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Stone age

The emergence of urban scaling in Ancient Southwest Asia

Francesca Chelazzi, Dan Lawrence

published 19 Aug 2026

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Intentional incisions on Neolithic Obsidian arrowheads from Central Anatolia: A techno-functional and iconographic approach

Alice Vinet, Denis Guilbeau

published 28 Jul 2026

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Genetic histories of individuals from multi-faith medieval Sicily

Aurore Monnereau, Paola Orecchioni, Derek Hamilton, Eleanor Joan Green, Ian Noble, Richard Hagan, Marcela Sandoval-Velasco, Alessandra Molinari, Martin Carver, Camilla F. Speller, Nathan Wales

published 24 Jun 2026

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Identity and mobility through personal ornaments in Upper Paleolithic cantabrian hunter-gatherer societies: Insights from Llonín cave (Asturias, Spain)

Daniel Pérez-García de los Salmones, David Cuenca-Solana, Borja González-Rabanal, Ana B. Marín-Arroyo, Elsa Duarte-Matías, Marco de la Rasilla-Vives

published 08 Jun 2026

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Tool-stone selection in the African Middle stone age at Sibhudu cave

Patrick Schmidt, Klaus G. Nickel

published 04 Jun 2026

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Fishing for millennia: Effects and impacts of prehistoric fishing in the Syltholm Fjord, Denmark

Daniel Groß, Sofie Folsach Hellerøe, Satu Koivisto, Ulrich Schmölcke

published 13 May 2026

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Unveiling bast fiber production in Upper Paleolithic North China: Microfibers and usewear traces on stone tools from Shizitan

Li Liu, Yahui He, David Cohen, Xingcan Chen, Jinming Shi, Yanhua Song

published 13 Apr 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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Earliest geometries: A cognitive investigation of Howiesons Poort engraved ostrich eggshells

Valentina Decembrini, Ludovica Ottaviano, Mattia Cartolano, Enza Elena Spinapolice, Silvia Ferrara

published 11 Feb 2026

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Late Acheulian stone-working by the riverbank: Patterns of continuity and change reflected in Jaljulia lithic assemblages, Israel

Tamar Rosenberg-Yefet, Aviad Agam, Ella Assaf, Bar Efrati, Yafit Kedar, Vlad Litov, Maayan Shemer, Ran Barkai

published 29 Dec 2025

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On the ecological impact of prehistoric hunter-gatherers in Europe: Early Holocene (Mesolithic) and Last Interglacial (Neanderthal) foragers compared

Anastasia Nikulina, Anhelina Zapolska, Maria Antonia Serge, Didier M. Roche, Florence Mazier, Marco Davoli, Elena A. Pearce, Jens-Christian Svenning, Dave van Wees, Ralph Fyfe, Katharine MacDonald, Wil Roebroeks, Fulco Scherjon

published 22 Oct 2025

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Tracing Neanderthal mobility through the Romanian Carpathians: A GIS-based least-cost connectivity model

George Murătoreanu, Marian Cosac

published 10 Oct 2025

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Pressure knapping west of the Rhine during the Mesolithic? New evidence from Kerkhove (Belgium)

Hans Vandendriessche, Colas Guéret

published 24 Sep 2025

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