Title: Palaeolithic Lunar Calendars: A Case of Wishful Thinking?
Abstract: Previous articleNext article No AccessReportsPalaeolithic Lunar Calendars: A Case of Wishful Thinking?Francesco D'ErricoFrancesco D'Errico Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Current Anthropology Volume 30, Number 1Feb., 1989 Sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/203721 Views: 17Total views on this site Citations: 30Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1988 The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological ResearchPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Bennett Bacon, Azadeh Khatiri, James Palmer, Tony Freeth, Paul Pettitt, Robert Kentridge An Upper Palaeolithic Proto-writing System and Phenological Calendar, Cambridge Archaeological Journal 37 (Jan 2023): 1–19.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774322000415Yue Zhang, Luc Doyon, Fei Peng, Huimin Wang, Jialong Guo, Xing Gao, Shuangquan Zhang An Upper Paleolithic Perforated Red Deer Canine With Geometric Engravings From QG10, Ningxia, Northwest China, Frontiers in Earth Science 10 (Feb 2022).https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.814761Attila Bátorfy Amiket Eco nem mutat meg, Belvedere Meridionale 34, no.22 (Jan 2022): 19–32.https://doi.org/10.14232/belv.2022.2.2Brian Hayden Keeping count: On interpreting record keeping in prehistory, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 63 (Sep 2021): 101304.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2021.101304Grzegorz Osipowicz, Justyna Orłowska, Gytis Piličiauskas, Giedre Piličiauskienė, Eve Rannamäe, Krzysztof Cyrek, Marcin Sylwestrzak Stone Age technologies and human behaviors as reflected in decoration of osseous artefacts from the northern part of East-Central Europe, Quaternary International 569-570 (Dec 2020): 66–83.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2020.04.014Oliver Schlaudt Type and Token in the Prehistoric Origins of Numbers, Cambridge Archaeological Journal 30, no.44 (May 2020): 629–646.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774320000165Giulio Magli Astronomy and Architecture at the Roots of Civilization, (Sep 2020): 55–76.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45147-9_4Flavio Altamura A new notational artifact from the Upper Paleolithic? 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Publication Date: 1989-02-01
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