The oldest unequivocal evidence of mammoth hunting in prehistoric Central Europe has
been found in the Gravettian archaeological site Kraków Spadzista (Poland). The site …

This paper presents a list of> 100 publicly known late Quaternary proboscidean sites that
have certain or possible traces of hominin utilization in Africa, Europe, and Asia, along with a …

We analyze the processing of cereals and its role at Early Neolithic Göbekli Tepe,
southeastern Anatolia (10th/9th millennium BC), a site that has aroused much debate in …

The site of Körtiktepe in southeastern Turkey is one of few sites in the Upper Mesopotamia
basin that attests continuous, permanent occupation across the boundary from end of the …

Interdisciplinary teams investigating the origins of agriculture in the Eastern Fertile Crescent
in the 1950s through 1970s considered the region a primary center of initial domestication …

Despite the widespread application of high-resolution quantitative methods in bone
taphonomy, very few studies have focused on projectile impact marks. Therefore, in a …

Early Neolithic avifaunas excavated at the sites of Göbekli Tepe and Gusir Höyük illustrate
two entirely different modes of bird exploitation in south-eastern Anatolia during the 10th and …

The function of pestles at Göbekli Tepe can only partly be elucidated. Netherstones that
have been used with pestles show traces of cereal, legume and probably dried meat …

Abstract The Levantine Middle Paleolithic period displays significant archaeological
variability across a series of cave and open-air sites encompassing ca. 200,000 years …

Multiple lines of evidence indicate the occurrence of social changes in the Late Neolithic at
Çatalhöyük; here, we particularly consider the cattle evidence. The social significance of …