[Paper] Bows and arrows and complex symbolic displays 48,000 years ago in the South Asian tropics
via Science Advances, 12 June 2020: New discoveries from Sri Lanka - evidence for the oldest bow and arrow technology ...
Tag: symbolic expression
Posts related to symbolic or abtsract forms of visual expression, particularly in prehistory. See also rock art.
[Paper] New find from New Guinea’s suggest independent Neolithic development and symbolic art
via Science Advances, 25 March 2020: New discoveries from the Waim archaeological site in Papua New Guinea suggest the emergence ...
Symbolic expression in Pleistocene Sahul, Sunda, and Wallacea
via Quartenary Science Reviews, Oct 2019: A new paper reviews symbolic expressions in the Pleistocene archaeological record from Southeast Asia ...
Signs of early symbolic behaviour found in Indonesia
From the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, a new paper highlights discoveries excavated in Sulawesi from 30,000 years ...
The first portable art from Southeast Asia
The Cambodia Daily report about recent excavations at Laang Spean focuses on the possible cannibalistic angle, but I am more ...
Homo erectus and zigzags
Earlier this month an amazing discovery was noted about the zigzag lines found on a piece of shell from Trinil, ...
Call for papers: Social, Economic and Symbolic Perspectives at the Dawn of Metal Production
The department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Rome is calling for papers for a monograph on the ...
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