The Late Paleolithic-Neolithic Transition in Korea: Current Archaeological and Radiocarbon Perspectives

a new radiocarbon chronology for the late neolithic to iron age in the qazvin plain, iran

archaeological excavations on the western part of the central iranian plateau, known as the qazvin plain provides invaluable information about the sedentary communities from early occupation to the later prehistoric era. despite the past archeological data, chronological studies mostly rely on the relative use of the bayesian modeling for stratigraphically-related radiocarbon dates. the current...

Radiocarbon dating the late Middle Paleolithic and the Aurignacian of the Swabian Jura.

Many lines of evidence point to the period between roughly 40 and 30 ka BP as the period in which modern humans arrived in Europe and displaced the indigenous Neandertal populations. At the same time, many innovations associated with the Upper Paleolithic--including new stone and organic technologies, use of personal ornaments, figurative art, and musical instruments--are first documented in th...

Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near

Stone tools, or lithics, are the least familiar artifacts archaeologists encounter in our research. Most of us have more than a passing acquaintance with artifacts made of ceramics or metal. We have household words for them, such as “bowl” or “nail,” that transfer readily into archaeological analysis. Few students come to archaeology already familiar with stone tools. When and where preservatio...

Talking Neolithic: Linguistic and Archaeological Perspectives on How Indo-European Was Implemented in Southern Scandinavia

The Paleolithic-Mesolithic Transition

An historical approach to the study of Paleolithic cultural evolution considers it a long sequence linking universally relevant events that lead to change in human behavior. However, a more general approach reflects the role of human awareness—an ongoing and increasingly intensive factor for behavioral change—as shown, for example, by the independent invention of agriculture in different parts ...