Impossible Neanderthals? Making string, throwing projectiles and catching small game during Marine Isotope Stage 4 (Abri du Maras, France)
Neanderthal behavior is often described in one of two contradictory ways: 1) Neanderthals
were behaviorally inflexible and specialized in large game hunting or 2) Neanderthals …
were behaviorally inflexible and specialized in large game hunting or 2) Neanderthals …
Neanderthal faunal exploitation and settlement dynamics at the Abri du Maras, level 5 (south-eastern France)
Over the past two decades, taphonomic and zooarchaeological studies have focused on
Neanderthal settlement patterns and subsistence strategies. The south-eastern margins of …
Neanderthal settlement patterns and subsistence strategies. The south-eastern margins of …
Middle Paleolithic bone retouchers in Southeastern France: Variability and functionality
C Daujeard, MH Moncel, I Fiore, A Tagliacozzo… - Quaternary …, 2014 - Elsevier
Diversity in the used bone found in the European Middle Paleolithic is very low, but bone
retouchers are the most abundant and the most common. This paper focuses on the detailed …
retouchers are the most abundant and the most common. This paper focuses on the detailed …
The Late Middle Palaeolithic occupation of Abri du Maras (Layer 1, Neronian, Southeast France): integrating lithic analyses, ZooMS and radiocarbon dating to …
The exact strategies and technologies underlying Neanderthal hunting events remain open
for debate with lithic points being sparse across the European Middle Palaeolithic. An …
for debate with lithic points being sparse across the European Middle Palaeolithic. An …
New evidence of Neandertal butchery traditions through the marrow extraction in southwestern Europe (MIS 5–3)
Long bone breakage for bone marrow recovery is a commonly observed practice in Middle
Palaeolithic contexts, regardless of the climatic conditions. While lithic technology is largely …
Palaeolithic contexts, regardless of the climatic conditions. While lithic technology is largely …
Fragmented reduction processes: Middle Palaeolithic technical behaviour in the Abri du Maras shelter, southeastern France
New excavations at the Abri du Maras, located in the southeast of France, have yielded
Middle Palaeolithic assemblages with evidence of rock shelter occupations in a cold climatic …
Middle Palaeolithic assemblages with evidence of rock shelter occupations in a cold climatic …
Neanderthal selective hunting of reindeer? The case study of Abri du Maras (south-eastern France)
Monospecific exploitation of reindeer by Neanderthals is a common behaviour in the Upper
Pleistocene of Western Europe. However, reindeer-dominated assemblages have largely …
Pleistocene of Western Europe. However, reindeer-dominated assemblages have largely …
Technological variability during the Early Middle Palaeolithic in Western Europe. Reduction systems and predetermined products at the Bau de l'Aubesier and Payre …
The study of the lithic assemblages of two French sites, the Bau de l'Aubesier and Payre,
contributes new knowledge of the earliest Neanderthal techno-cultural variability. In this …
contributes new knowledge of the earliest Neanderthal techno-cultural variability. In this …
Late Middle Pleistocene genesis of Neanderthal technology in Western Europe: The case of Payre site (south-east France)
Technological changes during the second part of the Middle Pleistocene in Europe are
crucial sources of information as they are considered to be evidence of the transition …
crucial sources of information as they are considered to be evidence of the transition …
Neanderthal subsistence strategies in Southeastern France between the plains of the Rhone Valley and the mid-mountains of the Massif Central (MIS 7 to MIS 3)
New investigations of finds from middle Rhone Valley sites (Le Figuier, Abri du Maras,
Baume Flandin and Ranc Pointu 2) and from the mountainous southeastern area of the …
Baume Flandin and Ranc Pointu 2) and from the mountainous southeastern area of the …