Two Acheuleans, two humankinds. From 1.5 to 0.85 Ma at Melka Kunture (Upper Awash, Ethiopian highlands) [PDF]
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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Specialised lithic technology of terminal Pleistocene maritime peoples of Wallacea
Tim Maloney +3 more
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Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Jessica H. Whiteside +3 more
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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
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Le site moustérien récent du Fossé du Bois à Appoigny(hameau des Bries, vallée de l’Yonne) :
In 2015, a large rescue excavation to the north of Auxerre led to the discovery of Mousterian occupations in the Appoigny district, within colluvial deposits covering a large paleochannel at the top of the middle terrace of the Yonne.
Alexis TAYLOR +4 more
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Hunting on the coast: An image gallery of Rompecráneos
The Rompecráneo is a special kind of lithic artifact which was, presumably, involved in the capture of pinnipeds carried out along the Patagonian coast of Argentina during prehistoric times.
Daniela Soledad Cañete Mastrángelo
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Ergonomic clusters and displaced affordances in early lithic technology
Traditional typological, technical, and cognitive approaches to early stone tools have taken an implicit Cartesian stance concerning the nature of mind. In many cases, this has led to interpretations of early technology that overemphasize its human-like ...
T. Wynn
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This dataset is comprised of metric and non-metric lithic assemblage data from terminal Pleistocene through late Holocene prehistoric lithic assemblages recovered at nineteen archaeological sites in the upper Susitna River basin, southern Alaska Range ...
John C. Blong
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Introduction: Beyond the reduction sequence and new insights in lithic technology
The proceedings of the B23 Session held during the XVII UISPP/IUPPS conference (1-7 September 2014, Burgos, Spain) are published in this issue of the Journal of Lithic Studies.
Stefano Grimaldi, Sara Cura
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Book review: Contemporary Lithic Analysis in the Southeast: Problems, Solutions, and Interpretations
This volume represents the outgrowth of practical and theoretical research in lithic analysis in the southeastern United States. Although the papers are regionally specific, the examples and methods used provide ample reason for lithic analysts and ...
John Edward Dockall
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