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View article: Fire Use During the Last Glacial Maximum: Evidence From the Epigravettian at Korman' 9, Middle Dniester Valley, Ukraine
Fire Use During the Last Glacial Maximum: Evidence From the Epigravettian at Korman' 9, Middle Dniester Valley, Ukraine Open
The Last Glacial maximum (LGM), spanning from 26.5 to 19 thousand years before present (ka bp ), is a period of extreme climatic degradation associated with reduced biomass production and resource stress throughout Eurasia. Arguably, one o…
View article: A First Look at the Gravettian Open-Air Site Ollersdorf-Heidenberg (Austria): Recent Fieldwork and First Results on Stratigraphy, Chronology, Organic Preservation and Combustion Activity
A First Look at the Gravettian Open-Air Site Ollersdorf-Heidenberg (Austria): Recent Fieldwork and First Results on Stratigraphy, Chronology, Organic Preservation and Combustion Activity Open
The Middle Danube region is a key area for understanding Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherer behaviours in a climatic context due to its long loess–palaeosol sequences and rich archaeological record spanning from the onset of the Upper Pala…
View article: Considérations complémentaires relatives à la provenance du Téphra de Rocourt : minéraux mafiques volcaniques et âge
Considérations complémentaires relatives à la provenance du Téphra de Rocourt : minéraux mafiques volcaniques et âge Open
The Rocourt Tephra (RT) is a pyroclastic fallout deposit that was discovered in Belgium three-quarters of a century ago. Since then, the search for its source volcano has been in vain. Recently, however, two volcanoes of the West Eifel Vol…
View article: Improving the age constraints on the archeological record in Scladina Cave (Belgium): new speleothem U–Th ages
Improving the age constraints on the archeological record in Scladina Cave (Belgium): new speleothem U–Th ages Open
The sedimentary sequence in Scladina Cave (Belgium) is well-known for its rich Middle Paleolithic assemblages and its numerous faunal remains. Of particular interest is the presence of a nearly complete mandible of a Neanderthal child. To …
View article: Neanderthal exploitation of birds in north-western Europe: Avian remains from Scladina Cave (Belgium)
Neanderthal exploitation of birds in north-western Europe: Avian remains from Scladina Cave (Belgium) Open
For a long time, Neanderthals were considered hunters of large mammals, whereas the diversification of the exploited faunal spectrum to include smaller taxa, including birds, was assumed to be specific to anatomically modern humans. In rec…
View article: Mandibular ecomorphology in the genus <i>Ursus</i> (Ursidae, Carnivora): relevance for the palaeoecological adaptations of cave bears ( <i>U. spelaeus</i> ) from Scladina cave
Mandibular ecomorphology in the genus <i>Ursus</i> (Ursidae, Carnivora): relevance for the palaeoecological adaptations of cave bears ( <i>U. spelaeus</i> ) from Scladina cave Open
Considerable morphological and ecological diversity has been found in extinct and extant members of the bear genus, Ursus, and appears to be key in explaining how they have thrived across vast ecological gradients. One example is the cave …
View article: Comment on cp-2024-27
Comment on cp-2024-27 Open
Abstract. The sedimentary sequence in Scladina Cave (Belgium) is well-known for its rich Middle Paleolithic assemblages and its numerous faunal remains. Of particular interest is the presence of a nearly complete mandible of a Neandertal c…
View article: Comment on cp-2024-27
Comment on cp-2024-27 Open
Abstract. The sedimentary sequence in Scladina Cave (Belgium) is well-known for its rich Middle Paleolithic assemblages and its numerous faunal remains. Of particular interest is the presence of a nearly complete mandible of a Neandertal c…
View article: Improving the age constraints on the archeological record in Scladina Cave (Belgium): new speleothem U-Th ages and paleoclimatological data
Improving the age constraints on the archeological record in Scladina Cave (Belgium): new speleothem U-Th ages and paleoclimatological data Open
The sedimentary sequence in Scladina Cave (Belgium) is well-known for its rich Middle Paleolithic assemblages and its numerous faunal remains. Of particular interest is the presence of a nearly complete mandible of a Neandertal child. To p…
View article: Reappraisal of the volcanic source of the widespread Rocourt Tephra in Belgium (78 – 80 ka)
Reappraisal of the volcanic source of the widespread Rocourt Tephra in Belgium (78 – 80 ka) Open
The Rocourt Tephra (RT) is a widespread stratigraphic marker distributed in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, where it is used for stratigraphic correlations, dating of host sediments and of Middle Palaeolithic archaeological assemblag…
View article: Reply to Van Peer: Direct radiocarbon dating and ancient genomic analysis reveal the true age of the Neanderthals at Spy Cave
Reply to Van Peer: Direct radiocarbon dating and ancient genomic analysis reveal the true age of the Neanderthals at Spy Cave Open
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View article: Reevaluating the timing of Neanderthal disappearance in Northwest Europe
Reevaluating the timing of Neanderthal disappearance in Northwest Europe Open
Significance Understanding when Neanderthals disappeared is a hotly debated topic. When radiocarbon dating placed the Spy Neanderthals amongst the latest surviving in Northwest Europe, questions were raised regarding the reliability of the…
View article: THE UPPER PALEOLITHIC SITE KORMAN’ 9
THE UPPER PALEOLITHIC SITE KORMAN’ 9 Open
Near the village of Korman’ (Sokyryany district, Chernivtsi region, Ukraine) several Palaeolithic sites are known. In the 1960s and 70s, O. P. Chernysh conducted archaeological studies of the site Korman’ IV. In 2012 the new Palaeolithic s…
View article: Etricourt-Manancourt (Somme, France) : A Reference loess sequence and archaeological site for the last 350 ka
Etricourt-Manancourt (Somme, France) : A Reference loess sequence and archaeological site for the last 350 ka Open
A new Middle Pleistocene loess-palaeosol sequence was uncovered during a preventive excavation at Étricourt-Manancourt (Somme, France). The full 12-m-thick sequence exhibits five stacked glacial-interglacial cycles and integrates five in s…
View article: The Late Neandertal permanent lower left third premolar from Walou Cave (Trooz, Belgium) and its context
The Late Neandertal permanent lower left third premolar from Walou Cave (Trooz, Belgium) and its context Open
Objectives We describe a hominin permanent lower left third premolar unearthed in 1997 at Walou Cave (Belgium), found in direct association with a Mousterian lithic industry, in a layer directly dated to 40–38,000 years BP. Materials and m…