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Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie I, Prehistoria y Arqueología, 2020 El yacimiento rupestre al aire libre del Arroyo de las Almas, en las inmediaciones del encuentro entre los ríos Águeda y Duero, presenta un conjunto de 600 motivos grabados, con una larga diacronía desde el Paleolítico Superior hasta la Edad ...
Mario Reis, Carlos Vázquez Marcos
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Palaeolithic art: Old masters, early cultures [PDF]
Nature, 2016 Jill Cook examines archaeologist Jean Clottes's theories about what motivated Ice Age artists.
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Manos en la oscuridad: arte paleolítico en Gorham's Cave (Gibraltar) [PDF]
, 2018 The work in the inner area of Gorham’s Cave, Gibraltar, has added to the Palaeolithic art located in the cave. Although work continues on the surveying and the study of the evidence found up to now, we present here a preview consisting of a ...
Calle Román, Lydia +7 more
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.Abstract Cultural and natural values form the core of World Heritage designation. Properties displaying both values, however, comprise a fraction of inscriptions (currently c. 3%) to the World Heritage List. In 1992, when that fraction stood at c. 5%, adoption of the popular ‘cultural landscapes’ category of cultural heritage in 1992 was therefore ...
Ryan J. Rabett
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Unravelling the Palaeolithic 2017
Papers from the Institute of Archaeology, 2017 ‘Unravelling the Palaeolithic’ brings together research on all aspects of human evolution. This year’s conference was held at the University of Liverpool on the 11th and 12th February 2017, and included a diverse selection of papers on subjects including
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PLoS ONE, 2020 The Upper Palaeolithic is characterised by the appearance of iconographic expressions most often depicting animals, including anthropomorphic forms, and geometric signs.
Silvia M Bello +13 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 +2 more
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Early evidence of stone tool use in bone working activities at Qesem Cave, Israel [PDF]
, 2016 For a long while, the controversy surrounding several bone tools coming from pre-Upper Palaeolithic contexts favoured the view of Homo sapiens as the only species of the genus Homo capable of modifying animal bones into specialised tools.
Barkai, Ran +8 more
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We present the application of a new quantitative approach to space study in Palaeolithic cave art. Using GIS, we analysed the distribution and position of hand stencils in El Castillo cave to track the gestures and behaviours of Palaeolithic societies.
Olga Spaey +7 more
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Boreas, EarlyView.The characteristics of settlement of Neanderthals in northern Central Europe during the earlier phases of the Middle Palaeolithic (Marine Isotope Stage 8–6) have been a matter of debate for decades, specifically regarding the population dynamics at such latitudes during the coldest phases. In this paper, we review the known archaeological record of the
Gianpiero Di Maida +5 more
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