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Cova de les Malladetes (Valencia, Spain): New Insights About the Early Upper Palaeolithic in the Mediterranean Basin of the Iberian Peninsula

Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology, 2021
New excavations carried out at Cova de les Malladetes confirm and improve previous information on the archaeological sequence of this site. A total of 29 new dates allow to specify the chronology of the Aurignacian (levels XIVA–XII) and Gravettian ...
V. Villaverde, A. Sanchis, Ernestina Badal, Miguel Ángel Bel, M. Bergadà, A. Eixea, P. Guillem, Álvaro Martínez-Alfaro, R. Martínez-Valle, C. Martínez-Varea, Cristina Real, P. Steier, E. Wild   +12 more
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Functional Characterisation of Microbial Communities Related to Black Stain Formation in Lascaux Cave. [PDF]

Environ Microbiol Rep
Excessive anthropization can lead to black stain alterations on cave walls. The present work reports the first metagenomic analysis of black stains threatening artwork in Lascaux Cave. Findings show new microbial taxa and genetic potential associated with black stains.
Bontemps Z, Abrouk D, Moënne-Loccoz Y, Hugoni M.   +3 more
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Constraining the chronology and ecology of Late Acheulean and Middle Palaeolithic occupations at the margins of the monsoon

Scientific Reports, 2021
South Asia hosts the world’s youngest Acheulean sites, with dated records typically restricted to sub-humid landscapes. The Thar Desert marks a major adaptive boundary between monsoonal Asia to the east and the Saharo-Arabian desert belt to the west ...
J. Blinkhorn, H. Achyuthan, J. Durcan, P. Roberts, Jana Ilgner   +4 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, Mohammed al-Hajj, Ali Tueaiman, Ahmed Elhassan   +3 more
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Deeper Insights Into the Lithic Raw Materials on the Iranian Plateau: West-Central Zagros Mountains [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies
Recent prehistoric research, which involved surveys and excavations in the Kermanshah Region, has focusedon understanding the nature and timing of the Middle Palaeolithic to Upper Palaeolithic transition.
Nemat Hariri, Mohsen Ranjbaran, Elham Ghasidian, Saman Heydari-Guran   +3 more
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Late Quaternary Proboscidean Sites in Africa and Eurasia with Possible or Probable Evidence for Hominin Involvement

Quaternary, 2022
This paper presents a list of >100 publicly known late Quaternary proboscidean sites that have certain or possible traces of hominin utilization in Africa, Europe, and Asia, along with a sample of references, chronometric or estimated ages, and brief ...
Gary Haynes
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Diversity of MIS 3 Levallois technology from Motravulapadu, Andhra Pradesh, India‐implications of MIS 3 cultural diversity in South Asia

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023
The chronology and hominin association of the South Asian Middle Palaeolithic have attracted much attention in the last few decades. The emergence of Middle Palaeolithic culture in the region has been debated between the local origins (behavioural change)
Devara Anil, Monika Devi, Monika Devi, Neha Ati, Mukesh C. P, Zakir Khan, Vrushab Mahesh, P. Ajithprasad, Naveen Chauhan, Akash Pandey, Gopesh Jha, Gopesh Jha   +11 more
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Palaeolithic occupation of the Mehran Plain in Southwestern Iran

Documenta Praehistorica, 2012
In terms of Palaeolithic studies, the Mehran Plain is already known due to the discovery of the Amar Merdeg site in 1999. But in spite of the high potential for occupation in different periods, the prehistoric settlement patterns of the plain had not ...
Hojjat Darabi, Ardeshir Javanmardzadeh, Amir Beshkani, Mana Jami-Alahmadi   +3 more
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Zum Stand der Paläolithforschung in der Schweiz [PDF]

Geographica Helvetica
Research on the Palaeolithic started in Switzerland during the 19th Century in the overall framework of cave studies. Two different industries were soon recognized: middlepalaeolithic flake tools usually together with the bones of cave bear, and a late ...
M. Primas
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Stará Ľubovňa – Lesopark. Late Palaeolithic site and the problems associated with raw material mining

Dissertationes Archaeologicae: Ex Instituto Archaeologico Universitatis de Rolando Eötvös Nominatae, 2021
A new archaeological site was discovered accidentally in year 2018. A surface survey revealed stone artefacts, which were generally dated to the Late Palaeolithic. Later, archaeological sondages were opened and newly found stone artifacts proved earliest
Maciej Wawrzczak, Zuzana Kasenčáková
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