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Waste Management at the End of the Stone Age

Journal of Landscape Ecology, 2017
This article describes examples of waste management systems from archaeological sites in Europe and the Middle East. These examples are then contextualized in the broader perspectives of environmental history.
Havlíček Filip, Kuča Martin
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The Early Upper Palaeolithic in British caves: problems and potential Le Paléolithique supérieur ancien dans les grottes de Grande‐Bretagne : problèmes et potentiels

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Recent years have seen landmark progress in our understanding of early Homo sapiens occupation of Europe, owing to new excavations and the application of new analytical methods. Research on British sites, however, continues to lag. This is because of limitations inherent in existing cave collections, and limited options for new fieldwork at known sites.
Robert Dinnis
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125 years of exploration and research at Gough's Cave (Somerset, UK) 125 ans d'exploration et de recherches à Gough's Cave (Somerset, Royaume‐Uni)

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Our understanding of the recolonization of northwest Europe in the period leading up to the Lateglacial Interstadial relies heavily on discoveries from Gough's Cave (Somerset, UK). Gough's Cave is the richest Late Upper Palaeolithic site in the British Isles, yielding an exceptional array of human remains, stone and organic artefacts, and butchered ...
Silvia M. Bello, Mark D. Lewis, Simon A. Parfitt   +2 more
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Artists on the edge of the world: An integrated approach to the study of Magdalenian engraved stone plaquettes from Jersey (Channel Islands).

PLoS ONE, 2020
The Upper Palaeolithic is characterised by the appearance of iconographic expressions most often depicting animals, including anthropomorphic forms, and geometric signs.
Silvia M Bello, Edward Blinkhorn, Andrew Needham, Martin Bates, Sarah Duffy, Aimée Little, Matt Pope, Beccy Scott, Andrew Shaw, Mark D Welch, Tim Kinnaird, Lisa Millar, Ruth Robinson, Chantal Conneller   +13 more
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Palaeoenvironmental forcing during the Middle–Upper Palaeolithic transition in central-western Portugal

, 2011
Geoarchaeological analysis of the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic record preserved in cave, rock-shelter and open-air sites in the northern sector of the Meso-Cenozoic of the Western Iberian Peninsula margin (Portugal) reveals several disconformities ...
Dimuccio, Luca António, Almeida, Miguel, Miguel Almeida, Aubry, Thierry, Lúcio Cunha, Cunha, Lúcio José Sobral da, Thierry Aubry, Maria J. Neves, Luca A. Dimuccio, Diego E. Angelucci, Neves, Maria João, Angelucci, Diego E.   +11 more
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An overview of Alpine and Mediterranean palaeogeography, terrestrial ecosystems and climate history during MIS 3 with focus on the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition

Quaternary International, 2020
This paper summarizes the current state of knowledge about the millennial scale climate variability characterizing Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS 3) in S-Europe and the Mediterranean area and its effects on terrestrial ecosystems.
F. Badino, R. Pini, C. Ravazzi, Davide Margaritora, S. Arrighi, E. Bortolini, Carla Figus, B. Giaccio, F. Lugli, Giulia Marciani, G. Monegato, A. Moroni, F. Negrino, Gregorio Oxilia, M. Peresani, M. Romandini, A. Ronchitelli, E. Spinapolice, A. Zerboni, S. Benazzi   +19 more
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Bone tools, ornaments and other unusual objects during the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Italy [PDF]

Quaternary International, 2019
The arrival of Modern Humans (MHs) in Europe between 50 ka and 39 ka coincides with significant changes in human behaviour, notably regarding the production of tools, the exploitation of resources and the systematic use of ornaments and colouring ...
S. Arrighi, A. Moroni, Laura Tassoni, F. Boschin, F. Badino, E. Bortolini, Paolo Boscato, J. Crezzini, Carla Figus, Manuela Forte, F. Lugli, Giulia Marciani, Gregorio Oxilia, F. Negrino, J. Riel‐Salvatore, M. Romandini, M. Peresani, E. Spinapolice, A. Ronchitelli, S. Benazzi   +19 more
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The role of the Eastern Mediterranean in human evolution: recent results from Greece Le rôle du Bassin méditerranéen oriental dans l’évolution humaine : résultats récents en Grèce

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The Eastern Mediterranean lies directly on the principal migration route for human groups dispersing across Africa, Europe, and Asia. It also encompasses the Balkans, where fauna and flora, as well as hominin populations, are thought to have persisted through glacial periods.
Katerina Harvati
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Artistas y cazadores de ciervos : el papel del ciervo en el arte y la caza del Paleolítico Superior Cantábrico

Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie I, Prehistoria y Arqueología, 2008
El ciervo fue el animal prioritario en las prácticas de caza para las comunidades paleolíticas cantábricas y al mismo tiempo una de las especies más representadas en el Arte paleolítico.
Mario Menéndez Fernández, José Manuel Quesada López   +1 more
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The Swanscombe fossil at 90: revisiting its phylogeny, taxonomy, and place in human origins Le fossile de Swanscombe, 90 ans après : retour sur sa place phylogénique, taxonomique et dans les origines de l'humanité

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The year 2025 marked the ninetieth since a fossil hominin occipital bone was discovered in Swanscombe, southeast England. In subsequent years, its parietal bones were found, producing what remains the oldest partial cranium from Britain today. In the earliest analyses, it was interpreted as a descendant of the infamous fraudulent fossil Piltdown Man ...
Emma E. Bird, Chris Stringer
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