Domestic spaces as crucibles of Paleolithic culture: An archaeological perspective

AE Clark, S Ranlett, MC Stiner - Journal of Human Evolution, 2022 - Elsevier
The places in which people live, sleep, prepare food, and undertake other activities—known
variably as homes, residential sites, living sites, and domestic spaces—play a key role in the …

Neanderthal logistic mobility during MIS3: zooarchaeological perspective of Abric Romaní level P (Spain)

J Marín, A Rodríguez-Hidalgo, J Vallverdú… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Mobility strategies of Neanderthal groups are studied through the characterization and
analysis of archaeological sites and traditionally compared to the types of settlements …

Emergent technological variation in archaeological landscapes: a primate perspective

JS Reeves, T Proffitt… - Journal of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Archaeological evidence informs our understanding of the evolution of hominin behaviour.
Such evidence is traditionally used to reconstruct hominin activities and intentions. In the …

The time of the stones: a call for palimpsest dissection to explore lithic record formation processes

S Sossa-Ríos, A Mayor, L Sánchez-Romero… - … Method and Theory, 2024 - Springer
The dissection of archaeological palimpsests has become a crucial process for achieving a
diachronic understanding of the history of human groups. However, its widespread …

Lithic technological and spatial analysis of the final Pleistocene at Border Cave, South Africa

P de la Peña, F Colino, F d'Errico, L Wadley… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
This contribution focuses on the recently excavated lithic assemblage from Border Cave
Members 1 RGBS, 3 BS, 2 WA and 2 BS. These members were attributed by Beaumont to …

Machine learning, bootstrapping, null models, and why we are still not 100% sure which bone surface modifications were made by crocodiles

SP McPherron, W Archer, ER Otárola-Castillo… - Journal of Human …, 2022 - Elsevier
1.1. Background Machine learning algorithms are becoming increasingly influential in many
sciences, and their potential utility is being explored more frequently by archaeologists. In …

On identifying Palaeolithic single occupation episodes: archaeostratigraphic and technological approaches to the Neanderthal lithic record of stratigraphic unit xa of …

A Mayor, CM Hernández, J Machado, C Mallol… - Archaeological and …, 2020 - Springer
Within the framework of archaeological palimpsest dissection, stratigraphic association of
lithic remains with hearths and other archaeological materials in undisturbed Neanderthal …

[HTML][HTML] An archaeostratigraphic consideration of the Gran Dolina TD10. 2 cultural sequence from a quantitative approach

A Arteaga-Brieba, LA Courtenay… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the temporal resolution of archaeological deposits is a critical issue for
drawing behavioural inferences. In the case of TD10. 2 (Gran Dolina, Sierra de Atapuerca) …

Sedimentary unknowns constrain the current use of frequency analysis of radiocarbon data sets in forming regional models of demographic change

I Ward, P Larcombe - Geoarchaeology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Statistical manipulation of large radiometric data sets (big data) is increasingly applied to
those grand challenges in archaeology that relate to past human‐behavioural dynamics and …

Late Pleistocene prey mobility in southwestern France and its implications for reconstructing Neandertal ranging behaviors

J Hodgkins, A Bertacchi, KJ Knudson, T Rasbury… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
As hunter-gatherers, Neandertal mobility and corresponding adaptations were influenced by
the mobility of their prey; thus, it is critical to track how the movement patterns of each …