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Monthly Archives: July 2010
El Wad Point
Two El-Wad Points from the early upper Paleolithic at Kebara/Israel. The lower assemblages (E III and E IV) at Kebara are attributed to the Early Ahmarian (sensu: Gilead and Marks). The Ahmarian industry is characterized by the dominance of bladelets … Continue reading
Levallois-Point from Lenderscheid
In North Hesse, near Kassel, there are numerous outcrops of fine-grained tertiary quartzite. At Lenderscheid this raw material was used during the (non dated) middle paleolithic at a workshop site for the production of cordiform and triangular handaxes and leaf … Continue reading
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Tagged Levallois, Middle Paleolithic, Mousterien, Paleolithics, Quarzit
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A small Handaxe from Fontmaure (Vienne):
The Fontmaure site was first recognized in 1905, plundered by amateures until 1935 ,and finally destructed by quarry operations. Fontmaure is famous for its multicolored jasper artefacts. Artifacts from the site represent a long time span between the Acheulian and the … Continue reading
Middle paleolithic leaf point from Mauern
This is a leaf point from “cave A” at the Weinberghöhlen near Mauern, found in the 1930ies most probably by A Bohmers, a Dutch archaeologist, who made his career in Nazi-Germany under the Protection of the “Ahnenerbe”-organisation of Heinrich Himmler. … Continue reading
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Tagged Leaf Point culture, Lincombian, Neanderthal, Ranis Ilsenhöhle, Ranisian, Szeletian
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Aterian point from Bechar/Algeria
This is a fine Aterian point from Bechar, an non-dated Algerian open air site. Aterian points are a local variant of MSA-points in Africa that may associated with some of the earliest evidence for projectile technology for hunting. It is … Continue reading
Paleolithic saws
Late Magdalenian saws from the Dordogne: Both items were found at Laugerie-Basse, a large rockshelter on the right bank of the Vézère River at Les Eyzies with middle, upper and late Magdalenian layers. Laugerie-Basse was one of the first rock shelters that … Continue reading
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Cordiform Handaxe from Bihorel (Seine-Maritime)
In the western part of the Bihorel quarry near Rouen, F. Bordes suggested severeal series of artifacts to be present (called by him: Serie I,II,III,IV). These ensembles are mainly categorized according to their grade of patination. The exact position of … Continue reading
Small things remembered: Microliths
Microlithic bladelet with bilateral marginal retouche: late Magdalenian from the La Madeleine rockshelter (Dordogne) What makes microliths so attractive for highly mobile foragers? Among other explanations, there is general agreement that using these small implements will reduce the risk of a … Continue reading
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Tagged La Madeleine, Microliths, Vezere. Les Eyzies
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Bergerac chert during the upper paleolithic
Some upper paleolithic surface findings made of Bergerac chert (1: Double scraper, 2: Scraper-Burin, 4: Burin with basal notch, 5: Scraper (1,2,4,5,: Le Porget,Corbiac), 3: Projectile point (Magdalemian from Limeul) An large number of lithic raw material surveys has been conducted … Continue reading