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Un automne à PinceventLe campement magdalénien du niveau IV20

open access: yesLes Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2015
Since 1964, when the Magdalenian site of Pincevent was discovered by A. Leroi-Gourhan and his team, the methods of excavation and analysis have evolved.
Michèle Julien, Claudine Karlin
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The management of symbolic raw materials in the Late Upper Paleolithic of South-Western France: a shell ornaments perspective

open access: yesPeer Community Journal, 2022
Personal ornaments manufactured on marine and fossil shell are a significant element of Upper Palaeolithic symbolic material culture, and are often found at considerable distances from Pleistocene coastlines or relevant fossil deposits.
Rigaud, Solange   +4 more
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The Magdalenian Avifauna at Erralla Cave. [PDF]

open access: yesMunibe Antropologia-Arkeologia, 1985
Anne Eastham
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The Magdalenian horse (Equus ferus arcelini) from Roc-aux-Sorciers (Angles-sur-l’Anglin, France): Seasonality and paleoecology

open access: yesQuaternary Environments and Humans
Roc-aux-Sorciers is one of the most emblematic sites of Magdalenian culture, particularly known for its bas-relief and high-relief sculpted frieze depicting animals and humans, dated to the Middle Magdalenian.
Patricia Valensi   +2 more
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The Epigravettian of Kůlna Cave?

open access: yesArcheologické Rozhledy, 2019
Several archaeological artefacts from Kůlna Cave (Blansko disctrict, Czech Republic) date its settlement to the last 250 thousand years. The stratigraphy both inside the cave and at the entrance was complicated, so that macroscopically similar sediments
Zdeňka Nerudová, Martin Moník
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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)

open access: yesJournal 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   +2 more
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A Spatial Distribution Study of Faunal Remains from Two Lower Magdalenian Occupation Levels in El Mirón Cave, Cantabria, Spain

open access: yesPapers from the Institute of Archaeology, 2016
Human behaviour can be reconstructed by analysing specific activities and ­campsite organization using spatial analysis. The dense occupation layers of the Lower ­Cantabrian Magdalenian in the Northern Spain reveal varied aspects of Upper Palaeolithic ...
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An Upper Palaeolithic engraved human bone associated with ritualistic cannibalism.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
Cut-marked and broken human bones are a recurrent feature of Magdalenian (~17-12,000 years BP, uncalibrated dates) European sites. Human remains at Gough's Cave (UK) have been modified as part of a Magdalenian mortuary ritual that combined the intensive ...
Silvia M Bello   +3 more
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Symbolic territories in pre-Magdalenian art?

open access: yesQuaternary International, 2019
Abstract The legacy of specialists in Upper Paleolithic art shows a common point: a more or less clear separation between Magdalenian art and earlier symbolic manifestations. One of principal difficulty is due to little data firmly dated in the chronology for the “ancient” periods, even if recent studies precise chronological framework.
Petrognani, Stéphane, Robert, Eric
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Drawing Animals in the Paleolithic: The Effect of Perspective and Abbreviation on Animal Recognition and Aesthetic Appreciation

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract The majority of Pleistocene figurative cave art in Western Europe consists of line drawings depicting large herbivores from the side view, and outlines were sometimes abbreviated to the head‐neck‐dorsal line. It is often assumed that the side view was used because it facilitates animal recognition compared to other views, and that abbreviated ...
Murillo Pagnotta   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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