The uses and functions of fire in early human adaptations are commonly debated and at
times very controversial topics. It is important to recognize under what circumstances and …

Livestock dung is a valuable material for reconstructing human and animal inter-relations
and activity within open areas and built environments. This paper examines the identification …

This new edition of the definitive work on doing paleoethnobotany brings the book up to date
by incorporating new methods and examples of research, while preserving the overall …

A guide to the systematic understanding of the geoarchaeological matrix Reconstructing
Archaeological Sites offers an important text that puts the focus on basic theoretical and …

Opaline phytoliths are important microfossils used for paleoecological and archaeological
reconstructions that are primarily based on relative ratios of specific morphotypes. Recent …

Despite the growing number of experimental studies of fire, there is still a lack of critical
information on the physical alteration of ash remains and its importance in the preservation …

Cooking installations are among the most abundant features in Bronze and Iron Age
archaeological sites in the southern Levant, yet until now their study has been mostly …

Advances in areas of archaeological science with a strong geological, sedimentological or
pedological component have significantly furthered the understanding of formation …

Everyone agrees that fire has played an important part in the history of the genus Homo.
However, because of the sometimes ephemeral and ambiguous nature of the evidence for …

We present a new approach combining ethnoarchaeology and experimentation aiming
towards a better understanding of prehistoric firewood use and management. The example …