Using multivariate techniques to assess the effects of raw material, flaking behavior and tool manufacture on assemblage variability: An example from the late Middle Paleolithic of the European Plain
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2017.09.014
Abstract: Abstract The late Middle Paleolithic in central and eastern Europe is defined by the presence or absence of certain bifacial tools and blank production methods. Hence, the assemblages between MIS 5a and MIS 3 are… read more here.
Keywords: raw material; middle paleolithic; variability; late middle ... See more keywords
Is it Time to Retire NASTIES in Southern Africa? Moving Beyond the Culture-Historical Framework for Middle Stone Age Lithic Assemblage Variability
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DOI: 10.1080/01977261.2020.1802848
Abstract: ABSTRACT The Middle Stone Age (MSA) of southern Africa provides crucial insight on early Homo sapiens behavioral evolution. Archaeologists have traditionally presented lithic assemblage variability as a sequence of discrete Named Stone Tool Industries (“NASTIES”,… read more here.
Keywords: middle stone; lithic assemblage; variability; assemblage variability ... See more keywords