This study represents the first integrated approach to the lithic raw materials exploited by the
Neanderthals that occupied the Abric Romaní site (NE Iberia). Focusing on chert as the most …

This paper provides a background to Neanderthal presence in Western Mediterranean
Europe. Habitual tool-use underpinned human survival in late Early Pleistocene western …

This study of Middle Palaeolithic assemblages from the Rhone Valley, in the South-East of
France, increases our understanding of Neanderthal subsistence strategies and modes of …

Abstract The Middle Palaeolithic site of Payre in southeastern France yields abundant
archaeological material associated with fossil hominid remains. With its long sequence of …

In general, quartz and most of non-flint rocks have not been extensively studied from a
functional point of view. Very frequently the definitions of micro-features connected with flint …

The site of Payre (SE France) is presented as a case study to decipher possible changes in
subsistence and land-use strategies during the middle Pleistocene in Europe. This study …

The variability of technical choices in the Rhône Valley (southeast France) is discussed in
relation to the age, environmental conditions, site localisation and site function. New …

The evaluation of the state of preservation of archaeological lithic artefacts is the first step
before starting a functional analysis. If lithic artefacts show a variety of damage from many …

The middle Rhône valley, located at the southeastern margins of the Massif Central in
France, produced a large number of Middle Palaeolithic sites, most of which dated to the …

Neanderthals had complex land use patterns, adapting to diversified landscapes and
climates. Over the past decade, considerable progress has been made in reconstructing the …