This paper illustrates long-term trends in human population and climate from the Late
Pleistocene to the Late Holocene (14,000–2500 cal. yr. BP) in order to assess to what …

This paper presents the first attempt to establish a Mid and Late Upper Palaeolithic absolute
chronology of the Adriatic basin, including both eastern and western Adriatic coasts and …

The rise and fall of ancient societies have been attributed to rapid climate change events.
One of the most discussed of these is the 4.2 kya event, a period of increased aridity and …

Raw counts of archaeological sites, estimates of changing settlement size and summed
radiocarbon probability distributions have all become popular ways to investigate long-term …

The Italian peninsula offers an excellent case study within which to investigate long-term
regional demographic trends and their response to climate fluctuations, especially given its …

Wallacea, the zone of oceanic islands separating the continental regions of Southeast Asia
and Australia, has yielded sparse evidence for the symbolic culture of early modern humans …

Do we need an archaeology of mothering? For prehistoric periods, I would argue, we need
to challenge notions of parenting and child care that may subconsciously shape …

This paper presents a multi-proxy approach to coastal Stone Age demography. It uses the
district Hordaland, western Norway as a case and applies the proxies SPD (summed …

The Lower Paleolithic Late Acheulian in the Levant marks a fascinating chapter in human
cultural and biological evolution. Nevertheless, many aspects of the Late Acheulian are still …

Our goal is to study the spatio-temporal changes in human demographic density in
Northwest Patagonia and central Chile throughout the Late Pleistocene-Holocene using geo …