The emergence of bone-working and ornamental art in the Caucasian Upper Palaeolithic

• Autores: Liubov V. Golovanova, Vladimir Borisovich Doronichev, Naomi Elansia Cleghorn
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 84, Nº 324, 2010, págs. 299-320
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • New work from the Caucasus is revolutionising the timing and character of the shift from Neanderthals to early Modern humans in Eurasia. Here the authors reveal a powerful signal of that change from excavations at Mezmaiskaya: the abrupt appearance of a well-formed bone industry and ornaments.