In both Southwest Asia and Europe, only a handful of known Upper Paleolithic and
Epipaleolithic sites attest to aggregation or gatherings of hunter-gatherer groups, sometimes …

The relationship between hunter-gatherer group mobility and lithic raw material procurement
strategies is central to the study of Neanderthal productive behaviours. In this framework …

Shangshan is the earliest Neolithic culture discovered in the lower Yangtze region and is
significant as one of the origins of rice agriculture worldwide. During the Early Holocene, the …

The archaeological investigations carried out in the last twenty years in the Lower Valley of
the River Güeña (Asturias, central part of northern Spain) have documented different …

The lithic assemblage studied here comes from El Horno Cave (Ramales de la Victoria,
Cantabria, Spain) and is dated in the recent Magdalenian. It was recovered in Level 2 in this …

In this study of the location and physical characteristics of the surroundings of a series of
decorated caves in the Nalón river basin in Asturias (northern Iberia), the spatial analysis …

The prehistoric peopling of Sicily has left scattered traces of symbolic activities through well-
known rock art expressions in caves and rock shelters located all around the island (among …

Résumé Le silex est la principale matière première lithique utilisée dans la Préhistoire du
continent européen et c'est une ressource fondamentale dans les circuits économiques et …

Abstract Research on Upper Paleolithic hunter-gatherer societies has traditionally been
based on the analysis of archaeological remains resulting from daily activities. However, the …

Two types of raw material used by Magdalenian hunter-gatherers are studied here. Based
on the archaeological record of five Magdalenian assemblages of northern Spain, flint is first …