Abstract The Hollow Rock Shelter site in Western Cape Province, South Africa, was
excavated in 1993 and 2008. This study presents new results from a technological analysis …

This paper examines the potential for identifying play and children's imitation in the
archaeological record and reviews cultural constructions of play and cross-cultural …

Although Scandinavian flint is one of the most important materials used for prehistoric stone
tool production in Northern and Central Europe, a conclusive method for securely …

Within the various archaeological horizons in Schöningen, the presence of hominins is
repeatedly demonstrated by the recovery of stone artifacts, broken bones, and bones with …

The focus of this article is on exploring craft expertise and its potential as a factor in
aggrandizer strategies. It is argued that there are elements of natural aptitude which enabled …

Prehistoric demography has recently risen to prominence as a potentially explanatory
variable for episodes of cultural change as documented in the archaeological and …

The year is 12,800 BP. Europe is entirely occupied by people of the so-called Upper
Magdalenian culture. Well, not entirely... one small region, southern Scandinavia, differs …

Recent research has demonstrated that the Eocene Timrat formation in northeastern Israel,
which appears as an extensive land “strip” west of and parallel to the Rift Valley, was a …

This article presents the results of a pilot study exploring the feasibility of using non-
destructive energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) spectrometry for the chemical …

The overall aim of this work is to study and interpret how social relations were expressed,
shaped, and changed in the Late Middle Neolithic. The empirical foundation is a study of …