The Atapuerca localities present evidence of a long series of hominin occupations from the
Early Pleistocene onward and are a key site for understanding the continuity and …

The lithic assemblage of the Pont-de-Lavaud site (Indre, France) shows a technical choice
within the Lower Pleistocene European Mode 1 sites, which is defined by the widespread …

Rock crystal is a high-quality quartz variety with an excellent aptitude for knapping. Although
it is relatively uncommon, in certain geological contexts such as that of our case study, rock …

La anisotropía y el clivaje del cuarzo automorfo y sus posibles efectos sobre la talla: Una
revisión bibliográfica [Anisotropy and cleavage of automorphic quartz and their potential effects …

The present work describes a preliminary study of a primarily quartz-based Mousterian lithic
assemblage deposited about 75,000 years ago by Neanderthals in Navalmaíllo rockshelter …

ABSTRACT The Pont‐de‐Lavaud site, located in the Centre Region of France (Creuse
Valley), yielded a quartz lithic assemblage composed of a few hundred artefacts with cores …

The ability of early hominins to overcome the constraints imposed by the characteristics of
raw materials used for stone tool production is a key topic on the discussion about the …

Abstract The Equotip Hardness Tester is applied to different types of quartz and other lithic
raw materials in order to determine if variations in the rebound hardness measured by this …

This article analyses the use of quartz as a raw material during the Lower Palaeolithic in the
northeast of the Iberian Peninsula. We studied the use of quartz at 9 sites with chronologies …

Abstract The Ciota Ciara cave is a Middle Palaeolithic site located in Piedmont (north-
western Italy) and it is the only one systematically investigated in the region. It opens at 670 …