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Southern African Field Archaeology, 2023 Recent excavations at Penhill Farm and Amanzi Springs have reinvigorated interest in the Acheulean archaeological record of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
Matthew Caruana, Matt G. Lotter
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Early Paleolithic Sites on the 145-Meter Terrace of the Usisha River in Central Dagestan
Нижневолжский археологический вестник, 2023 The article considers the characteristics of the stone inventory from the sites Ainikab 3, Ainikab 4 and Ainikab 6 of the Early Paleolithic located on the 145-meter terrace of the Usisha River in Central Dagestan.
Artur I. Taymazov
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Back(s) to basics: The concept of backing in stone tool technologies for tracing hominins' technical innovations. [PDF]
Evol AnthropolAbstract The evolution of Paleolithic stone tool technologies is characterized by gradual increase in technical complexity along with changes in the composition of assemblages. In this respect, the emergence of retouched‐backed tools is an important step and, for some, a proxy for “modern” behavior.
Delpiano D, Gravina B, Peresani M.
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Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2021 The Acheulean is the longest cultural tradition ever practised by humans, lasting for over 1.5 million years. Yet, its end has never been accurately dated; only broad 300–150 thousand years ago (Kya) estimates exist. Here we use optimal linear estimation
Alastair J. M. Key +2 more
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023 Since the oldest known Acheulean lithic techno-typological features in Europe were reported at the site of Barranc de la Boella (Tarragona, Spain), continuous fieldwork has been conducted there in archeological deposits of the late Early Pleistocene age (
Andreu Ollé +34 more
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Manual restrictions on Palaeolithic technological behaviours [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 The causes of technological innovation in the Palaeolithic archaeological record are central to understanding Plio-Pleistocene hominin behaviour and temporal trends in artefact variation.
Alastair J.M. Key +1 more
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Lithic Miniaturization Provides a Signature of an MIS4-3 Southern Dispersal of Homo sapiens. [PDF]
Evol AnthropolABSTRACT Fossil and artefactual evidence shows Homo sapiens in Eurasia well before 75 ka. However, genetic evidence suggests all extant non‐African populations derive almost all of their ancestry from a dispersal that only diverged in the last 60–50 ka. In northern Eurasia, the Upper Paleolithic with its laminar blade knapping provides an archeological
Shipton C.
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Quaternary Science Advances, 2023 Central India represents one of the plenteous Acheulean records in the Indian Subcontinent, with over 300 occurrences of various types reported thus far.
Vivek Singh +4 more
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 The appearance of the Acheulean and the production of new bifacial tools marked a revolution in human behavior. The use of longer and complex operative chains, with centripetal and recurrent knapping, adapted to different raw materials, created long ...
Paula García-Medrano +6 more
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On the Discovery of a Late Acheulean 'Giant' Handaxe from the Maritime Academy, Frindsbury, Kent
Internet Archaeology, 2023 This article presents initial results from excavations at Maritime Academy, Frindsbury, which produced several handaxes, two of which can be classed as 'giant handaxes'.
Letty Ingrey +4 more
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