Neanderthal palaeoecology in the late Middle Palaeolithic of western Iberia: a stable isotope analysis of ungulate teeth from Lapa do Picareiro (Portugal)
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DOI: 10.1002/jqs.3363
Abstract: Adaptation to Late Pleistocene climate change is an oft‐cited potential contributor to Neanderthal disappearance in Eurasia. Accordingly, research on Neanderthal behaviour – including subsistence strategies, mobility, lithic technology, raw material procurement and demography – often… read more here.
Keywords: analysis; middle palaeolithic; late middle; lapa picareiro ... See more keywords
Middle Palaeolithic occupations in central Saudi Arabia during MIS 5 and MIS 7: new insights on the origins of the peopling of Arabia
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DOI: 10.1007/s12520-018-0743-2
Abstract: Although Middle Palaeolithic stratified and dated sites are still rare in Arabia, recent archaeological, palaeoenvironmental, population genetic, geomatic and geochronological studies have noticeably contributed to a re-evaluation of the prehistory of the region. Here, we… read more here.
Keywords: middle palaeolithic; palaeolithic occupations; central saudi; occupations central ... See more keywords
Raw materials procurement strategies at the Ciota Ciara cave: New insight on land mobility in north-western Italy during Middle Palaeolithic
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.101882
Abstract: Abstract The importance of the Ciota Ciara cave for the understanding of the Middle Palaeolithic peopling of Piedmont (north-western Italy) is known since the 60s but it is just since 2009 that systematic and multidisciplinary… read more here.
Keywords: ciara cave; land mobility; middle palaeolithic; ciota ciara ... See more keywords
Late Middle Palaeolithic assemblages with flake cleavers in the western Pyrenees: The Vasconian reconsidered
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.01.043
Abstract: Abstract The analysis of several lithic assemblages with flake cleavers and bifaces from sites attributed to MIS 5 and 3 in the western Pyrenees provides the basis for a new chronological and typo-technological characterisation of… read more here.
Keywords: assemblages flake; middle palaeolithic; palaeolithic assemblages; western pyrenees ... See more keywords
Late Middle Palaeolithic lithic technocomplexes (MIS 5–3) in the northeastern Aquitaine Basin: Advances and challenges
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.02.060
Abstract: Abstract Establishing and interpreting patterns of lithic assemblage variability is of great interest to archaeologists as they shed light on cultural adaptations in the deep past. Nowhere has this topic provoked more interest and debate… read more here.
Keywords: northeastern aquitaine; middle palaeolithic; aquitaine basin; variability ... See more keywords
New chronological constraints for Middle Palaeolithic (MIS 6/5-3) cave sequences in Eastern Transylvania, Romania
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.07.015
Abstract: Abstract The Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition is one of the crucial periods of change in the prehistory of Europe due to the full emergence, continent-wide, of modern human lithic technologies, and detrimental of Neanderthal… read more here.
Keywords: eastern transylvania; new chronological; middle palaeolithic; transylvania romania ... See more keywords
The reinterpretation of the Cova Negra archaeological and stratigraphical sequence and its implications in the understanding of the Middle Palaeolithic Iberian Peninsula
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2020.04.007
Abstract: Abstract This paper presents new data from the reinterpretation of the Cova Negra sequence from a chronological and stratigraphic perspective. The primary aim is to reorder the lithic industry from the excavations of the 1950s… read more here.
Keywords: reinterpretation cova; middle palaeolithic; iberian peninsula; cova negra ... See more keywords
Early Middle Palaeolithic culture in India around 385–172 ka reframes Out of Africa models
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DOI: 10.1038/nature25444
Abstract: Luminescence dating at the stratified prehistoric site of Attirampakkam, India, has shown that processes signifying the end of the Acheulian culture and the emergence of a Middle Palaeolithic culture occurred at 385 ± 64 thousand years ago… read more here.
Keywords: early middle; middle palaeolithic; culture india; culture ... See more keywords
The nature and chronology of human occupation at the Galerías Bajas, from Cueva de Ardales, Malaga, Spain
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266788
Abstract: The Cueva de Ardales is a hugely important Palaeolithic site in the south of the Iberian Peninsula owing to its rich inventory of rock art. From 2011–2018, excavations were carried out in the cave for… read more here.
Keywords: cueva ardales; middle palaeolithic; nature chronology; occupation ... See more keywords
Chelonians from the Middle Palaeolithic Site of Mealhada (Coimbra, Portugal): An Update
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DOI: 10.3390/d15020243
Abstract: The results of a review of the chelonian remains retrieved in the excavations carried out in Mealhada (Coimbra, central Portugal) are presented here. Mealhada is a Portuguese Middle Palaeolithic classical site, discovered at the end… read more here.
Keywords: middle palaeolithic; palaeolithic site; chelonians middle; mealhada coimbra ... See more keywords