Figure 1.
Maps of the archaeological sites discussed in the text.
A: 1. Purfleet, 2. Mesvin IV, 3. Kesselt-Op De Schans, 4. Markkleeberg, 5. La Micoque, 6. Petit Bost, 7. Le Bosses, 8. Raspide 2, 9. Orgnac 3, 10. AT Gran Dolina, 11. Ambrona, 12. Aridos 1,13. Domeny, 14. Puig d’en Roca III; B: 1. Thames Valley, 2. Maastricht-Belvedere, 3. Biache-Saint-Vaast, 4. Bapaume Les Osiers, 5. Salouel, 6. Le Pucheuil, 7. Therdonne, 8. Le Rissori, 9. Ariendorf 1, 10. Achenheim, 11. Petit Bost, 12. Gran Rois, 13. Cantalouette, 14. Barbas, 15. Campsas, 16. Torralba, 17. Galeria Pesada, 18. Baume Bonne, 19. San Bernardino, 20. Korolevo; C: 1. Le Pucheuil, 2. La Cotte San Brelade, 3. Markkleeberg, 4. Achenheim, 5. Abri Suard, 6. Barbas, 7. Cantalouette, 8. Grotte Vaufrey, 9. Baume Bonne, 10. Lazaret, 11. San Bernardino, 12. Krapina, 13. Lezetxiki, 14. Cariguela, 15. Solana del Zamborino, 16. Poggio, 17. Molare. (Square: handaxe and Levallois; Circle: Levallois) (Base map from NASA http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/world.htm).
Figure 2.
Lithic industry of lower stratigraphic units of San Bernardino Cave (Vicenza, Italy).
Levallois recurrent centripetal core of unit VIII (1) and Levallois preferential core of unit VII (2).
Figure 3.
ESR/U-series ages of bones and teeth from the lower units VIII and VII of San Bernardino Cave (Vicenza, Italy).
The ages are indicated with 1-σ errors.