More than 40years ago Kent Flannery coined the term Broad Spectrum Revolution (BSR) in
reference to a broadening of the subsistence base of Late Pleistocene hunter–gatherers in …

Marine molluscs have been recovered from sites around the Mediterranean Sea dating as
far back as the Lower Palaeolithic, when hominins might have started consuming them (ca …

There are relatively few coastal Mesolithic sites in the Iberian Mediterranean region,
probably due to a number of factors including sea level changes and the disappearance of …

The exploitation of marine resources in Prehistory has traditionally been regarded as
insignificant, at least until the late Upper Pleistocene. However, in recent years the …

In this study we present evidence of braided plant fibres and basketry imprints on clay
recovered from Coves de Santa Maira, a Palaeolithic-Mesolithic cave site located in the …

Demographic change lies at the core of debates on genetic inheritance and resilience to
climate change of prehistoric hunter-gatherers. Here we analyze the radiocarbon record of …

This paper presents a synthesis of the Magdalenian in the Mediterranean Basin of the
Iberian Peninsula, with special attention to the lithic and bone/antler assemblages, rock art …

High dependence on the hunting and consumption of large mammals by some hominins
may have limited their survival once their preferred quarry became scarce or disappeared …

Subsistence and mobility strategies of hunter-gatherers in the Mediterranean Basin during
the transition from the late Pleistocene to the early Holocene have been the object of few …

Mollusk shells excavated from archeological sites have been used to reconstruct
paleoenvironment, human foraging, and migratory patterns. To retrieve information on past …