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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, Amanuel Beyin, Justin Pargeter   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pleistocene trace fossils in the Ironshore Formation, Little Cayman, British West Indies

Open Geosciences, 2011
Metz Robert
doaj   +1 more source

Early to Middle Pleistocene Catastrophic Flood Deposits, the Dalles, Oregon

, 1997
David Cordero, David Cordero
openalex   +2 more sources

What can lithics tell us about hominin technology's ‘primordial soup’? An origin of stone knapping via the emulation of Mother Nature

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract The use of stone hammers to produce sharp stone flakes—knapping—is thought to represent a significant stage in hominin technological evolution because it facilitated the exploitation of novel resources, including meat obtained from medium‐to‐large‐sized vertebrates. The invention of knapping may have occurred via an additive (i.e., cumulative)
Metin I. Eren, Stephen J. Lycett, Michelle R. Bebber, Alastair Key, Briggs Buchanan, Emma Finestone, Joseph Benson, Rebecca Biermann Gürbüz, Adela Cebeiro, Roman Garba, Anne Grunow, C. Owen Lovejoy, Danielle MacDonald, Erica Maletic, G. Logan Miller, Joseph D. Ortiz, Jonathan Paige, Justin Pargeter, Tomos Proffitt, Mary Ann Raghanti, Teal Riley, Jeffrey I. Rose, David M. Singer, Robert S. Walker   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

What can lithics tell us about food production during the transition to farming? Exploring harvesting practices and cultural changes during the neolithic in Southwest Asia: a view from Qminas (north‐western Syria)

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the continuity and change in harvesting practices between the Late Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B (LPPNB) and the Early Pottery Neolithic at Qminas, north‐western Levant, through a traceological analysis of flint sickles. By combining qualitative traceological analysis with quantitative functional approaches, we demonstrate that ...
Fiona Pichon, Osamu Maeda, Juan José Ibáñez Estévez, Patricia Anderson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pleistocene North African genomes link Near Eastern and sub-Saharan African human populations

Science, 2018
Marieke Sophia van de Loosdrecht, A. Bouzouggar, L. Humphrey, C. Posth, N. Barton, Ayinuer Aximu-Petri, B. Nickel, S. Nagel, E. Talbi, M. A. El Hajraoui, S. Amzazi, J. Hublin, S. Pääbo, S. Schiffels, M. Meyer, W. Haak, Choongwon Jeong, J. Krause   +17 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pliocene-Pleistocene Suidae from Hadar, Ethiopia

, 1978
H. B. S. Cooke
openalex   +2 more sources

Soil wetting and drying processes influence stone artefact distribution in clay‐rich soils: A case study from Middle Gidley Island in Murujuga, northwest Western Australia

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract Soils that contain swelling clay minerals (e.g., montmorillonite) expand and contract during wetting and drying, causing movement within the soil profile. This process, known as argilliturbation, can alter artefact distributions, destroy stratigraphy and complicate the interpretation of archaeological deposits.
Caroline Mather, Matthias Leopold, Kaitlin Sullivan, Kane Ditchfield, Tom Horrocks, Luke Gliganic, Emma Beckett, Diana Patalwala, Emielda Yusiharni, Michael Smirk, William Hiscock, Jo McDonald   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heinrich events: Massive late Pleistocene detritus layers of the North Atlantic and their global climate imprint

, 2004
S. Hemming
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pleistocene Planktonic Foraminiferal Assemblages and Paleotemperature Fluctuations in Japan Sea, Site 798

, 1992
T. Kheradyar
openalex   +1 more source