Fat residue and use-wear found on Acheulian biface and scraper associated with butchered elephant remains at the site of Revadim, Israel. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The archaeological record indicates that elephants must have played a significant role in early human diet and culture during Palaeolithic times in the Old World.
Natalya Solodenko +5 more
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The Palaeolithic sequence of the Arma dell’Aquila (Finale Ligure, Savona, North-western Italy)
Materiale și Cercetări Arheologice, 2021 The excavations carried out in the rock-shelter of Arma dell’Aquila by C. Richard in 1938 and 1940 led to the discovery of a thick stratigraphy, the lowermost deposit of which yielded evidence of different periods of Upper Palaeolithic occupation.
Biagi, P., Starnini, E.
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Tracking the emergence of the Upper Palaeolithic in western Asia and Europe: A Multiple Correspondence Analysis of Protoaurignacian and Southern Ahmarian lithics. [PDF]
PLoS ONEReconstructing changes in human behaviour during the Pleistocene, particularly when based on lithic or other artefact types, is often hindered by the traditional categorisation of these materials into discrete entities.
Jacopo Gennai +5 more
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The New evidence for the Palaeolithic on the island of Gökçeada (Imbros), North Eastern Aegean
Journal of Lithic Studies, 2021 Eksino, on the island of Gökçeada (Imbros) in the Northeast Aegean, is a new open-air site with evidence of Palaeolithic cultural remains. Stone tools collected by an initial survey have clarified an assessment of the site from the Lower Palaeolithic ...
Burcin Erdogu +2 more
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Pre-Solutrean rock art in southernmost Europe: Evidence from Las Ventanas Cave (Andalusia, Spain). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 The south of Iberia conserves an important group of Palaeolithic rock art sites. The graphisms have been mostly attributed to the Solutrean and Magdalenian periods, while the possibility that older remains exist has provoked extensive debate.
Miguel Cortés-Sánchez +15 more
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Virtual Archaeology Review, 2022 Highlights: • Despite being a transcendental cultural manifestation in the history of humanity, there are hardly any open-access virtual repertoires of Palaeolithic art.
Miguel García-Bustos +3 more
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Journal of Lithic Studies, 2023 Data about Palaeolithic peopling, settlement dynamics and techno-economy of the south-western margin of the Alpine region are sketchy. In this area, the lack of systematic research and the scarcity of lithic raw materials, spread the idea that Piedmont ...
Sara Daffara +4 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Direct evidence for Palaeolithic sound-making instruments is relatively rare, with only a few examples recorded from Upper Palaeolithic contexts, particularly in European cultures.
Laurent Davin +10 more
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Reconnaissance a new Palaeolithic site at Al-Huwaidy in Ha’il region, northwest Saudi Arabia
Journal of Lithic Studies, 2022 Ha’il region in northwest Saudi Arabia is characterized by the presence of oases, flat plains, Paleo-lakes, and lava fields, which are some of the main landscape characteristics in which Palaeolithic sites have been found in the region.
Ahmed Hamid Nassr +3 more
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Several Lower Palaeolithic Sites along the Rhine Rift Valley, Dated from 1.3 to 0.6 Million Years
Humanities, 2019 The important discoveries of Lower Palaeolithic artefacts in stratigraphical context within Lower and early Middle Pleistocene deposits in the western continental part of Europe along the rift systeme of the Rhine Valley are pointing at the possible ...
Lutz Fiedler +4 more
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