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Les représentations de cervidés dans l’art mobilier du Paléolithique Supérieur européen

open access: yesArheologia Moldovei, 2016
The Representations of Cervidae in the Portable Art of European Upper Palaeolithic Our contribution focuses on cervidae in the narrow sense of the term (deer – doe), although we also analyze the representations of reindeer and the elk when we discuss ...
Valentin-Codrin Chirica
doaj   +1 more source

Radiocarbon dates from the Oxford AMS system: archaeometry datelist 35 [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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The archaeology of rock art in Northern Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The first reports on the rock art of north Africa were written in the mid-nineteenth century. Since then, rock art has become a key area of African archaeological research.
DI LERNIA, Savino
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Absence of botanical European Palaeolithic cave art: What can it tell us about plant awareness disparity?

open access: yesPlants, People, Planet, 2023
Societal Impact Statement Cave art has been an integral part of human history, providing a glimpse into the lives and cultures of our ancestors. Prehistoric botanical art is an important medium that can help us to redefine our intimate relationship with ...
Georgina Walton   +3 more
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The acheulean handaxe : More like a bird's song than a beatles' tune? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
© 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. KV is supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. MC is supported by the Canada Research Chairs Program, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research of Canada, the Canada Foundation for Innovation ...
Anderson C   +38 more
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«Pepper's patches» on Rangifer pelage

open access: yesRangifer, 1986
We describe and give frequencies of occurrence of a rarely-mentioned pattern of spots in Rangifer pelage. We also show that the pattern was well-known to Palaeolithic humans who recorded it in their cave art.
William O. Pruitt, Jr., Hubert Pepper
doaj   +1 more source

Mircea Éliade et la pensée mythique au Paléolithique Supérieur

open access: yesArheologia Moldovei, 2016
In regard to the Upper Palaeolithic, abundant data shed light on symbolic functions. Beyond simply technical activities, it is possible to reconstruct certain elements of mythical thought, comparable to that described by ethnologists and historians of ...
Pierre Noiret
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Evaluation of the parietal graphic motifs from El Forcón Cave (A Fueba, Huesca): New Perspectives on the Palaeolithic Art in the Southern slope of the Central Pyrenees

open access: yesZephyrus, 2016
In 1976, a team led from the Museum of Huesca conducted a series of archaeological works in El Forcón Cave (San Juan de Toledo, A Fueba, Huesca). In addition to the recovery of several materials and prehistoric tools in a completely disturbed context, it
Aitor RUIZ REDONDO   +4 more
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Scientific virtual reality as a research tool in prehistoric archaeology: the case of Atxurra Cave (northern Spain)

open access: yesVirtual Archaeology Review
Highlights: • This study proposes the practical utility of an immersive Virtual Reality (VR) experience for the dissemination and study of Palaeolithic Rock Art.
Antonio Torres   +7 more
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