Qaleh Kurd Cave (Qazvin, Iran): Oldest evidence of middle pleistocene hominin occupations and a human deciduous tooth in the Iranian central plateau

H Vahdati Nasab, G Berillon, SM Hashemi… - Journal of Paleolithic …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Iranian Central Plateau (ICP) with the Alborz and the Zagros Mountains is
located at the crossroads between the Levant and the Caucasus to the west and Central …

Tales of multifunctionality: a Systematic Quantitative Literature Review of boomerangs used as retouchers in Australian Aboriginal cultures

EF Martellotta, A Brumm, MC Langley - Journal of Archaeological Method …, 2023 - Springer
Boomerangs are among the most recognisable elements of Australian Aboriginal
technology. In the popular mindset, the prevailing image of these wooden artefacts is that of …

Not just scra** by: Experimental evidence for large cutting tools in the high Lodge Non-handaxe Industry

F Stileman, C Shipton, N Ashton - Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology, 2024 - Springer
The presence or absence of handaxes endures as the major criterion of Lower Palaeolithic
classification, with contemporaneous core-and-flake industries modelled as simpler …

Neanderthal use of animal bones as retouchers at the Level XV of the Sopeña rock shelter (Asturias, northern Spain)

AJ Romero, J Yravedra… - International Journal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bone retouchers are a technological appliance used to perfect lithic tools efficiently. They
are most frequently found in Middle Palaeolithic contexts. In this paper, we present a group …

Bone retouchers from the middle Palaeolithic site of El salt, stratigraphic unit Xa (Alicante, Spain): First data and comparison with the middle to Upper Pleistocene …

L Pérez, CM Hernández… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Middle Palaeolithic sites frequently present bones with a double function, linked to
subsistence and technology, which are generally referred to as “retouchers” or “bone …

On the polysemic nature of traces and co-occurring patterns in anthropized material—contribution of a “Retoucher” with a flaked bone aspect from Roc-en-Pail (France …

É David - Sprawozdania archeologiczne, 2024 - hal.science
This article presents a new archaeological material to discuss methodological issues
encountered by scientists working both on minimally-modified bones from Mousterian …