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Initial Upper Paleolithic in the Zagros Mountains
Frontiers in Earth ScienceThe Iranian Plateau and the Zagros Mountain chain, located at the crossroads of Africa and Eurasia, occupy a critical geographical position in out-of-Africa scenarios, sitting astride a major dispersal corridor into southern and central Asia.
Mohammad Javad Shoaee +28 more
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The Beginning of the Early Upper Paleolithic in Poland [PDF]
Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology, 2023 AbstractResearch on the timing ofHomo sapiensdispersals in Central Europe is pivotal for understanding the behavioral trajectories of human adaptation to low biomass environments and cold climates. Previous studies on the Early Upper Paleolithic of Poland described a different scenario from the European panorama characterized by the local development ...
Andrea Picin +3 more
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Upper Paleolithic materials from Cova Negra (Xàtiva) and its implications in the sequential stratigraphic processes [PDF]
Zephyrus, 2017 We approach Upper Paleolithic lithic materials from Cova Negra belonging to 30’s, 50’s, 80’s and 2013-2016 field seasons. This article focuses on the characterization of blanks, cores, and tools with a preliminary chronology, specially, from retouched ...
Valentín VILLAVERDE BONILLA +1 more
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The Upper Paleolithic Revolution
Annual Review of Anthropology, 2002 ▪ Abstract The transition from the Middle Paleolithic to the Upper Paleolithic is considered one of the major revolutions in the prehistory of humankind. Explanations of the observable archaeological phenomena in Eurasia, or the lack of such evidence in other regions, include biological arguments (the role of Cro-Magnons and the demise of the ...
Ofer Bar-Yosef
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The Early Upper Paleolithic of Croatia [PDF]
, 1998 Early Upper Paleolithic industries from Vindija and Velika Pećina caves in Hrvatsko Zagorje (North-Western Croatia) are discussed together with their chronological and paleontological framework. The earliest Upper Paleolithic of these sites follows Mousterian occupations and differs significantly from the Western European Aurignacian.
Karavanić, Ivor
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Ahmarian Lithic Culture from Early Upper Paleolithic at Üçağızlı Cave
Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi, 2017 Paleolithic period reflects the stratigraphy, chronology, and cultural phenomenon with the help of fossil people, as well as within this period the people’s adaptation processes, the identification of the faunal and floral remnants, and organization of ...
Erksin GÜLEÇ, İsmail BAYKARA
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Tyragetia, 2016 This paper discusses an upper Paleolithic cave in the foothills of the Caucasus. Since 1996 a joint team of Georgian, American and Israeli researchers has been involved in systematic archaeological excavations in Dzudzuana. Archaeological works revealed
Guram Chkhatarashvili
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Characterizing the American Upper Paleolithic. [PDF]
Sci AdvIn North America, there are enough sites with relatively large tool assemblages predating ~13,500 calibrated years before the present (cal yr B.P.) to allow assessment of the underlying characteristics of their shared lithic tradition. Their shared technological features involve the use of dual core-and-blade and biface technologies similar to those in
Madsen DB +4 more
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Two Possible Upper Paleolithic Sites on the Karaburun Peninsula, Turkey
, 2021 Turkey, as a major geographical interface between Asia and Europe, is critical to understanding the lifeways and dispersal of earlyHomo sapienspopulations in Eurasia.
DİNÇER, Berkay +1 more
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PaleoAnthropology, 2022 Recent studies of the Middle and Upper Paleolithic in the northwestern Caucasus are focused on the research of relations between natural (climate and environment) and social (behavior and adaptations) factors that governed settlement dynamics of ...
Liubov V. Golovanova +3 more
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