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Spatial interpretation of high‐resolution environmental proxy data of the Middle Pleistocene Palaeolithic faunal kill site Schöningen 13 II‐4, Germany [PDF]

, 2023
Brigitte Urban, Kim J. Krahn, Thomas Kasper, Alejandro García Moreno, Jarod M. Hutson, Aritza Villaluenga, Elaine Turner, Sabine Gaudzinski‐Windheuser, Dalia Farghaly, Mario Tucci, Antje Schwalb   +10 more
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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
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Mrongovian and Brokian, new stratigraphical units of the Middle Pleistocene in northeastern Poland [PDF]

, 2013
Stanisław Lisicki, Hanna Winter
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What can lithics tell us about hominin technology's ‘primordial soup’? An origin of stone knapping via the emulation of Mother Nature

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract The use of stone hammers to produce sharp stone flakes—knapping—is thought to represent a significant stage in hominin technological evolution because it facilitated the exploitation of novel resources, including meat obtained from medium‐to‐large‐sized vertebrates. The invention of knapping may have occurred via an additive (i.e., cumulative)
Metin I. Eren, Stephen J. Lycett, Michelle R. Bebber, Alastair Key, Briggs Buchanan, Emma Finestone, Joseph Benson, Rebecca Biermann Gürbüz, Adela Cebeiro, Roman Garba, Anne Grunow, C. Owen Lovejoy, Danielle MacDonald, Erica Maletic, G. Logan Miller, Joseph D. Ortiz, Jonathan Paige, Justin Pargeter, Tomos Proffitt, Mary Ann Raghanti, Teal Riley, Jeffrey I. Rose, David M. Singer, Robert S. Walker   +23 more
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A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos. [PDF]

Nat Commun, 2022
Demeter F, Zanolli C, Westaway KE, Joannes-Boyau R, Duringer P, Morley MW, Welker F, Rüther PL, Skinner MM, McColl H, Gaunitz C, Vinner L, Dunn TE, Olsen JV, Sikora M, Ponche JL, Suzzoni E, Frangeul S, Boesch Q, Antoine PO, Pan L, Xing S, Zhao JX, Bailey RM, Boualaphane S, Sichanthongtip P, Sihanam D, Patole-Edoumba E, Aubaile F, Crozier F, Bourgon N, Zachwieja A, Luangkhoth T, Souksavatdy V, Sayavongkhamdy T, Cappellini E, Bacon AM, Hublin JJ, Willerslev E, Shackelford L.   +39 more
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What can lithics tell us about food production during the transition to farming? Exploring harvesting practices and cultural changes during the neolithic in Southwest Asia: a view from Qminas (north‐western Syria)

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the continuity and change in harvesting practices between the Late Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B (LPPNB) and the Early Pottery Neolithic at Qminas, north‐western Levant, through a traceological analysis of flint sickles. By combining qualitative traceological analysis with quantitative functional approaches, we demonstrate that ...
Fiona Pichon, Osamu Maeda, Juan José Ibáñez Estévez, Patricia Anderson   +3 more
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Large-sized fossil hamsters from the late Middle Pleistocene Locality 2 of Shanyangzhai, China, and discussion on the validity of Cricetinus and C. varians (Rodentia: Cricetidae). [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
Xie K, Zhang Y, Li Y.
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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
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Beyond the Problem of Bone Surface Preservation in Taphonomic Studies of Early and Middle Pleistocene Open-Air Sites [PDF]

, 2022
Antonio Pineda, Palmira Saladié
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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
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