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Use-wear and residue analyses have come to play a fundamental role in archaeological enquiries into the cultural biographies of past artefacts. Deployed either separately or in conjunction with one another, they have been turned by three... more
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      Mesolithic ArchaeologyNeolithic ArchaeologyUse Wear AnalysisResidue and Use-Wear Analysis
Vladislav N. Gladilin (1935-2015) - an informal leader of Paleolithic research in Ukraine in 1970-1980s. To the memory of the Professor and Scientist.
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      ArchaeologyPrehistoric ArchaeologyLithic TechnologyLithics
Desde el punto de vista de la tecnología el inicio del Paleolítico medio se caracterizó por la aparición del Modo técnico 3. La aparición de este Modo técnico tuvo lugar en Europa hace alrededor de 300 ka. El paso del Modo 2 al Modo 3 fue... more
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      Prehistoric ArchaeologyIberian Prehistory (Archaeology)Lower PaleolithicMousterian
JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and... more
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      Levant PrehistoryLithicsAcheulian (Archaeology)Lower Paleolithic
This publication results from GAČR project 13-08169S Prior to the Neolithic: Contextual analysis of environmental dynamics during the Early Postglacial transformation of Central Europe. Published by the Institute of Archeology of the CAS,... more
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      Mesolithic ArchaeologySpatial analysis (Archaeology)Lower and Middle Paleolithic
Resumen: Este texto expone los resultados del primer proyecto de investigación sobre el registro del Paleolítico Inferior y Medio existente en las tres regiones naturales de la Provincia de Cuenca (Centro de España): Alcarria, Serranía... more
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      Prehistoric ArchaeologyLower PaleolithicLower and Middle PaleolithicPaleolithic
Stone artifacts from Sch€ oningen 12 and 13 were examined microscopically to identify residues, wear, and manufacturing traces in order to clarify their possible anthropogenic origins and their function. We present evidence showing that... more
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      Palaeolithic ArchaeologyUse Wear AnalysisResidue and Use-Wear AnalysisLower and Middle Paleolithic
Allemagne / Paliolithiqae införieur/ Ouik en pierre / Techniques de fagc'nnage Vie jede lVissenschaft, so lebt auch die Pleistozän-Archäologie von kontroversen Diskussionen, die bestehende Forschungsmeinungen hinterfragen und neue... more
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      Lower and Middle PaleolithicLower PalaeolithicPalaeolithic Europe, Palaeolithic archaeology, Mesolithic archaeology, Prehistoric transitions, Environmental archaeology, Archaeozoology, Pleistocene fauna, Palaeoclimate, Refugia and recolonisation, Spatial analysis, Palaeolithic art and symbolism
Kniha byla vydána v Praze roku 2005, ISBN:80-86912-04-3 / The book was published in Prague in 2005, ISBN: 80-86912-04-3
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      ArchaeologyPrehistoric ArchaeologyPaleolithic EuropeHistory of Archeology
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This monograph is the fruit of international cooperations by who have passion to understand the Stone Age in Armenia. We deeply express our thanks to the follwoing people.
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      Prehistoric ArchaeologyLandscape ArchaeologyRock Art (Archaeology)Mesolithic/Epipalaeolithic Archaeology
In the winter of 1909-1910, Palaeolithic material was gathered at the Twydall Chalk Pit, east of Gillingham, Kent, by W.H. Cook and J.R. Killick. Unlike previously reported finds from this site, these were found in the pit and removed... more
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      GeoarchaeologyPalaeolithic ArchaeologyLithic TechnologyLithics
The Emergence of the Goddess: A Study of Venus in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Era
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      Mythology And FolkloreMythologyNeolithic ArchaeologyNeolithic & Chalcolithic Archaeology
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      Settlement PatternsNeolithic ArchaeologyLevantine prehistoryMiddle to Upper Paleolithic Transition
I have been writing about Paleolithic basket weaving technology for 2 years now. In this article, I attempt to show that there was an intermediate period in the development of the technology when an understanding of structure and... more
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      PaleoanthropologyStone Age (Archaeology)Middle Stone Age (Archaeology)Basketry (Archaeology)
The main focus of this investigation is the lithic and bone artifacts from the Middle Pleistocene site of Bilzingsleben (Thuringia, Germany), especially their traces of use. As a result, many traces both on lithic artifacts and faunal... more
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      Use Wear AnalysisLower PaleolithicLower and Middle PaleolithicVertebrate taphonomy
von Hermann Schaaflhausen 1883 auf dem Martinsberg in Andernach noch in das 19. Jh. zurückreichen, konnte eine intensive Forschung zum Paläolithikum eßt fast 100 Jahre später mit der Entdeckung des Fundplatzes Neuwied-Gönnersdorf und der... more
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      Palaeolithic ArchaeologyPleistocene VertebratePaleolithic EuropeNeanderthals (Palaeolithic Archaeology)
Kajian arkeologi di Lembah Mansuli, Lahad Datu, Sabah Ielah menemukan dua tapak Paleolitik, iaitu Gua Samang Buat dan tapak terbuka Mansuli. Isu utama di Gua Samang Buat ialah berapakah kedalaman sedimen di dalamgua ini selepas... more
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      PalaeogeographyArchaeologyMaritime ArchaeologyEarth Sciences
A comprehensive review of evidence of very early palaeoart covering all continents reveals significant misconceptions in the dominant models of ‘art’ origins. The traditional preoccupation with predominantly zoomorphic, figurative... more
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      ArchaeologyPrehistoric ArchaeologyRock Art (Archaeology)Palaeolithic Archaeology
ROSSONI-NOTTER E., NOTTER O., SIMONP. et SIMONE S. « Comportements techniques des acheuléens de la grotte d’Aldène (Cesseras, Hérault, France) », Session B10-The interglacialHolsteinian eldorado and the onset of the Middle Palaeolithic... more
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      Prehistoric ArchaeologyMediterranean prehistoryLithic TechnologyLithics
We are looking for students and post-graduate volunteers for fieldwork at Hayonim Cave, Israel, in 20 August- 20 September 2022.
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      Fieldwork in AnthropologyLevantine prehistoryLower and Middle Paleolithic
12 original articles concerning the Paleolithic development of woven-fiber technology and its use in early civilizations. This 300+ page eBook is illustrated with over 250 photographs and pictures. More than 100 years ago Gustave Chauvet... more
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      PaleoanthropologySumerianBasketry (Archaeology)Weaving Technology
Paleolithic artifacts collected in the course of archaeological and geological surveys at particular islands of the NE Mediterranean have given birth to arguments for seaward Pleistocene dispersals. The consecutive implications for the... more
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      Mediterranean prehistoryCoastal and Island ArchaeologyAegean Prehistory (Archaeology)Lithics
The terms Lower Palaeolithic and Middle Palaeolithic represent research constructs within which cultural evolution and prehistoric hominin behaviours can be studied, with the transition usually understood as marking a watershed in our... more
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      Prehistoric ArchaeologyCultural Transmission (Evolutionary Biology)Levantine ArchaeologyDiffusion of Innovations
Archaic Homo refers to the human populations or species that were chronologically and anatomically intermediate between Homo erectus and modern Homo sapiens. Archaic Homo can be further subdivided into two chronological groupings, Early... more
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      PaleoanthropologyHuman EvolutionNeanderthals (Palaeolithic Archaeology)Lower and Middle Paleolithic
The so-called "Tor Faraj (Jordan) 2003 Book" on complex data of Late Levantine Mousterian, including Levallois point production technology based on refits, and methodology of refitting analysis by Demidenko & Usik
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      Human EcologyNear Eastern ArchaeologyPrehistoric ArchaeologyHuman Evolution
Jihovýchodně od Tikovic a západně od silnice do Syro vic leží rozsáhlé návrší zvané Tikovický kopec (kóta 314), jež poskytuje ojedinělé a značně rozptýlené nálezy patinované industrie. Indikují krátkodobé návštěvy v různých dobách v... more
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      ArchaeologyPrehistoric ArchaeologyLower and Middle PaleolithicCentral Eastern European Paleolithic
Over the last 150 years, the Paleolithic era was divided into the Lower, Middle and Upper Paleolithic. This scheme is an arbitrary research construct that confounds chronological, behavioral, and evolutionary meanings. Transitions between... more
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      Prehistoric ArchaeologyCultural Transmission (Evolutionary Biology)Diffusion of InnovationsLithics
Les données relatives aux techniques lithiques prouvent que les artefacts en question sont taillés par différentes occupations humaines dans une époque qui se situe entre la fin du paléolithique ancien et le début du paléolithique moyen.... more
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      Prehistoric ArchaeologyAnatolian ArchaeologyLithic TechnologyAcheulian (Archaeology)
"Les recherches menées en Belgique depuis 1829 ont mis au jour d’importantes traces du Paléolithique moyen, majoritairement sous forme de témoins lithiques, parfois accompagnés de vestiges enmatière dure animale porteurs d’une action... more
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      ArchaeologyPrehistoric ArchaeologyPaleolithic EuropeArchaeology of Caves and Caverns (Archaeospeleology)
WSTęP Jest ona jednak poświęcona przede wszystkim antropogenezie i wszelakim zagadnieniom wynikającym z omawiania tego zjawiska, mogącym pomóc nam w zrozumieniu takich fenomenów jak ludzka kultura, w tym oczywiście kultura prawna. Wierzę,... more
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      LawEvolution of cooperation (Evolutionary Biology)Evolutionary ArchaeologyLaw and Society
The site of Ficoncella, in northern Latium (Italy), represents a great opportunity to investigate the modalities of a short occupation in a fluvial context during Lower Palaeolithic. From the results of radiometric dating, geological... more
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      Lithic TechnologyLithicsAcheulian (Archaeology)Lower Paleolithic
We have all asked ourselves when art first appeared; when humans first drew, painted, engraved, or sculpted forms in order to transmit concepts and ideas different from their formal materiality. It is not easy to answer that question... more
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      Prehistoric ArchaeologyArt HistoryLanguages and LinguisticsRock Art (Archaeology)
For the first time is presented a complete panorama of the current knowledge on the grottoes of Monte Gallo, an area of extraordinary importance for the prehistoric settlement in the area of Palermo. Through a careful cataloguing, which... more
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      ArchaeologyPrehistoric ArchaeologyGeologyLandscape Archaeology
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      ArchaeologyPrehistoric ArchaeologyLower PaleolithicLower and Middle Paleolithic
A new paleolithic site that stands out as an exceptional Acheulean island site, between Europe and Asia.
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      PaleoanthropologyPalaeolithic ArchaeologyLithic TechnologyPaleolithic Europe
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      PaleoanthropologyPalaeolithic ArchaeologyQuaternary GeologyPaleolithic Europe
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      Middle to Upper Paleolithic TransitionUpper PaleolithicLower and Middle PaleolithicPaleolithic
L'articolo, contenuto negli Atti delle Giornate in ricordo di Mario Dini, contiene la comunicazione e lo studio preliminare di un'industria paleolitica recuperata da Mario Dini nell'agosto del 2011 ad Arsina, sulle colline a nord di... more
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      Lithic TechnologyLower PaleolithicUpper PaleolithicLower and Middle Paleolithic
Si espongono i dati preliminari di un programma di ricognizioni di superficie mirate all’individuazione di evidenze paleolitiche nel territorio di Altamura. I rinvenimenti si pongono a SO del centro abitato, in un’area a morfologia... more
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      Prehistoric ArchaeologyLower PaleolithicArcheologiaLower and Middle Paleolithic
Al-Kharj is located in the central part of the Arabian Peninsula thus providing a new point of reference for regional and intraregional comparisons with other sites known in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman and the United Arab... more
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      ArchaeologyNear Eastern ArchaeologyPrehistoric ArchaeologyGeology
Die Forschungsergebnisse der letzten dreissig Jahrc ]\4 ICI J A JJL ]JT\ALES,i VULKANISMUS UND ARCHAOLOGIE DES EISZEITALTERS AM MITTELRHEIN DIE FORSC FIUNGSERGEBNISSE D!1{ LETZTEN 1)REISSTG JAHRE Kaum cine Region in Deutschland bzw.... more
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      Palaeolithic ArchaeologyPleistocene VertebrateLower PaleolithicLower and Middle Paleolithic
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      Paleolithic EuropeLower and Middle Paleolithic
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      Palaeolithic ArchaeologyOut Of Africa (Palaeolithic Archaeology)Lower PaleolithicLower and Middle Paleolithic
PROCHAIN COLLOQUE : prévu en 2022, les 7-8-9 février « Les premiers peuplements préhistoriques des Alpes-Maritimes, de Monaco et de Ligurie au sein de leurs paléoenvironnements« Le Musée d’Anthropologie préhistorique (M.A.P.) et... more
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      PaleoanthropologyPaleontologyPaleoclimatologyLower Paleolithic
l J!llitr a11d ,\Jidd!t Pr!lm-r,/ii/,it i11thr ,\lidrllc I llascl S\mposium (\Ln-8-10 2008).
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      SyriaLower and Middle Paleolithic
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      Cultural History of Central EuropeLower and Middle Paleolithic
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      ArchaeologyArchaeology of Caves and Caverns (Archaeospeleology)Neanderthals (Palaeolithic Archaeology)Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition
Mitteldeutschland, die Landschaft zwischen Harz, Thüringer Wald und Erzgebirge sowie dem norddeutschen Jungmoränengebiet, gehört zu den klassischen Regionen der Pleistozänforschung. Hier fließen mi t Elster und Saale zwei der eponymen... more
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      Glacial GeologyPalaeolithic ArchaeologyQuaternary GeologyLast Interglacial