Dating the earliest human occupations in Western Europe and reconstructing links with
climatic and environmental constraints is a central issue in Quaternary studies. Amongst the …

For many years, intuition and common sense often guided the transference of patterning
ostensibly evident in experimental flintknapping results to interpretations of the …

Identification of cultural groups is rare in the early Palaeolithic due to site formation
processes including taphonomy and the effect of raw material and site function. This paper …

The worldwide association of H. erectus with elephants is well documented and so is the
preference of humans for fat as a source of energy. We show that rather than a matter of …

In the last few years, the study of cut marks on bone surfaces has become fundamental for
the interpretation of archaeological sites and prehistoric butchery practices. Due to the …

Abstract The Lower Paleolithic locality of Schöningen 13 II-4 is famous for the discovery of
wooden spears found amongst the butchered remains of numerous horses and other large …

The late Lower Paleolithic archaeofaunas of Qesem Cave in the southern Levant span 400–
200 ka and associate with Acheulo-Yabrudian (mainly Amudian) industries. The large …

Evidence of Neanderthals using bear remains as retouchers is rare. In the sedimentary unit
5 of Scladina Cave (Belgium; Weichselian Early Glacial, MIS 5d to 5b), twenty-six bone …

Metalwork wear-analysis has now been practised for over two decades. In this paper the
authors present the achievements of the discipline and critically assess the methodologies …

An introduction to the range of factors that affect the composition and condition of human
bone assemblages recovered from archaeological contexts, with discussion of the …