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The research around the palaeo-lake of Gebel Ramlah has revealed the presence of numerous remains of Late Neolithic occupation. One such site-E-16-02-was excavated in 2018 and delivered unique evidence pointing to the specific style of life of human groups here in the later Neolithic. In the light of the available evidence, it seems that the occupation was seasonal and the site was visited several times. Its main feature was an oven, carefully designed and regularly cleaned as it served for cooking food during subsequent visits to the place. The remaining features were occasionally constructed during each stay. The distribution of flint artefacts, chaotic, unpatterned, without visible places of flint processing and lacking clear links with features and remains of pottery vessels also indicate multiple visits to the site. This pattern is obviously different to that recognized during the Holocene climatic optimum when the extent of the settlements was substantially larger accompanied by a diversity of features indicating a stable, long-lasting occupation (Al Jerar Unit).

The process of the recolonisation of northern Europe after deglaciation is related to groups of hunter-gatherer societies called Hamburgian culture. The process itself, the range of Hamburgian settlement, and the organisation of settlement, as well as mobility strategies, are key issues in Early Late Glacial studies. In this paper, the implications of the wide dispersion of Hamburgian settlements on a hypothetical scenario for colonisation due to territorial organisation will be presented.

The paper present non-instrumentalist view of technology derived by the work of M. Heidegger, G. Agamben and H. Arendt. This non-utilitarian aspect of technology is used to explain the social meaning of flint working in prehistory. The changes of flint technology related with so-called ‘tool technological revolution’ observed in Neolithic indicate radical shift in social significance of technology. During this period the dichotomous division of work and labor (described by H. Arendt) appear.

The researches on the Paleolithic society of hunters-gatherers enter into an inspiring perspective, enriching the reflection on memory. The article considers the forms of the collective memory of the hunters-gatherers community of the Paleolithic era. The author postulates to widen the term of memory with the practices of embodiment and habitual memory. It helps to grasp the ways of memorizing by the communities on a deeper level. Cultural memory is deeply rooted in routine activities, which is more or less conscious. The mnemotechnic power that lives in such activities allows for preserving of cultural models. The archaeological analyses of flint working materials present the very concrete examples of such events.