Hunting lesions caused by osseous projectile points: experimental results and archaeological implications. [PDF]
, 2008 International audienceThe identification of projectile impact traces on archaeological faunal remains is an important issue for understanding prehistoric hunting behavior, especially in the Paleolithic and Mesolithic.
Claire Letourneux +2 more
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Rupicapra rupicapra (Mammalia) in the late pleistocene of Portugal [PDF]
, 1989 A presença do género Rupicapra é demonstrada pela primeira vez em Portugal, com base em restos, dentários e do esqueleto, provenientes do Plistocénico superior (Solutrense) da gruta das Salemas.
Antunes, M. Telles, Cardoso, João Luís
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The Aurignacian Viewed from Africa
Palethnologie, 2015 The Aurignacian technocomplex in Eurasia, dated to ~43-28 ka, has no direct archeological taxonomic equivalent in Africa during the same time interval, which may reflect differences in inter-group communication or differences in archeological definitions currently in use. Extinct hominin taxa are present in both Eurasia and Africa during this interval,
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Gruta Nova da Columbeira (Bombarral, Portugal): Fundplatz-Stratigraphie, Alter der Moustérien-Schichtenfolge, und Schlussfolgerungen für die Chronologie des Aussterbens der Neanderthaler auf der Iberischen Halbinsel [PDF]
, 2011 The Gruta Nova da Columbeira is recurrently mentioned in the literature concerning the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition in Iberia as documenting the persistence beyond 30 000 calendar years ago of a Neanderthal-associated Mousterian. This claim is
Cardoso, João Luís +3 more
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The Sopeña Rockshelter, a New Site in Asturias (Spain) bearing evidence on the Middle and Early Upper Palaeolithic in Northern Iberia [PDF]
Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia, 2012 Iberia has become a major focus of modern human origins research because the early dates for the Aurignacian in some sites in northernSpain seem to preclude an ‘Aurignacian invasion’ from east to west.
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Fox dietary ecology as a tracer of human impact on Pleistocene ecosystems.
PLoS ONE, 2020 Nowadays, opportunistic small predators, such as foxes (Vulpes vulpes and Vulpes lagopus), are well known to be very adaptable to human modified ecosystems. However, the timing of the start of this phenomenon in terms of human impact on ecosystems and of
Chris Baumann +3 more
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Aurignacian Settlement Patterns in the Vézère Valley [PDF]
Current Anthropology, 1999 Etude de la mobilite des groupes aurignaciens du bassin de la Vezere a partir de l'economie de la matiere premiere lithique et de la saisonnalite animale. Ces elements fournissent des donnees nouvelles sur l'extension du territoire exploite, sur le degre de sedentarisation et de saisonnalite ...
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Sungir and Final Szeletian in Eastern Europe
UISPP Journal, 2021 The article is devoted to the problem of attribution of Sungirian stone industry to Streletskian as well as Final (Upper) Szeletian in the Eastern Europe, based on the typology of stone toolkit. The main characteristic of Sungirian industry in comparison
Konstantin N. Gavrilov
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A brief overview of Aurignacian cultures in the context of the industries of the transition from the Middle to the Upper Paleolithic [PDF]
, 2002 International audienceRecent technological studies devoted to lithic industries from many Aurignacian sites of western Europe have made it possible to better define the earliest stages of this culture in the area.
Bon, François
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A newly discovered antler flint-knapping hammer and the question of their rarity in the Palaeolithic archaeological record: Reality or bias? [PDF]
, 2016 The use of soft (bone, antler, tooth and wood) hammers and retouchers is a key innovation in early stone tool technology, first appearing in the archaeological record with Lower Palaeolithic handaxe industries (e.g. Boxgrove, UK ~ 500 kya).
Bello, S +3 more
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