Paleohydrology and paleoenvironments at Bir Sahara: Pleistocene lithostratigraphy and sedimentology in the southern Egyptian Sahara
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2017.02.031
Abstract: Abstract The Bir Sahara area contains a remarkable record of Middle and Late Pleistocene hydrologic and environmental conditions for Saharan North Africa, based on lithostratigraphic and sedimentologic evidence from basin-fill deposits. Some of the deposits… read more here.
Keywords: sedimentology; bir sahara; middle paleolithic; pleistocene ... See more keywords
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
Complexity and sophistication of Early Middle Paleolithic flint tools revealed through use-wear analysis of tools from Misliya Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2021.102955
Abstract: The Early Middle Paleolithic (EMP) is a less-studied phase of the Levantine Middle Paleolithic, attributable to the small number of sites discovered. Drawing on the dense archaeological accumulations at Misliya Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel, the… read more here.
Keywords: early middle; misliya cave; use; analysis ... See more keywords
The first evidence of controlled use of fire by prehistoric humans during the Middle Paleolithic phase from the Indian subcontinent
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DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110151
Abstract: Abstract The sedimentary deposits of the Lower Paleolithic to Neolithic sites situated in the Belan valley, north-central India offer a unique opportunity to understand the linkage between the prehistoric human environment and fire events. This… read more here.
Keywords: humans middle; paleolithic phase; middle paleolithic; fire ... See more keywords
Diachronic variation in the Middle Paleolithic settlement of Abrigo de la Quebrada (Chelva, Spain)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.09.075
Abstract: Abstract This paper compares levels IV and VIII of Abrigo de la Quebrada. The study includes knapping technique, raw material, fauna, and the spatial distribution of lithic and bone remains. Although both levels correspond to… read more here.
Keywords: abrigo quebrada; variation middle; paleolithic settlement; middle paleolithic ... See more keywords
The dynamics of stone industry transformation at the interface of lower and Middle Paleolithic in the Northwestern Caucasus
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.062
Abstract: Abstract Modern data do not show a local evolutionary development of lithic industries throughout the Lower to Middle Paleolithic transition in the Northwestern Caucasus. Human occupation of these territories was not continuous during the Pleistocene.… read more here.
Keywords: interface lower; caucasus; middle paleolithic; northwestern caucasus ... See more keywords
A new chronological and technological synthesis for Late Middle Paleolithic of the Eastern Cantabrian Region
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.02.020
Abstract: Abstract This paper explores the nature of the variability noted in the Late Middle Paleolithic lithic technology of the Eastern Cantabrian Region. The sequence at Axlor exemplifies this variability revealing important changes in technology from… read more here.
Keywords: cantabrian region; eastern cantabrian; middle paleolithic; late middle ... See more keywords
Flint workshop affiliation: Chronology, technology and site-formation processes at Giv'at Rabbi East, Lower Galilee, Israel
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.03.001
Abstract: Abstract Salvage excavations at the Middle Paleolithic flint workshop Giv'at Rabi East, Lower Galilee, Israel aimed at obtaining chronometric ages for the site's exploitation, reconstructing the process of its formation and collecting an assemblage of… read more here.
Keywords: workshop; flint; middle paleolithic; formation ... See more keywords
Barozh 12: Formation processes of a late Middle Paleolithic open-air site in western Armenia
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106276
Abstract: Abstract Barozh 12 is a Middle Paleolithic (MP) open-air site located near the Mt Arteni volcanic complex at the margins of the Ararat Depression, an intermontane basin that contains the Araxes River. Sedimentology, micromorphology, geochronology,… read more here.
Keywords: paleolithic open; middle paleolithic; formation; site ... See more keywords
The Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in the southern Levant: New insights from the late Middle Paleolithic site of Far’ah II, Israel
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106304
Abstract: Abstract Far’ah II is an open-air site in the north western Negev desert (Israel). Previous excavations in the 1970’s revealed a rich, in situ Middle Paleolithic (MP) assemblage composed of flint and limestone artifacts, animal… read more here.
Keywords: paleolithic transition; transition southern; middle upper; middle paleolithic ... See more keywords
Early Levallois and the beginning of the Middle Paleolithic in central Italy
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186082
Abstract: In the second half of the 19th century Pleistocene faunas were discovered in two sites, Sedia del Diavolo and Monte delle Gioie, contained in deposits of the Aniene River in the area of Rome (Latium,… read more here.
Keywords: levallois beginning; two sites; beginning middle; middle paleolithic ... See more keywords