Technological variability in the Late Palaeolithic lithic industries of the Egyptian Nile Valley: The case of the Silsilian and Afian industries. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 During the Nubia Salvage Campaign and the subsequent expeditions from the 1960's to the 1980's, numerous sites attributed to the Late Palaeolithic (~25-15 ka) were found in the Nile Valley, particularly in Nubia and Upper Egypt. This region is one of the
Alice Leplongeon
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Lithic industries, territory and mobility in the western Linear Pottery Culture
Journal of Lithic Studies, 2021 Territory is a complex notion whose definition varies depending on the discipline in which it is applied. Research on the notion of territory has often focused on the Palaeolithic.
Pierre Allard, Solène Denis
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Techno-Cultural Characterization of the MIS 5 (c. 105 - 90 Ka) Lithic Industries at Blombos Cave, Southern Cape, South Africa. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2015 Blombos Cave is well known as an important site for understanding the evolution of symbolically mediated behaviours among Homo sapiens during the Middle Stone Age, and during the Still Bay in particular.
Douze K, Wurz S, Henshilwood CS.
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Archaic lithic industries: structural homogeneity [PDF]
Journal of Historical Archaeology & Anthropological Sciences, 2018 Some years ago The Homogeneity to Multiplicity Model HMM was introduced as a structural framework for understanding the appearance and evolution of early stone tool techno systems Presently the HMM provides an alternative and complimentary conceptual scheme with which to explain how and why particular morphotypes appeared and proliferated through time ...
Eudald Carbonell +3 more
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Initial Upper Palaeolithic lithic industry at Cueva Millán in the hinterlands of Iberia [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe extended period of coexistence between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in Europe coincided with the emergence of regionally distinctive lithic industries, signalling the onset of the Upper Palaeolithic.
Policarpo Sánchez-Yustos +16 more
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The use-wear studies on the lithic industries
Palethnologie, 2019 1 - Sampling and study method With the exception of Les Pradelles, the lithic industries from the sites included in the research project were the subject of use-wear analyses. For Les Pradelles, functional data was nonetheless available concerning the material from the older excavations (Beyries, 1987a, 1988a).
É. Claud +6 more
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Lithic industries, modern tools, and language: An evolutionary perspective through fMRI
NeuroImageTool use is a defining cognitive ability of the human species, relying on technical reasoning—a causal and analogical understanding of physical principles.
Chloé Bryche +8 more
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Quina lithic technology indicates diverse Late Pleistocene human dynamics in East Asia. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S ASignificance Neanderthal adaptation to Marine Isotope Stage 4 cold environments in Europe is reflected by subsistence behaviors and material culture, among which the Quina system of lithic production stands out being easily distinguishable from others ...
Ruan QJ +16 more
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Journal of Lithic Studies, 2018 The high-altitude site of Karmir Sar is located around 2850 m a.s.l. on the southern slopes of Mt. Aragats (Armenia). Numerous stone structures (including vishaps, cromlechs, stone enclosures) are found all over the 40 ha-sized meadow, out of which three
Christoph Purschwitz
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The Mesolithic lithic industries of the eastern Adriatic zone
Folia Quaternaria, 2018 K e y w o r d s: Eastern Adriatic, Epigravettian, Sauveterian, Castelnovian, flake-blade ...
M. Kaczanowska +1 more
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