Problems with radiocarbon dating the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Italy by Higham, T

Age estimates for hominin fossils and the onset of the Upper Palaeolithic at Denisova Cave by Douka, K, Slon, V, Jacobs, Z, Bronk Ramsey, C, Shunkov, M, Derevianko, A, Mafessoni, F, Kozlikin, M, Bo, L, Grun, R, Comeskey, D, Deviese, T, Brown, S, Viola, B, Kinsley, L, Buckley, M, Meyer, M, Roberts, R, Pääbo, S, Kelso, J, Higham, T

“…Here we present 50 radiocarbon determinations from the late Middle and Upper Palaeolithic layers of the site. We also report three direct dates for hominin fragments and obtain a mitochondrial DNA sequence for one of them. …”

The late upper palaeolithic occupation of the Moroccan Northwest Maghreb during the last glacial maximum by Barton, R, Bouzouggar, A, Collcutt, SN, Gale, R, Higham, T, Humphrey, LT, Parfitt, S, Rhodes, E, Stringer, C, Malek, F

“…New work at Kehf el Hammar Cave provides the first well-dated palaeoenvironmental sequence for the Late Upper Palaeolithic in this region of the northwest Maghreb. …”

The Kostënki 18 child burial and the cultural and funerary landscape of Mid Upper Palaeolithic European Russia by Reynolds, N, Dinnis, R, Bessudnov, A, Deviese, T, Higham, T

“…Palaeolithic burials are few and far between, and establishing their chronology is crucial to gaining a broader understanding of the period. …”

Dating the Middle Palaeolithic deposits of La Quina Amont (Charente, France) using luminescence methods by Frouin, M, Lahaye, C, Valladas, H, Higham, T, Debénath, A, Delagnes, A, Mercier, N

“…The La Quina Amont site, located in the Charente region, is one of the most important sites in southwestern France for studying major changes in human behaviours from the Middle Palaeolithic (MP) to the Early Upper Palaeolithic (EUP). …”

The contribution of new radiocarbon dating pre-treatment techniques to understanding the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Iberia by Wood, RE

“…</p> <p>96 new radiocarbon dates have been obtained from the Iberian Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition. A further 50 dates recovered from the literature and are regarded as reliable. …”

Reassessing the diet of Upper Palaeolithic humans from Gough's Cave and Sun Hole, Cheddar Gorgem Somerset, UK by Stevens, R, Jacobi, R, Higham, T

“…The diets of the Gough's and Sun Hole Cave human were different from the other six Upper Palaeolithic humans from the British Isles for which dietary information has been obtained through isotope analysis. …”

The Middle and Upper Palaeolithic at La Crouzade cave (Gruissan, Aude, France): New excavations and a chronostratigraphic framework by Saos, T, Grégoire, S, Bahain, J, Higham, T, Deviese, T, Et al.

“…</p> <p>The Middle Palaeolithic lithics at the site were first described as para-Charentian cultural facies following typological analyses. …”

New dates and palaeoenvironmental evidence for the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic occupation of Higueral de Valleja Cave, southern Spain by Jennings, R, Pacheco, F, Barton, R, Collcutt, S, Gale, R, Gleed-Owen, C, López, J, Higham, T, Parker, A, Price, C, Rhodes, E, Pérez, A, Schwenninger, J, Turner, E

“…Cave sediments provisionally indicate that the lower Middle Palaeolithic sequence (X-VIII) formed in warm and humid environments and the upper sequence (VIII-V) formed when the climate was cooler and drier. …”

Precision dating of the palaeolithic: a new radiocarbon chronology for the Abri Pataud (France), a key Aurignacian sequence by Higham, T

New dates and palaeoenvironmental evidence for the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic occupation of Higueral de Valleja Cave, southern Spain by Jennings, R, Pacheco, F, Barton, R, Collcutt, SN, Gale, R, Gleed-Owen, C, Lopez, J, Higham, T, Parker, A, Price, C, Rhodes, E, Perez, A, Schwenninger, J, Turner, E

“…Cave sediments provisionally indicate that the lower Middle Palaeolithic sequence (X-VIII) formed in warm and humid environments and the upper sequence (VIII-V) formed when the climate was cooler and drier. …”

Reply to: ‘In the eye of the beholder: contextual issues for Bayesian modelling at the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition’, by Discamps, Gravina and Teyssandier (2015) by Higham, T, Heep, G

European Middle and Upper Palaeolithic radiocarbon dates are often older than they look: the problems with previous dates and some remedies by Higham, T

A matter of time – towards an absolute chronology for the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic biocultural shift along the Danube fluvial corridor by Hopkins, RJA

“…Recent research has shown the need for a reliable, high-resolution chronology to understand the complexity of the spatio-temporal distribution of Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans (AMH) during the transitional period between the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic. One region that has yet to benefit from the developments in dating sciences and the application of Bayesian modelling approaches is eastern Europe. …”

Chronometric data and stratigraphic evidence support discontinuity between Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens in the Italian Peninsula by Higham, T, Frouin, M, Douka, K, Ronchitelli, A, Boscato, P, Benazzi, S, Crezzini, J, Spagnolo, V, McCarty, M, Marciani, G, Falcucci, A, Rossini, M, Arrighi, S, Dominici, C, Devièse, T, Schwenninger, J, Martini, I, Moroni, A, Boschin, F

“…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. …”

The age and context of the KC4 maxilla, Kent's Cavern, UK by Proctor, C, Douka, K, Proctor, J, Higham, T

“…Kent's Cavern is one of Britain's most important Palaeolithic sites. The Torquay Natural History Society excavations in the Vestibule (1926–1928 and 1932–1938) yielded Middle and Early Upper Palaeolithic deposits as well as a fragment of human jaw (KC4). …”

Radiocarbon dates from the Oxford AMS system: Archaeometry datelist 36 by Higham, T, Bronk Ramsey, C, Chivall, D, Graystone, J, Baker, D, Henderson, E, Ditchfield, P

“…Amongst some of the sites included here are the latest series of determinations from the key sites of El Mirón (Spain) and Sutton Courtney (UK), as well as others dating to the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and later periods. Submitters of the material provide comments on the significance of the results.…”

The early Lateglacial re-colonization of Britain: new radiocarbon evidence from Gough's Cave, southwest England by Jacobi, R, Higham, T

“…Gough's Cave is still Britain's most significant Later Upper Palaeolithic site. New ultrafiltered radiocarbon determinations on bone change our understanding of its occupation, by demonstrating that this lasted for only a very short span of time, at the beginning of the Lateglacial Interstadial (Greenland Interstadial 1 (GI-1: B⊘lling and Aller⊘d)). …”

The influence of pretreatment chemistry on the radiocarbon dating of Campanian Ignimbrite-aged charcoal from Kostenki 14 (Russia) by Douka, K, Higham, T, Sinitsyn, A

“…Two different pretreatment protocols (routine ABA and more rigorous ABOx-SC) were employed in the chemical preparation of the same charcoal sample from a layer closely associated to the Campanian Ignimbrite tephra at the Russian Palaeolithic site of Kostenki 14 (Markina Gora). The ABA-treated fraction gave an age of ~33 ¹⁴C ka BP, comparable to a previous determination from the same layer, whereas the ABOx-SC produced an older age of ~35 ¹⁴C ka BP. …”

Nitrogen content variation in archaeological bone and its implications for stable isotope analysis and radiocarbon dating by Jacob, E, Querci, D, Caparros, M, Barroso Ruiz, C, Higham, T, Deviese, T

“…Here, we report a series of tests performed on Palaeolithic bones known to have variable collagen preservation. …”