The interior of the Iberian Peninsula has few Middle Palaeolithic sites, especially when
compared to other areas of the Mediterranean Basin and the northern Spanish region. Few …

One of the first steps to address palaeontological studies is the taxonomic identification of
fossils according to their morphology. Geometric Morphometric techniques together with …

Competition for resources is a key question in the study of our early human evolution. From
the first hominin groups, carnivores have played a fundamental role in the ecosystem. From …

Here, we present a thorough taphonomic analysis of the 1.84 million-year-old site of Phillip
Tobias Korongo (PTK), Bed I, Olduvai Gorge. PTK is one of the new archaeological sites …

The contact goniometer is a commonly used tool in archaeological analysis, despite
suffering from a number of shortcomings due to the physical interaction between the …

Machine learning (ML), being now widely accessible to the research community at large,
has fostered a proliferation of new and striking applications of these emergent mathematical …

Studies of modern carnivore accumulations of bone (ie, neo-taphonomy) are crucial for
interpreting fossil accumulations in the archaeological and paleontological records. Yet …

Abstract Machine learning (ML) methods constitute a major advance in analytical
archaeology and taphonomy. Their adoption by anthropologists, usually with limited training …

The taphonomic evaluation of zooarchaeological assemblages is paramount for compelling
interpretations of past subsistence strategies, palaeoecological interactions and overall …

Spatial analysis has been much used to examine the distribution of archaeological remains
at Pleistocene sites. However, little is known about the distribution patterns at sites identified …