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The Cioarei-Borosteni Cave (Carpathian Mountains, Romania): Middle Palaeolithic finds and technological analysis of the lithic assemblages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Marin Cârciumaru
Affiliation:
Universitatea ‘Valahia’ Târgoviste, Facultatea de Stiinte Umaniste, Istorie-Arheologie, B-dul Carol I nr.70, Târgoviste, 0200, România
Marie-Hélène Moncel
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Préhistoire, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Institut de Paléontologie Humaine, 1 rue René Panhard, 75013 Paris, France
Mircea Anghelinu
Affiliation:
Universitatea ‘Valahia’ Târgoviste, Facultatea de Stiinte Umaniste, Istorie-Arheologie, B-dul Carol I nr.70, Târgoviste, 0200, România
Radu Cârciumaru
Affiliation:
Universitatea ‘Valahia’ Târgoviste, Facultatea de Stiinte Umaniste, Istorie-Arheologie, B-dul Carol I nr.70, Târgoviste, 0200, România

Extract

The authors provide the first report of a Middle Palaeolithic assemblage from Romania. The data suggest short-lived occupation and intriguing evidence of the use of ochre.

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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2002

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