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SERF Archive Report: Lithics from WH15 [PDF]
Analysis of the lithic assemblage from SERF excavations of an Early Neolithic pit cluster, and a Bronze Age cist with cremation deposit undertaken at Wellhill, Dunning in ...
Wright, Dene
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The ends of history? Jerome, Geruchia, and the Rhine crossings
This article revisits Jerome’s treatment of the Rhine crossings of 406 in his letter to the widow Geruchia, and the broader issue of breaching the Roman limes. It argues that his description of the events in Gaul and on the border was framed to fit his notion of the history of salvation.
Mateusz Fafinski
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Afin de bien cerner les paramètres de la représentation de la préhistoire au tournant du XXe siècle, il faut d’emblée relever quelques équivoques qu’implique la construction d’un tel imaginaire, au moment même où ces temps archaïques font l’objet d’une ...
Emmanuel Boldrini
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La préhistoire du Sud-est asiatique se caractérise par un matériel lithique dont les chaînes opératoires restent encore peu connues ou mal décrites. Cette méconnaissance s’explique par l’éloignement géographique de ces régions tropicales vis à vis des ...
Hubert Forestier +2 more
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Can the Archaeology of Manual Specialization Tell Us Anything About Language Evolution? A Survey of the State of Play [PDF]
In this review and position paper we explore the neural substrates for manual specialization and their possible connection with language and speech. We focus on two contrasting hypotheses of the origins of language and manual specialization: the language-
Steele, J, Uomini, N
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Pleistocene hominins as a resource for carnivores. A c. 500,000-year-old human femur bearing tooth-marks in North Africa (Thomas Quarry I, Morocco) [PDF]
In many Middle Pleistocene sites, the co-occurrence of hominins with carnivores, who both contributed to faunal accumulations, suggests competition for resources as well as for living spaces.
Abderrahim, Mohib +6 more
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Population, culture history, and the dynamics of change in European prehistory★
Abstract Despite many attacks on its shortcomings, culture history has remained in practice the dominant framework for describing and interpreting European prehistory. It has gained even more salience in recent years because the new information coming from ancient DNA about the genetic ancestry of individuals in prehistory seems to show that this ...
Stephen Shennan
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Los caballos en la Cova del Parpalló (Gandía, Valencia)
Se estudian 165 plaquetas grabadas de la Cova del Parpalló, de las que 115 contienen una o varias representaciones de caballos que siguen las mismas grandes tendencias sugeridas por Villaverde.
Romain Pigeaud
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Witold Ma´nczak has argued that Gothic is closer to Upper German than to Middle German, closer to High German than to Low German, closer to German than to Scandinavian, closer to Danish than to Swedish, and that the original homeland of the Goths must ...
Kortlandt, Frederik H. H.
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The Sima de los Huesos thorax and lumbar spine: Selected traits and state‐of‐the‐art
Abstract Information on the evolution of the thorax and lumbar spine in the genus Homo is hampered by a limited fossil record due to the inherent fragility of vertebrae and ribs. Neandertals show significant metric and morphological differences in these two anatomical regions, when compared to Homo sapiens.
Asier Gómez‐Olivencia +1 more
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