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Stone age

Subsistence and population development from the Middle Neolithic B (2800–2350 BCE) to the Late Neolithic (2350–1700 BCE) in Southern Scandinavia

Jens Winther Johannsen, Julian Laabs, Magdalena M. E. Bunbury, Morten Fischer Mortensen

published 28 Oct 2024

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Children at play: The role of novices in the production of Europe’s earliest Upper Paleolithic ceramics

Rebecca Farbstein, April Nowell

published 25 Oct 2024

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Between land and sea: A multidisciplinary approach to understand the Early Occupation of Sicily (EOS)

Ilaria Patania, Isaac Ogloblin Ramirez, Peyton Carroll, Kristen Wroth, Sara Zaia, Sebastiano Di Mauro, Danielle Falci, Iris Querenet Onfroy de Breville, Ignacio Aguilar Lazagabaster, Gianmarco Minniti, Agatino Reitano, Gianni Insacco, Tristram Kidder, Christian Tryon

published 09 Oct 2024

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“But some were more equal than others:” Exploring inequality at Neolithic Çatalhöyük

Katheryn C. Twiss, Amy Bogaard, Scott Haddow, Marco Milella, James S. Taylor, Rena Veropoulidou, Kevin Kay, Christopher J. Knüsel, Christina Tsoraki, Milena Vasić, Jessica Pearson, Gesualdo Busacca, Camilla Mazzucato, Sharon Pochron

published 06 Sep 2024

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Curated character of the Initial Upper Palaeolithic lithic artefact assemblages in Bacho Kiro Cave (Bulgaria)

Tsenka Tsanova, Vincent Delvigne, Svoboda Sirakova, Elka Anastasova, Pedro Horta, Ivaylo Krumov, João Marreiros, Elena Nacheva, Zeljko Rezek, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Nikolay Sirakov

published 04 Sep 2024

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Analyzing blank cutting edge efficiency associated with the adoption of microblade technology: A case study from Tolbor-17, Mongolia

Corey L. Johnson, Tsedendorj Bolorbat, Mark N. Grote, Clea H. Paine, Guunii Lkhundev, Davaakhuu Odsuren, Masami Izuho, Byambaa Gunchinsuren, Nicolas Zwyns

published 16 Aug 2024

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Weaving social networks from cultural similarities on the neolithisation process in the Western Mediterranean: Evolutionary trajectories using projectile tools

María Barrera-Cruz, Oreto García-Puchol, Joaquín Jiménez-Puerto, Alfredo Cortell-Nicolau, Joan Bernabeu-Aubán

published 30 Jul 2024

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Spatial organisation within the earliest evidence of post-built structures in Britain

Jessica Bates, Nicky Milner, Chantal Conneller, Aimée Little

published 15 Jul 2024

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Combining traceological analysis and ZooMS on Early Neolithic bone artefacts from the cave of Coro Trasito, NE Iberian Peninsula: Cervidae used equally to Caprinae

Jakob Hansen, Alejandro Sierra, Sergi Mata, Ermengol Gassiot Ballbè, Javier Rey Lanaspa, Frido Welker, Maria Saña Seguí, Ignacio Clemente Conte

published 10 Jul 2024

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Pottery spilled the beans: Patterns in the processing and consumption of dietary lipids in Central Germany from the Early Neolithic to the Bronze Age

Adrià Breu, Roberto Risch, Elena Molina, Susanne Friederich, Harald Meller, Franziska Knoll

published 16 May 2024

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From bowls to pots: The dairying revolution in Northwest Turkey, a view from Barcın Höyük, 6600 to 6000 BCE

Hadi Özbal, Adria Breu, Laurens Thissen, Fokke Gerritsen, Elisha van den Bos, Alfred Galik, Turhan Doğan, Muhiddin Çergel, Adnan Şimşek, Ayla Türkekul, Rana Özbal

published 09 May 2024

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First evidence for human occupation of a lava tube in Arabia: The archaeology of Umm Jirsan Cave and its surroundings, northern Saudi Arabia

Mathew Stewart, Eric Andrieux, James Blinkhorn, Maria Guagnin, Ricardo Fernandes, Nils Vanwezer, Amy Hatton, Mesfer Alqahtani, Iyad Zalmout, Richard Clark-Wilson, Yahya S. A. Al-Mufarreh, Mahmoud Al-Shanti, Badr Zahrani, Abdulaziz Al Omari, Faisal Al-Jibreen, Abdullah M. Alsharekh, Eleanor M. L. Scerri, Nicole Boivin, Michael D. Petraglia, Huw S. Groucutt

published 17 Apr 2024

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Shepherding the past: High-resolution data on Neolithic Southern Iberian livestock management at Cueva de El Toro (Antequera, Málaga)

Alejandro Sierra, Vanessa Navarrete, Roger Alcàntara, María Dolores Camalich, Dimas Martín-Socas, Denis Fiorillo, Krista McGrath, Maria Saña

published 03 Apr 2024

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