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How Do We Explain ‛Autistic Traits’ in European Upper Palaeolithic Art?
Open Archaeology, 2018 Traits in Upper Palaeolithic art which are also seen in the work of talented artists with autism, including most obviously an exceptional realism, remain to be explained. However any association between the famously evocative animal depictions created in
Spikins Penny +2 more
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Palaeolithic occupation of the Mehran Plain in Southwestern Iran
Documenta Praehistorica, 2012 In terms of Palaeolithic studies, the Mehran Plain is already known due to the discovery of the Amar Merdeg site in 1999. But in spite of the high potential for occupation in different periods, the prehistoric settlement patterns of the plain had not ...
Hojjat Darabi +3 more
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Journal of Lithic Studies, 2020 This paper is divided into three sections. The first section describes the historiographic evolution of the study of prehistoric lithic raw materials in the Basque Crossroads (in the north of the Iberian Peninsula) during the last three decades.
Maite García-Rojas +6 more
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Das Mittelwürm in den Lössen Südmährens und seine paläolithischen Kulturen [PDF]
Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart, 1996 Archaeological excavations at several sites in the loesses of Southern Moravia have revealed an Middle Würm Interstadial soil, classed by micromorphological analysis as between pararendzinas and chernozems.
K. Valoch
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New Evidence of Serpentinite Raw Material Exploitation in the Kapova Cave (The Southern Urals)
Поволжская археология, 2017 The author considers finds from a rare material – serpentinite – produced in well-known Kapova cave. The Upper Palaeolithic objects from this stone are represented by 4 beads uncovered by V.E.
Zhitenev Vladislav S.
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Les représentations de cervidés dans l’art mobilier du Paléolithique Supérieur européen
Arheologia Moldovei, 2016 The Representations of Cervidae in the Portable Art of European Upper Palaeolithic Our contribution focuses on cervidae in the narrow sense of the term (deer – doe), although we also analyze the representations of reindeer and the elk when we discuss ...
Valentin-Codrin Chirica
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Direct evidence for Palaeolithic sound-making instruments is relatively rare, with only a few examples recorded from Upper Palaeolithic contexts, particularly in European cultures.
Laurent Davin +10 more
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Quaternary, 2022 This paper presents a list of >100 publicly known late Quaternary proboscidean sites that have certain or possible traces of hominin utilization in Africa, Europe, and Asia, along with a sample of references, chronometric or estimated ages, and brief ...
Gary Haynes
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The Significance of the Pech Merle Spotted Horses
Arts, 2014 The Pech Merle spotted horses have been one of the key lines of evidence put forward in support of the notion Upper Palaeolithic cave depictions relate to a concern for the supernatural.
Derek Hodgson
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Nature CommunicationsThe major expansion of Homo sapiens represented by the Initial Upper Palaeolithic is one of the most significant prehistoric events in Eurasia, potentially leading to the replacement of archaic humans by Homo sapiens or the exploitation of new ...
Shunsuke Totsuka +3 more
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