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Elena Rossoni-Notter, Olivier Notter, Suzanne Simone, Patrick Simon Balzi Rossi (Ventimiglia, Imperia): researches of the Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology of Monaco on the technical behaviour of the Acheulean... more
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      Prehistoric ArchaeologyLithic TechnologyPaleolithic EuropeMousterian
Some information on the fauna of the Balzi Rossi near Ventimiglia from the Mousterian levels to those of the upper Paleolithic.
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      MousterianUpper PaleolithicItalyArchaeozoology, Prehistory
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      Use Wear AnalysisLithic TechnologyArchaeology of the Iberian PeninsulaLithics
Ce travail de mémoire se propose de définir l’occupation humaine dans la grotte du Baré à partir des vestiges fauniques. Pour cela nous avons entrepris la détermination de l’ensemble des vestiges à l’exception des grands carnivores, afin... more
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      Death and Burial (Archaeology)Neanderthals (Palaeolithic Archaeology)MousterianMiddle Palaeolithic
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      MousterianMiddle Palaeolithic
The existence of a knapped stone industry using several volcanic and metamorphic rocks during the Late Neolithic south of the Upper Rhine plain (first half of the 4th millennium), in particular in Basse Alsace (Michelsberg and Munzingen... more
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      Neolithic ArchaeologyMousterianNeolithicTechnology of Knapped Stone
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      Palaeolithic ArchaeologyPaleolithic EuropeNeanderthals (Palaeolithic Archaeology)Mousterian
Том содержит публикацию свода памятников среднего палеолита Донбасса. Рассчитан на специалистов в области первобытной археологии и истории, студентов и преподавателей ВУЗов, краеведов. Утвержден к печати Ученым советом Института... more
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      Prehistoric ArchaeologyPaleolithic EuropeNeanderthals (Palaeolithic Archaeology)Mousterian
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
The retouching bone tools are characteristic items from european middle Paleolithic assemblages, so are they related with stone knapping. They are present in many sites from France, central-east Europe, and also the Iberian Peninsula.... more
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      Experimental ArchaeologyBone and AntlerPrehistoric TechnologyNeanderthals (Palaeolithic Archaeology)
Las intervenciones arqueológicas llevadas a cabo durante los años 2005 y 2006 en el Hospital 12 de Octubre (ampliación de la línea 3 del Metro de Madrid) y en la desembocadura del Arroyo Butarque (proyecto de edificación) en el Sur de la... more
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      MousterianMiddle PalaeolithicGeoarqueologíaMousterian Chronology
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      ArchaeologyPrehistoric ArchaeologyPalaeolithic ArchaeologyNeanderthals (Palaeolithic Archaeology)
The last ten years progresses in characterization and cartography of the Mediterranean northwestern corner lithic resources open new perspectives for the study of the regional Mousterian through the development of techno-economic... more
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      Palaeolithic ArchaeologyMousterianMiddle PalaeolithicLithic Raw Material Sourcing
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      Radiocarbon Dating (Earth Sciences)Neanderthals (Palaeolithic Archaeology)MousterianMiddle to Upper Paleolithic Transition
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      Use Wear AnalysisMousterianMiddle PalaeolithicTraceology
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      Palaeolithic ArchaeologyLithic TechnologyInvestigation of cave DepositsLithics
Persistence and change are necessary for the stability and development of both the human individual and the human society, since the beginnings of human history. Man needs a static framework, which, related to his self-awareness, defines... more
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      Evolutionary BiologyArchaeologyClassical ArchaeologyEgyptology
ROSSONI-NOTTER E., NOTTER O. et SIMONP. « Mousterian in Balzi Rossi (Ventimiglia, Liguria, Italy): New insights and old collections », Session A21a-Neanderthals on their own terms: new perspectives for the study of Middle... more
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      Prehistoric ArchaeologyMuseum StudiesMediterranean prehistoryHistory of Collections
The last decade has seen a significant growth of our knowledge of the Neandertals, a population of Pleistocene hunter-gatherers who lived in (western) Eurasia between ∼400,000 and 40,000 y ago. Starting from a source population deep in... more
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      Middle Stone Age (Archaeology)Neanderthals (Palaeolithic Archaeology)Mousterian
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      GeoarchaeologyPalaeolithic ArchaeologyLithicsAcheulian (Archaeology)
The southwest of France is framed by two important mountains massifs, the Central Massif and the Pyrenees. Its erosion resulted in enormous quantities of rough fraction, easily accessible on the detritic formations and floodplains. These... more
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      Lithic TechnologyAcheulian (Archaeology)MousterianLithic Raw Material Sourcing
Blinkhorn et al. present a reanalysis of fossil and lithic material from Garrod's 1928 excavation at Shukbah Cave, identifying the presence of Nubian Levallois cores and points in direct association with a Neanderthal molar. The authors... more
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      Near Eastern ArchaeologyLevantine ArchaeologyPalaeolithic ArchaeologyLithic Technology
Population dynamics between and within Pleistocene groups are vital to understanding wider behavioural processes like social transmission and cultural variation. The late Middle Palaeolithic (MIS 5d-3, ca. 115,000–35,000 BP [years before... more
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      ArchaeologyHuman EvolutionPalaeolithic ArchaeologyEvolutionary Anthropology
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      MousterianMiddle to Upper Paleolithic TransitionLevantLithic Techonology
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      MousterianAcheuleanArchaeology of the Levant
"Neanderthals in Western Europe are associated with a plethora of stone tool assemblages and their internal variation has been linked to different causal factors and behavioural interpretations. This thesis presents a new contribution to... more
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      Palaeolithic ArchaeologyLithicsNeanderthals (Palaeolithic Archaeology)Mousterian
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      MousterianChatelperronian
Having thrived in Eurasia for 350,000 years Neandertals disappeared from the record around 40,000±37,000 years ago, after modern humans entered Europe. It was a complex process of population interactions that included cultural exchanges... more
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      ArchaeologyPrehistoric ArchaeologyPalaeolithic ArchaeologyAcheulian (Archaeology)
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
Na lokalitetu Kručevići u dolini rijeke Neretve, jugoistočno od Čitluka, na prostranim aluvijalnim terasama s kvartarnim sedimentima, u periodu posljednje dvije godine pronađeno je više tisuća komada kamenih alatki, od kojih najveći udio... more
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      Paleolithic EuropeNeanderthals (Palaeolithic Archaeology)MousterianPleistocene
Across Europe the period 45–40 ka (thousands of years ago) is associated with several technological changes, including the emergence of the Châtelperronian technocomplex in France and northern Spain. The Châtelperronian, stratigraphically... more
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      ArchaeologyAnthropologyHuman EvolutionPalaeolithic Archaeology
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      Landscape ArchaeologyMiddle Stone Age (Archaeology)Lithic TechnologyLevantine prehistory
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      Neanderthals (Palaeolithic Archaeology)MousterianEuropean Prehistory (Archaeology)Lithic Technology (Archaeology)
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      MousterianPaleolítico medioGeoarqueología
Η μελέτη αυτή επικεντρώνεται στην αρχαιολογική μαρτυρία της Κρήτης κατά την Παλαιολιθική εποχή, εξετάζοντας τα ευρήματα από την Νότια Κρήτη και την Γαύδο. Ασχολείται με την υπόθεση για μετακινήσεις μέσω θαλάσσης κατά το Πλειστόκαινο στο... more
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      Palaeolithic ArchaeologyMousterianModern human behaviourAcheulean
Mémoire de master sous la direction de Christian Jeunesse, soutenu en juin 2015, Université de Strasbourg.
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      Lithic TechnologyMousterianMiddle PalaeolithicLevallois
Le massif de l’Estérel est marqué par de nombreuses occupations du Paléolithique moyen. Pourtant la ressource locale, la rhyolite, est remarquablement mal connue : autant dans les aspects de caractérisation que dans les processus de... more
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      Lithic TechnologyMousterianMiddle PalaeolithicArchaeology, Lithic analysis and organization of technology
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      ArchaeologyPrehistoric ArchaeologyPalaeolithic ArchaeologyLithic Technology
Despite its long research history and particular palaeogeographic context, the British Late Middle Palaeolithic (LMP) of Marine Isotope Stage 4 and 3 has not been fully integrated in broader discussions of Neanderthal behavioural... more
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      Lithic TechnologyNeanderthals (Palaeolithic Archaeology)MousterianMiddle Palaeolithic
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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)
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      Palaeolithic ArchaeologyPrehistoric SettlementLithic TechnologyMousterian
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      Experimental ArchaeologyPalaeolithic ArchaeologyUse Wear AnalysisNeanderthals (Palaeolithic Archaeology)
Recent broad-scale comparative studies of Neanderthal lithic assemblages have contrasted previous views of the Middle Palaeolithic as a period of stasis. Throughout the Middle Palaeolithic, ca. 300,000–35,000 years ago, typo-technological... more
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      ArchaeologyPrehistoric ArchaeologyHuman EvolutionPalaeolithic Archaeology
Abstract The Iberian Peninsula is key for the study of the transition from the Middle to the Upper Palaeolithic in Europe, as well as for the replacement of Neanderthals by anatomically modern humans (AMH). On this subject, the most... more
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      Neanderthals (Palaeolithic Archaeology)MousterianMiddle to Upper Paleolithic TransitionNeanderthals
The origin and development of the graphic expression are currently topics of scientific debate. The present work analyzes and evaluates the context of portable art before the Solutrean (~50.000 to ~24.000 cal BP) in the western Pyrenees... more
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      ArchaeologyPrehistoric ArchaeologyAnthropologyArt History
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      MousterianArchaeology of HuntingMiddle PalaeolithicMammuthus
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      PalaeogeographyLandscape ArchaeologyPalaeolithic ArchaeologyArchaeological Method & Theory
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      ArchaeologyGeochemistryArchaeological ScienceSymbolism