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New Results From the Pre‐Pottery Neolithic Site of Al Uyaynah, Tabuk, in Northwestern Saudi Arabia

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Al Uyaynah is a low sandstone mound on an alluvial plain, long known for its extensive surface remains of stone‐built circular and rectangular structures. Following test excavations in 2012, more detailed excavation was undertaken in 2016 within one of the largest rectangular stone structures.
Khalid Alasmari, Stephanie F. Piper, Kirsten Grothe, W. Derek Hamilton, Delphine Joly, Penny Bickle, Geoff Bailey   +6 more
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Early Harappan interaction between Sindh and Gujarat, as evidenced by lithic tools

, 2021
The spread and development of the Indus Valley Civilisation, also known as the Harappan civilisation, one of the oldest civilisations of the world, is still an enigma. Indus Valley Civilisation was spread over modern day India and Pakistan.
Prakash Sharma, Bhanu, Gadekar, Charusmita, Sharma, Bhanu Prakash, Rajesh, S.V., Gadekar, Charusmita Surendra, Sasidharan Vasantha, Rajesh, M. Jadeja, Jaypalsinh, Chavan, Anil, Girija Sasidharan, Abhayan, Bhandari, Subhash, Sasidharan, Abhayan Girija   +10 more
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Making Mining Licit: Gold, Commodification, and the Everyday Performance of Law in Colombia

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ethnographies of resource‐making have shown that the extraction of resource value from objects is premised on obviating the emplaced lifeworlds that surrounded objects before they traveled to consumer markets. Much of this literature looks at such supply‐chain disentanglement from the viewpoint of corporate and formal regulatory practices ...
Jesse Jonkman
wiley   +1 more source

The earlier Palaeolithic of Syria: settlement history, technology and landscape-use in the Orontes and Euphrates Valleys [PDF]

, 2008
This thesis represents the first investigation to examine Lower and Middle Palaeolithic technological behaviour in Syria in its wider landscape context, focussing on material from the two main river valleys; the Orontes and the Euphrates.
Shaw, Andrew Douglas
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Skhul lithic technology and the dispersal of Homo sapiens into Southwest Asia

, 2019
The Levantine sites of Skhul and Qafzeh have been interpreted as indicating an early, short and unsuccessful expansion of Homo sapiens out of Africa. Chronometric age estimates, however, indicate a history of prolonged occupation, and suggest that Skhul (
Groucutt, Huw S, Chris Stringer, Petraglia, Michael D, Michael D. Petraglia, Scerri, E., Stringer, C., Huw S. Groucutt, Scerri, Eleanor ML, Stringer, Chris, Groucutt, H., Petraglia, M., Eleanor M.L. Scerri   +11 more
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Lithic analysis in African archaeology: Advances and key themes

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract Stone artifacts (lithics) preserve for extended periods; thus they are key evidence for probing the evolution of human technological behaviors. Africa boasts the oldest record of stone artifacts, spanning 3.3 Ma, rare instances of ethnographic stone tool‐making, and stone tool archives from diverse ecological settings, making it an anchor for ...
Deborah I. Olszewski, Amanuel Beyin, Justin Pargeter   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE LITHIC INDUSTRY OF OBI-RAKHMAT GROTTO, UZBEKISTAN

Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, 2007
The analysis of the Obi-Rakhmat archaeological materials provides us with data suggesting a process of gradual transition from the Middle to Upper Paleolithic occurring in western Central Asia. The chronometric dates available for the site indicate that the developmental processes described above occurred prior to 50,000 years ago.
A.I. Krivoshapkin, A.A. Anoikin, P.J. Brantingham   +2 more
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Edge Sharpness Does Not Vary Between Palaeolithic Flake Technologies, With the Possible Exception of Levallois Débitage

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Investigating why hominins adopted particular flake technologies during the Mid‐to‐Late Pleistocene is essential to understanding patterns of lithic innovation. This period witnessed the emergence of Levallois technologies (~350–250 ka) and later blades, each “replacing” earlier forms.
Anna Mika, Alastair Key
wiley   +1 more source

The Lithic Industry of the Kamyane-Zavallia Linearbandkeramik Site in Ukraine (2019 Campaign)

, 2023
The paper treats a selection of lithic finds from Kamyane-Zavallia (Kam’âne-Zavallâ) – the easternmost Linearbandkeramik culture (LBK) site ever excavated. The lithic assemblage belongs to typical representatives of the early farming lithic industries in
Kolesnychenko, Anzhelika, Kiosak, Dmytro, Dębiec, Maciej, Saile, Thomas   +3 more
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Skills in the processing of animal hard materials: examples from the Rivière collection, Capelleti Cave (Algeria)

UISPP Journal
The analysis of the Grotta Capéletti pastoral assemblage shows a significant transformation in the use of hard animal materials, mirroring changes seen at other Neolithic Capsian sites.
Giacoma Petrullo
doaj   +1 more source