Nicolas Zwyns
Biographic Data
| ID | 633290 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicolas Zwyns |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicolas |
| FAMILY NAME | Zwyns |
| SIGNATURE | ZWYNS N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0092-740X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 440 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
An Increase in Small Flake Sharp-edge Productivity Across the Initial–Early Upper Paleolithic at Tolbor (Mongolia)
The Upper Paleolithic archaeological record of the Tolbor Valley (northern Mongolia) documents a shift in emphasis from large-blade production to smaller-format bladelet production, characteristic of the Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) to Early Upper Paleolithic (EUP) transition in Central and Northeast Asia. This periodization is often associated with, respectively, early dispersal and permanent instalment of Homo sapiens populations in eastern …
Robberg Lithic Technology from Knysna Eastern Heads Cave 1
A Cold Habitat: Mapping Blade Assemblages Between the Siberian Altai and the Tibetan Plateau During MIS 3
How and why early hunter–gatherers expanded into the challenging environments of the Tibetan Plateau during the Pleistocene remain largely unexplained. The discovery of the archaeological site of Nwya Devu, characterized by lithic blade production, brings new evidence of human expansion to high elevations ca. 40–30 ka. The blade assemblage currently lacks technological antecedents in East Asia. During Marine Isotope Stage 3, the surrounding lowla…
The Initial Upper Paleolithic from Tolbor-16, Mongolia: Characteristics of the Lithic Assemblage and Their Evolutionary Implications
According to fossil evidence, the Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) refers to archaeological assemblages associated with the early dispersal of Homo sapiens across Eurasia. These assemblages are often described as exhibiting a combination of Middle and Upper Paleolithic typo-technological features or, more broadly, as a technology in progression from the former to the latter. Genetic evidence indicates that as members of our species moved across Eu…
Spatial Structures of the Initial/Early Upper Paleolithic at Tolbor-21, Northern Mongolia
В статье рассмотрены планиграфические структуры археологического горизонта 4 стоянки Толбор-21 (по материалам 2015-2017 гг.). Присутствие неутилитарных предметов, фаунистических остатков со следами воздействия человека, свидетельств использования огня делает эту стоянку у выходов каменного сырья перспективной для реконструкции пространственной организации у населения ранних этапов верхнего палеолита на территории Северной Монголии. Планиграфическ…
Small tool production in the Howiesons Poort: A view from Montagu Cave, South Africa
In southern Africa, the Howiesons Poort is one of the earliest technocomplexes in which small blades and bladelets were systematically produced and retouched into formal tools. While the presence of small lithic artefacts in an assemblage is well-documented, little is known about production pathways. This paper reports on the analysis of the lithic assemblage from Horizon 6/7 of Charles Keller’s excavations of Montagu Cave, South Africa, to evalu…
Spatial Structures of the Initial/Early Upper Paleolithic at Tolbor-21, Northern Mongolia
This article describes the spatial structures of archaeological horizon 4 at Tolbor-21 in northern Mongolia, on the basis of data from 2015–2017. The presence of non-utilitarian items, faunal remains with traces of human impact, and the use of fi re render this site near outcrops of raw materials promising for the reconstruction of the spatial organization of Early Upper Paleolithic sites in northern Mongolia. Spatial analysis included visual obs…
Introduction of a Special Issue “Across steppes and mountains: The Initial Upper Paleolithic in Eurasia”
The Initial Upper Paleolithic in Central and East Asia: Blade Technology, Cultural Transmission, and Implications for Human Dispersals
Archaeological assemblages labeled as Initial Upper Paleolithic are often seen as possible evidence for dispersals of Homo sapiens populations in Eurasia, ca. 45,000 years ago. While most authors agree that the IUP can be recognized by a set of shared features, there is far less consensus on what these features are, and what they mean. Because of methodological challenges inherent to long distance comparisons, documenting and establishing a firm …
Altai: Paleolithic
Mongolia: Paleolithic
A new Upper Paleolithic occupation at the site of Tolbor-21 (Mongolia): Site formation, human behavior and implications for the regional sequence
Persistent local raw material transport at Shuidonggou Locality 2
Convergence and Continuity in the Initial Upper Paleolithic of Eurasia
International audience
Special issue: The Initial Upper Paleolithic in Asia: Assemblages variability, timing and significance
The contribution of use -wear for stone tool identification at the Upper Paleolithic site Shuidonggou Locality 2, North China
Detecting patterns of local raw material utilization among informal lithic assemblages at the late Paleolithic site of Shuidonggou Locality 2 (China)
The Initial Upper Paleolithic of Kamenka site, Zabaikal region (Siberia): A closer look at the blade technology
Stratigraphy and Cultural Sequence of the Tolbor 21 Site (Northern Mongolia): The Results of the 2014–2016 Excavation Campaigns and Perspectives of Further Investigations
The Tolbor-21 site is located in North Mongolia in the valley of the Tulburiingol river. The excavations of 2014-2016 revealed the cultural sequence of development of the monument’s complexes throughout the entire length of the Upper Paleolithic. Cultural residues of the early Paleolithic, and possibly an initial Upper Paleolith from the site excavation are dated within two radiocarbon definitions: 44,640 ± 690 (MAMS-14933) from pit 1 (the depth …
The impact of the LGM on the development of the Upper Paleolithic in Mongolia
Research on the Pleistocene of Asia
Genome sequence of a 45,000-year-old modern human from western Siberia
Altai: Paleolithic
Mongolia: Paleolithic
The open-air site of Tolbor 16 (Northern Mongolia): Preliminary results and perspectives
Rethinking the initial Upper Paleolithic
The Aurignacian in the Zagros region: New research at Yafteh Cave, Lorestan, Iran
The Yafteh cave in Iran has an intact Aurignacian sequence over 2m deep. First explored by Frank Hole and Kent Flannery in the 1960s, its strata and assemblage are here re-evaluated at first hand by a new international team. The authors show that the assemblage is genuine Aurignacian and dates back to about 35.5K uncal BP. They propose it as emerging locally and even as providing a culture of origin for modern humans in West Asia and Europe
Burin-core technology and laminar reduction sequences in the initial Upper Paleolithic from Kara-Bom (Gorny-Altai, Siberia)
The open-air site of Tolbor 16 (Northern Mongolia): Preliminary results and perspectives
The Initial Upper Paleolithic in Central and East Asia: Blade Technology, Cultural Transmission, and Implications for Human Dispersals
Archaeological assemblages labeled as Initial Upper Paleolithic are often seen as possible evidence for dispersals of Homo sapiens populations in Eurasia, ca. 45,000 years ago. While most authors agree that the IUP can be recognized by a set of shared features, there is far less consensus on what these features are, and what they mean. Because of methodological challenges inherent to long distance comparisons, documenting and establishing a firm …
Le plus petit dénominateur commun: Réflexion sur la variabilité des ensembles lamellaires du Paléolithique supérieur ancien d’Eurasie. Un bilan autour des exemples de Kozarnika (Est des Balkans) et Ya…
The Initial Upper Paleolithic of Kamenka site, Zabaikal region (Siberia): A closer look at the blade technology
New radiocarbon dates for the Zagros Aurignacian from Yafteh cave, Iran
A new Upper Paleolithic occupation at the site of Tolbor-21 (Mongolia): Site formation, human behavior and implications for the regional sequence
Detecting patterns of local raw material utilization among informal lithic assemblages at the late Paleolithic site of Shuidonggou Locality 2 (China)
Robberg Lithic Technology from Knysna Eastern Heads Cave 1
Persistent local raw material transport at Shuidonggou Locality 2
Spatial Structures of the Initial/Early Upper Paleolithic at Tolbor-21, Northern Mongolia
This article describes the spatial structures of archaeological horizon 4 at Tolbor-21 in northern Mongolia, on the basis of data from 2015–2017. The presence of non-utilitarian items, faunal remains with traces of human impact, and the use of fi re render this site near outcrops of raw materials promising for the reconstruction of the spatial organization of Early Upper Paleolithic sites in northern Mongolia. Spatial analysis included visual obs…
La problématique de l’Aurignacien tardif dans la zone des steppes nord-pontiques
The Aurignacian in the Zagros region: New research at Yafteh Cave, Lorestan, Iran
The Yafteh cave in Iran has an intact Aurignacian sequence over 2m deep. First explored by Frank Hole and Kent Flannery in the 1960s, its strata and assemblage are here re-evaluated at first hand by a new international team. The authors show that the assemblage is genuine Aurignacian and dates back to about 35.5K uncal BP. They propose it as emerging locally and even as providing a culture of origin for modern humans in West Asia and Europe
Burin-core technology and laminar reduction sequences in the initial Upper Paleolithic from Kara-Bom (Gorny-Altai, Siberia)
New radiocarbon dates for the Zagros Aurignacian from Yafteh cave, Iran
La séquence mésolithique et néolithique du Trou Al’Wesse (Belgique): Résultats pluridisciplinaires
Le plus petit dénominateur commun: Réflexion sur la variabilité des ensembles lamellaires du Paléolithique supérieur ancien d’Eurasie. Un bilan autour des exemples de Kozarnika (Est des Balkans) et Ya…
Genome sequence of a 45,000-year-old modern human from western Siberia
Altai: Paleolithic
Mongolia: Paleolithic
The open-air site of Tolbor 16 (Northern Mongolia): Preliminary results and perspectives
Rethinking the initial Upper Paleolithic
Research on the Pleistocene of Asia
The impact of the LGM on the development of the Upper Paleolithic in Mongolia
Stratigraphy and Cultural Sequence of the Tolbor 21 Site (Northern Mongolia): The Results of the 2014–2016 Excavation Campaigns and Perspectives of Further Investigations
The Tolbor-21 site is located in North Mongolia in the valley of the Tulburiingol river. The excavations of 2014-2016 revealed the cultural sequence of development of the monument’s complexes throughout the entire length of the Upper Paleolithic. Cultural residues of the early Paleolithic, and possibly an initial Upper Paleolith from the site excavation are dated within two radiocarbon definitions: 44,640 ± 690 (MAMS-14933) from pit 1 (the depth …
Convergence and Continuity in the Initial Upper Paleolithic of Eurasia
International audience
Special issue: The Initial Upper Paleolithic in Asia: Assemblages variability, timing and significance
The contribution of use -wear for stone tool identification at the Upper Paleolithic site Shuidonggou Locality 2, North China
Detecting patterns of local raw material utilization among informal lithic assemblages at the late Paleolithic site of Shuidonggou Locality 2 (China)
The Initial Upper Paleolithic of Kamenka site, Zabaikal region (Siberia): A closer look at the blade technology
Persistent local raw material transport at Shuidonggou Locality 2
Altai: Paleolithic
Mongolia: Paleolithic
A new Upper Paleolithic occupation at the site of Tolbor-21 (Mongolia): Site formation, human behavior and implications for the regional sequence
Introduction of a Special Issue “Across steppes and mountains: The Initial Upper Paleolithic in Eurasia”
The Initial Upper Paleolithic in Central and East Asia: Blade Technology, Cultural Transmission, and Implications for Human Dispersals
Archaeological assemblages labeled as Initial Upper Paleolithic are often seen as possible evidence for dispersals of Homo sapiens populations in Eurasia, ca. 45,000 years ago. While most authors agree that the IUP can be recognized by a set of shared features, there is far less consensus on what these features are, and what they mean. Because of methodological challenges inherent to long distance comparisons, documenting and establishing a firm …
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (31 works) · Geography (30 works) · Archaeology (26 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (22 works) · Geology (21 works) · Upper Paleolithic (15 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (12 works) · Paleontology (12 works) · Biology (11 works) · Evolution and Paleontology Studies (9 works)