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A thick retouched Aurignacian blade from Meyrals / Périgord Noir
This is a thick (12×4,5×2,5 cm) bilaterally retouched Aurignacian blade with “endscraper” characteristics on the distal end. It is made from typical Dordogne chert and was found near Meyrals in the Périgord Noir, just a few kilometers away from Eyzies, the Vézère … Continue reading
To Be or not to Be Aterian
Middle Paleolithic (Middle Stone Age) Ensembles of Northern Africa have been found over a vast area, reaching from the Mediterranean to the Southern Margins of the Sahara, and from the Maghreb to the Nile Valley. Nowadays there is a broad … Continue reading
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Tagged Aterian, Foliates, Homo Sapiens, Maghreb, MSA, tanged point
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Acheulo-Yabroudian Handaxe
This is a single Handaxe, found in the 1950ies near Safed/Israel. Its shape is very similar to handaxes found within the Acheulo-Yabroudian (for example at Tabun ). This technocomplex contains three major lithic facies, mainly defined by the findings at … Continue reading
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Tagged Handaxe, Homo Sapiens, Tabun, Yabroudian
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Lupemban bifacial tool
Quartzite Lupemban bifacial tool (24 cm long), found in the Southern Niger region. The Lupemban is an early MSA industry in Central Africa and on the fringes of the Congo basin first described by Breuil more than 60 years ago. … Continue reading
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Tagged Biface, Foliate, Homo Sapiens, MSA, Steinzeit
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Pigments in the MSA and Middle Paleolithic
This is a piece of Goethite, found at the Krems/Hundssteig site in the 1970ies. Such findings are common from Upper Paleolithic sites. The use of pigments by Hominines at archaeological sites during the Middle and Late Pleistocene in Europe and … Continue reading
“Going Levallois”
Three Levallois cores from different sites in the Dordogne. The Levallois Technique is a sophisticated core preparation ev0lving in Europe during OIS-8. Indeed some researchers have recognized this technic as the beginning of the Middle Paleolithic. Some reserachers suggest, that … Continue reading