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LITHIC TECHNOLOGY STUDIES IN COLOMBIA DURING THE LATE PLEISTOCENE AND EARLY HOLOCENE [PDF]

Chungará (Arica), 2015
En este articulo se presenta una sinopsis de las investigaciones arqueologicas que se refieren a la tecnologia litica de los grupos humanos que poblaron el territorio colombiano entre el Pleistoceno Final y el Holoceno Temprano. Como metodologia se ha optado por documentar y comparar regionalmente los analisis de tecnologia y asi demostrar las ...
Aceituno Bocanegra, Francisco Javier, Rojas Mora, Sneider   +1 more
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A reappraisal of the Middle to Later Stone Age prehistory of Morocco Réévaluer la préhistoire du Maroc, du Middle Stone Age au Later Stone Age

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Over the last 25 years, perceptions of the early prehistory of Northwest Africa have undergone radical changes due to new fieldwork projects and a corresponding growth in scientific interest in the region. Much of this work has been focused in Morocco, known for its extremely rich fossil and archaeological records in caves and rock shelters.
Nick Barton, Abdeljalil Bouzouggar, Stacy Carolin, Louise Humphrey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Book review: Fractures in Knapping

Journal of Lithic Studies, 2016
The book 'Fractures in Knapping' by Are Tsirk (2014) is apropos at a time when ‘shape matching’ to typological holotypes is de rigueur. Thus, a book that outlines the fractographic and fracture mechanic principles behind chaîne opératoire and ...
Paul Richard Preston
doaj   +1 more source

The Early Upper Palaeolithic in British caves: problems and potential Le Paléolithique supérieur ancien dans les grottes de Grande‐Bretagne : problèmes et potentiels

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Recent years have seen landmark progress in our understanding of early Homo sapiens occupation of Europe, owing to new excavations and the application of new analytical methods. Research on British sites, however, continues to lag. This is because of limitations inherent in existing cave collections, and limited options for new fieldwork at known sites.
Robert Dinnis
wiley   +1 more source

The Neolithization process in the Lower-Scheldt basin (Belgium, mid-6th to mid-4th Millennium cal BC) from a lithic technological perspective

, 2023
This paper discusses the results of a detailed analysis of the lithic assemblages from four key sites in the Lower-Scheldt basin of NW Belgium in the context of the Neolithization process beyond the agro-pastoral frontier of the European loess area.
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Identifying the signs: The Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in northern Iberia from the perspective of the lithic record

Journal of Lithic Studies, 2014
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, Joseba Rios-Garaizar, José-Manuel Maíllo-Fernández, María-José Iriarte-Chiapusso   +3 more
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)

Journal 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, Mark D. Lewis, Simon A. Parfitt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biography of Jack Holland (1926-2014): Chert expert

Journal of Lithic Studies, 2015
Jack was born and grew up in Lock Haven Pennsylvania, the son of William G. Holland and Florence (Davies) Holland. He had an older brother, William and a younger brother, Donald.
William Engelbrecht, Lisa Marie Anselmi
doaj   +1 more source

The role of the Eastern Mediterranean in human evolution: recent results from Greece Le rôle du Bassin méditerranéen oriental dans l’évolution humaine : résultats récents en Grèce

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The Eastern Mediterranean lies directly on the principal migration route for human groups dispersing across Africa, Europe, and Asia. It also encompasses the Balkans, where fauna and flora, as well as hominin populations, are thought to have persisted through glacial periods.
Katerina Harvati
wiley   +1 more source

Book review: Emergence and Diversity of Modern Human Behavior in Paleolithic Asia

Journal of Lithic Studies, 2016
This text represents a monumental undertaking in scope and breadth of topical coverage and geographic extent and the editorship and authors have done a tremendous service in its production. The title is an appropriate thumbnail sketch of what this volume
John Edward Dockall
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