Discontinuities in hunter-gatherer prehistory in southern African drylands by Mitchell, P

Prehistory and palaeoenvironments of the western Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia by Breeze, P, Groucutt, H, Drake, N, Louys, J, Scerri, E, Armitage, S, Zalmout, I, Memesh, A, Haptari, M, Soubhi, S, Matari, A, Zahir, M, Al-Omari, A, Alsharekh, A, Petraglia, M

Management of feral goats in insular southern Greece: implications for prehistory by Halstead, P, Isaakidou, V

“…We then discuss possible lessons from these observations for the formation of feral populations and for the management of wild, feral and domestic goats in prehistory. <br><br> Des populations de chèvres férales Capra hircus Linnaeus, 1758, issues d'animaux domestiques échappés ou libérés, sont répandues dans les îles grecques. …”

Review of: Ives, Jack W.: A Theory of Northern Athapaskan Prehistory by Barnes, R

The earth, the sky and the water's edge: changing beliefs in the earlier prehistory of Northern Europe by Bradley, R, Nimura, C

“…There have been two kinds of study of ancient beliefs in the earlier prehistory of Scandinavia. One considers the impact of ideas which originated further to the south and east. …”

Concluding remarks: what's in a name? "Negritos" in the context of the human prehistory of Southeast Asia by Ulijaszek, S

Review of: Minnis, Paul E. and Charles L. Redman (eds.): Perspectives on Southwestern Prehistory by Barnes, R

Concluding remarks: What's in a name? "Negritos" in the context of the human prehistory of South East Asia by Ulijaszek, S

Review of: Kirch, Patrick Vinton and D.E. Yen: Tikopia: The Prehistory and Ecology of a Polynesian Outlier by Gathercole, P

Review of: Wedel, Waldo R.: Central Plains Prehistory: Holocene Environment and Culture Change in the Republican River Basin by Barnes, RH

An illustrated prehistory of the Jubbah Oasis: reconstructing Holocene occupation patterns in northwestern Saudi Arabia from rock art and inscriptions by Guagnin, M, Shipton, C, al-Rashid, M, Moussa, F, El-Dossary, S, Bin Sleima, M, Alsharekh, A, Petraglia, M

mtDNA variation predicts population size in humans and reveals a major southern Asian chapter in human prehistory by Atkinson, Q, Gray, R, Drummond, A

“…These findings not only support the use of mtDNA data for estimating human population size but also provide a unique picture of human prehistory, and demonstrate the importance of Southern Asia to our recent evolutionary past.…”

Dating the bronze age of Southeast Asia. Why does it matter? by Higham, C, Higham, T, Douka, K

“…We have dated human bone, freshwater shell, charcoal and rice grains from key sites in mainland Southeast Asia in order to establish the chronological scaffolding for later prehistory (ca 2500 BC-AD 500). In a recent report on the metal remains from the site of Ban Chiang, however, this chronology has been challenged. …”

Early cultural developments on the eastern rim of the Tibetan Plateau: establishing a new chronological scheme for southwest Sichuan by Hein, A

“…Unfortunately, this area is usually excluded from studies into the prehistory of southwest China, chiefly because the archaeological material is remarkably heterogeneous and the local prehistoric cultural sequence therefore has long remained obscure. …”

Pre-Roman improvements to agricultural production: evidence from livestock husbandry in late prehistoric Italy by Trentacoste, A, Nieto-Espinet, A, Valenzuela-Lamas, S

“…In most of Western Europe this process continued across prehistory and was not reversed until the Roman period. …”

The darker angels of our nature: a butchered Early Bronze Age human bone assemblage from Charterhouse Warren, Somerset, UK by Schulting, R, Fernández-Crespo, T, Ordoño, J, Brock, F, Kellow, A, Snoeck, C, Cartwright, IR, Walker, D, Loe, L, Audsley, T

“…This level and scale of violence to the living as well as to the dead is unprecedented in British prehistory. …”

Ann Quin on tape: Three’s auralities by Guy, A

“…Aiming to contextualize Quin’s writing on tape, the article considers the history and prehistory of the medium, as well as its appropriation by Quin’s contemporaries in music, film, and the visual arts. …”

The hero, the villain, the princess, and the book: stories about the First Folio by Smith, E

“…This article establishes a prehistory of the excitement about the discovery of the Saint-Omer Shakespeare First Folio in a longer narrative of investments in the book’s secrets. …”

All things bright: copper grave goods and diet at the Neolithic site of Osłonki, Poland by Budd, C, Bogucki, P, Lillie, M, Grygiel, R, Lorkiewicz, W, Rick Schulting

“…Understanding socioeconomic inequality is fundamental for studies of societal development in European prehistory. This article presents dietary (δ13C and δ15N) isotope values for human and animal bone collagen from Early Neolithic Osłonki 1 in north-central Poland (c. 4600–4100 cal BC). …”

Hid in the earth and secret places: A reassessment of a hoard of later medieval gold rings and silver coins found near the River Thame by Standley, E

“…The paper also draws attention to some of the problems of interpreting and dating hoards and it emphasises the continuity of hoarding practice from prehistory into the later- and post-medieval periods.…”