Radiocarbon dating is the most widely applied dating method in archaeology, especially in
human evolution studies, where it is used to determine the chronology of key events, such …

Over the last few decades the importance of geochronology in Quaternary studies has
significantly increased and the development of accurate numerical dating tools has become …

In this study, we examine the role of foxes in Palaeolithic economies, focusing on sites of the
Middle Palaeolithic, Aurignacian, Gravettian and Magdalenian of the Swabian Jura. For this …

The branched reduction system at the Heidenschmiede described here is hitherto
exceptional for the Middle Paleolithic of the Swabian Jura. By means of refits and supporting …

Abstract The Swabian Jura of southwestern Germany contains some of the oldest and
richest Aurignacian assemblages in Europe and has been intensively studied for over 160 …

During the summer of 2020 the excavation team at Hohle Fels Cave in the Ach Valley of
southwestern Germany recovered a leaf point (in German Blattspitze) made from gray …

This paper examines the technological concepts applied at Große Grotte, based on detailed
studies of the lithic cores and the bifacial objects of the Middle Paleolithic, which have never …

Paleolithic archaeologists often rely on cave and rockshelter sites with rich occupation levels
to explore hominin behavior and settlement patterns. However, a closer look into regional …

In Palaeolithic archaeology, few trapped charge methods are mainly applied to sediments
that have been bleached by sunlight before deposition at the archaeological site, burnt flints …

All but one of the published radiocarbon dates from the 1991–1992 excavations of Strata 3
and 2 at le Trou Magrite are considered too recent because the dating was done with then …