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Cave morphology and human-mediated sediment deposition: Late Pleistocene to Holocene evolution of the cave floor at Panga ya Saidi, coastal Kenya

Jennifer M. Miller, Ceri Shipton, Nikos Kourampas, Josep M. Parés, Hubert Vonhof, Mohammad Javad Shoaee, Arturo Cueva-Temprana, Makayla Harding, Alison Crowther, Dovydas Jurkenas, Doreen Mutoro, Jacopo Niccolò Cerassoni, Ricardo Fernandes, Christine Maroma, Emmanuel Ndiema, Nicole Boivin, Michael D. Petraglia

published 20 May 2026

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Carved in stone: Experimental criteria for identifying Paleolithic bas-relief production techniques and sculptors’ expertise

Émilie Brochard, Luc Doyon, Lloyd A. Courtenay, Gilles Tosello, Lila Geis, Francesco d’Errico

published 01 Apr 2026

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Unpacking lithic assemblage variability in the Early Upper Palaeolithic: A multivariate approach to the structure of the Iberian Aurignacian

Timothy Canessa, Paloma de la Peña

published 27 Mar 2026

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Cave reservoir characterization method driven by GA-KPCA and geological knowledge

Wenbo Ren, Huaxin Chen, Ruiqi Wang, Tao Zhang, Linjun Li

published 19 Mar 2026

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Surface geoenvironments shape organic matter inputs in iron-ore caves of Carajás, southeastern Amazonia

Luiza Santos Reis, José Tasso Felix Guimarães, Cecília Yuki Gomes de Sá, Enrico Bernard, Luiz Carlos Ruiz Pessenda, Markus Gastauer, Paulo Eduardo de Oliveira

published 11 Mar 2026

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Calculation of ultimate bearing capacity and analysis of bearing characteristics for pile group foundation to underlying offset cave

Yan Zhao, Jiaxing Tao, Pu Li, Lujun Yin, Zhuang Zhang, Haiqin Yan, Wenzhe Zhang, Shuqi Ma, Jinglei Liu, Hailong Wang

published 03 Mar 2026

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Ancient use and long-distance transport of the Four Corners Potato (Solanum jamesii) across the Colorado Plateau: Implications for early stages of domestication

Lisbeth A. Louderback, Cynthia Wilson, Stefania L. Wilks, Kaley Joyce, Sara Rickett, John Bamberg, Alfonso del Rio, Bruce M. Pavlik

published 21 Jan 2026

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A near-continuous archaeological record of Pleistocene human occupation at Leang Bulu Bettue, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Basran Burhan, Budianto Hakim, Iwan Sumantri, Suryatman, Andi Muhammad Saiful, Adhi Agus Oktaviana, Ratno Sardi, Hasliana, Muhammad Ramli, Linda Siagian, Andi Jusdi, Abdullah, Fardi Ali Syahdar, Hamrullah, Imran Ilyas, Putra Hudlinas Muhammad, Sofyan Setia Budi, Nur Ihsan Djindar, Shinatria Adhityatama, Rustan Lebe, Marlon N. R. Ririmasse, Irfan Mahmud, Akin Duli, Yinika L. Perston, Mark W. Moore, Mariana Sontag-González, Bo Li, Gerrit D. van den Bergh, Maxime Aubert, Rainer Grün, David P. McGahan, Michelle C. Langley, Emma C. James, Tiina Manne, Ian Moffat, Brian Jones, Adam Brumm

published 23 Dec 2025

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Bearing characteristics and settlement calculation method of pile groups in beaded karst areas

Jie Li, Jiaxing Tao, Juncheng He, Jianhui He, Mingquan Huang, Yan Zhao, Mingjie Zhou

published 09 Dec 2025

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Novel archaeological and palaeontological findings in cave and palaeoriver landscapes of inland northeast Arabia

Huw S. Groucutt, Mathew Stewart, Faisal Al-Jibreen, Mesfer Al-Qahtani, Mahmoud Al-Shanti, Eric Andrieux, James Blinkhorn, Nicole Boivin, Paul S. Breeze, Nick Drake, Abdullah Memesh, Yahya Mufarreh, Gilbert Price, Eleanor M. L. Scerri, Nils Vanwezer, Hubert Vonhof, Iyad Zalmout, Abdullah M. Alsharekh, Michael D. Petraglia

published 20 Nov 2025

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Four new species of dragon pseudoscorpions (Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudotyrannochthoniidae: Spelaeochthonius) from caves in South Korea revealed by integrative taxonomy

Kyung–Hoon Jeong, Danilo Harms, Jung-sun Yoo, Sora Kim

published 09 Jul 2025

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Megafauna mobility: Assessing the foraging range of an extinct macropodid from central eastern Queensland, Australia

Christopher Laurikainen Gaete, Anthony Dosseto, Lee Arnold, Martina Demuro, Richard Lewis, Scott Hocknull

published 23 Apr 2025

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The complexity of architectural and anthropological dynamics in womb-tomb structures: An interdisciplinary investigation

Nurit Stadler, Shlomit Flint

published 03 Mar 2025

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