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Occupation and management of Bergerac territory between 250 and 35 Kans: testing a techno-economic overview

open access: yesGallia Préhistoire, 2023
. In this work, we propose to examine human activities from 72 occupations within a well-defined territory, the Bergeracois, during the Pleistocene between 250 and 35 ka. The study is based on bibliographical data stemming from programmed excavations and
Illuminada Ortega †   +9 more
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Occupation et gestion du territoire bergeracois entre 250 et 35 kA : essai de synthèse techno-économique

open access: yesGallia Préhistoire, 2022
. In this work, we propose to examine human activities from 72 occupations within a well-defined territory, the Bergeracois, during the Pleistocene between 250 kyr and 35 kyr.
Illuminada Ortega †   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stone tool use as an adaptive technology: A meta-analysis of functional estimates on use-wear traces from early, middle, and late Upper Paleolithic industries in the northeastern Japanese Archipelago

open access: yesQuaternary Environments and Humans
Since the 1980s, the development of experimental traceological studies has enabled archaeologists to estimate the intended use of Paleolithic stone tools whose functions were unclear.
Akira Iwase
doaj   +1 more source

The oldest anatomically modern humans from far southeast Europe: direct dating, culture and behavior. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2011
BACKGROUND: Anatomically Modern Humans (AMHs) are known to have spread across Europe during the period coinciding with the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition.
Sandrine Prat   +8 more
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Dating the landscape evolution around the Chauvet-Pont d’Arc cave

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
The Chauvet cave (UNESCO World Heritage site, France) is located in the Ardèche Gorge, a unique physical and cultural landscape. Its setting within the gorge—overlooking a meander cutoff containing a natural arch called the Pont d’Arc—is also remarkable.
Kim Genuite   +8 more
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The decorative practice based on natural forms in the Paleolithic of the Urals

open access: yesВестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2018
In recent years, archaeologists have found objects of decorative activity based on natural forms of bone and stone which were manufactured by men in the Ural-Volga region at the Upper Paleolithic monuments in the Kama area (Shirovanovo site), in the ...
Kotov V.G.
doaj   +1 more source

L’ours au Paléolithique. Des études orientées ?

open access: yesArchéopages, 2010
Archaeological deposits containing the remains of bears are frequent in Europe. Most of them are in caves where the animals hibernated however sites specific to brown bears, which are less common, are not always in caves.
Dominique Armand
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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

open access: yesJournal 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
wiley   +1 more source

External auditory exostoses among western Eurasian late Middle and Late Pleistocene humans.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
External auditory exostoses (EAE) have been noted among the Neandertals and a few other Pleistocene humans, but until recently they have been discussed primary as minor pathological lesions with possible auditory consequences.
Erik Trinkaus   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Middle Paleolithic Settlement from the Northern Levant: The Finds of Üçağızlı II Cave

open access: yesAnadolu Araştırmaları, 2021
Üçağızlı II Cave, a Middle Paleolithic site on the Mediterranean coast of Hatay Province, Turkey, is partly collapsed and, based on uranium series dates, is dated between 75,000 and 42,000 BP.
İsmail Baykara   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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