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Refits, cobbles, and fire: Approaching the temporal nature of an expedient Gravettian lithic assemblage from Lagar Velho (Leiria, Portugal).

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
Upper Paleolithic lithic assemblages have traditionally been considered a paramount example of the high level of complexity characterizing the technological behavior of prehistoric modern humans. The diversity and standardization of tools, as well as the
Elvira Susana Alonso-Fernández   +5 more
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Upper Paleolithic materials from Cova Negra (Xàtiva) and its implications in the sequential stratigraphic processes

open access: yesZephyrus, 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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Paleoliticul mijlociu, paleoliticul superior şi epipaleoliticul-mezoliticul în spaţiul carpato-nistrean

open access: yesArheologia Moldovei, 2016
Keywords: Carpathian-Dniester space, symbiotic industries, Preaurignacian, Brânzeni culture, ancient Upper Paleolithic, recent Upper Paleolithic Includes a summary in French.
Ilie Borziac, Vasile Chirica
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>42 ka human teeth from El Castillo Cave (Cantabria, Spain) Mid‑Upper Paleolithic transition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
CRUE-CSIC (Acuerdos transformativos 2022)Three deciduous tooth crowns were found in Unit 18B in El Castillo Cave (Spain), considered a transitional Middle-Upper Paleolithic Unit with numerous 14C dates with means earlier than>42–44 ka cal. BP.
Garralda Benajes, María Dolores   +8 more
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Tosor and Ak-Ölön Sites, a Review of Two Open-Air Palaeolithic Sites in the High-Altitude Basin of Issyk-Kul Lake, Kyrgyzstan [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Archaeological Studies
This short review examines early Paleolithic research in Kyrgyzstan, a previously understudied region withinCentral Asia. Paleolithic investigations in Kyrgyzstan began in 1953 during the Soviet era by the Kyrgyz RepublicAcademy of Sciences.
Nezahat Ceylan, Oktay Karatas
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Paleobiological Perspectives on the Early Upper Paleolithic Human Transition in the Northwestern Old World

open access: yesBulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, 2001
The emerging consensus that the emergence of modern humans in the northwestern Old World involved temporally and geographically varying degrees of admixture between Neandertals and early modern humans within the early Upper Paleolithic provides the ...
Erik Trinkaus
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THE SURROUNDINGS AND THE AGE OF THE UPPER PALEOLITHIC SITE ON SUSAK ISLAND [PDF]

open access: yesActa Geographica Debrecina. Landscape & Environment Series, 2016
Our study investigates the paleoenvironmental conditions of an Upper Paleolithic site found in the excavation of the North Adriatic Susak Island. Our research explores the range of the loess and loesslike sediments deposited on rudist limestone which is
FERENC SCHWEITZER, ÉVA KIS
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Shirataki obsidian exploitation and circulation in prehistoric northern Japan

open access: yesJournal of Lithic Studies, 2014
Presently, the total number of archaeological obsidian sources in Japan is more than 80, and among them, 21 are in Hokkaido, northern part of the Japanese archipelago (Izuho and Sato 2007).
Miyuki Yakushige, Hiroyuki Sato
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Intra-assemblage variation in the macro-blade assemblage from the 1963 excavation at Shuidonggou locality 1, northern China, in the context of regional variation.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
The emergence of the Upper Paleolithic and regional variability in early Upper Paleolithic industries are prominent topics in Paleolithic archaeology, with special relevance to the dispersal and differentiation of early modern human cultures across ...
Feng Li   +3 more
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The conquest of the dark spaces: An experimental approach to lighting systems in Paleolithic caves.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
Artificial lighting was a crucial physical resource for expanding complex social and economic behavior in Paleolithic groups. Furthermore, the control of fire allowed the development of the first symbolic behavior in deep caves, around 176 ky BP.
Mª Ángeles Medina-Alcaide   +8 more
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