Earliest human presence in North America dated to the last glacial maximum: new radiocarbon dates from Bluefish Caves, Canada

L Bourgeon, A Burke, T Higham - Plos one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The timing of the first entry of humans into North America is still hotly debated within the
scientific community. Excavations conducted at Bluefish Caves (Yukon Territory) from 1977 …

[HTML][HTML] Improving mortality profile analysis in zooarchaeology: a revised zoning for ternary diagrams

E Discamps, S Costamagno - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Mortality profiles have figured prominently among tools used by zooarchaeologists to
investigate relationships between hominids and prey species. Their analysis and …

New evidence of Neandertal butchery traditions through the marrow extraction in southwestern Europe (MIS 5–3)

D Vettese, A Borel, R Blasco, L Chevillard, T Stavrova… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
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 …

Revisiting the mammoth bone modifications from Bluefish Caves (YT, Canada)

L Bourgeon - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
The long-debated mammoth bone “core” and “flake” recovered from the Pleistocene loess
deposit of Bluefish Cave 2 (Yukon Territory, Canada) and previously described by Cinq …

Neanderthal selective hunting of reindeer? The case study of Abri du Maras (south-eastern France)

C Daujeard, D Vettese, K Britton, P Béarez… - Archaeological and …, 2019 - Springer
Monospecific exploitation of reindeer by Neanderthals is a common behaviour in the Upper
Pleistocene of Western Europe. However, reindeer-dominated assemblages have largely …

The effects of repeated wet-dry cycles as a component of bone weathering

JT Pokines, K Faillace, J Berger, D Pirtle… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Subaerial weathering is a taphonomic process that affects many archaeological and
paleontological bone assemblages and is characterized by surface bleaching, loss of …

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)

C Daujeard, P Fernandes, JL Guadelli, MH Moncel… - Quaternary …, 2012 - Elsevier
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 …

A site with mixed occupation: Neanderthals and carnivores at Érd (Hungary)

ÉJ Daschek, Z Mester - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Middle Palaeolithic open-air site of Érd, near Budapest (Transdanubia,
Hungary), with its specific lithic industry on quartzite pebbles, combustion structures and …

The effects of experimental freeze-thaw cycles to bone as a component of subaerial weathering

JT Pokines, RE King, DD Graham, AK Costello… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Subaerial weathering of bone is a taphonomic process that affects many archaeological and
paleontological assemblages and is characterized by surface bleaching, loss of organic …

Let the dead speak… comments on Dibble et al.'s reply to “Evidence supporting an intentional burial at La Chapelle-aux-Saints”

W Rendu, C Beauval, I Crevecoeur, P Bayle… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
In a reply to our paper presenting new evidence supporting an intentional Neanderthal
burial at La Chapelle-aux-Saints (Corrèze, France), Dibble et al.(2015) reviewed our data in …