Upper Pleistocene loess-palaeosol records from Northern France in the European context: Environmental background and dating of the Middle Palaeolithic

P Antoine, G Guerin, L Deschodt, E Goval… - Quaternary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract In Northern France the loess cover from the Last glacial (Weichselian) is
represented by a semi-continuous mantle up to 8 m in thickness in the best localities such as …

Green amphibole distribution as a stratigraphic tool in loess sequences from Belgium: A review

S Pirson, JM Baele, S Balescu, P Haesaerts… - Quaternary …, 2018 - Elsevier
The use of heavy minerals as a stratigraphic tool in the study of loess sequences from NW
Europe originated some 70 years ago. One major problem in using the available data sets is …

The last interglacial-glacial cycle in the Meuse Valley (southern Belgium) inferred from the amphibian and reptile assemblages: implications for Neanderthals and …

HA Blain, A Martínez Monzón… - Archaeological and …, 2022 - Springer
The Meuse and its tributary valleys contain numerous Late Pleistocene cave sites that have
yielded one of the largest collections of Neanderthal and Mousterian lithic industries in …

The Middle Palaeolithic from Belgium: Chronostratigraphy, territorial management and culture on a mosaic of contrasting environments

K Di Modica, M Toussaint, G Abrams, S Pirson - Quaternary International, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic in Belgium are represented in 442 find-sites
dispersed across a small territory with contrasting geographical and geological …

Environmental and climatic reconstruction of MIS 3 in northwestern Europe using the small-mammal assemblage from Caverne Marie-Jeanne (Hastière-Lavaux …

JM López-García, HA Blain, I Lozano-Fernández… - Palaeogeography …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS 3, ca. 60–30 ka) is characterized by dynamic
alternations of forest expansion with semi-arid area expansion in accordance with the …

Saint-Illiers-la-Ville and the Micoquian of Weichselian sequences of the Paris Basin

F Blaser, C Chaussé - Quaternary International, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The excavation at Saint-Illiers-la-Ville revealed an archaeological level which
contained one Micoquian biface, of a kind known in the vicinity and across the Paris Basin …

Ahead of the times: blade and bladelet production associated with Neandertal remains at the Bau de l'Aubesier (Mediterranean France) between MIS 7 and MIS 5d

L Carmignani, M Soressi - PaleoAnthropology, 2023 - theologie-geschichte.de
Middle Paleolithic blade production is documented in north-western Europe as early as 250
ka between the Seine and the Rhine valleys. If Middle Paleolithic blade production is now a …

Palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic reconstruction of the Middle to Late Pleistocene sequence of Scladina Cave (Namur, Belgium) using the small-mammal …

JM López-García, HA Blain, JM Cordy, S Pirson… - Historical …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The habitat weighting, the bioclimatic model methods and the Simpson diversity index are
applied to the small-mammals assemblage of Scladina Cave (border between High and …

Assessing the role of artefact design within the Middle Palaeolithic repertoire: determining the behavioural potential of blade production strategies

C Hoggard - 2017 - eprints.soton.ac.uk
The Middle Palaeolithic of Europe has long been characterised by its rich technological
diversity, with an array of core volume management strategies exhibited. In understanding …

Detailed characterization of the Late Pleistocene loess sequence stratigraphy of Remicourt (Hesbaye region, Belgium) with cone penetration tests

S Delvoie, F Boulvain, R Charlier, F Collin - Geologica Belgica, 2016 - orbi.uliege.be
Cone penetration tests (CPT) and drilling results are used to characterize the Middle
Belgium loess sequence. A two scale study has been realized in the Hesbaye region …