Neolithic shepherds and sheepfold caves in Southern France and adjacent areas: An overview from 40 years of bioarchaeological analyses

C Delhon, L Martin, S Thiébault - Quaternary International, 2024 - Elsevier
In southern France, the analysis of fossil dung layers from caves and shelters occupied by
the first Neolithic farmers has provided a wealth of information about the lives of shepherds …

[HTML][HTML] Organization of residential space, site function variability, and seasonality of activities among MIS 5 Iberian Neandertals

M Deschamps, I Martín-Lerma, G Linares-Matás… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Whether ethnoarcheological models of hunter-gatherer mobility, landscape use, and
structuration of the inhabited space are relevant to the archeology of Neandertals and the …

[HTML][HTML] Flexibility within Quina lithic production systems and tool-use in Northern Italy: implications on Neanderthal behavior and ecology during early MIS 4

D Delpiano, A Zupancich, S Bertola… - Archaeological and …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Quina Mousterian is one of the well-defined Middle Paleolithic techno-
complexes. Despite the pivotal research carried out in south-western France, the presence …

Identification of age at death in red deer (Cervus elaphus) through the upper dentition: Eruption pattern, wear stage and crown heights

J Marín, P Saladié, C Azorit… - Journal of Archaeological …, 2024 - Elsevier
The present research aims to determine the age at which red deer (Cervus elaphus)
specimens died by examining their upper dentition. We analyzed eighty free-ranging …

[HTML][HTML] Neanderthal hunting grounds: The case of Teixoneres Cave (Spain) and Pié Lombard rockshelter (France)

A Uzunidis, R Blasco, JP Brugal, T Fourcade… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The study of Neanderthal-Environment interactions very often lacks precise data
that match the chrono-geographical frame of human activities. Here, we reconstruct …

[HTML][HTML] Ewes of a leather flock together. Feeding management systems during Late Antiquity in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula (4th c.–8th c. AD): a dental …

A Gallego-Valle, L Colominas, JM Palet - … and Anthropological Sciences, 2024 - Springer
In recent years, the dental microwear analysis technique has been proven as an approach
for contributing to animal husbandry research. It has been tested with good results on …

[HTML][HTML] Taphonomy of the fauna and chert assemblages from the Middle Palaeolithic site of Vajo Salsone, Eastern Italian Alps

UT Hohenstein, L Caffarelli, G Arnetta, F Rivals… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
A bstract The Vajo Salsone site is located at an altitude of 376m asl on the right slope of the
Valpantena valley, in the Veneto Pre-Alps, north of the town of Verona. The site was …

[HTML][HTML] Where and when? Combining dental wear and death seasons to improve paleoenvironmental reconstruction through ungulate diets

A Uzunidis, F Rivals - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Dental meso-and microwear are proxies that allow the diet to be reconstructed. Applied to
herbivores, these proxies provide information on vegetation structure and composition …

Identification of age at death in red deer (Cervus elaphus) through the upper dentition: Eruption pattern, wear stage and crown heights

J Marín Hernando, P Saladié i Ballesté, C Azorit Casas… - 2024 - e-spacio.uned.es
The present research aims to determine the age at which red deer (Cervus elaphus)
specimens died by examining their upper dentition. We analyzed eighty free-ranging …

[HTML][HTML] Cementochronologie v archeozoologii: Přiblížení věku a sezóny lovu zvěře z raně středověkého hradiště Na Jánu v Netolicích prostřednictvím analýzy …

K Pořádková, L Kovačiková - Archeologické rozhledy, 2023 - archeologickerozhledy.cz
Cementochronology, which is focused on the analysis of acellular cement growths in the
teeth of hunted mammals, allows assessing their age and determining the period in the year …