Fat residue and use-wear found on Acheulian biface and scraper associated with butchered elephant remains at the site of Revadim, Israel [PDF]
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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ABSTRACT The Cova Eirós archaeopaleontological site preserves the most comprehensive archaeostratigraphic sequence in the northwestern Iberian Peninsula, with an exceptionally rich record spanning from the Mousterian to the Upper Paleolithic. The extensive fragmentation of the faunal record and the rich taxonomic diversity at this site have limited the
Hugo Bal‐García +9 more
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The lithic record, together with archaeozoological remains, makes up the most abundant assemblages at European Palaeolithic sites. During many decades in the twentieth century, the classical typological analysis (the Bordesian paradigm) has been used to ...
Alvaro Arrizabalaga +3 more
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The Organization of Novaculite Tool Production: Quarry-Workshop Debitage Comparisons [PDF]
Arkansas novaculite, outcropping in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma, has been an important regional lithic resource for thousands of years.
Trubitt, Mary Beth D.
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Reconstructing Early Human Subsistence in Near Oceania: New Insights From Matenkupkum and Matenbek
ABSTRACT The colonization of New Ireland ~44–40,000 years ago represents the earliest evidence of human occupation in Near Oceania. Yet, the precise impacts of climatic changes on subsistence strategies during the Late Pleistocene, Last Glacial Maximum, and Holocene remain poorly understood.
Joëlle den Toom +3 more
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Book review: Lithic Materials and Paleolithic Societies
Lithic Materials and Paleolithic Societies is an edited volume of research papers that provides perspectives on the study of lithic technological organization from around the world.
Christopher D. Noll
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A Little Mystery, Mythology, and Romance: How the “Pigmy Flint” Got Its Name
The term “pigmy flint” was coined in 1895 and frequently used to describe small flint implements, many of them microliths, in British and Irish archaeology during the earliest decades of the 20th century.
Piper Stephanie F.
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After the Revolution: A Review of 3D Modelling as a Tool for Stone Artefact Analysis
With over 200 peer-reviewed papers published over the last 20 years, 3D modelling is no longer a gimmick but an established and increasingly common analytical tool for stone artefact analysis.
Simon Wyatt-Spratt
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Archeological Investigations on the Weyerhaeuser Land Exchange Sites, McCurtain County, Oklahoma: An Update [PDF]
This paper provides a brief overview of the testing work completed to date on sites within the Tiak Ranger District. Ouachita National Forest. McCurtain County, Oklahoma.
Etchieson, Meeks
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Basalt Leaching in Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Rock Gardens Favours Agricultural Surplus Production [PDF]
Basalt Leaching in Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Rock Gardens Favours Agricultural Surplus Production Elisabeth Burns, Depts. of Anthropology and Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies, with Dr. Christopher Stevenson, Dept.
Burns, Elisabeth
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