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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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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Demography and cultural innovation: A model and its implications for the emergence of modern human culture [PDF]
, 2001 In recent years there has been a major growth of interest in exploring the analogies between the genetic transmission of information from one generation to the next and the processes of cultural transmission, in an attempt to obtain a greater ...
Shennan, S
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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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'Fire hardening' spear wood does slightly harden it, but makes it much weaker and more brittle [PDF]
, 2016 It is usually assumed that 'fire hardening' the tips of spears, as practised by hunter-gatherers and early Homo spp., makes them harder and better suited for hunting.
Chan, Tak Lok, Ennos, Antony Roland
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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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Lithics of the North African Middle Stone Age: assumptions, evidence and future directions
, 2019 North Africa features some of the earliest manifestations of the Middle Stone Age (MSA) and fossils of our species, Homo sapiens, as well as early examples of complex culture and the long distance transfer of exotic raw materials.
Scerri, E., Spinapolica, E.
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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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Animal residues found on tiny Lower Paleolithic tools reveal their use in butchery [PDF]
, 2019 Stone tools provide a unique window into the mode of adaptation and cognitive abilities of Lower Paleolithic early humans. The persistently produced large cutting tools (bifaces/handaxes) have long been an appealing focus of research in the ...
Agam, Aviad +5 more
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