The German Rhineland covers a relatively large area, traversing a region extending from the
foreland of the Alps to the western part of the Northern European Plain. Within this narrow …

The Evolution of Paleolithic Technologies provides a novel perspective on long-term
trajectories of evolutionary change in Paleolithic tools and tool-makers. Members of the …

Focal topics for volumes in the series will include systematic paleontology of all vertebrates
(from agnathans to humans), phylogeny reconstruction, functional morphology, Paleolithic …

Bone grease processing is frequently used in archaeology to investigate human diet breadth
because it constitutes a costly mode of lipid procurement. However, problems of equifinality …

This paper presents a synthesis of current knowledge on the Magdalenian in the Paris
Basin. An inventory of sites and a review of the available radiocarbon dates are used to …

We document the use of organic raw material in late Pleistocene eastern Beringia through
the study of the site of Swan Point CZ4b, in central Alaska. CZ4b is attributed to the Dyuktai …

Biased skeletal part representation is a key element for making inferences about transport
decisions, carcass procurement, and use patterns in anthropogenic accumulations. In the …

Fat is essential for hunter-gatherers with a diet relying heavily on meat. It is particularly
valued in temperate and subarctic environments during seasons when ungulates are fat …

Régismont-le-Haut, an Aurignacian open-air campsite, provides an occasion to investigate
aspects of Aurignacian site variability that are rarely broached:(1) the relatively poorly known …

Les controverses entre François Bordes et Lewis Binford sur l'interprétation des différents
facies du Moustérien ont été un élément déterminant du développement de la technologie …