Expansion of eastern Mediterranean Middle Paleolithic into the desert region in early marine isotopic stage 5 [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Marine Isotopic Stage 5 is associated with wetter climatic conditions in the Saharo-Arabian deserts. This stage also corresponds to the establishment of Middle Paleolithic hominins and their associated material culture in two geographical provinces in ...
Omry Barzilai +10 more
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Hafting of Middle Paleolithic tools in Latium (central Italy): New data from Fossellone and Sant'Agostino caves. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Hafting of stone tools was an important advance in the technology of the Paleolithic. Evidence of hafting in the Middle Paleolithic is growing and is not limited to points hafted on spears for thrusting or throwing.
Ilaria Degano +8 more
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Short-term occupations at high elevation during the Middle Paleolithic at Kalavan 2 (Republic of Armenia). [PDF]
PLoS One, 2021 The Armenian highlands encompasses rugged and environmentally diverse landscapes and is characterized by a mosaic of distinct ecological niches and large temperature gradients.
Malinsky-Buller A +25 more
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Middle Paleolithic complex technology and a Neandertal tar-backed tool from the Dutch North Sea. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2019 Significance We report the discovery of a 50,000-y-old Neandertal tar-hafted flint tool found off the present-day Dutch coastline. The production of birch tar adhesives was a major technological development, demonstrating complex Neandertal technology ...
Niekus MJLT +13 more
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Butchering knives and hafting at the Late Middle Paleolithic open-air site of Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet (NMO), Israel [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Much of what is known about human behavior and subsistence strategies in the Levantine Middle Paleolithic comes from long sequences from caves and rock shelters.
Juan Ignacio Martin-Viveros +4 more
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Organization of the Living Space and the Inferred Economic Activity at the Middle Paleolithic Site in Saradj-Chuko Grotto (based on materials of layer 6B) [PDF]
Поволжская археология, 2021 The use of modern methods of microstratigraphic and planigraphic analyses allows the authors to speak about features of organizing life space in the Middle Paleolithic sites.
Doronicheva Ekaterina V. +2 more
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Predetermined flake production at the Lower/Middle Paleolithic boundary: Yabrudian scraper-blank technology. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 While predetermined débitage technologies are recognized beginning with the middle Acheulian, the Middle Paleolithic is usually associated with a sharp increase in their use.
Ron Shimelmitz +3 more
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The Acheulian and Early Middle Paleolithic in Latium (Italy): Stability and Innovation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 We present here the results of a technological and typological analysis of the Acheulian and early Middle Paleolithic assemblages from Torre in Pietra (Latium, Italy) together with comparisons with the Acheulian small tools of Castel di Guido.
Paola Villa +9 more
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Obsidian Spearhead in the Middle Paleolithic of the Elbrus Region. Preliminary Data on the Hunting Strategies [PDF]
Поволжская археология, 2020 The paper presents the first results of comprehensive studies of the hunting and hunting weapons of the Neanderthals during the Middle Paleolithic in the Elbrus region in the Northern Caucasus.
Doronicheva Ekaterina V. +4 more
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The Middle Paleolithic of Murcia [PDF]
Treballs d'Arqueologia, 2008 Thirty-six Middle Paleolithic sites are currently known in Murcia. The open air localities correspond to patches or scatters in surficial position, with one cluster of four sites in the Yecla plateau suggesting that, where flint is concerned, a simple ...
Villaverde, Valentín, Zilhão, João
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