Breaking free from field layers: The interest of post-excavation stratigraphies (PES) for producing reliable archaeological interpretations and increasing chronological …

E Discamps, M Thomas, C Dancette, B Gravina… - Journal of Paleolithic …, 2023 - Springer
In order to track diachronic changes in archaeological sequences, researchers typically
partition time into stratigraphic layers defined during fieldwork, which serve as the framework …

Burning, dumping, and site use during the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic at Hohle Fels Cave, SW Germany

D Marcazzan, CE Miller, NJ Conard - Archaeological and Anthropological …, 2022 - Springer
Dumped deposits are a valuable source of information for inferring past behaviour. They
provide insights into site maintenance, social organization and settlement dynamics. Hohle …

Rethinking Occupation Intensity during the Levantine Middle Epipalaeolithic: The use of Space and Site Formation Processes at the Geometric Kebaran site of Neve …

DE Friesem, R Yeshurun, ZC Dunseth… - … Method and Theory, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The open-air Epipalaeolithic (Geometric Kebaran) site of Neve David (Mount
Carmel, Israel) has played an important role in reconstructing scenarios of sedentarization in …

Dating of the Lower Pleistocene vertebrate site of Tsiotra Vryssi (Mygdonia Basin, Greece): Biochronology, magnetostratigraphy, and cosmogenic radionuclides

GE Konidaris, DS Kostopoulos, M Maron, M Schaller… - Quaternary, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background and scope: The late Villafranchian large mammal age (~ 2.0–1.2 Ma) of the
Early Pleistocene is a crucial interval of time for mammal/hominin migrations and faunal …

Consilience in practice: social–ecological dynamics of the Lake Volvi region (Greece) during the last two millennia

L Masci, GC Liakopoulos, R Gromig… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The Lake Volvi area, part of the region of Macedonia (northern Greece), is a
biodiversity hotspot, located in the central part of a major communication corridor connecting …

Dragged, lagged, or undisturbed: reassessing the autochthony of the hominin-bearing assemblages at Gran Dolina (Atapuerca, Spain)

P Saladié, A Rodríguez-Hidalgo… - Archaeological and …, 2021 - Springer
The TD6 unit of the Gran Dolina contains an assemblage of the Early Pleistocene,
interpreted firstly as a home base. More recently has been proposed a transported origin of …

[图书][B] Handbook of archaeological sciences

AM Pollard, RA Armitage, CA Makarewicz - 2023 - books.google.com
HANDBOOK OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCES A modern and comprehensive
introduction to methods and techniques in archaeology In the newly revised Second Edition …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the formation processes on open-air palaeolithic sites: A late Middle Pleistocene Acheulean assemblage at Arbo site (Miño River basin, Spain)

E Méndez-Quintas, M Santonja… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The analysis of formation processes (eg, degree of surface alterations, size ranges,
orientation patterns, fabric features, density, spatial patterns, etc.) in archaeological sites …

Bone modifications by the giant hyaena Pachycrocuta brevirostris on large-sized ungulate carcasses from the Lower Pleistocene site of Tsiotra Vryssi (Mygdonia …

A Katsagoni, GE Konidaris, D Giusti, K Harvati… - Historical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Early Pleistocene mammal communities of Europe are characterised by a
great diversity of large carnivorans. Among them, the largest ever hyaenid, Pachycrocuta …

Mammals as Palaeoenvironmental Indicators

J Louys, H O'Regan - Handbook of Archaeological Sciences, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mammals come in many shapes and sizes, from blue whales to pygmy shrews, and are able
to live in a wide variety of habitats, from the polar regions to arid deserts and the open …