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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Pointe de Mouillah
It is generally accepted that the Iberomaurusian represents the earliest Upper Paleolithic technology in the Maghreb. In terms of the lithic inventories, Camps noted that the Iberomaurusian is a bladelet industry with a bias towards microliths (Camps 1974). Mouillah points, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bladelet, Epipaleolithic, Iberomaurusian, Mouillah Point
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Polishing
Beads during the Neolithic were often broken in the drilling process. Therefore the polishing of the beads was done after successful drilling of a hole in a grinding stone. A typical Neolithic hand grinding stone is shown here. Polishing is … Continue reading
Ounanian-Points
The first expansion of hunter/ gatherers after the last glacial maximum, during the terminal Pleistocene moist phase and early Holocene into the Sahara is characterized by a non-microlithic Epipalaeolithic blade-based industry with characteristic elegant shouldered and side notched points (Ounanian-points), … Continue reading
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Tagged Epipaleolithic, Shouldered point, tanged point
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PPNA at Nahal Oren
The site of Nahal Oren is located in an ecotone at the foot of the western escarpment of Mt. Carmel, Israel within the Mediterranean climatic zone. Nahal Oren is situated on the north side of the Wadi Fallah and consists … Continue reading
Massacres during the late Linear Pottery Culture of Middle Europe
As shown in earlier posts there are many possible explanations for the phenomenon of intra / intergroup violence during prehistoric and historic times. First evidence for murdered individuals and even massacres of a larger group of persons is available for … Continue reading
Neolithic Sickles from the Mortillet Collection
These are two broken sickles from the Scandinavian Neolithic / early Bronze Age from the collection of Adrien de Mortillet. Adrien de Mortillet was born 1853 in Geneva, during the political exile of his better known father, Gabriel de Mortillet … Continue reading
Late Magdalenian from Rochereil (Grand Brassac, Dordogne)
The Rochereil cave, is named after the Watermill Moulin de Rochereil located on the right side of the river Dronne near the confluence of the Euche, a right tributary of the Dronne, about 2.5 miles north of … Continue reading
Interpersonal Violence in Paleolithic and Mesolithic Societies
These are razor sharp microlithic arrowheads from the middle to late Ertebølle period. Such artifacts could not only be successfully used for hunting animals, but also for killing humans. Biological anthropologists argue for a continuity of an aggressive instinct from … Continue reading
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Tagged conflict, dead, Mesolithic, stone age, violence
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Ritual Rattle or Children’s Play?
This is my post No 200. I am really astonished that I have about 300 readers per day worldwide. “Thank You!” for stopping by and visiting my site. “Thank You!” for reading my posts and for your stimulating discussions, which have shown, … Continue reading
Technique at Le Moustier
These are two elongated Levallois flake / knifes made from typical dark Senonian flint from Le Moustier G. The MTA assemblage from Le Moustier layer G (TL-Date: 50-55 k.a. BP) shows an ensemble that is characterized by a recurrent centripetal … Continue reading
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Tagged Dordogne, Le Moustier, Mousterian, MTA, Vezere
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