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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
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South Pacific sea surface temperature and global ocean circulation changes since the late Miocene. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Wegwerth A, Arz HW, Kaiser J, Winckler G, Lembke-Jene L, Rigalleau V, Ruggieri N, Sadatzki H, Lamy F.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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
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The recognition of Pleistocene faunas, by Oliver P. Hay.

, 1912
Oliver Perry Hay
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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

Genomic and morphological analysis reveals long-term mammoth hybridization in British Columbia, Canada. [PDF]

Biol Lett
Dehasque M, van der Valk T, Chacón-Duque JC, Termes L, Larsson P, Moots HM, Tubbesing F, Larsdotter J, Oteo-García G, Moreland K, van Essen H, Arbour V, Keddie G, Richards MP, Díez-Del-Molino D, Heintzman PD, Lister A, Dalén L.   +17 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Understanding plaster production in Palaepaphos–Hadjiabdoullah, Cyprus, during the Cypro‐Classical period

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses the results of analytical work on wall and floor plaster from a secular monument excavated on the plateau of Palaepaphos–Hadjiabdoullah (Cyprus). Excavated within the frame of the Palaepaphos Urban Landscape Project (PULP), funded by the University of Cyprus since 2006, the monument is an extensive multifunction workshop
Marta Lorenzon, Maria Iacovou
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Repeated climate-driven dispersal and speciation in peripheral populations of Pleistocene mastodons. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Karpinski E, Baleka S, Boehm AR, Fedak T, Widga C, Poinar HN.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Faunal remains and environmentaal change in central an eastern Sudan from terminal Pleistocene to Middle Holocene times [PDF]

, 1989
Peters, Joris
core   +1 more source

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