A J Legge
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 91254 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | A J Legge |
| NOMBRES | A J |
| APELLIDO | Legge |
| FIRMA | LEGGE A J |
| AFILIACIONES | Birkbeck, University of London |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 215 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1970 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2015 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Subsistence Practices in Western and Northern Europe
Early agriculture in north-west Europe was highly diverse. Sometimes it spread rapidly, at other times it scarcely advanced at all, and in southern Scandinavia it retreated after its initial advance. Linearbandkeramik (LBK) farmers occupied small clearings on loess soils, concentrating on cattle and cereals and hardly exploiting the surrounding forest at all. After more than a millennium agriculture spread into southern Scandinavia; after an init…
The hyaena in dynastic Egypt
The extensive city of Tell el‐Amarna was constructed by the Pharaoh Akhenaten, and occupied for only 15 years until his death in 1332 BCE. Among the sites excavated, there is the ‘Workmen's Village’, a small detached village with closely grouped houses, yards and animal pens. Among the identified animal bones excavated from there are those of the striped hyaena, Hyaena hyaena . Tomb and temple scenes, mainly from the Old Kingdom, show hyaenas as …
An Efficient and Robust Sieving Apparatus for Archaeological Work
The recovery of artifacts by sieving provides an essential means of standardizing excavated archaeological data. A simple but robust sieving apparatus is described here, which offers safety, efficiency, and reliability in use. The sieve frame is assembled largely from standard components, and only simple fabrication is required for the various parts. The apparatus has been successfully tested through many seasons of fieldwork, and at sites from P…
Paleopathological and biomolecular study of tuberculosis in a medieval skeletal collection from England
Nine human skeletons of medieval date from a rural English burial site show signs of skeletal tuberculosis. They were subject to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays aimed at detecting traces of DNA from infecting mycobacteria, with the purpose both of confirming the paleopathological diagnosis of tuberculosis and determining in individual cases whether disease was due to M. tuberculosis or M. bovis . In all nine cases, evidence for M. tubercul…
Environmental archaeology
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Bob Wilson Spatial patterning among animal bones in settlement archaeology
Bob Wilson Spatial patterning among animal bones in settlement archaeology: an English regional exploration. (BAR British series 251.) x+96 pages, 29 figures, 20 tables. 1996. Oxford: Tempvs Reparatvm: 0-86054-840-6 paperback £26. - Volume 72 Issue 276
On the Charred Seeds from Epipalaeolithic Abu Hureyra
The Excavation of Two Cairns and Associated Features at Carneddau, Carno, Powys, 1989–90
The complete excavation of one and the partial excavation of a second bronze age structured cairn are described. The excavations provided important evidence for the construction sequence of the cairns and Welsh bronze age funerary practices. A series of radiocarbon dates was obtained for the collared urns associated with the cairns
Metrical discrimination between mandibular first and second molars in domestic cattle
The difficulty of distinguishing between loose first and second mandibular molars of domestic cattle (BOS taurus) from archaeological sites is well known. This paper proposes cervical length as a discriminatory measurement. The possibility that cervical measurements of first and second mandibular molars may be sexually dimorphic is also explored
Investigating early agriculture in Central Asia
In 1989 ANTIQUITY published a special section of papers on the archaeology of the steppe zone, to notice the special role of that great sweep of land that links the northern fringes of early prehistoric agriculture in Europe and Asia. A new international team has now returned to Jeitun, the key early agricultural site in Turkmenistan, on the edge of the Kara Kum desert
Incremental banding in dental cementum
Analysis of incremental banding in dental cementum is a well‐established means of determining the age and season of death of wild mammals. The dental cementum of domesticated mammals likewise can indicate age and season of death. Methods of preparation applicable to archaeological teeth differ from those used for modern specimens, however, and this paper describes two methods that have given excellent imaging on teeth of Bos taurus ; one for mode…
Art made strong with bones”
Where ends meat
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The grape (Vitis vinifera L.) in the Neolithic of Britain
Southern England, especially after yet another miserably wet summer, seems a surprising place to find neolithic grape-pips - at least by comparison with the sunnier places like southern France and Greece where early records of both wild and domesticated grapes have been reported. But here is a find of a grape-pip from neolithic Dorset.Since seeds and grains have in the past proved intrusive even into deposits that seemed stratigraphically secure,…
Neolithic antler picks from Grimes Graves, Norfolk, and Durrington Walls, Wiltshire
The beaver (castor fiber L.) in the Tigris-Euphrates basin
Radiocarbon Accelerator (AMS) Dates for the Epipaleolithic Settlement At Abu Hureyra, Syria
The prehistoric settlement of Abu Hureyra in Syria was occupied in both the Epipaleolithic and Neolithic periods. It has provided significant evidence for changes in economy at the time of the inception of agriculture in southwest Asia. Twenty accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dates have been obtained to determine the duration of occupation of the Epipaleolithic settlement there and the precise age of samples of cereal grains and animal bones f…
The Excavation of Tell Abu Hureyra in Syria
In the last decade the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic has undertaken a number of projects to develop the economy of the country. The most important of these has been the construction of a dam on the Euphrates at Tabqa (fig. 1), 40 km upstream from Raqqa. This project will bring great economic benefits to Syria but, as the valley behind the dam fills with water, many ancient sites will be drowned. Because very little was known about the ar…
Recent Excavations at Nahal Oren, Israel
The site of Nahal Oren is 10 km south of Haifa in the Wadi Fellah at its junction with the old Tel Aviv-Haifa road, Israel. The first excavations at Nahal Oren were made by Professor Stekelis in 1941, when the cave was emptied; a Natufian industry was found (Stekelis 1942). In 1954–9 there were further excavations in front of the cave (Stekelis and Yisraeli 1963). Numerous fine artefacts indicated the presence of two phases of the Kebaran, Natufi…
Prehistoric Economy in the Mount Carmel Area of Palestine
This study is concerned with the exploitation of resources by human groups in the Carmel area over a period of about 50,000 years. To this end an attempt is made to evaluate the changing economic potential of the ‘catchments’ of individual sites, for this enables us to make a comparative analysis of hunting-gathering and agricultural economies. Although the study of prehistoric sites is now usually complemented by some treatment of their setting,…
Prehistoric Economy in the Mount Carmel Area of Palestine
This study is concerned with the exploitation of resources by human groups in the Carmel area over a period of about 50,000 years. To this end an attempt is made to evaluate the changing economic potential of the ‘catchments’ of individual sites, for this enables us to make a comparative analysis of hunting-gathering and agricultural economies. Although the study of prehistoric sites is now usually complemented by some treatment of their setting,…
Recent Excavations at Nahal Oren, Israel
The site of Nahal Oren is 10 km south of Haifa in the Wadi Fellah at its junction with the old Tel Aviv-Haifa road, Israel. The first excavations at Nahal Oren were made by Professor Stekelis in 1941, when the cave was emptied; a Natufian industry was found (Stekelis 1942). In 1954–9 there were further excavations in front of the cave (Stekelis and Yisraeli 1963). Numerous fine artefacts indicated the presence of two phases of the Kebaran, Natufi…
On the Charred Seeds from Epipalaeolithic Abu Hureyra
Paleopathological and biomolecular study of tuberculosis in a medieval skeletal collection from England
Nine human skeletons of medieval date from a rural English burial site show signs of skeletal tuberculosis. They were subject to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays aimed at detecting traces of DNA from infecting mycobacteria, with the purpose both of confirming the paleopathological diagnosis of tuberculosis and determining in individual cases whether disease was due to M. tuberculosis or M. bovis . In all nine cases, evidence for M. tubercul…
The Excavation of Tell Abu Hureyra in Syria
In the last decade the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic has undertaken a number of projects to develop the economy of the country. The most important of these has been the construction of a dam on the Euphrates at Tabqa (fig. 1), 40 km upstream from Raqqa. This project will bring great economic benefits to Syria but, as the valley behind the dam fills with water, many ancient sites will be drowned. Because very little was known about the ar…
Incremental banding in dental cementum
Analysis of incremental banding in dental cementum is a well‐established means of determining the age and season of death of wild mammals. The dental cementum of domesticated mammals likewise can indicate age and season of death. Methods of preparation applicable to archaeological teeth differ from those used for modern specimens, however, and this paper describes two methods that have given excellent imaging on teeth of Bos taurus ; one for mode…
The grape (Vitis vinifera L.) in the Neolithic of Britain
Southern England, especially after yet another miserably wet summer, seems a surprising place to find neolithic grape-pips - at least by comparison with the sunnier places like southern France and Greece where early records of both wild and domesticated grapes have been reported. But here is a find of a grape-pip from neolithic Dorset.Since seeds and grains have in the past proved intrusive even into deposits that seemed stratigraphically secure,…
The Excavation of Two Cairns and Associated Features at Carneddau, Carno, Powys, 1989–90
The complete excavation of one and the partial excavation of a second bronze age structured cairn are described. The excavations provided important evidence for the construction sequence of the cairns and Welsh bronze age funerary practices. A series of radiocarbon dates was obtained for the collared urns associated with the cairns
Radiocarbon Accelerator (AMS) Dates for the Epipaleolithic Settlement At Abu Hureyra, Syria
The prehistoric settlement of Abu Hureyra in Syria was occupied in both the Epipaleolithic and Neolithic periods. It has provided significant evidence for changes in economy at the time of the inception of agriculture in southwest Asia. Twenty accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dates have been obtained to determine the duration of occupation of the Epipaleolithic settlement there and the precise age of samples of cereal grains and animal bones f…
Investigating early agriculture in Central Asia
In 1989 ANTIQUITY published a special section of papers on the archaeology of the steppe zone, to notice the special role of that great sweep of land that links the northern fringes of early prehistoric agriculture in Europe and Asia. A new international team has now returned to Jeitun, the key early agricultural site in Turkmenistan, on the edge of the Kara Kum desert
Metrical discrimination between mandibular first and second molars in domestic cattle
The difficulty of distinguishing between loose first and second mandibular molars of domestic cattle (BOS taurus) from archaeological sites is well known. This paper proposes cervical length as a discriminatory measurement. The possibility that cervical measurements of first and second mandibular molars may be sexually dimorphic is also explored
The beaver (castor fiber L.) in the Tigris-Euphrates basin
Prehistoric Economy in the Mount Carmel Area of Palestine
This study is concerned with the exploitation of resources by human groups in the Carmel area over a period of about 50,000 years. To this end an attempt is made to evaluate the changing economic potential of the ‘catchments’ of individual sites, for this enables us to make a comparative analysis of hunting-gathering and agricultural economies. Although the study of prehistoric sites is now usually complemented by some treatment of their setting,…
Recent Excavations at Nahal Oren, Israel
The site of Nahal Oren is 10 km south of Haifa in the Wadi Fellah at its junction with the old Tel Aviv-Haifa road, Israel. The first excavations at Nahal Oren were made by Professor Stekelis in 1941, when the cave was emptied; a Natufian industry was found (Stekelis 1942). In 1954–9 there were further excavations in front of the cave (Stekelis and Yisraeli 1963). Numerous fine artefacts indicated the presence of two phases of the Kebaran, Natufi…
The Excavation of Tell Abu Hureyra in Syria
In the last decade the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic has undertaken a number of projects to develop the economy of the country. The most important of these has been the construction of a dam on the Euphrates at Tabqa (fig. 1), 40 km upstream from Raqqa. This project will bring great economic benefits to Syria but, as the valley behind the dam fills with water, many ancient sites will be drowned. Because very little was known about the ar…
Neolithic antler picks from Grimes Graves, Norfolk, and Durrington Walls, Wiltshire
The beaver (castor fiber L.) in the Tigris-Euphrates basin
Radiocarbon Accelerator (AMS) Dates for the Epipaleolithic Settlement At Abu Hureyra, Syria
The prehistoric settlement of Abu Hureyra in Syria was occupied in both the Epipaleolithic and Neolithic periods. It has provided significant evidence for changes in economy at the time of the inception of agriculture in southwest Asia. Twenty accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dates have been obtained to determine the duration of occupation of the Epipaleolithic settlement there and the precise age of samples of cereal grains and animal bones f…
The grape (Vitis vinifera L.) in the Neolithic of Britain
Southern England, especially after yet another miserably wet summer, seems a surprising place to find neolithic grape-pips - at least by comparison with the sunnier places like southern France and Greece where early records of both wild and domesticated grapes have been reported. But here is a find of a grape-pip from neolithic Dorset.Since seeds and grains have in the past proved intrusive even into deposits that seemed stratigraphically secure,…
Art made strong with bones”
Where ends meat
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Incremental banding in dental cementum
Analysis of incremental banding in dental cementum is a well‐established means of determining the age and season of death of wild mammals. The dental cementum of domesticated mammals likewise can indicate age and season of death. Methods of preparation applicable to archaeological teeth differ from those used for modern specimens, however, and this paper describes two methods that have given excellent imaging on teeth of Bos taurus ; one for mode…
The Excavation of Two Cairns and Associated Features at Carneddau, Carno, Powys, 1989–90
The complete excavation of one and the partial excavation of a second bronze age structured cairn are described. The excavations provided important evidence for the construction sequence of the cairns and Welsh bronze age funerary practices. A series of radiocarbon dates was obtained for the collared urns associated with the cairns
Metrical discrimination between mandibular first and second molars in domestic cattle
The difficulty of distinguishing between loose first and second mandibular molars of domestic cattle (BOS taurus) from archaeological sites is well known. This paper proposes cervical length as a discriminatory measurement. The possibility that cervical measurements of first and second mandibular molars may be sexually dimorphic is also explored
Investigating early agriculture in Central Asia
In 1989 ANTIQUITY published a special section of papers on the archaeology of the steppe zone, to notice the special role of that great sweep of land that links the northern fringes of early prehistoric agriculture in Europe and Asia. A new international team has now returned to Jeitun, the key early agricultural site in Turkmenistan, on the edge of the Kara Kum desert
On the Charred Seeds from Epipalaeolithic Abu Hureyra
Bob Wilson Spatial patterning among animal bones in settlement archaeology
Bob Wilson Spatial patterning among animal bones in settlement archaeology: an English regional exploration. (BAR British series 251.) x+96 pages, 29 figures, 20 tables. 1996. Oxford: Tempvs Reparatvm: 0-86054-840-6 paperback £26. - Volume 72 Issue 276
Paleopathological and biomolecular study of tuberculosis in a medieval skeletal collection from England
Nine human skeletons of medieval date from a rural English burial site show signs of skeletal tuberculosis. They were subject to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays aimed at detecting traces of DNA from infecting mycobacteria, with the purpose both of confirming the paleopathological diagnosis of tuberculosis and determining in individual cases whether disease was due to M. tuberculosis or M. bovis . In all nine cases, evidence for M. tubercul…
Environmental archaeology
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The hyaena in dynastic Egypt
The extensive city of Tell el‐Amarna was constructed by the Pharaoh Akhenaten, and occupied for only 15 years until his death in 1332 BCE. Among the sites excavated, there is the ‘Workmen's Village’, a small detached village with closely grouped houses, yards and animal pens. Among the identified animal bones excavated from there are those of the striped hyaena, Hyaena hyaena . Tomb and temple scenes, mainly from the Old Kingdom, show hyaenas as …
An Efficient and Robust Sieving Apparatus for Archaeological Work
The recovery of artifacts by sieving provides an essential means of standardizing excavated archaeological data. A simple but robust sieving apparatus is described here, which offers safety, efficiency, and reliability in use. The sieve frame is assembled largely from standard components, and only simple fabrication is required for the various parts. The apparatus has been successfully tested through many seasons of fieldwork, and at sites from P…
Subsistence Practices in Western and Northern Europe
Early agriculture in north-west Europe was highly diverse. Sometimes it spread rapidly, at other times it scarcely advanced at all, and in southern Scandinavia it retreated after its initial advance. Linearbandkeramik (LBK) farmers occupied small clearings on loess soils, concentrating on cattle and cereals and hardly exploiting the surrounding forest at all. After more than a millennium agriculture spread into southern Scandinavia; after an init…
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