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The quest for palaeolithic art in the Neris river valley, Central-Eastern Lithuania
Archeologia Polski, 2021 Only a few artifacts discovered in Lithuania can be considered as examples of portable art from the Final Palaeolithic period. Three of them were found in the Neris river valley in central- eastern Lithuania: an engraved slate pebble from the Eiguliai 1А
Gabrielė Gudaitienė
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Topics in Cognitive Science, Volume 18, Issue 2, April 2026.Abstract The majority of Pleistocene figurative cave art in Western Europe consists of line drawings depicting large herbivores from the side view, and outlines were sometimes abbreviated to the head‐neck‐dorsal line. It is often assumed that the side view was used because it facilitates animal recognition compared to other views, and that abbreviated ...
Murillo Pagnotta +4 more
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Decoding European Palaeolithic Art: Extremely Ancient knowledge of Precession of the Equinoxes [PDF]
Athens Journal of History, 2019 A consistent interpretation is provided for zoomorphic artworks at Neolithic Göbekli Tepe and Çatalhöyük as well as European Palaeolithic cave art. It appears they all display the same method for recording dates based on precession of the equinoxes, with
Martin B. Sweatman, Alistair Coombs
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Behavioural Complexity and Modern Traits in the Philippine Upper Palaeolithic [PDF]
, 2012 Behavioral modernity has been a widely neglected topic for Southeast Asia’s prehistory. Evidence of modern packages or even traits is basically absent in the Palaeolithic assemblages.
Pawlik, Alfred F.
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 293-312, March 2026.What do communicating with a baby, with an animal, and with an ancestor have in common? In all three cases, people engage in opaque communication that is far from the standard psycholinguistic model of transparent interaction based on shared intentionality.
Charles Stépanoff
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Anthropology of Consciousness, Volume 37, Issue 1, Spring 2026.ABSTRACT Combining different theoretical frameworks can lead to new insights into the role of material things in shaping human experience in the Paleolithic period. This paper first presents a historical review of three theoretical approaches in archaeology, anthropology, and the philosophy of mind: Material culture and materiality studies, the ...
Bar Efrati
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El Futuro del Pasado, 2010 This paper aims to analyse the parietal palaeolithic graphic designs from an archaeological perspective, leaving aside the aesthetic ties of traditional historiography.
Clara Hernando Álvarez
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Climate Change Challenges Grey Wolf Resilience: Insights From Dental Microwear
Ecology Letters, Volume 29, Issue 2, February 2026.We investigate dietary plasticity in European grey wolves across interglacial periods using dental microwear texture analysis. Enhanced durophagy is associated with warm climates in both modern Polish and British Pleistocene wolves, indicating deep‐time behavioural flexibility.
Amanda A. Burtt +7 more
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Before and Beyond Representation: Towards an enactive conception of the Palaeolithic image\ud [PDF]
, 2007 For most archaeologists the meaning of prehistoric art appears to be grounded upon, if not synonymous with, the notion of representation and symbolism.
Malafouris, Lambros
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Minimally Destructive Radiocarbon Dating of Bone
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, Volume 40, Issue 9, 15 May 2026.ABSTRACT Rationale Bone is commonly used in radiocarbon dating in archaeology and other disciplines. Despite advances in collagen extraction protocols, the process remains destructive, requiring sawing, drilling or crushing of bone material. While non‐destructive approaches have recently been applied in ancient genomics and palaeoproteomics, no ...
Tom Higham +19 more
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