Paleolithic (Subscribe)
Links
The Worlds Oldest Spears
http://www.michael-warzitz.de/speere/
400,000bp Lower Palaeolithic hunting station of Homo erectus has produced not only thousands of well-preserved mammal remains and eight wooden spears.
Struggling artists of the Ice Age
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba6/ba6feat.html#pettitt
An article that argues that Paleolithic cave art is a depiction of human and animal relationships in prehistory.
Reflections on the Style-Function Debate
http://www.jqjacobs.net/anthro/paleo/debate.html
Summary of the style-versus-function debate regarding Paleolithic stone tools. Includes references.
Pleistocene Mammals
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/pin/pinpleist.html
A image gallery of megafauna on display at the Russian Paleontological Institute.
Old Stone Age
Shannon McPherron (University of North Carolina, Greensboro) and Harold Dibble (University of Pennsylvania) report on research at several sites in Europe and Abydos in Egypt.
Neanderthal
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/N/neanderthal/
An illustrated overview of Neanderthal living.
In This Dark Cavern Thy Burying Place
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba26/ba26feat.html#cavern
An article by Andrew Chamberlain from British Archaeology discussing Paleolithic mortuary practices in Great Britain.
Ice Ages
http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/ice_ages/
A guide to the climatic changes that occurred during the Paleolithic.
Global Land Environments during the last 130,000 Years
http://www.esd.ornl.gov/projects/qen/nerc.html
A description of climatic conditions during the Paleolithic.
From Art and Tools Came Human Origins
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba42/ba42feat.html#barham
Larry Barham reports in British Archaeology that evidence of modern human behaviour 200,000 years old may have been found in Africa.
Bradshaw Foundation: Ice Age Art
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/sculpture/
Article on the figurines and sculptures of prehistoric Europe during the Upper Palaeolithic prehistory era.
And Then Came Clothing and Speech
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba19/ba19feat.html#roberts
Mark Roberts discusses why was Europe colonised by hominids half a million years ago. Published in the Journal of British Archaeology in 1996.