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Scientific Reports, 2023 Virtual Reality (VR) has vast potential for developing systematic, interdisciplinary studies to understand ephemeral behaviours in the archaeological record, such as the emergence and development of visual culture.
Izzy Wisher +2 more
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From artifact to icon: an analysis of the Venus figurines in archaeological literature and contemporary culture [PDF]
, 2005 This thesis examines the body of material known as the Venus figurines, which date from the European Upper Palaeolithic period. The argument proceeds in two stages: the first examines this material through a detailed textual analysis of the ...
Lander, Louise Muriel
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Boreas, EarlyView.The characteristics of settlement of Neanderthals in northern Central Europe during the earlier phases of the Middle Palaeolithic (Marine Isotope Stage 8–6) have been a matter of debate for decades, specifically regarding the population dynamics at such latitudes during the coldest phases. In this paper, we review the known archaeological record of the
Gianpiero Di Maida +5 more
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Identity and Fear – Burials in the Upper Palaeolithic
Documenta Praehistorica, 2018 Ritual burials probably appeared, when human beings became aware of their existence not only at a given moment, but also in the future. Death then became something to be afraid of, since it annihilated the identity of the deceased. Consequently a belief appeared that rituals at the time of death and proper handling of the corpse could preserve the ...
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Finger-counting in the Upper Palaeolithic
, 2021 Upper Palaeolithic hand stencils at Cosquer Cave have been interpreted as forming a numeric code. The present analysis examined ‘digits’ at Cosquer and Gargas from the perspectives of modern ethnography, shared cognitive functioning and human hand anatomy, concluding that correspondences between the 27,000-year-old hand stencils and modern finger ...
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Following the fat: food and mobility in the European Upper Palaeolithic 45,000 to 18,000 BP
, 2008 This article briefly reviews evidence describing the environmental context of Upper Palaeolithic occupation in Europe, and proposes that human population movement during winter and spring was limited due to problems obtaining ...
Pryor, A.J.E.
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Early Upper Palaeolithic before the Aurignacian
, 2016 Between ~60 and ~25 ka BP two big changes are recognizable in the archaeological record of Europe: Modern humans replaced Neanderthals and the Middle Palaeolithic was replaced by the Upper Palaeolithic.
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Boreas, EarlyView.Understanding the temperature variability of past interglacial cycles is essential to predict future climates. We present a new summer temperature reconstruction, based on the subfossil chironomid record from a small palaeolake adjacent to the Middle Palaeolithic site of Lichtenberg, northern Germany. The record spans from the Saalian late glacial over
Sonja Rigterink +10 more
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Puzzling out the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition [PDF]
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2020 Homo sapiens remains, molecular data and a revised chronology for the Bulgarian site of Bacho Kiro document the earliest known presence of our species in Europe, representing an important jigsaw piece in the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition.
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bioRxiv, 2019 Grotta d’Oriente, a small coastal cave located on the island of Favignana (Sicily, Italy) is a key site for the study of the early human colonization of Sicily.
G. Catalano +8 more
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