For over 70 years the introduction of natural sciences to archaeology and cultural heritage
has been ever growing with multiple contributions to deciphering the past. Novel techniques …

Ancient DNA recovered from Pleistocene sediments represents a rich resource for the study
of past hominin and environmental diversity. However, little is known about how DNA is …

A key question in archaeobotany concerns the role of herbivore dung in contributing plant
remains to archaeobotanical assemblages. This issue has been discussed for at least 40 …

Despite the growing number of experimental studies of fire, there is still a lack of critical
information on the physical alteration of ash remains and its importance in the preservation …

Abstract Denisova Cave in southern Siberia uniquely contains evidence of occupation by a
recently discovered group of archaic hominins, the Denisovans, starting from the middle of …

Abstract Barranco León (Orce, Andalusia, Spain) provides the oldest case of knapping and
percussive activities on an ancient raw material reservoir deposit. This site has already …

Resolving the timescale of human activity in the Palaeolithic Age is one of the most
challenging problems in prehistoric archaeology. The duration and frequency of hunter …

Border Cave (BC) has accumulated over 200,000 years of archaeological deposits that
document remarkable evidence of human behaviour during the Middle and Later Stone Age …

Paleoanthropological data suggest that the Late Pleistocene was a time of population
contact and possibly dispersal in Central Asia. Geographic and paleoclimatic data suggest …

Dumped deposits are a valuable source of information for inferring past behaviour. They
provide insights into site maintenance, social organization and settlement dynamics. Hohle …