Geological and pedological aspects of an Early-Paleolithic site: Revadim, Central Coastal Plain, Israel

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gdaliahu Gvirtzman ◽  
Moshe Wieder ◽  
Ofer Marder ◽  
Hamudi Khalaily ◽  
Rivka Rabinovich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Paleolithic Site ◽  
Early Paleolithic

Paleoenvironmental conditions at Madigou (MDG), a newly discovered Early Paleolithic site in the Nihewan Basin, North China

2016 ◽  
Vol 400 ◽  
pp. 100-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoli Li ◽  
Shuwen Pei ◽  
Zhenxiu Jia ◽  
Ying Guan ◽  
Dongwei Niu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North China ◽  
Paleolithic Site ◽  
Nihewan Basin ◽  
Early Paleolithic

Late Quaternary Geology and Geochronology of Diring Yuriakh, An Early Paleolithic Site in Central Siberia

1999 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael R. Waters ◽  
Steven L. Forman ◽  
James M. Pierson
Keyword(s):  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Quaternary Geology ◽  
Paleolithic Site ◽  
Lena River ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Early Paleolithic ◽  
Eolian Sediments ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Eolian Deposits

AbstractDiring Yuriakh, an archaeological site on the highest terrace of the Lena River in subarctic eastern Siberia, provides evidence for the oldest and northern-most Early Paleolithic occupation in Asia. Stratigraphic and sedimentological studies at the site show that artifacts occur on a single eolian deflation surface that is underlain by fluvial sediments with inset cryogenic sand wedges and overlain by eolian deposits. Thermoluminescence ages on the fine-grained extracts from the eolian sediments and sand wedges that bound the artifact level indicate that the occupation occurred >260,000 yr B.P. and may possibly date between 270,000 and 370,000 yr B.P. This study documents that the artifacts from Diring Yuriakh are an order of magnitude older than artifacts from any previously reported site from Siberia. The antiquity and subarctic location of Diring Yuriakh indicates that people developed a subsistence strategy capable of surviving rigorous conditions in Siberia by ≥260,000 yr B.P.

Excavations at Darvagchay-Zaliv-4: An Early Paleolithic Site in Dagestan

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-15
Author(s):  
A. P. Derevianko ◽  
◽  
A. G. Rybalko ◽  
V. N. Zenin ◽  
T. A. Yanina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Paleolithic Site ◽  
Early Paleolithic

scholarly journals EXCAVATIONS AT DARVAGCHAY-ZALIV-4: AN EARLY PALEOLITHIC SITE IN DAGESTAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-15
Author(s):  
A. P. Derevianko ◽  
A. G. Rybalko ◽  
V. N. Zenin ◽  
T. A. Yanina
Keyword(s):  
Paleolithic Site ◽  
Functional Types ◽  
Early Paleolithic ◽  
Multidisciplinary Studies

This article outlines the results of multidisciplinary studies at Darvagchay-Zaliv-4—an Early Paleolithic site in northeastern Caucasus. We focus on lithics, which we compare with those from key Early Paleolithic sites in Dagestan and other regions of Caucasus. Based on the totality of typological and technological criteria, the industry is Acheulean and is characterized by the scarcity of distinct core-shaped forms and tools. The few functional types include side-scraper forms, becs, notched and combined pieces. The most salient specimens are pebble tools (choppers) and bifacial tools such as handaxes and picks. Technologically, all specimens are very uniform and may be viewed as representing several camps, whose inhabitants practiced one and the same tradition. This might have been a workshop that was visited several times. The analysis of malacofauna and paleomagnetic analysis suggest that the site dates to 0.4–0.3 Ma BP (MIS 11–9).

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