Despite the major contributions provided over fifty years ago by AJ Arkell and JD Tothill to
our understanding of late Quaternary environments and prehistoric occupation near the …

Abstract The Arabian Peninsula occupies a critical position at the intersect of several major
Old World landmasses. Inland aridity and a major coastal perimeter have long made …

The Nile Basin contains a record of human activities spanning the last million years.
However, the interactions between prehistoric humans and environmental changes in this …

In this study the diagenetic pathways of archaeological human bones are investigated
through Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in attenuated total reflection mode (ATR …

Histological analysis is widely applied to archaeological and fossil bones in order to identify
diagenetic changes in bone microstructure. Diagenetic processes, affecting bones from the …

Sudanese people are rightly proud of their outstanding archaeology and their country keeps
attracting an increasing number of research teams. More than 30 national and international …

The Mesolithic period represents a key stage in the human history of Sudan, but its
complexity is not yet fully understood. Since the beginning of prehistoric research in this …

Abstract Pottery from Al Khiday (Khartoum, Sudan), where a number of sites with well-
preserved stratified archaeological sequences have been excavated and radiometrically …

“An ambitious and lucid full narrative account of the peopling of Europe... this will
undoubtedly provide a base line for future debates on the origins of the Europeans.”—JP …

In prehistoric hunter-gatherer-fisher communities, demographic growth and a more
sedentary life-style are usually associated with locally concentrated food resources …