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 process by which Palaeolithic Europe was transformed from a Neanderthal-dominated
region to one occupied exclusively by Homo sapiens has proven challenging to diagnose. A …

Resolving the timescale of human activity in the Palaeolithic Age is one of the most
challenging problems in prehistoric archaeology. The duration and frequency of hunter …

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

Testing Neanderthal behavioural hypotheses requires a spatial–temporal resolution to the
level of a human single occupation episode. Yet, most of the behavioural data on …

In the Italian peninsula, the Late Middle Paleolithic exhibits significant technological
diversity, featuring blades, points, and bladelets. Assemblages displaying these distinctive …

Boxgrove is a key locale for our understanding of Middle Pleistocene human behaviour in
Northwestern Europe. It provides high-resolution evidence for behaviour at scale in fine …

Spatial analysis has been much used to examine the distribution of archaeological remains
at Pleistocene sites. However, little is known about the distribution patterns at sites identified …

Although intra-site spatial approaches are considered a key factor when interpreting
archaeological assemblages, these are often based on descriptive, qualitative, and …

The intra-site spatial analysis of prehistoric assemblages is a topical way of assessing the
use of space by ancient hominins. Such approaches can bring to light how prehistoric …