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A Leaf Point from Solutré

The time period of the late glacial maximum, around 20 k.a. years ago, offered the most rigorous and challenging environments for human adaptation, and may have offered the most severe natural selection pressure for evolutionary changes in the organization of … Continue reading

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Neolithic Leaf Points

Leafed implements (“Leaf Points”) appeared relatively late in the Paleolithic. In an individual case it is not always clear if these artifacts are the product of cultural influences or of convergence due to technological and environmental constraints. In addition the … Continue reading

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Leaf Points from the Middle European Paleolithic: The Szeletian

This is a fragment of a Paleolithic leaf point found at the Goldberg, near Nördlingen, Germany. This post summarizes the archaeological evidence from Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and adjacent regions, especially with regard to so called “leaf point complex”. … Continue reading

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Leaf Points Revisited

The Paleolithic sites at Kleinheppach are known from their “Micoquian” material. I have already presented a Micoquian scraper(http://www.aggsbach.de/2010/08/the-middle-european-micoquien/) and a typical Aurignacian complex from this site http://www.aggsbach.de/2010/08/aurignacian-from-sw-germany/). All artifacts, displayed in the previous posts, were collected during the 1960ies by … Continue reading

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Fragments of large Leafpoints (Solutreen)

Our imagination about the Solutreen is biased towards a large numer of intact Leafpoints (http://www.aggsbach.de/2010/10/solutrian-points-from-the-placard-cave/), left in place by H. sapiens at the LGM. In reality most large leafpoints from the Solutreen were found as fragments. These two fragments come … Continue reading

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