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Stone age

Modelling symbols among the first-sedentary communities: Emergence of clay figurines in Epipaleolithic Southwest Asia

Laurent Davin, Marion Sindel, Mina Weinstein-Evron, Reuven Yeshurun, Daniel Kaufman, Leore Grosman, Anna Belfer-Cohen, Hamoudi Khalaily, François R. Valla

published 11 Nov 2026

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Genetic analysis of 7,000 year old preserved goat leather from Cueva de los Murciélagos (Albuñol, Spain)

Jolijn A. M. Erven, Zoé Robinet Guyet, Louis L’Hôte, Valeria Mattiangeli, Eva Fernández-Domínguez, Geordie Laidlaw, Rafael M. Martínez Sánchez, Blas Ramos Rodríguez, Maria Herrero-Otal, Pedro Henríquez Valido, José Antonio Lozano Rodríguez, The VarGoats consortium , Daniel G. Bradley, Kevin G. Daly, Francisco Martínez-Sevilla

published 04 Nov 2026

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Study on the spatiotemporal distribution of Neolithic settlement clusters based on complex social evolution: Evidence from the Dongting Lake Basin

Xinyu Du, Jun Cai, Wei Gong, Yuxi Liu, Chenmingyang Jiang, Huirong Hu, Shiliang Liu, Qibing Chen

published 13 Oct 2026

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First burials give insights into mortuary rites at Göbeklitepe, Early Neolithic Türkiye

Julia Gresky, Lee Clare

published 22 Sep 2026

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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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