Neandertals are the best-studied of all extinct hominins, with a rich fossil record sampling
hundreds of individuals, roughly dating from between 350,000 and 40,000 years ago. Their …

During the last decades, the importance of deriving analogies about current challenges,
such as the mitigation of natural hazards, from archaeological case studies was frequently …

Two fossilized human crania (Apidima 1 and Apidima 2) from Apidima Cave, southern
Greece, were discovered in the late 1970s but have remained enigmatic owing to their …

Abstract The Late Pleistocene Campanian Ignimbrite (CI) super-eruption (Southern Italy) is
the largest known volcanic event in the Mediterranean area. The CI tephra is widely …

This third edition of Reconstructing Quaternary Environments has been completely revised
and updated to provide a new account of the history and scale of environmental changes …

This volume is a major revision and expansion of Taylor's seminal book Radiocarbon
Dating: An Archaeological Perspective. It covers the major advances and accomplishments …

From its Icelandic origins in the study of visible tephra horizons, tephrochronology took a
remarkable step in the late 1980 s with the discovery of a ca. 4300‐year‐old microscopic …

Thin on the Ground: Neandertal Biology, Archeology and Ecology synthesizes the current
knowledge about our sister species the Neandertals, combining data from a variety of …

Now in an updated third edition, Archaeology: The Basics provides a straightforward and
engaging introduction to the world of Archaeology. This book answers key questions about …

The Lake Suigetsu SG06 sedimentary archive from Honshu Island, central Japan, provides
a high-resolution palaeoenvironmental record, including a detailed record of explosive …