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Luminescence chronology of the key-Middle Paleolithic site Khotylevo I (Western Russia) - Implications for the timing of occupation, site formation and landscape evolution

open access: yesQuaternary Science Advances, 2020
Here we present the luminescence chronology for the Middle Paleolithic open-air site of Khotylevo I, area I-6-2, in Western Russia. Even with a sizable number of such sites available on the Russian Plain, to our knowledge, no successful corresponding ...
M. Hein   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Animal residues found on tiny Lower Paleolithic tools reveal their use in butchery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Stone tools provide a unique window into the mode of adaptation and cognitive abilities of Lower Paleolithic early humans. The persistently produced large cutting tools (bifaces/handaxes) have long been an appealing focus of research in the ...
Agam, Aviad   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Lincombian-Ranisian-Jerzmanowician Industry and South Moravian Sites: a Homo sapiens Late Initial Upper Paleolithic with Bohunician Industrial Generic Roots in Europe

open access: yesJournal of Paleolithic Archaeology, 2023
This article re-examines the Lincombian-Ranisian-Jerzmanowician (LRJ) industry, a well-known Early Upper Paleolithic complex in northern Europe. It is widely thought that the LRJ was produced by late Neanderthals and that its industrial roots are in late
Yu. E. Demidenko, P. Škrdla
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pleistocene hominins as a resource for carnivores. A c. 500,000-year-old human femur bearing tooth-marks in North Africa (Thomas Quarry I, Morocco) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In many Middle Pleistocene sites, the co-occurrence of hominins with carnivores, who both contributed to faunal accumulations, suggests competition for resources as well as for living spaces.
Abderrahim, Mohib   +6 more
core   +13 more sources

Pattern of extinction of the woolly mammoth in Beringia. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Extinction of the woolly mammoth in Beringia has long been subject to research and speculation. Here we use a new geo-referenced database of radiocarbon-dated evidence to show that mammoths were abundant in the open-habitat of Marine Isotope Stage 3 (∼45-
Beilman, DW   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Flint Type Analysis at Late Acheulian Jaljulia (Israel), and Implications for the Origins of Prepared Core Technologies

open access: yesFrontiers in Earth Science, 2022
Prepared Core Technologies, often considered a hallmark of the Middle Paleolithic Mousterian, have recently been observed, to some extent, in many late Lower Paleolithic Acheulian sites.
Aviad Agam   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

L’exploitation des cétacés au Paléolithique récent

open access: yesLes Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2019
The archeology of the foreshore in the Late Paleolithic is difficult to approach, because most of the current seashore lines are far removed from the position they had at that times.
Jean-Marc Pétillon
doaj   +1 more source

Shirataki obsidian exploitation and circulation in prehistoric northern Japan

open access: yesJournal of Lithic Studies, 2014
Presently, the total number of archaeological obsidian sources in Japan is more than 80, and among them, 21 are in Hokkaido, northern part of the Japanese archipelago (Izuho and Sato 2007).
Miyuki Yakushige, Hiroyuki Sato
doaj   +1 more source

The Wadi Madamagh (Petra Region, Jordan) Late Upper Paleolithic and Initial/Early Epipaleolithic Lithic Components

open access: yesPaleoAnthropology, 2022
Wadi Madamagh is a key site for the Late Upper Paleolithic and the Initial/Early Epipaleolithic in the Petra region of Jordan. First excavated in 1956 by Diana Kirkbride, it was subsequently tested in 1983, and excavated by two separate teams in the ...
Deborah I. Olszewski   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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