This study considers exploitation of marine molluscs at Riparo Mochi (Italy) in cultural and
ecological context. Five shell assemblages from this site represent the early Upper …

The making and use of personal ornaments has been at the centre of a vibrant debate on
the origin of modern cognitive behaviour associated with Anatomically Modern Humans …

There is increasing evidence that humans have exploited intertidal and shallow-water
species for much longer than has been previously considered, and certainly not restricted to …

This paper advances the current knowledge on past foragers' ornamental traditions by
comparing the Late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic personal adornments from the …

Land snail middens occur widely throughout the circum-Mediterranean, particularly in the
Maghreb and Libya, but are relatively understudied when compared with the better known …

Shells of marine molluscs exploited by prehistoric humans constitute archives of
palaeoecological and palaeoclimatic data, as well as of human behaviour in coastal …

Excavated in 1949, Grotta dei Moscerini, dated MIS 5 to early MIS 4, is one of two Italian
Neandertal sites with a large assemblage of retouched shells (n= 171) from 21 layers. The …

Much of our knowledge of the symbolic world of Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers is
based on the study of the graphic representations found in Western European caves …

Marine molluscs have been recovered from sites around the Mediterranean Sea dating as
far back as the Lower Palaeolithic, when hominins might have started consuming them (ca …

The role of coastal resources in the subsistence strategies of Palaeolithic human
populations has only recently become an important topic in Old World archaeology …