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The Sibiryachikha Facies of the Middle Paleolithic of the Altai

open access: yesArchaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, 2013
The Middle Paleolithic industry of the Sibiryachikha facies is described on the basis of two stratified sites in the Altai – Okladnikov Cave (formerly Sibiryachikha) and Chagyrskaya Cave. Stratigrtraphic, environmental, and chronological aspects are discussed. The structure of two cave sites is analyzed.
Anatoly P Derevianko, M V Shunkov
exaly   +3 more sources

Levantine Perspectives on the Middle to Upper Paleolithic “Transition”

Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, 2012
Levantine perspectives on the Middle to Upper Paleolithic ...
L Meignen
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THREE SCENARIOS OF THE MIDDLE TO UPPER PALEOLITHIC TRANSITION

Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, 2010
Specifi c features of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in Eastern Central Asia and the Near East are discussed. It is concluded that the processes in these territories, as in Northern Asia, had much in common according to a number of important technological and typological characteristics, making it possible to speak of a single Eurasian ...
Anatoly P Derevianko
exaly   +2 more sources

The Middle Paleolithic site of Cuesta de la Bajada (Teruel, Spain): a perspective on the Acheulean and Middle Paleolithic technocomplexes in Europe [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Archaeological Science, 2014
Here we present a pluridisciplinary study of Cuesta de la Bajada site (Teruel, Spain). Our findings show that the site contains an early Middle Paleolithic assemblage similar to other European early Middle Paleolithic industries, allowing us to evaluate ...
Manuel Santonja   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

The Middle Paleolithic of the Caucasus

Journal of World Prehistory, 2003
This paper presents a short review of the data and new approaches to Middle Paleolithic chronology and variability in the Caucasus. A climatostratigraphic scheme of the Caucasian Middle Paleolithic is proposed on the basis of the oxygen isotope stages.
Liubov V. Golovanova   +1 more
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An Unshakable Middle Paleolithic?

Current Anthropology, 2013
The great temporal and geographic span of the Middle Paleolithic (MP) raises many questions about behavioral variation within this period and its evolutionary significance. This paper focuses on MP predator economics and its social ramifications by examining the data for possible trends in the size of the hominin ecological footprint, hunting practices,
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The Middle Paleolithic in Romania

Current Anthropology, 1996
La reorganisation recente de la recherche archeologique roumaine a permis aux archeologues de ce pays d'avoir une meilleure comprehension des chronologies regionales, du paleoenvironnement et du paleoclimat. Les resultats recents des donnees radiocarbone ont recadre la chronologie au sein des chronologies est-europeennes en particulier celle du ...
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Middle Paleolithic Settlement Patterns in the Levant

2006
Drawing on a variety of lithic and faunal data from Hayonim, Kebara, Amud, and other well-documented sites in the Levant and adjacent areas, as well as information on numbers of sites, intensity of occupations, and internal structure of occupations, this paper explores broad changes in the nature of settlement patterns over the roughly 200,000 years of
Meignen, Liliane   +3 more
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Middle Paleolithic Shell Beads in Israel and Algeria

Science, 2006
Perforated marine gastropod shells at the western Asian site of Skhul and the North African site of Oued Djebbana indicate the early use of beads by modern humans in these regions. The remoteness of these sites from the seashore and a comparison of the shells to natural shell assemblages indicate deliberate selection and transport by ...
Vanhaeren, Marian   +5 more
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The Middle Paleolithic Sites

1995
The Middle Paleolithic is represented by five Levantine Mousterian sites found in the Judayid Basin and the Jebel Qalkha study areas. Only two of the sites, Tor Sabiha and Tor Faraj, yielded in situ materials and these became the focus of research for the period (Figure 4.1).
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