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Specialised and persistent raw material procurement by humans in the Middle Pleistocene. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Will M, Sommer C, Möller GHD, Botha GA, Blessing MA, Msimanga L, Mazel A, Val A, Venditti F, Riedesel S.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Lithic analysis in African archaeology: Advances and key themes

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract Stone artifacts (lithics) preserve for extended periods; thus they are key evidence for probing the evolution of human technological behaviors. Africa boasts the oldest record of stone artifacts, spanning 3.3 Ma, rare instances of ethnographic stone tool‐making, and stone tool archives from diverse ecological settings, making it an anchor for ...
Deborah I. Olszewski, Amanuel Beyin, Justin Pargeter   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correction: From meat to raw material: the Middle Pleistocene elephant butchery site of Casal Lumbroso (Rome, central Italy). [PDF]

PLoS One
Mecozzi B, Fiore I, Giaccio B, Giustini F, Mercurio S, Monaco L, Argento A, Bucci Casari Degli Atti di Sassoferrato F, Caricola I, Lemorini C, Lucchini F, Mazzini I, Rita Palombo M, Sardella R, Sposato A, Elena Spinapolice E, Alhaique F.   +16 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Late Middle Pleistocene Harbin cranium represents a new Homo species. [PDF]

Innovation (Camb), 2021
Ji Q, Wu W, Ji Y, Li Q, Ni X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Soil wetting and drying processes influence stone artefact distribution in clay‐rich soils: A case study from Middle Gidley Island in Murujuga, northwest Western Australia

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract Soils that contain swelling clay minerals (e.g., montmorillonite) expand and contract during wetting and drying, causing movement within the soil profile. This process, known as argilliturbation, can alter artefact distributions, destroy stratigraphy and complicate the interpretation of archaeological deposits.
Caroline Mather, Matthias Leopold, Kaitlin Sullivan, Kane Ditchfield, Tom Horrocks, Luke Gliganic, Emma Beckett, Diana Patalwala, Emielda Yusiharni, Michael Smirk, William Hiscock, Jo McDonald   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mitochondrial genomes of Middle Pleistocene horses from the open-air site complex of Schöningen. [PDF]

Nat Ecol Evol
Weingarten A, Häusler M, Serangeli J, Verheijen I, Reiter E, Radzevičiūtė R, Stoessel A, Krause J, Spyrou MA, Conard NJ, Nieselt K, Posth C.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Investigating relationships among strontium, barium, and seasonality in wild baboons

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract Geochemical profiles of Australopithecus africanus and baboon teeth show fluctuating trace elements, possibly reflecting seasonal diets. Here we use laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometric measurements of calcium‐normalized strontium and barium ratios (Sr/Ca and Ba/Ca) and ion microprobe analyses of oxygen isotopes (δ18O ...
Maya Bharatiya, Christine Austin, Manish Arora, Janaína N. Ávila, Esme K. Beamish, Wendy Dirks, Daniel R. Green, Nicole D. Leonard, W. Scott McGraw, Larissa Swedell, Ian S. Williams, Jian‐xin Zhao, Tanya M. Smith   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

New Middle Pleistocene Hominin Dental Remains From Velika Balanica, Serbia. [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol
Radović P, Lindal J, Milovanović P, Mihailović D, Roksandic M.   +4 more
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The Late Middle Pleistocene mammalian fauna of Oumm Qatafa Cave, Judean Desert: taxonomy, taphonomy and palaeoenvironment. [PDF]

J Quat Sci, 2022
Marom N, Lazagabaster IA, Shafir R, Natalio F, Eisenmann V, Horwitz LK.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Edge Sharpness Does Not Vary Between Palaeolithic Flake Technologies, With the Possible Exception of Levallois Débitage

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Investigating why hominins adopted particular flake technologies during the Mid‐to‐Late Pleistocene is essential to understanding patterns of lithic innovation. This period witnessed the emergence of Levallois technologies (~350–250 ka) and later blades, each “replacing” earlier forms.
Anna Mika, Alastair Key
wiley   +1 more source