Microwear (use-wear) analysis is a powerful method for identifying tool use that
archaeologists and anthropologists employ to determine the activities undertaken by both …

Prehistoric and Archaeological research has pointed out the role of marine resources in
modern humans' cognitive and cultural developments. Maritime adaptations constitute a key …

Archaeological investigations conducted since 2006 at Masāfī (hinterlands of the Emirate of
Fujairah, UAE) have led to the discovery of several architectural entities organised around …

Recent work in three major research themes involving molluscs is reviewed: 1. molluscs in
past human diets and subsistence systems, sclerochemistry and seasonality studies on …

Excavated in 1949, Grotta dei Moscerini, dated MIS 5 to early MIS 4, is one of two Italian
Neandertal sites with a large assemblage of retouched shells (n= 171) from 21 layers. The …

Since the 1990s, archaeological publications concerned with Palaeolithic personal
ornaments have diversified. This proliferation has resulted in an intense exploration of the …

The inner zones of caves are those areas unreached by sunlight that remain in complete
darkness and require artificial light if humans are to occupy them. They are characterized by …

The field and laboratory work carried out in recent decades have substantially changed our
vision of various aspects of the Gravettian in the Cantabrian Region and the western …

Much of our knowledge of the symbolic world of Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers is
based on the study of the graphic representations found in Western European caves …

During Prehistory, shells have been used for subsistence, ornamentation, symbolic
behaviour and tools. The investigation of shell tools has been mainly carried out from the …