High handaxe symmetry at the beginning of the European Acheulian: The data from la Noira (France) in context. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2017 In the last few decades, new discoveries have pushed the beginning of the biface-rich European Acheulian from 500 thousand years (ka) ago back to at least 700 ka, and possibly to 1 million years (Ma) ago.
Iovita R +5 more
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AGMT3-D: A software for 3-D landmarks-based geometric morphometric shape analysis of archaeological artifacts. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2018 We present here a newly developed software package named Artifact GeoMorph Toolbox 3-D (AGMT3-D). It is intended to provide archaeologists with a simple and easy-to-use tool for performing 3-D landmarks-based geometric morphometric shape analysis on 3-D ...
Herzlinger G, Grosman L.
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Un bifaz del Paleolitico Medio localizado en el entorno del yacimiento de Aranbaltza (Barrika, Bizkaia) [PDF]
Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia, 2021 Se presenta el hallazgo de un bifaz de basalto en Lastarri, cerca del yacimiento de Aranbaltza. Se analizan sus características morfo-tecnológicas en relación con los bifaces atribidos al Paleolítico Inferior y Medio en el área cantábrica del País Vasco ...
Joseba Rios-Garaizar +2 more
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Internet Archaeology, 2023 The southern North Sea preserves an internationally significant early Middle Palaeolithic finds assemblage that was discovered through aggregate dredging in marine aggregate Licence Area 240 off the coast of Norfolk.
Lowri Roberts, Andrea Hamel
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Understanding ancient hominin dispersals using artefactual data: a phylogeographic analysis of Acheulean handaxes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 BACKGROUND:Reconstructing the dispersal patterns of extinct hominins remains a challenging but essential goal. One means of supplementing fossil evidence is to utilize archaeological evidence in the form of stone tools. Based on broad dating patterns, it
Stephen J Lycett
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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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Comparison of handaxes from Bose Basin (China) and the western Acheulean indicates convergence of form, not cognitive differences. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Alleged differences between Palaeolithic assemblages from eastern Asia and the west have been the focus of controversial discussion for over half a century, most famously in terms of the so-called 'Movius Line'.
Wei Wang +4 more
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Ancient Asia, 2022 The present report is the result of our intensive investigation conducted in the southern part of the Bargarh upland, Odisha with particular reference to an inselberg located close to the village of Kundakhai.
Pradeep K. Behera, Kshirasindhu Barik
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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
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Geoarchaeology, Volume 38, Issue 5, Page 649-664, September/October 2023., 2023 Abstract The Hula Valley has two key Acheulian sites: Gesher Benot Ya'aqov (GBY), a large flake Acheulian site with hundreds of basalt bifaces and a significant number of flint handaxes, and Ma'ayan Barukh (MB), where more than 3500 flint handaxes were collected.
Meir Finkel +5 more
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