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Several Lower Palaeolithic Sites along the Rhine Rift Valley, Dated from 1.3 to 0.6 Million Years
Humanities, 2019 The important discoveries of Lower Palaeolithic artefacts in stratigraphical context within Lower and early Middle Pleistocene deposits in the western continental part of Europe along the rift systeme of the Rhine Valley are pointing at the possible ...
Lutz Fiedler +4 more
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Nature, 1933 ARCHAEOLOGISTS, of whom I am one, are really quite remarkable people. It is notorious that the nomenclature of their study is already in a sad condition, yet, recently, they have gone out of their way to make confusion more confounded. It has now become the practice to describe early neolithic flint implements by the term mesolithic, a term which means,
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Open Archaeology, 2022 The region Kleinwalsertal (Vorarlberg, Austria) represents one of the numerous little-known archaeological areas of the Austrian Alps. Here, over 90 sites were found since the 1980s, including surficial flint scatters as well as excavated sites, mainly ...
Posch Caroline
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Diet in Mesolithic Europe: New evidence from dental microwear
Internet Archaeology, 2007 Palaeodietary reconstruction is a key to understanding Mesolithic lifeways. Dental microwear analysis is a tool for investigating palaeodiet using microscopic tooth wear patterns.
T. Rowan McLaughlin
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Поволжская археология, 2013 A widespread thesis concerning population continuity in the Lower Kama region during the Late Mesolithic and the Early Neolithic is challenged in the article.
Viskalin Aleksandr V.
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Consumers, not Contributors? The Study of the Mesolithic and the Study of Hunter-Gatherers
Open Archaeology, 2022 This article examines the relationship between the archaeology of the Mesolithic and the broader archaeology and anthropology of hunter-gatherers. Bibliographic reviews of articles presented at past MESO conferences and recent high-ranking Mesolithic ...
Elliott Ben, Warren Graeme
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The Mesolithic at the Danube’s Iron Gates: new radiocarbon dates and old stratigraphies
Documenta Praehistorica, 2007 In this paper we present 31 new AMS radiocarbon dates from the Mesolithic Iron Gates sites. The new dates allowed for a total reconsideration of the chronological sequences, and offer new insights for a reinterpretation of both Upper Paleolithic ...
Alexandru Dinu +2 more
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Mandibular morphology and the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition in Westernmost Iberia
Scientific Reports, 2023 Neolithic farming and animal husbandry were first developed in the Near East ~ 10,000 BCE and expanded westwards, reaching westernmost Iberia no later than 5500 BCE. It resulted in major social, cultural, economic and dietary changes.
Ricardo Miguel Godinho +7 more
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Mesolithic Icoana revisited (II) – A reappraisal of the faunal remains
Materiale și Cercetări Arheologice, 2021 Located in southwestern Romania in the Iron Gates Gorges, Icoana was among the sites submerged following the building of the Iron Gates I dam and hydro-power station. Eight trenches were excavated with a total area of 91m2 and a maximum depth of ca.
Bălășescu, A. +3 more
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Mesolittisk kronologi i Sørøst-Norge – et forslag til justering
Viking, 2016 A reassessment of the Mesolithic chronology in SoutheastNorway In 1975, Egil Mikkelsen proposed a Stone Age chronology for southeastern Norway based on a small number of excavated sites.
Gaute Reitan
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