Long bone breakage for bone marrow recovery is a commonly observed practice in Middle
Palaeolithic contexts, regardless of the climatic conditions. While lithic technology is largely …

Surface treatment techniques, that is, smoothing and burnishing, help to define the cultural,
traditional, and economical state of an ancient society. They prove artistic feelings combined …

Addressing ceramic pyrotechnology plays a key role in understanding a wide range of
cultural and social behaviours associated to pottery production. Firing is the process which …

Pottery is a quintessential indicator of human cultural dynamics. Cultural alignment of
behavioral repertoires and artifacts has been considered to rest upon two distinct dynamics …

Over the last two decades, archaeologists have grown increasingly interested in the study of
skill and knowledge. It is commonly accepted that individuals with different degrees of …

This work investigates the technology of pottery production at the Chalcolithic site of
Radovanu-La Muscalu (first half of the fifth millennium BCE), in southern Romania. The …

In this study, we explored the biocultural mechanisms underlying ancient craft behaviours.
Archaeological methods were integrated with neuroscience techniques to explore the …

Clay figurines represent one of the ideal object categories for tracing the profile of their
makers since they preserve traces of the maker's gestures. The scope of the article is to …

The surface treatment of handmade pottery is often described in ceramological studies of
prehistoric collections. However, beyond inferences about its meaning, few works have …

Ceramics are quintessential indicators of human culture and its evolution across
generations of social learners. Cultural transmission and evolution theory frequently …