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Palaeolithic perishables made permanent

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

O. Soffer ,
J.M. Adovasio ,
J.S. Illingworth ,
H.A. Amirkhanov ,
N.D. Praslov  and
M. Street
O. Soffer
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana IL 61801, USA
J.M. Adovasio
Affiliation:
Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute, Mercyhurst College, Erie PA 16546, USA
J.S. Illingworth
Affiliation:
Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute, Mercyhurst College, Erie PA 16546, USA
H.A. Amirkhanov
Affiliation:
Otdel Arkheologii Kamennogo Veka IA RAN, Dm. Ulyanova 19, Moscow 117035, Russia
N.D. Praslov
Affiliation:
Sektor Paleolita IIMK RAN, Dvortsovaya nab. 18, St Petersburg 191065, Russia
M. Street
Affiliation:
Forschungsbereich Altsteinzeit, Schloss Monrepos, D-56567, Neuwied, Germany
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Previous research has documented textile and basketry production at Moravian Upper Palaeolithic sites, c.27,000 BP. Recent research extends these technologies to Russia and Germany, and amplifies information on perishable fibre artefacts from France. Collectively, these data illustrate the ubiquity of perishable technologies across the late Pleistocene world.

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Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 286 , December 2000 , pp. 812 - 821
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