Monospecific exploitation of reindeer by Neanderthals is a common behaviour in the Upper
Pleistocene of Western Europe. However, reindeer-dominated assemblages have largely …

The exact strategies and technologies underlying Neanderthal hunting events remain open
for debate with lithic points being sparse across the European Middle Palaeolithic. An …

Over the past two decades, taphonomic and zooarchaeological studies have focused on
Neanderthal settlement patterns and subsistence strategies. The south-eastern margins of …

During the MIS 4 in Southwestern France, Quina Neanderthal from the north of the Aquitaine
was characterized by a hunting specialization on the reindeer and the lack of diversity in …

Neandertals were effective hunters of large ungulates throughout their geographic and
temporal ranges. Equipped with this knowledge, researchers in paleoanthropology continue …

Karstic systems have preserved abundant archaeological records with well-represented
faunal remains due to their sedimentological and topographical features. These particular …

The exploitation of mid-and large-sized herbivores (ungulates) was central to hominin
subsistence across Late Pleistocene Europe. Reconstructing the paleoecology of prey-taxa …

Pech de l'Azé IV has long been known for its extensive sequence of Mousterian deposits
that span from MIS 5c to the later parts of MIS 3 and incorporate roughly 60,000 years of …

In a recent article (J. Archaeol. Sci. 29 (2002) 1439) Donald Grayson and Françoise Delpech
have questioned the hypothesis of increasing 'specialization'in the exploitation of reindeer …

The understanding of Neanderthal societies, both with regard to their funerary behaviors
and their subsistence activities, is hotly debated. Old excavations and a lack of taphonomic …