Human history has been shaped by global dispersals of technologies, although
understanding of what enabled these processes is limited. Here, we explore the behavioural …

Birch tar is the oldest synthetic substance made by early humans. The earliest such artefacts
are associated with Neanderthals. According to traditional interpretations, their study allows …

Birch bark tar was used extensively throughout human history. While later ceramic-based
production technologies are known, prehistoric aceramic techniques leave little to no …

Mesolithic resinous adhesives are well known for their role as hafting mastic within
composite technologies, yet it is increasingly clear that their usage was more diverse than …

The use of resinous substances, certainly one of the earliest technologies developed by
humans, was well-known by Holocene hunter-gatherers at the onset of the Neolithisation …

Bone points were one of the major hunting implements in northern European hunter-
gatherer societies. They differ in shapes, types, and manufacturing techniques. In this paper …

The aim of our research was to single out projectile implements basing on results of complex
use-wear analysis of artefacts from two sites of the Shan-Koba culture–the bottom layer of …

Abstract Attenuated Total Reflection Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) is
one of the most commonly used IR sampling techniques. This is due to the simplicity and …

Evidence of different compound resin-based adhesives is present in South Africa from at
least 77000 years ago. Ancient glue production is considered one of the oldest known highly …

Research of coloring pigments and binding compounds from the Upper Palaeolithic (UP),
including on portable art objects such as personal ornaments, provides new insights into …