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Astronomy in the Upper Palaeolithic?

Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 2011
Beginning with Alexander Marshack's interpretation of engraved lines as lunar calendrical notations, a number of highly controversial claims have been made concerning the possible astronomical significance of Upper Palaeolithic images. These claims range from lunar notations, to solstice observances in caves, to constellation representations. Given the
Brian Hayden, Suzanne Villeneuve
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Upper Palaeolithic Archaeology

Annual Review of Anthropology, 1976
A review article on the Upper Palaeolithic could attempt to do various things, but I think it could not successfully attempt to cover all recent developments in our understanding of specific Upper Palaeolithic sequences unless it were very long and accompanied by profuse artifact illustration.
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Upper Palaeolithic Sites in Nidderdale

Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia, 1933
During the great drought in 1929 there came to light at Gouthwaite Reservoir in Nidderdale three sites of Upper Palaeolithic industry. In that summer the level of the water became so low that the reservoir was less than half full, thus affording an opportunity for field work.
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The Upper Paleolithic

2002
The beginning of the Upper Palaeolithic is a watershed in European prehistory. It is generally characterized by a number of significant changes in stone and bone technology. It also roughly coincides with the appearance of fully modern humans on the continent. However, the precise nature of both the archaeological and biological changes, as well as the
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The Upper Palaeolithic to Epi-Palaeolithic Transition in the Levant

Paléorient, 1988
Le Paléolithique supérieur, en particulier le Paléolithique supérieur récent, présente des assemblages lithiques témoignant d'une grande complexité tant sur le plan technologique que typologique; celle-ci qui reste mal comprise est une entrave à une définition précise de la transition Paléolithique supérieur/épipaléolithique fondée sur des critères ...
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An upper palaeolithic shrine in India?

Antiquity, 1983
There is little doubt that a religious belief imparting a sense of law and order and helping to control the relationships between human populations and the other components of their environment, is highly developed among present-day hunter/gatherers. Such beliefs not only help to provide a feeling of unity stretching far beyond the hunting band itself,
J. M. Kenoyer, J. D. Clark, J. N. Pal, G. R. Sharma   +3 more
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Upper Palaeolithic Mortuary Practices in Eurasia

2013
Abstract A critical review of the corpus of Upper Palaeolithic (UP) burials shows clearly that there is no such thing as a ‘typical’ UP burial. While children were less likely to be buried in the Late than in the Early UP, this and the fact that gender ratios change over time are difficult to interpret. Likewise, while interments tend to
Julien Riel-Salvatore, Claudine Gravel-Miguel   +1 more
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Middle Palaeolithic and Early Upper Palaeolithic Subsistence Practices at Vindija Cave, Croatia.

2006
Vindija Cave contains important Middle and Early Upper Palaeolithic lithic and faunal assemblages associated with remains of Neandertals that span the period from ca. 45 – 25 ka. The association in level G1 of Neandertal remains (directly radiocarbon dated to ca. 29 ka) and Early Upper Palaeolithic artifacts (e.g.
Brajković, Dejana, Miracle, Preston
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Visual Cultures in the Upper Palaeolithic

Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 2017
Using examples drawn from the European Upper Palaeolithic, this article advocates a visual cultures approach to studying the art of this period. Visual culture is defined as the biological, cognitive and social underpinnings of how we see, while the term art refers to what we see.
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Radiocarbon calibration for the Middle/Upper Palaeolithic: a comment

Antiquity, 1999
Recently, ANTIQUITY published a new 14C calibration curve covering the last 45,000 years (van Andel 1998). This reply challenges the curve, suggesting it is too simple, and that there is need for caution in applying new datasets for the purposes of prehistoric and environmental calibration.
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