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Exploration Studies at the Middle Paleolithic Sites of the Lower Volga River in 2023

open access: yesНижневолжский археологический вестник, 2023
In 2023 the Lower Volga Paleolithic detachment of the IAET SB RAS as part of a Lower Volga Expedition organized by the IHMC RAS continued the study of the Middle Paleolithic site Sukhaya Mechetka located on the northern outskirts of Volgograd, and also ...
Aleksander K. Otcherednoy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Building phenotypic character matrices for phylogenetic inference: exploration of 35 years of practice

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent methodological development in phylogenetic inference has focused predominantly on molecular data. However, renewed interest in other data types, particularly morphological data, has followed from the increased recognition of the power of total evidence and tip‐dating approaches, including fossil data, for inference of time‐scaled trees ...
Melanie J. Hopkins   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Model of the Late Quaternary deposits formation at the geoarchaeological ensemble of Kovrizhka and adaptation of ancient man to the hydrological regime of the Vitim River and the restructuring of the landscape [PDF]

open access: yesВестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии
As a result of geomorphological research and the analysis of calibrated radiocarbon dates of the archaeological sites of Kovrizhka I–VI (Baikal-Patom Uplands), a model of formation of the Late Quaternary deposits of the Vitim valley within the area of ...
Tetenkin A.V.   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A.Kh. Khalikov on the Paleolithic of the Middle Volga region (in the light of modern data)

open access: yesАрхеология евразийских степей, 2022
The author examines the achievements of A.Kh. Khalikov in the study of the Paleolithic of the Middle Volga region and the search for the origins of the Ural-speaking peoples among the Late Paleolithic population of the Urals and southern Siberia up to ...
Galimova Madina Sh.
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating ZooMS and taphonomy further highlights differential processing of animal and Neandertal carcasses in the Quina Mousterian at Les Pradelles (Marillac‐le‐Franc, southwest France)

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cave of Les Pradelles (Marillac‐le‐Franc, France) was repeatedly visited by Neandertals ~55 000 years ago and is a key site in discussions of Neandertal cannibalism. Excavations between 1967 and 1980 (Vandermeersch) and between 2001 and 2013 (Maureille/Mann) produced a rich faunal assemblage (>20 000 bones), alongside Quina Mousterian ...
Pauline Raymond   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Book Review of Handbook of Pleistocene Archaeology in Africa: Hominin Behavior, Geography, and Chronology

open access: yesPaleoAnthropology
This is a review of an edited volume. It's about the Pleistocene archaeology of Africa.
Geoffrey Clark
doaj   +1 more source

Dynamics of Climate and Human Settlement During the Middle and Upper Paleolithic in the Northwestern Caucasus

open access: yesPaleoAnthropology, 2022
Recent studies of the Middle and Upper Paleolithic in the northwestern Caucasus are focused on the research of relations between natural (climate and environment) and social (behavior and adaptations) factors that governed settlement dynamics of ...
Liubov V. Golovanova   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hunting Strategies and Game Exploitation Organization in the Magdalenian: An Integrated Approach Based on Mortality Profiles and Stable Isotopes at Chaves Cave (Huesca, Spain)

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding hunting strategies in Upper Paleolithic contexts remains challenging due to the complex relationships between prey behavior, environmental conditions, and human decision‐making. Addressing these dynamics requires integrating archeozoological, geospatial, and geochemical proxies capable of capturing demographic patterns, landscape
Alejandro Sierra   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predetermined flake production at the Lower/Middle Paleolithic boundary: Yabrudian scraper-blank technology. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
While predetermined débitage technologies are recognized beginning with the middle Acheulian, the Middle Paleolithic is usually associated with a sharp increase in their use.
Ron Shimelmitz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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