2012
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeae.2012.05.004
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Non-utilitarian lithic objects from the European Paleolithic

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“…Like the Krapina specimen, the geode is unique among more than the thousand lithics from Cioarei cave. But, non-utilitarian lithic objects are known in other pre-Upper Paleolithic contexts (Moncel et al, 2012), as well as fossils from distant outcrops (Lhomme and Freneix, 1993;Peresani et al, 2013). While we do not know their meaning, the fact that they were collected and curated suggests they had some nonutilitarian, symbolic connotation.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…Like the Krapina specimen, the geode is unique among more than the thousand lithics from Cioarei cave. But, non-utilitarian lithic objects are known in other pre-Upper Paleolithic contexts (Moncel et al, 2012), as well as fossils from distant outcrops (Lhomme and Freneix, 1993;Peresani et al, 2013). While we do not know their meaning, the fact that they were collected and curated suggests they had some nonutilitarian, symbolic connotation.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…It is possible that our aesthetic perceptions are different from those of our ancestors, but it has been argued that aesthetics is a cross-cultural aspect, as it concerns sensory capacities of which human beings are capable in every society (Berleant 2007). And so, this action of identifying an object with aesthetic visible characteristics and collecting it may reflect a basic human activity, something we all tend to do to this very day (Moncel et al 2012). The archaeological evidence that will be described below further support this notion.…”
Section: Aesthetic and Cosmological Aspects Relating To The Pebblesmentioning
confidence: 90%
“…In this part, I will discuss the presence of various "non-practical or economic" behaviors with a focus on the selection and collection of "noneconomic" objects observed in early prehistoric sites of the LP. Although there are claims that the absence non-economic behaviors earlier than the MP indicates that non-economic behaviors emerged with Homo sapiens (Moncel et al 2012), evidence for such behaviors are possibly emerging from LP Acheulian, or even earlier, around 2 Ma ago in Africa. Several artifacts were found in Oldowan sites and were said to be artificially shaped (by grooves), framing probable geometric shapes some were brought from a distance (Bednarik 2014;Harrod 2014).…”
Section: The Archaeological Record Of Aesthetic Expressionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A few Lower and Middle Paleolithic sites preserve exotic objects with no obvious functional role and striking visual appearance such as quartz crystals, fossils, shells, and natural objects mimicking human or animal shapes [78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89]. These are interpreted as the first evidence for the ability to distinguish ordinary from exotic items, to create conscious cultural taxonomies, and/or to detect iconicity in the natural world.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%