fiorella, two in Nizza I, and two in Pomposina), thus suggesting that the information recorded in the Studbook could be wrong and the samples do not descend from the same maternal founder. Our combined analysis provides the opportunity to confirm the ancestry of animals and could be employed to prevent errors in pedigree data also for other breeds and species.


2014 ◽  
Vol 122 ◽  
pp. 194-198
Author(s):  
A.Z. Beisenov ◽  
G.S. Dzhumabekova ◽  
G.A. Bazarbayeva ◽  
A.E. Kassenalin
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2019 ◽  
pp. 30-45
Author(s):  
Françoise Dunand ◽  
Roger Lichtenberg

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