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Reality and confusion in the recognition of post-depositional alterations and use-wear: an experimental approach on basalt tools

Journal of Lithic Studies, 2014
While many experimental studies have been done on siliceous and metamorphic rocks for both use-wear and post depositional surface modification (PDSM) events, little is known about such experiments on volcanic materials (other than obsidian), and on ...
Lena Asryan, Andreu Ollé, Norah Moloney
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Lithic assemblages of Azokh Cave (Nagorno Karabagh, Lesser Caucasus): Raw materials, technology and regional context

Journal of Lithic Studies, 2014
Azokh Cave is a Middle Pleistocene to Holocene site located in Nagorno Karabagh (Lesser Caucasus). The main entrance, Azokh 1, is a large cave that has two geological sequences (lower and upper) with nine geo-archaeological units of which only the upper ...
Lena Asryan, Andreu Ollé, Norah Moloney, Tania King   +3 more
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The Azokh Cave complex: Middle Pleistocene to Holocene human occupation in the Caucasus [PDF]

Journal of Human Evolution, 2010
Azokh Cave is located near the village of the same name in the Nagorno-Karabagh region of the south-eastern part of the Lesser Caucasus (3937.09’ N and 4659.19’ E, 962 metres –a.s.l.). Azokh Cave and other relevant Acheulian sites in the Caucasus (Fig. 1) were described by Lioubine (2002).
Yolanda Fernandez-Jalvo, Jan Van Der Made, Trinidad Torres   +2 more
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Correction to: Occupying Cave-Sites: A Case Study from Azokh 1 Cave (Southern Caucasus) [PDF]

Interdisciplinary Contributions To Archaeology, 2021
Andreu Olle, Tania KING
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Exploring the Caves of Armenia by the First Official U.S. Caving Expedition (2007-2013)

Journal of Architectural and Engineering Research, 2023
The first U.S. caving expedition to Armenia, the South Caucasus, by NSS cavers took place in August 2007. Subsequent expeditions took place in 2010, 2011, and 2013, with additional trips planned for the future.
Charles G. Chavdarian, Smbat Davtyan, Samvel Shahinyan   +2 more
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Bone Diagenesis at Azokh Caves

, 2016
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Smith, Colin I., Faraldos, Marisol, Fernández-Jalvo, Yolanda   +2 more
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Modelling Neanderthals' dispersal routes from Caucasus towards east. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Ghasidian E, Kafash A, Kehl M, Yousefi M, Heydari-Guran S.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Bearing Fruit: Miocene Apes and Rosaceous Fruit Evolution. [PDF]

Biol Theory, 2023
Spengler RN, Kienast F, Roberts P, Boivin N, Begun DR, Ashastina K, Petraglia M.   +6 more
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Species distribution models advance our knowledge of the Neanderthals' paleoecology on the Iranian Plateau. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2020
Yousefi M, Heydari-Guran S, Kafash A, Ghasidian E.   +3 more
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AZOKH CAVE LITHIC ASSEMBLAGES AND THEIR CONTEXTUALIZATION IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER PLEISTOCENE OF SOUTHWEST ASIA

, 2015
Azokh Cave is a Middle Pleistocene to Holocene site in Nagorno Karabagh (Southern Caucasus). The geographic region forms a corridor linking Africa, Europe and Asia, and was important for early hominin and other animal expansion. The study is based on detailed, systematic analyses of raw material, techno-typology, function, and post-depositional ...
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