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Exploring late Neanderthal locales : preliminary reanalyses of Middle Palaeolithic assemblages from the Axe Valley

Foulds, F.W.F.

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Abstract

Recently, White & Pettitt (2011) put forward the concept of Local Operational Areas (LOAs) for several regions in late Middle Palaeolithic Britain. They suggested that local clusters of sites and findspots represent regional areas in which Neanderthals operated, possibly in conjunction with seasonal occupations. They also noted that British Neanderthal raw-material acquisition occurred over a local scale, with flint generally acquired within 5 km of findspots and never further than ~30–40 km, consistent with Geneste’s (1985; 1989) local and regional scales of raw- material transfer, indicating a potential constraint on landscape use. Furthermore, they posit whether LOAs were part of a wider network of Neanderthal occupation and relocation throughout Britain. . . .

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Foulds, F. (2016). Exploring late Neanderthal locales : preliminary reanalyses of Middle Palaeolithic assemblages from the Axe Valley. Lithics, 37, 79-82

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 6, 2017
Online Publication Date Jan 15, 2017
Publication Date Jan 1, 2016
Deposit Date Jan 6, 2017
Journal Lithics : the newsletter of the Lithic Studies Society.
Print ISSN 0262-7817
Publisher Lithic Studies Society
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Volume 37
Pages 79-82
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1366898
Publisher URL http://journal.lithics.org/index.php/lithics/article/view/697

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