Neanderthal lithic procurement and mobility patterns through a multi-level study in the Abric Romaní site (Capellades, Spain)

BG de Soler, M Soto, J Vallverdú, M Vaquero… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study represents the first integrated approach to the lithic raw materials exploited by the
Neanderthals that occupied the Abric Romaní site (NE Iberia). Focusing on chert as the most …

Neanderthal faunal exploitation and settlement dynamics at the Abri du Maras, level 5 (south-eastern France)

J Marin, C Daujeard, P Saladié… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Over the past two decades, taphonomic and zooarchaeological studies have focused on
Neanderthal settlement patterns and subsistence strategies. The south-eastern margins of …

[HTML][HTML] Neanderthal hunting strategies inferred from mortality profiles within the Abric Romaní sequence

J Marin, P Saladié, A Rodríguez-Hidalgo, E Carbonell - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Ungulate mortality profiles are commonly used to study Neanderthal subsistence strategies.
To assess the hunting strategies used by Neanderthals, we studied the ages at death of the …

Moving things: comparing lithic and bone refits from a Middle Paleolithic site

M Vaquero, MC Fernández-Laso, MG Chacón… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The refitting of both lithic and faunal remains is a basic field of research in Paleolithic
archeology. In particular, the spatial dimension of lithic and faunal refitting is essential for …

Here and now or a previously planned strategy? Rethinking the concept of ramification for micro-production in expedient contexts: Implications for Neanderthal socio …

F Romagnoli, BG de Soler, A Bargalló… - Quaternary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Ramification is the term used to classify branched productive sequences in which a
functional item (the flake) was exploited as a productive item (the core). This technological …

[PDF][PDF] Quantitative stone tools intra-site point and orientation patterns of a Middle Palaeolithic living floor: A GIS multi-scalar spatial and temporal approach …

F Romagnoli, M Vaquero - … und der Steinzeit, 2016 - journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de
Quantitative stone tools intra-site point and orientation patterns of a Middle Palaeolithic living
floor: A GIS multi-scalar spa Page 1 Quartär 63 (2016) : 47-60 47 doi: 10.7485/QU63_3 …

Turning a rock shelter into a home. Neanderthal use of space in Abric Romaní levels M and O

MJ Gabucio, MC Fernández-Laso, J Rosell - Historical Biology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Bone refits can be a useful tool to understand the archaeological assemblages. From a
taphonomic point of view, they have been used to reinforce some aspects related to the …

Lithic refitting and intrasite artifact transport: a view from the Middle Paleolithic

M Vaquero, F Romagnoli, A Bargalló… - Archaeological and …, 2019 - Springer
The intrasite mobility of lithic artifacts is one of the most relevant issues that can be
approached from the spatial study of refitting. In many sites, researchers have determined …

[HTML][HTML] Ungulate carcass transport strategies at the Middle Palaeolithic site of Abric Romaní (Capellades, Spain)

J Marin, P Saladie, A Rodriguez-Hidalgo… - Comptes Rendus …, 2017 - Elsevier
We evaluated the skeletal profiles from several levels of the Neanderthal site of Abric
Romaní, focusing on the methodology proposed by Faith and Gordon (2007): differences in …

[HTML][HTML] Redefining the MIS 3 climatic scenario for Neanderthals in northeastern Iberia: A multi-method approach

A Fagoaga, M Fernández-García… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
One of the major challenges in scientific research is to understand past climate and the
mechanisms of climate change. Small vertebrates, and especially rodents, are very sensitive …