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Stones in Motion: Cost units to understand flint procurement strategies during the Upper Palaeolithic in the south-western Pyrenees using GIS

open access: yesJournal of Lithic Studies, 2016
Studies on lithic resource management –mainly flint– by prehistoric groups south of the western Pyrenees have significantly increased during the past decades.
Alejandro Prieto   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Kinship practices in the early state El Argar society from Bronze Age Iberia

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
The Early Bronze Age in Europe is characterized by social and genetic transformations, starting in the early 3rd millennium BCE. New settlement and funerary structures, artifacts and techniques indicate times of change with increasing economic ...
Vanessa Villalba-Mouco   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

The prehistory of compassion [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009
Beyond the biological traits that differentiate ancient species of hominins from extant humans, differences in social organization remain an important yet difficult issue to assess. Psychological features and interindividual relations, in particular, are among the least accessible aspects of past behaviors.
openaire   +2 more sources

A morpho-technological analysis of bifaces from the Satani-Dar Locality in Armenia: a case study of the Late Acheulean with large flake bifaces in the Caucasus

open access: yesUISPP Journal, 2022
In the Caucasus, one of the largest collections of Acheulean bifaces is known from the Satani-Dar locality in Armenia. Since the mid-20th century, bifaces from this site have been described using both traditional typological methods and a technological ...
Liubov V. Golovanova   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A melting pot of Roman dogs north of the Alps with high phenotypic and genetic diversity and similar diets

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Several dog skeletons were excavated at the Roman town of Augusta Raurica and at the military camp of Vindonissa, located in the northern Alpine region of Switzerland (Germania Superior). The relationships between them and the people, the nature of their
José Granado   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Obsidian Spearhead in the Middle Paleolithic of the Elbrus Region. Preliminary Data on the Hunting Strategies

open access: yesПоволжская археология, 2020
The paper presents the first results of comprehensive studies of the hunting and hunting weapons of the Neanderthals during the Middle Paleolithic in the Elbrus region in the Northern Caucasus.
Doronicheva Ekaterina V.   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Build n burn: using fire as a tool to evoke, educate and entertain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The visceral nature of fire was exploited in the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods in Britain by the burning down of timber buildings and monuments, as well as the cremation of the dead. These big fires would have created memories, perhaps even ‘flashbulb
Brophy, Kenneth   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Prehistory of Egypt [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 1892
THE evidences of denudation are so striking in the ravines of the Egyptian deserts, that I make the following notes, hoping that some trained geologist will be induced to do more for the subject. The successive periods which I have noted are as follow:—
openaire   +1 more source

Sorprendente, colorido, suave, raro: recursos líticos y preferencias culturales en la arquitectura, escultura y artefactos portables del monumento tipo tholos de Palacio III (Sevilla, España)

open access: yesTrabajos de Prehistoria, 2019
Solo recientemente la investigación del fenómeno megalítico ibérico ha comenzado a beneficiarse de la ampliación del potencial técnico y científico de la arqueología moderna.
Leonardo García Sanjuán   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Amelogenin peptide analyses reveal female leadership in Copper Age Iberia (c. 2900–2650 BC)

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Given the absence of written records, the main source of information available to analyze gender inequalities in early complex societies is the human body itself.
Marta Cintas-Peña   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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