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The Lower and Middle Paleolithic
2002Europe in the ice age was a very different place than today, or rather, it was many different places. During the vast time period examined in this chapter the continent underwent numerous, dramatic changes in habitat and climate. Studies of these changes have focused on the geological record of river gravels and soil deposition, on the evidence for ...
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The cultures of the Middle Palaeolithic/Middle Stone Age
1982The 'Middle Palaeolithic', or the 'Middle Stone Age', is part of the prehistoric cultural record that follows the Lower Palaeolithic or Earlier Stone Age, and precedes the Upper Palaeolithic or Later Stone Age. The Middle Palaeolithic/Middle Stone Age makes its first appearance more than 100000 years ago during the Last Interglacial, in Africa a time ...
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The Middle Palaeolithic of the Netherlands – Contexts and perspectives
Quaternary International, 2016Abstract We present a concise overview of Middle Palaeolithic research in the Netherlands. The area, which is situated along the northwestern edge of the known Neanderthal world, is very divers in terms of geological development. As a result of glacial cycles, hominin occupation can be characterised as intermittent and probably sparse. Well-preserved
A. Verpoorte +3 more
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The Middle Palaeolithic of Northern France
2014The Middle Palaeolithic begins around 300 ky ago, and ends around 40 ky. During more than 250 ky, the whole Europe was occupied by Neandertalpopulations, which were characterized by very weak density and demography. The aim of the communication is to focus on the identities of the different cultural groups peopling northern France and to try to discern
Locht, Jean‑luc +4 more
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Fact or fiction: the Middle Palaeolithic in China
Antiquity, 2014The subdivision of the Chinese Palaeolithic is a controversial topic. A recent article in Antiquity (Yee 2012) critiqued Gao’s two-stage model that distinguished only an Early and a Late Palaeolithic. Yee argued that the two-stage model should be abandoned, and that a distinct Middle Palaeolithic phase can be identified.
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Middle Palaeolithic and Early Upper Palaeolithic Subsistence Practices at Vindija Cave, Croatia
2006Vindija Cave contains important Middle and Early Upper Palaeolithic lithic and faunal assemblages associated with remains of Neandertals that span the period from ca. 45 – 25 ka. The association in level G1 of Neandertal remains (directly radiocarbon dated to ca. 29 ka) and Early Upper Palaeolithic artifacts (e.g.
Brajković, Dejana, Miracle, Preston
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Maritime navigation in the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic
Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science, 1999Abstract The evidence for Pleistocene maritime colonisations in the Mediterranean and in eastern Asia is reviewed. On present indications, seafating may have begun in Indonesia about a million years ago, leading to the hominid settlement of several islands during the late part of the Early Pleistocene.
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Seasonality in Middle Palaeolithic contexts
2017Seasonality in Middle Palaeolithic ...
Gourichon, Lionel +5 more
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journey of a Middle Palaeolithic raft
The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 1999R BEDNARIK, B HOBMAN, P ROGERS
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Hunting in the Middle Palaeolithic
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