Marked by a progressive increase in the amplitude of climate oscillations, an evolving
waveform, and a shift towards a quasi-100 ky frequency, the Early–Middle Pleistocene …

This paper reviews the stratigraphical and environmental contexts of early human
occupation and lowland glaciation in Britain and northern Europe. It highlights the …

The British Palaeolithic provides the first academic synthesis of the entire British
Palaeolithic, from the earliest occupation (currently understood to be around 980,000 years …

Abstract Middle Pleistocene hominins occupied Europe as early as 700 ka. Data on
subsistence and adaptation to environment remain limited due to the small number of sites …

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 …

Recent discoveries of evidence for hominin activity in Britain before MIS 13 challenge
previous understanding of the nature of the earliest colonization of NW Europe. Insights into …

Background The use of human braincases as drinking cups and containers has extensive
historic and ethnographic documentation, but archaeological examples are extremely rare …

Isernia La Pineta (south-central Italy, Molise) is one of the most important archaeological
localities of the Middle Pleistocene in Western Europe. It is an extensive open-air site with …

The appearance of portable artistic objects during the Upper Palaeolithic is characterised by
a combination of a wide choice of techniques, use of different materials and a diversity of …

Recent application of photogrammetric and geometric morphometric approaches to the
study of cut marks on bones has yielded positive results in discriminating different types of …