Abstract Changes in insolation driven by precession and obliquity are considered the major
driver of tropical precipitation on orbital time scales, and responsible for vegetation and …

Geological archives record multiple reversals of Earth's magnetic poles, but the global
impacts of these events, if any, remain unclear. Uncertain radiocarbon calibration has limited …

O artigo apresenta uma síntese das diversas teorias sobre a cronologia das pinturas
rupestres de Monte Alegre, assim como as características formais dos temas presentes no …

The timing for the evolution of the capacity to inscribe the landscape with rock art has global
relevance. While this was an in-built capacity when Homo sapiens first colonized the …

Recent progress in the phylogenetic resolution of the Y-chromosome phylogeny permits the
male demographic dynamics and migratory events that occurred in Central and Southern …

Few archaeological sites in the Americas contain high concentrations of human burials
dating back to the early Holocene. The tropical karstic region of Lagoa Santa, in central …

We present here evidence for an early Holocene case of decapitation in the New World
(Burial 26), found in the rock shelter of Lapa do Santo in 2007. Lapa do Santo is an …

Zinc (Zn) isotope ratios of dental enamel are a promising tracer for dietary reconstruction in
archeology, but its use is still in its infancy. A recent study demonstrated a high risk of Zn …

On the west side of the Winnemucca Lake subbasin, Nevada, distinctive deeply carved
meter-scale petroglyphs are closely spaced, forming panels on boulder-sized surfaces of a …

Engraved and carved bone and stone artifacts capture our imaginations and are known
worldwide from archaeological contexts, but they are seemingly rare and oftentimes difficult …