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Middle Paleolithic Lithic Industry from Qaleh Kurd Cave, Qazvin Province,Iran

open access: yesIranian Journal of Archaeological Studies, 2022
This paper focuses on the lithic finds from two seasons of excavations at Qaleh Kurd (QK), a cave site inwestern Central Plateau. Through sedimentological studies, Holocene and Pleistocene deposits were identifiedduring the excavations. Analysis of sedimentary context and the spatial distribution of the faunal remains andlithics suggested that the ...
Kamrani, Zahra   +7 more
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The 'microliths' from the Isles of Scilly and the continental Mesolithic: similar yet still so different [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
There is little doubt that the small lithic assemblage from the Isles of Scilly is totally different to that from any other Mesolithic site in Britain.
Crombé, Philippe
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Chalcolithic and Middle Bronze Age obsidian industries at Karmir Sar: A mountain view on the lithic economies of the Southern Caucasus

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

A new approach to measure reduction intensity on cores and tools on cobbles: the Volumetric Reconstruction Method

open access: yes, 2020
Knowing to what extent lithic cores have been reduced through knapping is an important step toward understanding the technological variability of lithic assemblages and disentangling the formation processes of archaeological assemblages.
Cueva-Temprana, A.   +4 more
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THE LITHIC INDUSTRY FROM THE SITE OF KOBULETI

open access: yesArchaeology and Early History of Ukraine, 2020
The Kobuleti site is located on the territory of the Kobuleti village in Adjara (Georgia). The site was discovered on the cape of the left bank of the Kintrishi River. The cape formed by two ravines occupied the area ca. 50 Ч 50 m, towering 16—25 m above the river level. The site height above the sea level is 60 m. The cape is composed of basalt rocks,
V. O. Manko, G. L. Chkhatarashvіlі
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Neolithisation in the Northern French Alps: First Results of the Lithic Study of the Industries of La Grande Rivoire Rockshelter (Isère, France)

open access: yesOpen Archaeology, 2022
The “transition” period from the end of the Second Mesolithic to the Early Neolithic is a singular phase in the prehistory of Western Europe. The first signs of neolithisation will be observed in the Northern French Alps between 5500 and 5350 cal.
Dallaire Marc-André
doaj   +1 more source

Autism, the Integrations of 'Difference' and the Origins of Modern Human Behaviour [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
It is proposed here that the archaeological evidence for the emergence of 'modern behaviour' (160,000-40,000 bp) can best be explained as the rise of cognitive variation within populations through social mechanisms for integrating 'different minds ...
Spikins, Penny
core   +1 more source

Bringing Experimental Lithic Technology to Paleoamerican Brazilian Archaeology: Replication Studies on the Rioclarense and Garivaldinense Industries

open access: yesEXARC Journal, 2019
Experimental archaeology, especially experimental lithic technology, has not yet been established as a line of research in Brazil (or most of South America).
João Carlos Moreno De Sousa
doaj  

The Tay Landscape Partnership Scheme: Report on the assessment of Mesolithic lithic artefacts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The archaeological record for Mesolithic events in Perth and Kinross has proved elusive. On behalf of the Tay Landscape Partnership Scheme an investigation of the lithic assemblages from Perth and Kinross held in the collections of the National Museums ...
Wright, Dene
core  

New AMS (14)C dates from the early Upper Paleolithic sequence of Raqefet Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Raqefet Cave (35°04'21"N, 32°39'17"W) is situated in the southeastern side of Mount Carmel in Israel (Figure 1) on the left bank of wadi Raqefet (230 m asl), ~50 m above the wadi bed. It is 50 m long with an area of ~500 m2 (Figure 2).
Boaretto, Elisabetta   +3 more
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