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Better Late than Never: Current Understanding of the Archaic Period in Central Belize

Heritage
The Archaic period in the Maya lowlands of Mesoamerica emerged around 8000 BCE and likely lasted until about 1000 BCE; however, both the development and complex cultural adaptations representative of Archaic peoples present challenges for archaeologists.
W. James Stemp, Jaime J. Awe, Gabriel D. Wrobel   +2 more
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Recent progress in studies of the last million years of human physical and behavioural evolution Avancées récentes dans l’étude du dernier million d'années d’évolution physique et éthologique de l'espèce humaine

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article presents a synthesis of recent developments in the study of human evolution over the past five years. It begins with an overview of hominin species nomenclature and diversity, followed by an examination of the proposed population bottleneck ∼900,000 years ago.
James Cole, Eleanor M.L. Scerri, Mateja Hajdinjak, Chris Stringer   +3 more
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The Swanscombe fossil at 90: revisiting its phylogeny, taxonomy, and place in human origins Le fossile de Swanscombe, 90 ans après : retour sur sa place phylogénique, taxonomique et dans les origines de l'humanité

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The year 2025 marked the ninetieth since a fossil hominin occipital bone was discovered in Swanscombe, southeast England. In subsequent years, its parietal bones were found, producing what remains the oldest partial cranium from Britain today. In the earliest analyses, it was interpreted as a descendant of the infamous fraudulent fossil Piltdown Man ...
Emma E. Bird, Chris Stringer
wiley   +1 more source

HLC Project 2018: Jagiellonian University excavations in southern Jordan [PDF]

Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2019
A complex view of the prehistory in southern Jordan emerges from the excavations of the Jagiellonian University team, which carried out in 2018 its second season of fieldwork at the sites of Munqata’a and Faysaliyya, even as analyses of finds from the ...
Piotr Kołodziejczyk, Marek Nowak, Michał Wasilewski, Barbara Witkowska, Jacek Karmowski, Marcin Czarnowicz, Justyna Zakrzeńska, Agnieszka Brzeska-Zastawna   +7 more
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Gough's Cave and biomolecular archaeology: a story of evolving interpretation Archéologie biomoléculaire à la grotte de Gough's Cave : une interprétation en constante évolution

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Gough's Cave is a key archaeological site that has been at heart of British archaeology for the past century. Professor Chris Stringer, whom this special issue honours, has been a key figure in excavations and research projects at the site for many decades.
William A. Marsh
wiley   +1 more source

Alat-alat Batu Pacitan: Mobilitas Budaya Prasejarah

Berkala Arkeologi, 1982
Dalam kerangka periode prasejarah di Indonesia, masa berburu dan mengumpulkan makanan tingkat sederhana dengan penonjolan tradisi paleolithik telah menempati posisi yang tertua.
Harry Widianto
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From LiDAR point clouds to 3D tree morphometrics: New approach to quantitatively evaluate tree shapes

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Tree crowns are complex, three‐dimensional structures whose morphology varies among species, individuals and environments. Although light detection and ranging (LiDAR) provides high‐resolution, single‐tree point clouds that advance species discrimination and the assessment of intraspecific variation in situ, crown shape is still commonly ...
Ladislav Hodač, Tristan Nauber, Jana Wäldchen, Kevin Karbstein, Anton Wetzel, Patrick Mäder   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cambio de planes a través del tiempo para el traslado de roca en la pampa bonaerense

Estudios Atacameños, 2004
Se analizan las formas de traslado de las materias primas líticas a partir de la comparación entre núcleos de momentos tempranos y tardíos en la pampa bonaerense argentina.
Cristina Bayón, Nora Flegenheimer
doaj  

Bridging the Late Antique Gap in Northwest Arabia: New Archaeological Evidence on the Occupation of Wādī al‐Qurā (al‐ʿUlā [AlUla], Saudi Arabia) Between the Third and Seventh Centuries CE

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2019, the Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA) identified a Late Antique village 1 km south of ancient Dadan in the al‐ʿUlā valley (northwest Saudi Arabia). Three excavation seasons at this site (2021–2023) have uncovered a massive building constructed in the late third or early fourth cent.
Jérôme Rohmer, Abdulrahman Alsuhaibani, Charlène Bouchaud, Elora Chambraud, Vladimir Dabrowski, Hatem Djerbi, Fabien Lesguer, Hervé Monchot, Paul Picavet, Louise Purdue, Bertrand Riba, Shadi Shabo   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preliminary Starch Grain Evidence of Ancient Stone Tool Use at the Early Archaic (9,000 B.P.) Site of Sandy Hill, Mashantucket, Connecticut

Ethnobiology Letters, 2013
Early Archaic subsistence strategies of New England remain poorly understood despite their importance in helping researchers understand how people adapt to changing landscapes following the end of the last glacial maximum (21,000-14,000 B.P ...
Thomas C. Hart, Timothy H. Ives
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