Mobility is one of the most fundamental aspects of a foraging society. Since prehistoric
mobility is often difficult to identify in the archaeological record, our understanding is largely …

According to the refugee species concept, increasing replacement of open steppe by forest
cover after the last glacial period and human pressure had together forced European bison …

The Duvensee peat bog is one of the best-known prehistoric landscapes in northern Europe,
with hunter-gatherer activities located on small islands on the western edge of an Early …

The extensive peat bogs of Southern Scandinavia have yielded rich Mesolithic
archaeological assemblages, with one of the most iconic artefacts being the bone point …

Changing climates in the past affected both human and faunal population distributions,
thereby structuring human diets, demography, and cultural evolution. Yet, separating the …

The Mesolithic in Britain proposes a new division of the Mesolithic period into four parts,
each with its distinct character. The Mesolithic has previously been seen as timeless, where …

We investigated how do environmental and climatic factors, but also management, affect the
carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) stable isotope composition in bone collagen of the two …

Understanding the resilience of early societies to climate change is an essential part of
exploring the environmental sensitivity of human populations. There is significant interest in …

Climate warming and human landscape transformation during the Holocene resulted in
environmental changes for wild animals. The last remnants of the European Pleistocene …

This paper explores environmental variations in time and space, adaptive strategies and
possible cultural responses to climatic changes as manifested through archaeological data …