Interpreting transfers of rocks during the Mesolithic in the West of France
Journal of Lithic Studies, 2020 The crystalline geological substratum of the Armorican Massif, in the West of France, is devoid of flint nodules in primary position. As a result, during Prehistory, humans developed different strategies for making their toolkits, either by adapting ...
Gregor Marchand
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Flint and Tuff in Prehistoric Cumbria
Internet Archaeology, 2009 Field surveys have revealed a substantial number of lithic scatters on the south-west Cumbrian coastal plain and the eastern limestone uplands of Cumbria.
P.J. Cherry
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The Mesolithic background for the Neolithisation process
Documenta Praehistorica, 2009 Most researchers today agree that the Early Neolithic is clearly related to the late Mesolithic and cannot be understood without its Mesolithic predecessors. Immigration is thus hardly an issue in the question of Neolithisation any longer.
Ebbe H. Nielsen
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Поволжская археология, 2013 A widespread thesis concerning population continuity in the Lower Kama region during the Late Mesolithic and the Early Neolithic is challenged in the article.
Viskalin Aleksandr V.
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Mesolittisk kronologi i Sørøst-Norge – et forslag til justering
Viking, 2016 A reassessment of the Mesolithic chronology in SoutheastNorway In 1975, Egil Mikkelsen proposed a Stone Age chronology for southeastern Norway based on a small number of excavated sites.
Gaute Reitan
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Mellommesolittisk flekketeknologi i Trøndelag og Nordland
Primitive Tider, 2020 This article presents results from dynamic-technological classifications of nine Middle Mesolithic assemblages from Trøndelag and Nordland. The area has until now, with the exception of Foldsjøen, been devoid of research on the spread and expression of ...
Magnus Nilsson Holen
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Littisk avfallsmateriale som kilde til datering. En case-study fra Sandholmen ved Glomma, Østfold
Primitive Tider, 2016 The aim of this contribution is to demonstrate the usefulness of a targeted technological analysis and technological classification (i.e. attribute analysis of blades and flakes) as a supplement to traditional typological approaches for establishing ...
Lotte Eigeland +2 more
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Archaeogenomics of humans from the layer of the Upper Volga Culture revealed their greatest genetic similarity with Eastern European hunter-gatherers and ancient representatives of Mesolithic/Neolithic Europe [PDF]
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографииThe genetic structure of the population of Northern Europe of the Mesolithic-Neolithic period currently remains poorly investigated due to the small number of materials available for research. For the first time, the complete genome of an individual from
Andreeva T.V. +7 more
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Organic residue analysis shows sub-regional patterns in the use of pottery by Northern European hunter–gatherers [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 The introduction of pottery vessels to Europe has long been seen as closely linked with the spread of agriculture and pastoralism from the Near East. The adoption of pottery technology by hunter–gatherers in Northern and Eastern Europe does not fit this ...
Blandine Courel +26 more
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In Sight of Doggerland: From speculative survey to landscape exploration
Internet Archaeology, 2007 Composite image of submerged landscapes The North Sea has long been known by archaeologists as an area of Mesolithic occupation, and has even been argued as the heartland of the Mesolithic in North Western Europe.
Simon Fitch, Vince Gaffney, Ken Thomson
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