A multi-proxy approach to Middle Paleolithic mobility: A case study from the open-air site of ‘Ein Qashish (Israel)

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 103088
Author(s):  
Netta Mitki ◽  
Reuven Yeshurun ◽  
Ravid Ekshtain ◽  
Ariel Malinsky-Buller ◽  
Erella Hovers
Keyword(s):  
Middle Paleolithic

Formation processes of cemented features in karstic cave sites revealed using stable oxygen and carbon isotopic analyses: A case study at middle paleolithic Amud Cave, Israel

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Shahack-Gross ◽  
Avner Ayalon ◽  
Paul Goldberg ◽  
Yuval Goren ◽  
Boaz Ofek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Paleolithic ◽  
Formation Processes ◽  
Carbon Isotopic ◽  
Isotopic Analyses ◽  
Stable Oxygen

scholarly journals Symmetry and Middle Paleolithic Points: A Case Study of Iran's Middle Paleolithic Points

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasim Feizi ◽  
Hamed Vahdati Nasab
Keyword(s):  
Long Range ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Upper Paleolithic ◽  
Middle Paleolithic ◽  
Sectional Area ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Projectile Points ◽  
Projectile Motion ◽  
Length Width

Abstract The throwing capacity of Middle Paleolithic points has been an important issue since the discovery of the Neanderthals toolbox. In the Middle Paleolithic, hominins (Neanderthals or H. sapiens) made trusting points with limited or no throwing capability. Projectile points as a long-range weapon were replaced the trusting and guaranteed the survival of modern humans. Several attempts have been made to recognize the aerodynamic differences between Middle and Upper Paleolithic Points. However, up to now, far too little attention has been paid to the symmetry and projectile motion rules related to it. In this paper, symmetry and other morphological features, including length, width, weight, cross-sectional area, flatting, and elongation, have been measured on 280 points collected from five Iranian Middle Paleolithic sites. In addition, the Iranian Middle Paleolithic data is compared with several Middle, Upper, and Neolithic sites outside of Iran. The results indicate that the evolution of symmetry alongside increased elongation and proportionality in measurable characteristics was a critical factor in creating projectile points.

In Three Minds

2019 ◽  
pp. 319-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cory Stade ◽  
Clive Gamble
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Cultural Transmission ◽  
Stone Tool ◽  
Middle Paleolithic ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Paleolithic Site ◽  
Cognitive Archaeology ◽  
Early Hominin ◽  
Stone Knapping

Within cognitive archaeology, the Paleolithic mind is portrayed as rational, experiential, and anthropological. This chapter argues that the use of experiential and anthropological perspectives has the potential to enrich archaeological interpretations of early hominin cognition through the use of emotional and relational aspects. Wynn’s evolutionary cognitive archaeology is extended by using affective and material standpoints to explore the spaces between minds. The chapter emphasizes the importance of the work of Thomas Wynn to the development of the discipline and offers avenues to incorporate social, emotional, and relational aspects of mind in the study of early cognition—for example, the involvement of theory of mind when considering stone knapping, and the cultural transmission of early stone tool industries such as the Lomekwian. In a case study of the Middle Paleolithic site of Bruniquel Cave, the three approaches to the Paleolithic mind are explored, as well as their distinct interpretations.

Evaluating prepared core assemblages with three-dimensional methods: a case study from the Middle Paleolithic at Skhūl (Israel)

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 3225-3238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn L. Ranhorn ◽  
David R. Braun ◽  
Rebecca E. Biermann Gürbüz ◽  
Elliot Greiner ◽  
Daniel Wawrzyniak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Middle Paleolithic

Use-wear analysis of a specific mobile toolkit from the Middle Paleolithic site of Abric Romaní (Barcelona, Spain): a case study from level M

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Ignacio Martín-Viveros ◽  
Andreu Ollé ◽  
M. Gema Chacón ◽  
Francesca Romagnoli ◽  
Bruno Gómez de Soler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Paleolithic ◽  
Paleolithic Site ◽  
Wear Analysis ◽  
Use Wear ◽  
Abric Romaní
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