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"Lunar Calendar" from the Hungarian Upper Paleolithic.
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A carved limestone object found in the East Gravettian site at Bodrogkeresztur, Hungary, has been identified as a uterus symbol and may also be a lunar calendar.Abstract:
A carved limestone object found in the East Gravettian site at Bodrogkeresztur, Hungary, las been identified as a uterus symbol. It may also be a lunar calendar. Prehistorians should reexamine similar objects for similar evidence.read more
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Numbers in Paleolithic Graphic Art and the Initial Stages in the Development of Mathematics [Part 1]
TL;DR: A year was counted when the moon had returned to the full for the tenth time: that number was then in great honor, whether because that is the number of the fingers by which we are wont to count, or because a woman brings forth in twice five months, and from that we start a fresh round as discussed by the authors.
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Pleistocene and holocene palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the carpathian basin based on multiproxy analysis of cervid teeth
Bence Szabó,Piroska Pazonyi,Emőke Tóth,Enikő Magyari,Gabriella Kiss,László Rinyu,István Futó,Attila Virág +7 more
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Ancient astronomical culture in ukraine. 1: finds relating to the paleolithic era
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe some archaeological finds in the territory of modern Ukraine which are thought to provide evidence of the ancient astronomical culture of our ancestors and conclude that a complicated lunar mythology was indeed developed in Paleolithic times.
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The ancient cultural framework of astronomy in Ukraine
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe and discuss most interesting archaeological findings related to old astronomy in Ukraine, such as the mammoth tusk fragments, the famous Mezin bracelets and possible calendar patterns based on the lunar cycles.
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A new notational artifact from the Upper Paleolithic? Technological and traceological analysis of a pebble decorated with notches found on Monte Alto (Velletri, Italy)
TL;DR: A retoucher-hammerstone decorated with incised notches on its sides was found on the ground on Monte Alto, in the Alban Hills, just south of Rome as mentioned in this paper.
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