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À propos d’un outil à retouches bifaciales du Paléolithique moyen trouvé dans le Bugey au Petit Abergement(commune de Haut-Valromey, Ain)

open access: yesRevue Archéologique de l’Est, 2021
In our region, it is remarkable to discover a flint tool with bifacial retouch, especially in an environmental context that has few Paleolithic remains. This piece, collected with no archaeological context, raises questions concerning its chrono-cultural
Marc Cartonnet, Guy PESENTI
doaj   +1 more source

The Swanscombe fossil at 90: revisiting its phylogeny, taxonomy, and place in human origins Le fossile de Swanscombe, 90 ans après : retour sur sa place phylogénique, taxonomique et dans les origines de l'humanité

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The year 2025 marked the ninetieth since a fossil hominin occipital bone was discovered in Swanscombe, southeast England. In subsequent years, its parietal bones were found, producing what remains the oldest partial cranium from Britain today. In the earliest analyses, it was interpreted as a descendant of the infamous fraudulent fossil Piltdown Man ...
Emma E. Bird, Chris Stringer
wiley   +1 more source

Technology for Whom and for What? A Global South View of Tech Diplomacy

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International politics is linked to its technical‐social character. Also, technology is socially constructed and thereby not entirely neutral or impartial. A tech‐driven geopolitical landscape has been a defining feature of contemporary world politics.
Eugenio V. Garcia
wiley   +1 more source

Explore the ancient roots of the Huaxia people and Chinese civilization

open access: yesInternational Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology
Chinese civilization, which stands as a shining star in human civilizations, is distinct in its nature and development path. Although it suffered numerous turns of devastation in its 5,000 years of history, it has resiliently remained uninterrupted in ...
Xing Gao
doaj   +1 more source

The Late Agricultural Development of Central Arabian Oases—Archaeobotanical and Archaeozoological Studies of the al‐Kharj Oasis

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While oasis settlements emerged during the Bronze Age in Eastern and Northern Arabia, the settlement process in Central Arabia was different. Excavations at al‐Yamāma—main ancient settlement of the al‐Kharj oasis (Riyadh Province, KSA)—suggest that the latter did not emerge before the second half of the first millennium BCE.
Elora Chambraud   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optically stimulated luminescence dating of Paleolithic sites reveals population shifts in North China during the last glacial period

open access: yes
The Greater Khingan and Yanshan mountain ranges in northern China not only constitute a significant physical obstacle to the northward movement of monsoon circulation, but also represent a natural barrier for human migration and cultural interactions ...
Hua, Jiequn   +12 more
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STOJAN DIMITRIJEVIĆ - RESEARCH AND TEACHING PALEOLITHIC IN CROATIA

open access: yes, 2014
Dok je rad Stojana Dimitrijevića na istraživanju neolitika i eneolitika dobro poznat, njegovo zanimanje za paleolitik nije često spominjano. Njegovo zanimanje za arheologiju paleolitika nije bilo površno, već obrnuto.
Ivor Karavanić, Karavanić, Ivor
core   +1 more source

Cave Wall and Floor as a Cultural Layer: Specifics of the Methodology for Studying Paleolithic Artistic Practices

open access: yesАрхеология евразийских степей
There are three caves with Paleolithic rock paintings – Kapova, Ignatievskaya and Serpievskaya-2 – in the Southern Urals (Bashkiria and Chelyabinsk region).
Vladislav S. Zhitenev   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

First discovery of charcoal-based prehistoric cave art in Dordogne

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Archaeologists have long been puzzled by the exact age of Paleolithic cave art in Europe especially in the Franco-Cantabrian region with hundreds of decorated caves because the creation of this parietal art (paintings, drawings and engravings) is closely
Ina Reiche   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lithic analysis in African archaeology: Advances and key themes

open access: yesArchaeometry, 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
wiley   +1 more source

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