Initial Upper Palaeolithic lithic industry at Cueva Millán in the hinterlands of Iberia. [PDF]
Sci RepThe 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.
Sánchez-Yustos P +16 more
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Linear Band Pottery Culture (LBK) lithic industry from Apc [PDF]
Archaeologiai Értesítő, 2016 The general inventory of the chipped stone artefacts coming from the LBK features at Apc indicates that a specific, small scale, local lithic production was conducted on-site. Majority of used raw materials are limnoquartzites (nearly 70%) originating mainly from the Mátra and Cserhát Mountains.
Kaczanowska, Małgorzata +2 more
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Fat residue and use-wear found on Acheulian biface and scraper associated with butchered elephant remains at the site of Revadim, Israel [PDF]
, 2015 The archaeological record indicates that elephants must have played a significant role in early human diet and culture during Palaeolithic times in the Old World.
A., Zupancich +5 more
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Journal of Quaternary Science, 2021 Porto Selvaggio in southern Italy is where the Uluzzian culture was first identified and documented, providing key insights into the transition from the Middle to the Upper Paleolithic.
F. Ranaldo, Dario Massafra, K. Kitagawa
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Lithic industry of two Linearbandkeramik sites in Moldova (Nicolaevca V and Ţâra II)
Sprawozdania Archeologiczne, 2021 The two Linear Pottery culture lithic complexes presented in this paper came from northern Moldova. The Nicolaevca V assemblage was gathered from excavations of a small LBK dwelling, while the Ţâra II collection came from an eight-shaped pit. There was a
Dmytro Kiosak +3 more
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Open Archaeology, 2021 Technological analysis of variations in blade production and the flow of siliceous raw materials revealed new understandings of different types of socio-economic functioning on a supra-regional scale.
Solène Denis +2 more
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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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Two Acheuleans, two humankinds. From 1.5 to 0.85 Ma at Melka Kunture (Upper Awash, Ethiopian highlands) [PDF]
, 2017 The Acheulean is the longest-lasting human cultural record, spanning approximately 1.5 Ma and three continents. The most comprehensive sequences are found in East Africa, where, in large-scale syntheses, the Lower Pleistocene Acheulean (LPA) has often ...
Gallotti, Rosalia, Mussi, Margherita
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Grotta Romanelli (Southern Italy, Apulia). Legacies and issues in excavating a key site for the Pleistocene of the Mediterranean [PDF]
, 2018 Grotta Romanelli, located on the Adriatic coast of southern Apulia (Italy), is considered a key site for the Mediterranean Pleistocene for its archaeological and palaeontological contents. The site, discovered in 1874, was re-evaluated only in 1900, when
Brilli, M +11 more
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The color of transformation: Investigations into heat treatment of Natufian artifacts from Hayonim Terrace (Israel) [PDF]
, 2016 In the Natufian lithic component at Hayonim, both in the cave and the terrace, numerous artifacts of pink/red color may be recognized. Cherts with similar appearance are not present in the geological environment surrounding the site in Northern Israel ...
Delage, C, Sunseri, JU
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