X-Nico

unusual facts about Upper Paleolithic


Sagaie

a form of bone or antler point, thought to be the head of a harpoon or spear, characteristic of the Magdalenian, Solutrean and other Upper Paleolithic cultures in Europe.


Vindija Cave

Vindija includes a total of 13 levels dated between 150,000 years ago and the present, spanning the upper part of the Lower Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic and Upper Paleolithic periods.


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History of the Levant

It would appear this sets the date by which Homo sapiens Upper Paleolithic cultures begin replacing Neanderthal Levalo-Mousterian, and by c.

Jean-Jacques Hublin

His work on Late Neandertal sites, such as those of Zafarraya (Spain) and Arcy-sur-Cure (France), provided evidence for the late survival of Neandertals in Europe after the arrival of modern humans and the beginning of a genuinely “Upper Paleolithic” culture on the continent.

National Museum of Iran

The three halls contain artifacts from the lower, middle, and upper Paleolithic, as well as the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, early and late Bronze Age, and Iron Ages I-III, through the Median, Achaemenid, Seleucid, Parthian, and Sassanid periods.

Schwadernau

A number of artifacts indicate that the area around Schwadernau has been inhabited since the Upper Paleolithic.