[HTML][HTML] Late Quaternary sea-level changes and early human societies in the central and eastern Mediterranean Basin: An interdisciplinary review
This article reviews key data and debates focused on relative sea-level changes since the
Last Interglacial (approximately the last 132,000 years) in the Mediterranean Basin, and …
Last Interglacial (approximately the last 132,000 years) in the Mediterranean Basin, and …
Volcanic ash layers illuminate the resilience of Neanderthals and early modern humans to natural hazards
Marked changes in human dispersal and development during the Middle to Upper
Paleolithic transition have been attributed to massive volcanic eruption and/or severe …
Paleolithic transition have been attributed to massive volcanic eruption and/or severe …
A late Pleistocene refugium in Mediterranean North Africa? Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction from stable isotope analyses of land snail shells (Haua Fteah, Libya)
Abstract The late Pleistocene to Holocene archaeological record of North Africa is key to
understanding the emergence of anatomically modern humans into West Asia and Europe …
understanding the emergence of anatomically modern humans into West Asia and Europe …
Oxygen isotopes in Molluscan shell: applications in environmental archaeology
Oxygen isotope geochemistry of Molluscan shell is an essential part of environmental
archaeology and over the last decade has contributed significantly to the understanding of …
archaeology and over the last decade has contributed significantly to the understanding of …
[HTML][HTML] The chronostratigraphy of the Haua Fteah cave (Cyrenaica, northeast Libya)
The 1950s excavations by Charles McBurney in the Haua Fteah, a large karstic cave on the
coast of northeast Libya, revealed a deep sequence of human occupation. Most subsequent …
coast of northeast Libya, revealed a deep sequence of human occupation. Most subsequent …
The origins of agriculture in North-West Africa: macro-botanical remains from Epipalaeolithic and Early Neolithic levels of Ifri Oudadane (Morocco)
This research aims to shed light on the early stages of agricultural development in Northern
Africa through the analysis of the rich macro-botanical assemblages obtained from Ifri …
Africa through the analysis of the rich macro-botanical assemblages obtained from Ifri …
Cooking in caves: Palaeolithic carbonised plant food remains from Franchthi and Shanidar
Research on Palaeolithic hunter-gatherer diet has focused on the consumption of animals.
Evidence for the use of plant foods is comparatively limited but is rapidly expanding. The …
Evidence for the use of plant foods is comparatively limited but is rapidly expanding. The …
Survey archaeology in the Mediterranean world: Regional traditions and contributions to long-term history
In this paper, we describe the development and state of archaeological surface survey in the
Mediterranean. We focus especially on surface survey as a means of documenting long …
Mediterranean. We focus especially on surface survey as a means of documenting long …
Origins of the Iberomaurusian in NW Africa: new AMS radiocarbon dating of the Middle and Later Stone Age deposits at Taforalt Cave, Morocco
Recent genetic studies based on the distribution of mtDNA of haplogroup U6 have led to
subtly different theories regarding the arrival of modern human populations in North Africa …
subtly different theories regarding the arrival of modern human populations in North Africa …
The Late Quaternary hominins of Africa: The skeletal evidence from MIS 6-2
Abstract The late Quaternary African hominin fossil record provides a tantalizing glimpse into
considerable temporal and geographic morphological diversity within the genus Homo. A …
considerable temporal and geographic morphological diversity within the genus Homo. A …