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Blank predetermination in the Iberian Acheulean. Insight from the cleaver on flake assemblage of Casal do Azemel site (Leiria, Portugal) by a Geometric Morphometric approach

Journal of Lithic Studies
Over the last decades, the increase of data available for the study of the archaeological topic in the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Pleistocene has favoured the understanding of the technological trends of the Iberian Acheulean assemblages.
Carlos Ferreira, Eduardo Méndez-Quintas, João Pedro Cunha-Ribeiro   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acheulean technology and landscape use at Dawadmi, central Arabia.

PLoS ONE, 2018
Despite occupying a central geographic position, investigations of hominin populations in the Arabian Peninsula during the Lower Palaeolithic period are rare.
Ceri Shipton, James Blinkhorn, Paul S Breeze, Patrick Cuthbertson, Nick Drake, Huw S Groucutt, Richard P Jennings, Ash Parton, Eleanor M L Scerri, Abdullah Alsharekh, Michael D Petraglia   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

An evolutionary developmental approach to cultural evolution [PDF]

, 2014
Evolutionary developmental theories in biology see the processes and organization of organisms as crucial for understanding the dynamic behavior of organic evolution.
Andersson, Claes, Törnberg, Anton, Törnberg, Petter   +2 more
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Hominin and carnivore roles during the formation of the early Middle Pleistocene site of Loreto (Venosa Basin, southern Italy)

Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 7, Page 1252-1268, October 2025.
ABSTRACT The site of Loreto (Venosa Basin, Italy) was first discovered in 1929 and subsequently excavated during the latter half of the 20th century. The excavation revealed three archaeo‐palaeontological levels, with the lowermost level (Level A) yielding the largest number of remains.
Antonio Pineda, Beniamino Mecozzi, Alessio Iannucci, Marco Carpentieri, Raffaele Sardella, Suzanne Simone, Marie‐Hélène Moncel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

3D shape analysis and balance in Acheulean bifacial tools

UISPP Journal, 2022
The goal of this paper is to present a new methodology designed to identify and quantify the location of the Center of Mass (CM) in Acheulean bifacial stone tools.
James Kilpatrick
doaj   +1 more source

The Victoria West: earliest prepared core technology in the Acheulean at Canteen Kopje and implications for the cognitive evolution of early hominids [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2017
Prepared core technology illustrates in-depth planning and the presence of a mental template during the core reduction process. This technology is, therefore, a significant indicator in studying the evolution of abstract thought and the cognitive ...
Hao Li, Kathleen Kuman, Matt G. Lotter, George M. Leader, Ryan J. Gibbon   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Les premiers peuplements humains de l’Est des Carpates et de leurs abords dans le contexte européen

Materiale și Cercetări Arheologice, 2021
The oldest human remains unearthed in Europe were discovered in the Iberian Peninsula. Their age is between 1.4 and 1.2 Ma. Lithic assemblages older than 1 Ma have been unearthed in southwestern Europe (Italy, southern France, Spain).
Tuffreau, A.
doaj   +1 more source

Insights into the Middle Pleistocene fauna of South Africa: Zooarchaeology, stable isotopes and dating of Pniel 6

Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 6, Page 1120-1139, August 2025.
ABSTRACT The Florisian Land Mammal Age (FLMA; 773‐12 ka) is characterised by specialist, often extinct, grazing as well as wetland species, many of which are no longer present in the southern African interior. Middle Pleistocene FLMA faunal assemblages are rare, particularly those associated with artefacts, limiting reconstruction of environmental ...
S. Sophia Politt, Helena Pribliczki, Marc R. Dickinson, Nils Andersen, Abenicia Henderson, David Morris, Cheryl A. Makarewicz, Kirsty Penkman, Michaela Ecker   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The mirror cracked: Symmetry and refinement in the Acheulean handaxe [PDF]

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2015
Abstract The Acheulean is a stone tool industry that originates in Africa over 1.7 mya. It is characterised by the bifacially shaped handaxe as part of a group of tools commonly referred to as LCTs — large cutting tools. Traditionally, the Lower Palaeolithic/Early Stone Age Acheulean is seen as continuing throughout much of the Old World until c.
McNabb, John, Cole, James
openaire   +3 more sources

Lower Palaeolithic small flake prehension: Use‐wear and residue analyses reveal hominin grasping potential at late Acheulean sites in Israel and Italy

Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 2, Page 332-354, February 2025.
ABSTRACT There is currently substantial debate over the use of prehension or hafting of tools by hominins. Many studies have been carried out to understand the prehension and hafting of hominin tools through experiments and through study of the anatomy and muscle system of both non‐human primates and humans.
Flavia Marinelli, Stella Nunziante‐Cesaro, Ran Barkai, Cristina Lemorini   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source