The places in which people live, sleep, prepare food, and undertake other activities—known
variably as homes, residential sites, living sites, and domestic spaces—play a key role in the …

Abstract Stratigraphic Unit 13 of Oscurusciuto Rockshelter (Ginosa, Taranto, Southern Italy)
is a short Mousterian palimpsest representing the first stable occupation of the site soon after …

Qesem Cave is a Middle Pleistocene site in Israel occupied between 420 and 200 ka.
Excavations have revealed a wealth of innovative behaviors most likely practiced by a new …

Spatial analyses of Palaeolithic sites typically defined by hearth-related assemblages have
been mostly based on lithic and faunal remains. By using spatial analysis methods in …

A sample of Quina and demi-Quina scrapers from the Yabrudian levels at Qesem Cave has
been studied through an integrated approach, combining techno-morpho-functional and use …

The presence of shaped stone balls at early Paleolithic sites has attracted scholarly attention
since the pioneering work of the Leakeys in Olduvai, Tanzania. Despite the persistent …

Abstract The Level VII of Amalda I cave (Gipuzkoa, Spain) represents one of the latest
Middle Palaeolithic occupations in the Cantabrian Region. It is characterized by the …

Bone marrow and grease constitute an important source of nutrition and have attracted the
attention of human groups since prehistoric times. Marrow consumption has been linked to …

The purposeful production of small flakes is integral to the lithic variability of many Middle
Pleistocene sites. Inhabitants of the Acheulo-Yabrudian site of Qesem Cave, Israel …

The dissection of archaeological palimpsests has become a crucial process for achieving a
diachronic understanding of the history of human groups. However, its widespread …