Aquatic and terrestrial proxy evidence for Middle Pleistocene palaeolake and lake‐shore development at two Lower Palaeolithic sites of Schöningen, Germany

Excavation of the Lower Palaeolithic Site at Amey's Eartham Pit, Boxgrove, West Sussex: A Preliminary Report.

Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society ◽

10.1017/s0079497x00006666 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 52 ◽

pp. 215-245 ◽

Cited By ~ 51

Author(s):

M. B. Roberts ◽

M. R. Bates ◽

C. Bergman ◽

A. P. Currant ◽

J. R. Haynes ◽

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Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Preliminary Report ◽

Site Formation ◽

Middle Pleistocene ◽

Site Formation Processes ◽

Formation Processes ◽

Environmental Reconstruction ◽

Multidisciplinary Research ◽

Lower Palaeolithic

The acheulian site at Boxgrove contains one of the most extensive areas of in situ fauna and flintwork yet discovered in Britain. This material is found in a complex sequence of sediments which represent depositional conditions from a 42 m sea level rise to the onset of a full periglacial climate. Excavation of the archaeological horizon has been accompanied by a programme of multidisciplinary research examining site formation processes, palaeolandscape and palaeoecological development, using sedimentological and environmental reconstruction techniques. Dating of the site is tentative as no absolute dates are available at present. However, comparative analysis with other British sites would suggest a position for the Boxgrove sequence within the Middle Pleistocene. The archaeological horizon is interpreted as being deposited towards the latter part of an interglacial or an interstadial period.

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Age of Middle Pleistocene fauna and Lower Palaeolithic industries from Kent's Cavern, Devon

Quaternary Science Reviews ◽

10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.07.022 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 24 (10-11) ◽

pp. 1243-1252 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

C PROCTOR ◽

P BERRIDGE ◽

M BISHOP ◽

D RICHARDS ◽

P SMART

Keyword(s):

Middle Pleistocene ◽

Lower Palaeolithic

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Culture in the Lower Palaeolithic: Technological Variability in Middle Pleistocene Europe

Investigating Archaeological Cultures ◽

10.1007/978-1-4419-6970-5_5 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 77-95 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hannah Fluck

Keyword(s):

Middle Pleistocene ◽

Lower Palaeolithic ◽

Technological Variability

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Report on Excavations at Jaywick Sands, Essex (1934), with some observations on the Clactonian Industry, and on the Fauna and Geological significance of the Clacton Channel

Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society ◽

10.1017/s0079497x00021435 ◽

1937 ◽

Vol 3 (1-2) ◽

pp. 217-260 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Kenneth P. Oakley ◽

Mary Leakey

Keyword(s):

Cross Sections ◽

River Channel ◽

Middle Pleistocene ◽

Cultural Tradition ◽

The South ◽

Geological Significance ◽

South West ◽

Exact Position ◽

Asiatic Origin ◽

Lower Palaeolithic

The foreshore exposures of Pleistocene deposits at Clacton and at Lion Point, two miles to the south-west, mark cross-sections of an ancient river channel which now extends inland in a broad curve between these two localities. The deposits have become famous through the investigations of Mr S. Hazzledine Warren, who has for many years kept a careful watch on the exposures, and who has published a number of important papers on his discoveries (Warren, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1933, 1934).The gravels in the Clacton channel have yielded a contemporary palaeolithic flake-industry which was recognised by the Abbé Breuil as identical in style with an industry represented in the Middle Pleistocene gravels of Mesvin, Belgium (Warren, 1922). Breuil (1929, p. 6) has since proposed the name of Clactonian for this industry in view of the fact that in the Mesvin deposits the implements in question are in a derived condition, and associated with other industries, whereas at Clacton there is no doubt as to their contemporaneity with the containing gravel. Industries of Clacton style have since been recognised in numerous localities, not only in this country, but also on the Continent (Breuil, 1932). They appear to represent a widespread cultural tradition, possibly of Asiatic origin, and very probably ancestral to the later Mousterian industries.The industry of the type station—the Clacton-on-Sea district of Essex—represents neither the earliest nor the latest stage of evolution of the Clactonian culture, and importance attaches to establishing its exact position in the Lower Palaeolithic sequence.

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Evidence for the age and timing of environmental change associated with a Lower Palaeolithic site within the Middle Pleistocene Reinsdorf sequence of the Schöningen coal mine, Germany

Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ◽

10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110309 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 569 ◽

pp. 110309

Author(s):

Mario Tucci ◽

Kim J. Krahn ◽

Daniel Richter ◽

Thijs van Kolfschoten ◽

Bárbara Rodríguez Álvarez ◽

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Keyword(s):

Environmental Change ◽

Coal Mine ◽

Middle Pleistocene ◽

Lower Palaeolithic

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Handaxe Assemblages from the Didwana region, Thar Desert, India: A Metrical Analysis.

Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society ◽

10.1017/s0079497x00006654 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 52 ◽

pp. 189-214 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

C. Gaillard ◽

D. R. Raju ◽

V. N. Misra ◽

S. N. Rajaguru

Keyword(s):

Middle Pleistocene ◽

Technological Evolution ◽

Middle Palaeolithic ◽

Thar Desert ◽

Evolutionary Trends ◽

Cluster Analyses ◽

Metrical Analysis ◽

Lower Palaeolithic

The Didwana region has preserved lower palaeolithic artefacts in primary and semi-primary contexts. On the basis of geological stratigraphy of aeolian and playa sediments, artefacts occurring in a stratified context have been dated to the Middle Pleistocene. In order to work out technological evolutionary trends of the acheulian culture in this region, 301 handaxes from 10 localities have been studied following Roe's methodology, with some additional attributes. Some differences in size, shape and refinement are apparent between the collections. Statistics, diagrams, factor and cluster analyses suggest a technological evolution within the assemblages and therefore indicate the chronology of the sites. Compared with those of other known Indian sites, these handaxes may correspond to cultural stages ranging between early acheulian and very late acheulian or even early middle palaeolithic.

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Several Lower Palaeolithic Sites along the Rhine Rift Valley, Dated from 1.3 to 0.6 Million Years

Humanities ◽

10.3390/h8030129 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 129 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lutz Fiedler ◽

Christian Humburg ◽

Horst Klingelhöfer ◽

Sebastian Stoll ◽

Manfred Stoll

Keyword(s):

Rift Valley ◽

Middle Pleistocene ◽

Early Appearance ◽

Lower Pleistocene ◽

Lithic Industry ◽

Continental Part ◽

Rhine Valley ◽

Continuous Presence ◽

Lower Palaeolithic

The important discoveries of Lower Palaeolithic artefacts in stratigraphical context within Lower and early Middle Pleistocene deposits in the western continental part of Europe along the rift systeme of the Rhine Valley are pointing at the possible continuous presence of hominins since the Lower Pleistocene. This paper reports on lithic industry from its early appearance at around 1.3 million years (Ma) at the site of Münster-Sarmsheim to the latest pre-Elsterian period at around 0.6 Ma at Mauer, Mosbach, and Miesenheim.

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Technology and Society during the Middle Pleistocene: Hominid Group Size, Social Learning and Industrial Variability

Cambridge Archaeological Journal ◽

10.1017/s0959774300000949 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 3-32 ◽

Cited By ~ 60

Author(s):

Steven Mithen

Keyword(s):

Social Learning ◽

Group Size ◽

Stone Tools ◽

Homo Erectus ◽

Middle Pleistocene ◽

The Relationship ◽

Lower Palaeolithic ◽

Palaeolithic Archaeology

A model is developed for the relationship between the tool behaviour and social behaviour ofHomo erectus.This explores the role of social learning as the link between social organization and techniques—the methods used to manufacture stone tools. Predictions are made as to how techniques should vary with increasing group size and these are evaluated through a case study from the Middle Pleistocene of southeast England. The case study suggests that inter-assemblage variability in the Lower Palaeolithic can partly be attributed to different relative intensities of individual and social learning arising from varying hominid group size and social interaction in open and closed (i.e. wooded) environments. As such, the paper seeks to integrate material from three fields—comparative socioecology, primate social learning and Palaeolithic archaeology—to explore the relationship between society and technology.

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