The East Mediterranean Levant is a focal point for debate about evolutionary continuity
among Late Pleistocene hominin populations. Changes in the Levantine Middle and Upper …

This paper reviews recent developments in geochronology, archaeology, and behavioral
interpretations of the Middle Paleolithic Period (ca. 47–250 Kyr) in the East Mediterranean …

The propensity to make music is the most mysterious, wonderful, and neglected feature of
humankind: this is where Steven Mithen began, drawing together strands from archaeology …

Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology, Second Edition, provides an invaluable and
vastly updated overview of geoarchaeology and how it can be used effectively in the study of …

Humans are unique in that they expend considerable effort and ingenuity in disposing of the
dead. Some of the recognisable ways we do this are visible in the Palaeolithic archaeology …

Prehistoric archaeology provides the temporal depth necessary for understanding the
evolution of the unique human ability to construct and use complex symbol systems. The …

This article discusses two major revolutions in the history of humankind, namely, the
Neolithic and the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic revolutions. The course of the first one is used …

This book presents the first comprehensive description of the lithic assemblages from
Qafzeh Cave, one of only two Middle Paleolithic sites in the Levant that has yielded multiple …

The Evolution of Paleolithic Technologies provides a novel perspective on long-term
trajectories of evolutionary change in Paleolithic tools and tool-makers. Members of the …

The depositional environments of Amud Cave indicate that phytolith assemblages retrieved
from the cave's sediments are an integral part of the Middle Palaeolithic sequence. As such …