Land snails as a diet diversification proxy during the early upper palaeolithic in Europe. [PDF]
Fernández-López de Pablo J +4 more
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The Palaeolithic sequence of the Arma dell’Aquila (Finale Ligure, Savona, North-western Italy)
The excavations carried out in the rock-shelter of Arma dell’Aquila by C. Richard in 1938 and 1940 led to the discovery of a thick stratigraphy, the lowermost deposit of which yielded evidence of different periods of Upper Palaeolithic occupation.
Biagi, P., Starnini, E.
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Upper Palaeolithic site probability in Lower Austria – a geoarchaeological multi-factor approach
In archaeology, predictive models play a key role in understanding the interactions between humans and the palaeo-environment. They are also of great value for cultural heritage management and planning purposes. This is particularly true for Palaeolithic
Bruno Boemke +3 more
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The early Upper Palaeolithic marks the introduction at a continental scale of a fully-fledged laminar industry, and it is associated with the presence of Homo sapiens in the Near East and in Europe.
Gennai, J.
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Human Dental Microwear From Ohalo II (22,500–23,500 cal BP), Southern Levant [PDF]
Dietary hardness and abrasiveness are inferred from human dental microwear at Ohalo II, a late Upper Palaeolithic site (22,500–23,500 cal BP) in the southern Levant.
Agelarakis +123 more
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First Epigravettian ceramic figurines from Europe (Vela Spila, Croatia). [PDF]
Recent finds of 36 ceramic artifacts from the archaeological site of Vela Spila, Croatia, offer the first evidence of ceramic figurative art in late Upper Palaeolithic Europe, c. 17,500-15,000 years before present (BP).
Rebecca Farbstein +3 more
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Autism, the Integrations of 'Difference' and the Origins of Modern Human Behaviour [PDF]
It is proposed here that the archaeological evidence for the emergence of 'modern behaviour' (160,000-40,000 bp) can best be explained as the rise of cognitive variation within populations through social mechanisms for integrating 'different minds ...
Spikins, Penny
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Main problems of the research on the Palaeolithic of Halych-Dnister region (Ukraine)
The article presents the results of the Palaeolithic loess sites studies in the Halych-Dnister region. It is an area in the Dnister River basin (Ukraine) with a large number of Middle and Upper Palaeolithic sites (Yezupil I, Halych I, Halych II ...
Bogucki Andriy +3 more
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Les stations paléolithiques de Mitoc, sur le Prut (Roumanie)
The first Palaeolithic discoveries in Romania were made in the 19th century in Mitoc (Botoșani department). Five main stations were excavated, yielding Middle and Upper Palaeolithic industries (including Aurignacian, Gravettian and Epipalaeolithic). Some
Chirica, V. +5 more
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Early evidence of stone tool use in bone working activities at Qesem Cave, Israel [PDF]
For a long while, the controversy surrounding several bone tools coming from pre-Upper Palaeolithic contexts favoured the view of Homo sapiens as the only species of the genus Homo capable of modifying animal bones into specialised tools.
Barkai, Ran +8 more
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