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 …

The common occurrence of hammerstone percussion damage (pits, striae, notches and
impact flakes) on the fossil limb bones of ungulates indicates that marrow extraction has …

The current paucity of Pleistocene vertebrate records from the Arabian Peninsula–a
landmass of over 3 million km 2–is a significant gap in our knowledge of the Quaternary …

Plio-Pleistocene sites are a rare occurrence in same sites. This combination of factors is the
archaeological record. When they are unique in East African Plio-Pleistocene uncovered …

Defining the distinctive capacities of Homo sapiens relative to other hominins is a major
focus for human evolutionary studies. It has been argued that the procurement of small …

Recent archaeological work at BK has uncovered abundant taphonomic evidence of
megafaunal exploitation by 1.34 Ma hominins. Butchery of small, medium-sized and large …

We investigate mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella) carcass processing to reconstruct
resource intensification strategies during the Epipalaeolithic period of northern Israel. We …

Neandertals were effective hunters of large ungulates throughout their geographic and
temporal ranges. Equipped with this knowledge, researchers in paleoanthropology continue …

Assessing past foodways, subsistence strategies, and environments depends on the
accurate identification of animals in the archaeological record. The high rates of …

Pleistocene foragers used several prey acquisition and processing strategies. These
strategies and their associated decisions are elucidated by taphonomic studies that cover …