Here we present a palynological and sedimentological record from a 96-cm sediment core
covering the last 13 ka aiming to document palaeoecological changes in the central South …

The Lower to Middle Paleolithic transition (~ 400,000 to 200,000 years ago) is marked by
technical, behavioral, and anatomical changes among hominin populations throughout …

Evidence of widespread alpine glaciations during the Late Pleistocene in mid-latitudes has
long attracted attention of researchers. However, there were no studies that contain absolute …

A large analytical programme involving both obsidian source characterization and obsidian
artefact sourcing was initiated recently within the framework of the F rench archaeological …

Vegetation, fire and climate history are investigated in the 10 000‐year record of Zarishat fen
located today in the steppe grasslands of Armenia (Near East). Pollen‐based climate …

With its well-preserved archaeological and environmental records, Aghitu-3 Cave permits us
to examine the settlement patterns of the Upper Paleolithic (UP) people who inhabited the …

This book is the first complete synthesis of research undertaken so far on the Upper
Palaeolithic archaeology of the Caucasus. It discusses the cultural changes that took place …

Abstract Aim Phylogeographical studies of Eastern Mediterranean species are rare. We aim
to fill a gap in the current understanding of the role of Eastern Mediterranean glacial refugia …

Current knowledge about Paleolithic human plant use is limited by the rare survival of
identifiable plant remains as well as the availability of methods for plant detection and …

A sediment core has been retrieved from Vanevan peat (south-eastern shore of Lake Sevan,
Armenia), which is today disconnected from Lake Sevan thanks to an artificial shallowing of …