Zum Stand der Paläolithforschung in der Schweiz [PDF]
Geographica HelveticaResearch 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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Grotta Romanelli (Southern Italy, Apulia). Legacies and issues in excavating a key site for the Pleistocene of the Mediterranean [PDF]
, 2018 Grotta Romanelli, located on the Adriatic coast of southern Apulia (Italy), is considered a key site for the Mediterranean Pleistocene for its archaeological and palaeontological contents. The site, discovered in 1874, was re-evaluated only in 1900, when
Brilli, M +11 more
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Population expansion in the North African Late Pleistocene signalled by mitochondrial DNA haplogroup U6 [PDF]
, 2010 Background <br/> The archaeology of North Africa remains enigmatic, with questions of population continuity versus discontinuity taking centre-stage.
Behar, D.M. +10 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 The Cueva de Ardales is a hugely important Palaeolithic site in the south of the Iberian Peninsula owing to its rich inventory of rock art. From 2011–2018, excavations were carried out in the cave for the first time ever by a Spanish-German research team.
José Ramos-Muñoz +20 more
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New evidence for the Palaeolithic in Attica, Greece
Journal of Lithic Studies, 2018 Despite Greece’s key geographic position between southeast Europe and southwest Asia, and its potential for documenting hominin dispersals, Lower and Middle Palaeolithic sites are rare.
Justin Allen Holcomb +3 more
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Radiocarbon dates from the Oxford AMS system: archaeometry datelist 35 [PDF]
, 2014 This is the 35th list of AMS radiocarbon determinations measured at the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit (ORAU). Amongst some of the sites included here are the latest series of determinations from the key sites of Abydos, El Mirón, Ban Chiang, Grotte
Baker, D. +5 more
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'Fire hardening' spear wood does slightly harden it, but makes it much weaker and more brittle [PDF]
, 2016 It is usually assumed that 'fire hardening' the tips of spears, as practised by hunter-gatherers and early Homo spp., makes them harder and better suited for hunting.
Chan, Tak Lok, Ennos, Antony Roland
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Pattern of extinction of the woolly mammoth in Beringia. [PDF]
, 2012 Extinction of the woolly mammoth in Beringia has long been subject to research and speculation. Here we use a new geo-referenced database of radiocarbon-dated evidence to show that mammoths were abundant in the open-habitat of Marine Isotope Stage 3 (∼45-
Beilman, DW +7 more
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The ‘invisible’ pits: how informative are old excavations in discussing Middle Palaeolithic burials?
Materiale și Cercetări Arheologice, 2016 In this paper I focus on the potential of Palaeolithic sites excavated before the establishment of modern methods, aiming to provide reliable information on current debates. Specifically, I will address the reliability of the information coming from such
Doboș, A.
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Trente ans après Leroi-Gourhan, où en sont les paléolithiciens ?
Archéopages, 2008 Archaeologists specialising in the Palaeolithic owe Leroi-Gourhan many methodological advances, and the questions he raised are constantly being re-examined and broadened by prehistorians.
Françoise Audouze
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