Materiality, agency and evolution of lithic technology: An integrated perspective for Palaeolithic archaeology

ST Hussain, M Will - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2021 - Springer
Considerations of materiality and object-oriented approaches have greatly influenced the
development of archaeological theory in recent years. Yet, Palaeolithic archaeology has …

Searching for lazy people: the significance of expedient behavior in the interpretation of Paleolithic assemblages

M Vaquero, F Romagnoli - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2018 - Springer
A quick glance at the evolution of lithic assemblages throughout prehistory highlights a great
variability in the time and effort invested in technological activities. This variability has been …

Kaletepe Deresi 3 (Turkey): Archaeological evidence for early human settlement in Central Anatolia

L Slimak, SL Kuhn, H Roche, D Mouralis… - Journal of Human …, 2008 - Elsevier
Located in the Central Anatolian Volcanic Province, Kaletepe Deresi 3 was discovered in
the summer of 2000 and has been under investigation since that time. Volcanic activity in the …

The pattern of emergence of a Middle Stone Age tradition at Gademotta and Kulkuletti (Ethiopia) through convergent tool and point technologies

K Douze, A Delagnes - Journal of Human Evolution, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Gademotta and Kulkuletti site complex, located in the central part of the Main
Ethiopian Rift, is known to be one of the richest early Middle Stone Age (MSA) sequences in …

Technological variability during the Early Middle Palaeolithic in Western Europe. Reduction systems and predetermined products at the Bau de l'Aubesier and Payre …

L Carmignani, MH Moncel, P Fernandes, L Wilson - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The study of the lithic assemblages of two French sites, the Bau de l'Aubesier and Payre,
contributes new knowledge of the earliest Neanderthal techno-cultural variability. In this …

MTA-B or not to be? Recycled bifaces and shifting hunting strategies at Le Moustier and their implication for the late Middle Palaeolithic in southwestern France

B Gravina, E Discamps - Journal of Human Evolution, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Explaining late Middle Palaeolithic industrial variability remains a topic of great
interest for researchers focusing on aspects of Neanderthal behavioural complexity and the …

Technological adaptation and the emergence of Levallois in Central Europe: New insight from the Markkleeberg and Zwochau open‐air sites in Germany

A Picin - Journal of Quaternary Science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The introduction of the Levallois method in Europe is considered the technological
innovation that marked the beginning of the Middle Palaeolithic. In North‐Central Europe …

After the blades: The late MIS3 flake-based technology at Shuidonggou Locality 2, North China

P Zhang, N Zwyns, F Peng, SC Lin, CL Johnson, J Guo… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Contrasting with the predominance of blade-based assemblages in the Eurasian Upper
Paleolithic, the large-scale persistence of a core-and-flake technology remains one of the …

The lithic assemblage of level J

M Vaquero, MG Chacón, F Cuartero… - … time and space in level J …, 2012 - Springer
We present in this chapter the lithic assemblage of level J. Bearing in mind the temporal
issues involved in the interpretation of archeological assemblages, we have organized this …

Neanderthal spatial patterns and occupation dynamics: a focus on the central region in Mediterranean Iberia

A Eixea, MG Chacón, A Bargalló, A Sanchis… - Journal of World …, 2020 - Springer
This paper focuses on the study of some Middle Palaeolithic assemblages from
Mediterranean Iberia to examine Neanderthal occupation patterns and territory …