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A comprehensive analysis of long bone curvature in Neanderthals and modern humans using 3D morphometrics [PDF]

, 2008
Since their discovery Neanderthals were described as having a marked degree of anteroposterior curvature of the femoral shaft. Although initially believed to be pathological, subsequent discoveries of Neanderthal remains made femoral curvature as well as
De Groote, Isabelle, de Groote, I.E.P.M.
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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
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Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic in the territory of Sagalassos (SW Turkey) : problems and prospects

, 1998
The aim of this study is to discuss the lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic finds in the neighbourhood of Sagalassos (Pisidia, SW Turkey). The model proposed tries to explain the fact that sites dating to these periods are almost non-existent in the ...
M. Waelkens, Vanhaverbeke, Hannelore, Waelkens, Marc, Hannelore Vanhaverbeke   +3 more
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A revised terrace stratigraphy and chronology for the Little Ouse River as a framework for interpreting the late Lower and early Middle Palaeolithic of central East Anglia, UK

Quaternary Environments and Humans
The Breckland of central East Anglia has a Pleistocene geological sequence spanning c. 1 million years, providing a framework for assessing changes in human technology and behaviour within a single changing palaeolandscape.
Rob Davis, Simon G. Lewis, Marcus Hatch, Nick Ashton, Pierre Voinchet, Jean-Jacques Bahain, Luke Dale, Frederick Foulds, Aaron Rawlinson, Mark White   +9 more
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Mapping Palaeolithic Imprints: Spatial Analysis of Hand Stencils in El Castillo Cave (Spain) Through Geomatic Techniques

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We present the application of a new quantitative approach to space study in Palaeolithic cave art. Using GIS, we analysed the distribution and position of hand stencils in El Castillo cave to track the gestures and behaviours of Palaeolithic societies.
Olga Spaey, Iñaki Intxaurbe, Iñigo Urrestarazu‐Porta, Martin Arriolabengoa, Sergio Salazar, Verónica Fernández‐Navarro, Aritz Irurtzun, Diego Garate   +7 more
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Upper Palaeolithic sites from Wadi Fazael, Lower Jordan Valley

, 1980
In the course of an ongoing survey in the Lower Jordan Valley, three Upper Palaeolithic open air sites were discovered. Limited testing revealed the presence of intensively occupied extensive occurrences yielding abundant lithic and faunal samples ...
Goring-Morris, A. Nigel
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Application of Multi‐Method Dating for Understanding the Gravettian North of Moravia, Central Europe

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article presents the results of integrating three methods to assess the age of the Upper Palaeolithic site of Pietraszyn 11 (SW Poland), close to the Moravian Gate. Sediment chronology determined using optically stimulated luminescence produced promising, yet ambiguous results (51.0 ± 3.7 to 20.3 ± 0.7 ka).
A. Wiśniewski, B. Bujalska, D. Popović, M. Baca, K. Zarzecka‐Szubińska, A. Lemanik, M. Hein, S. Talamo, P. Moska, H. Fewlass, D. Tokarz, Z. Jary, B. Przybylski, D. Bobak, M. Połtowicz‐Bobak, K. Wertz, A. Nadachowski   +16 more
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Schöningen 13II - 4, a kill-butchery site dating from the northwest European Lower Palaeolithic

, 2008
The PhD thesis Ancient Hunters, Modern Butchers presents a first detailed study of bone material found together with spectacularly preserved wooden spears at the Lower Palaeolithic site of Schöningen 13II-4, in Germany. Analysis of a large sample of bone
Voormolen, Boudewijn
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Procurement of Senonian Flint for Bladelets Production at the Early PPNB Site of Nahal Zahal in the Northern Negev Established for the First Time Using Chemical Composition Analysis

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The hypotheses of Senonian flint to be a prime source of prehistoric “chalcedony” flint artefacts from the Negev Desert (Israel) was not investigated in detail thus far. By combining trace‐element profiling with statistical interpretation, ten flint items from Nahal Zahal, an Early Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B site in the northern Negev, were ...
Meir Finkel, Michal Birkenfeld, Talia Abulafia, Keren Weiss‐Sarusi, Olga Berlin, Yoav Ben Dor   +5 more
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A contextual approach to the study of faunal assemblages from Lower and Middle Palaeolithic sites in the UK

, 2010
This thesis represents a site-specific, holistic analysis of faunal assemblage formation at four key Palaeolithic sites (Boxgrove, Swanscombe, Hoxne and Lynford).
Smith, G.M.
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