[HTML][HTML] A diachronic study of human-bear interactions: An overview of ursid exploitation during the Paleolithic of Germany

G Toniato, G Russo, I Verheijen, J Serangeli… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the Palearctic region interactions between hominins and ursids date as far back as the
Lower Paleolithic. Archeological evidence from open-air settings and cave environments …

Bone tools, carnivore chewing and heavy percussion: assessing conflicting interpretations of Lower and Upper Palaeolithic bone assemblages

SA Parfitt, SM Bello - Royal Society Open Science, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The use of bone tools by early humans has provided valuable insights into their technology,
behaviour and cognitive abilities. However, identifying minimally modified or unshaped …

Neanderthal use of animal bones as retouchers at the Level XV of the Sopeña rock shelter (Asturias, northern Spain)

AJ Romero, J Yravedra… - International Journal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bone retouchers are a technological appliance used to perfect lithic tools efficiently. They
are most frequently found in Middle Palaeolithic contexts. In this paper, we present a group …

[HTML][HTML] Antler working by the last European Pleistocene hunter-gatherers of Santimamiñe cave (Northern Iberian Peninsula): technological implications of osseous …

A Erostarbe-Tome - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2023 - Springer
This paper assesses the exploitation of osseous raw materials, namely antler, used by
hunter-gatherer populations in the Late Upper Palaeolithic of Santimamiñe cave. The …