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Lithic economy in South Western France during the Neolithic: A case study from a coastal site - La Lède du Gurp (Aquitaine)

open access: yesJournal of Lithic Studies, 2021
The prehistory of South-western France is known worldwide for its rich record of Palaeolithic sites, especially from the Dordogne region. However, while research on the Palaeolithic is extremely prolific, the Neolithic was at the same time relegated to ...
Sofia Solanas
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Platinum Group Element Traces of CAMP Volcanism Associated With Low‐Latitude Environmental and Biological Disruptions

open access: yesGeophysical Monograph Series, Page 263-304., 2021

Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact

An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Jessica H. Whiteside   +3 more
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Les premiers peuplements humains de l’Est des Carpates et de leurs abords dans le contexte européen

open access: yesMateriale și Cercetări Arheologice, 2021
The oldest human remains unearthed in Europe were discovered in the Iberian Peninsula. Their age is between 1.4 and 1.2 Ma. Lithic assemblages older than 1 Ma have been unearthed in southwestern Europe (Italy, southern France, Spain).
Tuffreau, A.
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Lithic Points in the Epipaleolithic of the North-Western Caucasus: forms and functions (preliminary results based on materials from Mezmaiskaya Cave)

open access: yesПоволжская археология, 2022
The Epipaleolithic industries of the Caucasus, which have similar technical and typological characteristics, contain also a specific set of lithic points, which includes mainly symmetrically retouched points, the Gravette and microgravette points, and ...
Revina Elena I.   +3 more
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Is it Time to Retire NASTIES in Southern African? Moving Beyond the Culture-historical Framework for Middle Stone Age Lithic Assemblage Variability

open access: yes, 2020
The Middle Stone Age (MSA) of southern Africa provides crucial insight on early Homo sapiens behavioral evolution. Archaeologists have traditionally presented lithic assemblage variability as a sequence of discrete Named Stone Tool Industries (“NASTIES”,
Wilkins, Jayne, Jayne Wilkins
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Lithic industries, territory and mobility in the western Linear Pottery Culture

open access: yesJournal 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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The Acheulean site of “La Grande Vallée” at Colombiers (Vienne, France): stratigraphy, formation processes, preliminary dating and lithic industries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Preliminary results of the first three years of programmed excavation on « La Grande Vallée » at Colombiers in Vienne are presented in this paper. The study of the stratigraphic sequence investigated on three meters deep highlighted the presence of five ...
Hérisson, David   +5 more
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Las industrias líticas de Quillagua durante el Período Formativo, en el contexto del Norte Grande

open access: yesEstudios Atacameños, 2002
Si bien la materialidad lítica disminuye en cantidad y calidad en el Período Formativo, en el valle Quillagua se presenta bastante abundante, habiendo presencia de tres tipos de industrias diferenciadas en términos de funcionalidad de los sitios y no ...
Carlos Alfonso Carrasco González
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A Comparison of Châtelperronian and Protoaurignacian Core Technology Using Data Derived from 3D Models

open access: yesJournal of Computer Applications in Archaeology, 2019
This study uses data extracted from 3D models to compare blade cores from the Châtelperronian and Protoaurignacian stone tool industries. These technocomplexes are at the center of the debate surrounding the interactions between Neanderthals and ...
Samantha Thi Porter   +2 more
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Cinq occupations du Paléolithique moyen du Début Glaciaire weichselien : le gisement de Soindres (Yvelines). Stratigraphie et industries lithiques

open access: yesGallia Préhistoire, 2021
. The excavation of the Middle Palaeolithic site of Soindres has made possible to observe an exceptionally dilated pedosedimentary sequence, related to the last glaciation.
Jean-Luc Locht, Christine Chaussé
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