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The Aggradational Successions of the Aniene River Valley in Rome: Age Constraints to Early Neanderthal Presence in Europe.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
We revise the chronostratigraphy of several sedimentary successions cropping out along a 5 km-long tract of the Aniene River Valley in Rome (Italy), which yielded six hominin remains previously attributed to proto- or archaic Neanderthal individuals, as ...
Fabrizio Marra   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Five Middle Palaeolithic occupations from the Early Weichselian glacial: the Soindres deposit (Yvelines). Stratigraphy and lithic industries.

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
doaj   +1 more source

Book review: Drawing Lithic Artefacts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Drawing Lithic Artefacts By Yannick Raczynski-Henk Sidestone Press, 2017, pp. 50.
Gill, Jayson
core   +1 more source

Jacques Tixier (1925-2018)

open access: yesJournal of Lithic Studies, 2018
Jacques Tixier was an internationally known prehistorian and the founder of the technological “reading” of lithic industries. The first approach to this interpretation is based on experiments and the recognition of the chronological order of technical ...
Marie-Louise Inizan, Hélène Roche
doaj   +1 more source

125 years of exploration and research at Gough's Cave (Somerset, UK) 125 ans d'exploration et de recherches à Gough's Cave (Somerset, Royaume‐Uni)

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Our understanding of the recolonization of northwest Europe in the period leading up to the Lateglacial Interstadial relies heavily on discoveries from Gough's Cave (Somerset, UK). Gough's Cave is the richest Late Upper Palaeolithic site in the British Isles, yielding an exceptional array of human remains, stone and organic artefacts, and butchered ...
Silvia M. Bello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neolithic lithic industries of the Eastern Wing of the Fertile Crescent: Paying homage to Professor Stefan K. Kozłowski [PDF]

open access: yes
A systematic study by Stefan K. Kozłowski during the 1990s and the 2000s revealed marked techno-typological differences between the Neolithic lithic industries of the “Eastern and Western Wings” of the Fertile Crescent of Southwest Asia.
Nishiaki, Yoshihiro
core   +1 more source

The Swanscombe fossil at 90: revisiting its phylogeny, taxonomy, and place in human origins Le fossile de Swanscombe, 90 ans après : retour sur sa place phylogénique, taxonomique et dans les origines de l'humanité

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The year 2025 marked the ninetieth since a fossil hominin occipital bone was discovered in Swanscombe, southeast England. In subsequent years, its parietal bones were found, producing what remains the oldest partial cranium from Britain today. In the earliest analyses, it was interpreted as a descendant of the infamous fraudulent fossil Piltdown Man ...
Emma E. Bird, Chris Stringer
wiley   +1 more source

The Acheulean Downunder: modern human 'handaxes' from the Barkly Tableland of northern Australia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Much research has been completed on British lithic scatters over the past 30 years, principally on field techniques and site formation processes including three ‘Lithic Scatters Projects’ in England, Scotland and Wales.
Rainey, Alec, Brumm, Adam
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Initial Upper Palaeolithic lithic industry at Cueva Millán in the hinterlands of Iberia

open access: yesScientific Reports
The 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
doaj   +1 more source

Gough's Cave and biomolecular archaeology: a story of evolving interpretation Archéologie biomoléculaire à la grotte de Gough's Cave : une interprétation en constante évolution

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Gough's Cave is a key archaeological site that has been at heart of British archaeology for the past century. Professor Chris Stringer, whom this special issue honours, has been a key figure in excavations and research projects at the site for many decades.
William A. Marsh
wiley   +1 more source

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