Establishment of occupation chronicles in Grotte Mandrin using sooted concretions: Rethinking the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.07.016
Abstract: Soot marks, witnesses of past human activities, can sometimes be noticed in concretions (speleothem, travertine, carbonated crust, etc.) formed in cavities. We demonstrate here that these deposits, generally ignored in archaeological studies, turned out to… read more here.
Keywords: occupation; paleolithic transition; grotte mandrin; middle upper ... 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