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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Update, Discussions, Contributions…
Posts of this blog will be regularly updated (please look at the “Updated Posts” section). This means that new pictures and/ or ammendments to the texts are available. I am allways happy about specific comments and discussion. I recommend to … Continue reading
Handaxe from the Leine Valley
This is a handaxe (10×7,5×2,3 cm) from the gravels at Hannover / Döhren found in the 1930ies. During the beginning of OIS8 at about 300 k.a. BP, hand axe bearing industries appear in Central Europe which contain numerous Levallois forms … Continue reading
Posted in Plaeolithics and Neolithics
Tagged Acheulean, Acheulian, Handaxe, Hanover, Hundisleben, Leine Valley, Levallois, Markkleeberg, Middle Paleolithic, Reuthersruh
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Bechar / Algeria: Aterian Artifacts and their functional meaning
These are some “Aterian” artifacts from the Algerian Sahara showing the variability of a random sample. The morphological continuum of Aterian tools ranges from pointed and elongated triangular forms to rounded and squat blunt forms, as demonstrated in this post. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aterian, Aterien, MSA, Scraper, Steinzeit, stone age, tanged point, Variability
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Leaf Point from Moravany nad Váhom-Dlhá
This is a Leaf Point from Moravany nad Váhom-Dlhá (4,5×2,5×07 cm). Paleolithic findings at Moravany were first considered in 1931, when two interested collectors, V. Vlk and H. Sonntag, recovered patinated flint artifacts from the ploughed fiels along the Vah … Continue reading
Weaving
Two spindle whorls from the LBK of Lower Austria (diameter: 2,5 and 1,5 cm; about 5000 BC). At this time hand-spinning and loom-based weaving was fully established in Neolithic societies. Perishable materials, including cordage, nets and textiles, have long been … Continue reading
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Tagged cordage, nets, Perishable materials, spindle whorls, Steinzeit, stone age, textiles, weaving
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Patterns in Prehistory
The analytical tools we use to evaluate the visible world determine the structure of our “reality”. If we image the human body with a CT-scanner (an anatomic 3-D view of the body) the results will differ from the results if … Continue reading
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Tagged Interpretation, Middle Stone Age, Mousterian, Patterns, PET, PET/CT
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The Meaning of Colors
Colorful Neolithic arrowheads (largest example: 6×1,8×0,3 cm). All material productions are culturally, socially and physically embedded. From the ethnological record, we know that in traditional societies, raw material for stone tool production is not solely selected for its functional properties. … Continue reading
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Tagged Colors, Ochre, Pigment, Steinzeit, stone age
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Epipaleolithic blade from Maroc
A large (14x4x1,5cm) Epipaleolithic blade from Maroc The Epipaleolithic of theMaghreb is spanning the time from the LGM about 20000 ka BP until the Holocene. During this time span both temperate and wet climates, but also hyperarid conditions were present … Continue reading
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Tagged Capsian, Epipaleolithic, Iberomaurusian, Steinzeit
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