Level IV of Molodova I, an open-air Middle Paleolithic site in the Ukraine has been described by some researchers as a possible source of evidence for early symbolic behavior. We examined bone objects from this layer that were identified by Ukrainian researchers as exhibiting possible Neandertal pro...

Nights Of Yore

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Manuel Garcia-Ruiz (3 avr. 2024)

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Life After Dark In The Ancient World https://youtu.be/ja8WGzhUz4E?si=Z3QqJZj0xZHSaX_H Before social, technological, and scientific factors transformed our world, what was life like after dark? How did ancient cultures experience, view, and portray the night? What was it like to live when total noctu...

Webinar: Reclaiming Darkness

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Manuel Garcia-Ruiz (4 déc. 2020)

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With the official book launch by Nick Dunn and Tim Endensor, both editors as well several chapter authors organised a very interesting webinar to traverse the different ideas and theories within the diverse field of darkness. Seminar Schedule 1. Tim Edensor - Rationale for the book, experiences of l...

Multiple approaches to the study of bifacial technologies

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

Marie Soressi et al. (2003)

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

Bifacial chipped stones have been used by archaeologists to document the evolution of human technology and cognition during the Pleistocene and as index fossils for a myriad of cultures in both the Old World and the New. Bifaces provide some of the most convincing dimensions of stylistic variability...

Memories out of mind: The archaeology of the oldest artificial memory systems

Colloques et conférences

d'Errico Francesco (1996)

Colloques et conférences