The influence of natural factors such as bioturbation or sediment movement caused by wind
and water is a perennial concern for Stone Age site selection and subsequent interpretation …

Abstract The Mousterian of the Grotta Grande (Southern Italy) is here subject to new dating,
which provide a surprisingly high-resolution on the stratigraphic sequence. Overall, the …

For many years, intuition and common sense often guided the transference of patterning
ostensibly evident in experimental flintknap** results to interpretations of the …

Evidence of Neanderthals using bear remains as retouchers is rare. In the sedimentary unit
5 of Scladina Cave (Belgium; Weichselian Early Glacial, MIS 5d to 5b), twenty-six bone …

Micromorphologists are often interested in identifying surfaces intercalated within stratified
sequences, and in analysing the activities that took place on them. This chapter illustrates …

Functional analyses of stone tool assemblages face a number of methodological
challenges. Aside from determining specific uses, it can be difficult to know which artifacts in …

Macrofracture analysis is an experimentally derived method used as an initial step in
investigating the hunting function of stone artefacts. Diagnostic impact fractures, which can …

The ca. 300 ka Paleolithic sites of Schöningen in northern Germany yielded a number of
localities with archeological and paleontological remains representing a rich …

This paper describes recent research into variable patinas observed on lithic artifacts from
the loessmantled region of Southern Limburg, The Netherlands and Belgian Limburg. There …

An assemblage of 500 (385 quartz and 115 chert) experimentally knapped artefacts,
underwent human trampling over the course of two weeks by a team of 10–12 excavators …