The influence of natural factors such as bioturbation or sediment movement caused by wind
and water is a perennial concern for Stone Age site selection and subsequent interpretation …

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) …

Traditional typological, technical, and cognitive approaches to early stone tools have taken
an implicit Cartesian stance concerning the nature of mind. In many cases, this has led to …

Abstract Peopling of Central Europe by Middle Pleistocene hominids is highly debatable,
mainly due to the relatively harsh climatic and environmental conditions that require cultural …

ABSTRACT The Early Upper Paleolithic Level 497D of Cova Gran (Pre‐Pyrenees, Spain)
comprises large assemblages of lithics, fauna, hearths, ash accumulations and well …

More and more contributions to the field of lithics are taking into consideration skill levels
and learning processes in prehistory, with the aim of clarifying not only how individuals …

The Aurignacian is the first European technocomplex assigned to Homo sapiens recognized
across a wide geographic extent. Although archaeologists have identified marked chrono …

The paper presents an overview of the current state of investigation of heated and heat-
treated artefacts from Pleistocene sites, the methods frequently used in such investigation …

The formation processes of archaeological deposits determine the potential information that
could be obtained in a site, so they influence the interpretations about past societies. This …

Lakeshore environments offer an excellent opportunity to explore how early humans
adapted to changing landscapes and environments. The Nihewan fluvio‐lacustrine …