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Identifying Major Transitions in the Evolution of Lithic Cutting Edge Production Rates. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The notion that the evolution of core reduction strategies involved increasing efficiency in cutting edge production is prevalent in narratives of hominin technological evolution. Yet a number of studies comparing two different knapping technologies have
Antoine Muller, Chris Clarkson
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Bilan des recherches récentes sur le Paléolithique de Casablanca (Maroc)
Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2010 A thirty years co-operation in the fields of Quaternary studies have brought new evidences and allowed new interpretations about the stratigraphic sequence of Casablanca, the regional biostratigraphy of mammals and micro-mammals, the first settlements of
Jean-Paul Raynal +2 more
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Getahovit-2. New evidence of an Upper Palaeolithic settlement in northern Armenia [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2022 The cave settlement at Getahovit-2 in Armenia has a proven record of human occupation from the Palaeolithic to the Middle Ages, making it the third prehistoric cave site, after Aghitu-3 and Kalavan-1, to be known from this region.
Irena Kalantaryan +2 more
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Contentious issues of Palaeolithic of Chystopady (Podollian Upland): Middle or Upper Palaeolithic
Materials and studies on archaeology of Sub-Carpathian and Volhynian area, 2021 The Ternopil Plateau is a large geomorphological region that occupies a significant part of the Podollian Upland. The issue of the occupation of this geographical area by Palaeolithic people remained little researched for a long time. Peculiarities of the relief and the geological structure of the territory indicated the prospectiveness of Palaeolithic
Andriy Bogucki +3 more
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Das Mittelwürm in den Lössen Südmährens und seine paläolithischen Kulturen [PDF]
Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart, 1996 Archaeological excavations at several sites in the loesses of Southern Moravia have revealed an Middle Würm Interstadial soil, classed by micromorphological analysis as between pararendzinas and chernozems.
K. Valoch
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The ‘invisible’ pits: how informative are old excavations in discussing Middle Palaeolithic burials?
Materiale și Cercetări Arheologice, 2016 In this paper I focus on the potential of Palaeolithic sites excavated before the establishment of modern methods, aiming to provide reliable information on current debates. Specifically, I will address the reliability of the information coming from such
Doboș, A.
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Zum Stand der Paläolithforschung in der Schweiz [PDF]
Geographica HelveticaResearch on the Palaeolithic started in Switzerland during the 19th Century in the overall framework of cave studies. Two different industries were soon recognized: middlepalaeolithic flake tools usually together with the bones of cave bear, and a late ...
M. Primas
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Puzzling out the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition [PDF]
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2020 Homo sapiens remains, molecular data and a revised chronology for the Bulgarian site of Bacho Kiro document the earliest known presence of our species in Europe, representing an important jigsaw piece in the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition.
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Guest Editorial – The Middle Palaeolithic in the Desert II [PDF]
Quaternary International, 2016 Research on Middle Palaeolithic occupations within the mid-latitude desert belt is enjoying a sustained surge of interest. This ongoing focus is in part because the mid latitude arid belt forms a shifting environmental barrier between different biogeographic zones.
Blinkhorn, J. +3 more
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The Middle Palaeolithic research in Romania. Past and current issues
Materiale și Cercetări Arheologice, 2017 This paper presents some new results concerning the Middle Palaeolithic in Romania. Recent research on loess‐ paleosoil sequences and tephra deposits has provided an accurate picture on the geochronology of the Pleistocene.
Doboș, A.
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