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Divergence in the evolution of Paleolithic symbolic and technological systems: The shining bull and engraved tablets of Rocher de l'Impératrice. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One, 2017
The development of the Azilian in Western Europe 14,000 years ago is considered a “revolution” in Upper Paleolithic Archaeology. One of the main elements of this rapid social restructuring is the abandonment of naturalistic figurative art on portable ...
Naudinot N   +7 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Morphology-based diagnostics of "protodogs." A commentary to Galeta et al., 2021, Anatomical Record, 304, 42-62, doi: 10.1002/ar.24500. [PDF]

open access: yesAnat Rec (Hoboken), 2021
Abstract In a recent article in this journal, Galeta et al., (2020) discussed eight Pleistocene “protodogs” and seven Pleistocene wolves. Those “protodogs” had been diagnosed in earlier publications, based on skull morphology. We re‐examined the Galeta et al.
Janssens LAA   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Upper Paleolithic tuberculosis: A probable case illustrated by paleoimaging methods (Azilian site of Les Iboussières, France).

open access: yesTuberculosis, 2023
The aim of this paper is to present the results of μCT-scan and 3D imaging analyses of two skeletal lesions observed on human remains of one of the last European hunter-gatherers from the late Paleolithic (Azilian period): a sacroiliac osteoarthritis and
H. Coqueugniot   +3 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Cultural taxonomies in the Paleolithic-Old questions, novel perspectives. [PDF]

open access: yesEvol Anthropol, 2020
Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, Volume 29, Issue 2, Page 49-52, March 2020.
Riede F   +15 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The earliest double dog deposit in the Palaeolithic record: The case of the Azilian level of Grotte‐abri du Moulin (Troubat, France) [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2020
It is now largely accepted that the wolf was the first animal to be domesticated during Pleistocene time. Although the exact timing of this event is still the subject of considerable debate, it is generally agreed upon that dogs lived side-by-side with ...
Myriam Boudadi-Maligne   +7 more
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Hunting For Camps at an Azilian Site in Western France

open access: yesPalethnologie, 2011
A preventive excavation conducted in the Chaloignes Valley (Mozé‑sur-Louet, Maine-et-Loire, France) in 1999, over a surface of approximately 9200 m², revealed ten homogeneous loci and a group of lithic scatters disturbed by post-depositional processes.
G. Marchand   +3 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Changement d'ampleur de l'exploitation des oiseaux entre le Magdalénien et l'Azilien : l'exemple du Taï 2 (Brome) (Difference in the extent of the exploitation of birds between the Magdalenian and Azilian : the example of Taï 2 (Drome).) [PDF]

open access: yesQuaternaire, 2002
Le Tai 2 a livre une avifaune chassee par l'homme, riche en lagopedes {Lagopus mutus et L. lagopus) et concentree dans les niveaux magdaleniens. L'etude de la representation anatomique, de la fracturation, de la fragmentation, et des traces d'outils ...
Aintoine Louchart, René Soave
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

A comparison of the Lithic industries from two Azilian sites in Aquitaine: how to interpret different degrees of technical simplification?

open access: yesPalethnologie, 2014
The Azilian is generally characterized by a simplification of lithic industries, associated with a regional exploitation of raw materials. The variability of these manifestations is studied here through an analysis of the lithic assemblages of two ...
C. Cheung
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

The paleopathology and paleoepidemiology of Upper paleolithic tuberculosis: Review of evidence and hypotheses.

open access: yesTuberculosis, 2023
Molecular phylogeny work has shown that tuberculosis is ancient human-adapted infection predating the Neolithic period. They also show that the Upper Paleolithic is a key period of emergence of the MTB complex strains, contemporary with the exit of ...
O. Dutour
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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