Abstract Archaeological evidence of Middle Palaeolithic sites in Europe dating to MIS 4
remains very scarce compared to those belonging to previous (MIS 5) and later (MIS 3) …

Human control of fire is a widely debated issue in the field of Palaeolithic archaeology, since
it involved significant technological innovations for human subsistence. Although fire …

There is a relatively low amount of Middle Paleolithic sites in Europe dating to MIS 4. Of the
few that exist, several of them lack evidence for anthropogenic fire, raising the question of …

The history of fires in southwestern Tuscany (Italy), from the Colline Metallifere to the coast of
northern Maremma, is presented with an observational perspective at local and regional …

Fire control and conservation is a major innovation of early prehistory. It is evidenced on
Early Palaeolithic sites in western Eurasia dating to between 400 and 300 ka. In southern …

Abstract Knowledge about vegetation and fire history of the mountains of Northern Sicily is
scanty. We analysed five sites to fill this gap and used terrestrial plant macrofossils to …

This study presents the integration of different analytical techniques and disciplines to trace
the biography and microhistory of a vessel from its production to its consumption, restoration …

Climate variability such as higher or lower temperatures, changing precipitation patterns,
shifts in plant communities and other climate-related changes have particularly affected …

Abstract Monte Mozinho (NW of Portugal) is a large Roman settlement occupied since the
beginning of the era until the late 5th century BC which spans over an area of 20 ha …

This study aims to characterize forest landscapes during the Late Middle Paleolithic (LMP),
Early Upper Paleolithic (EUP) and Magdalenian of the NE Iberian Upper Pleistocene. In this …