The chronology and taphonomy of the earliest Aurignacian and its implications for the understanding of Neandertal extinction

J Zilhão, F d'Errico - Journal of world prehistory, 1999 - Springer
The view that the Châtelperronian is the acculturation of late Neandertals brought about by
contact with nearby moderns assumes an age of ca. 40,000 years ago for the earliest …

Taphonomic and methodological perspectives of leporid hunting during the Upper Paleolithic of the Western Mediterranean Basin

B Hockett, JA Haws - Journal of Archaeological method and Theory, 2002 - Springer
Leporid (rabbit and hare) bones have been shown to yield important information about
subsistence practices, mobility patterns, and demographic trends during the Paleolithic of …

The archaeology of aquatic adaptations: paradigms for a new millennium

JM Erlandson - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2001 - Springer
Although aquatic resources are often seen as central to the development of post-Pleistocene
cultural complexity, most models of human evolution have all but ignored the role of aquatic …

Terrestrial laser scanning and close range photogrammetry for 3D archaeological documentation: the Upper Palaeolithic Cave of Parpalló as a case study

JL Lerma, S Navarro, M Cabrelles… - Journal of Archaeological …, 2010 - Elsevier
Graphic and metric archaeological documentation is an activity that requires the capture of
information from different sources, accurate processing and comprehensive analysis. If …

Radiocarbon dating casts doubt on the late chronology of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in southern Iberia

RE Wood, C Barroso-Ruíz… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
It is commonly accepted that some of the latest dates for Neanderthal fossils and Mousterian
industries are found south of the Ebro valley in Iberia at ca. 36 ka calBP (calibrated …

Big game and small prey: Paleolithic and Epipaleolithic economy from Valencia (Spain)

JEA Tortosa, VV Bonilla, MP Ripoll, RM Valle… - … method and Theory, 2002 - Springer
This study analyzes the faunal assemblages corresponding to the Middle and Upper
Paleolithic and the Early Epipaleolithic for the central Spanish Mediterranean Region dated …

Neanderthal diets in central and southeastern Mediterranean Iberia

DC Salazar-García, RC Power, AS Serra… - Quaternary …, 2013 - Elsevier
During recent decades, Neanderthal diet has been a major research topic in
palaeoanthropology. This has been accelerated by the maturation of different techniques …

Chronostratigraphy of the Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition in the Iberian Peninsula

J Zilhao - Pyrenae, 2006 - raco.cat
The complex environmental history of Isotope Stage Three carries the implication that cave
and rockshelter sites containing deposits from the time of the Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic …

Should we expect large game specialization in the late Pleistocene? An optimal foraging perspective on early Paleoindian prey choice

DA Byers, A Ugan - Journal of archaeological science, 2005 - Elsevier
Several recent studies employ foraging theory to model early Paleoindians as big game
specialists who focused on hunting large bodied, high-return animals such as mammoths. In …

Upper Paleolithic net-hunting, small prey exploitation, and women's work effort: a view from the ethnographic and ethnoarchaeological record of the Congo Basin

KD Lupo, DN Schmitt - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2002 - Springer
Abstract Recent interest in Upper Paleolithic small prey acquisition focuses on the
significance of fiber-based hunting technologies. Some researchers believe the advent of …