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. …”

The late-glacial reoccupation of the British Isles and the Creswellian by Barton, R, Jacobi, R, Stapert, D, Street, M

“…In the second part of the paper a number of well-dated sites with British Late Upper Palaeolithic 'Creswellian' technology are examined and compared with lithic assemblages from The Netherlands and Belgium. …”

Divje babe I - poskus uporabe statistične analize množičnih živalskih ostankov v paleolitski arheologiji. II. Razbite dolge mozgovne kosti jamskega medveda by Ivan Turk, Janez Dirjec, Andrej Šmidovnik

“…This latter division has been made to conform to any of the possible global differences between the units expected to be detected if the palaeolithic visitors to the cave had indeed taken to extracting marrow. …”
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Medicina evolucionária: o futuro olhando o pasado. by Serafim Carvalho, Margarida Rosado

“…The present human genome and phenotypes are essentially Palaeolithic ones: they are not adapted to the modern life style, thus favouring the so called diseases of civilization. …”
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The Role of the Road in Settling a Mountainous Region by Miňo Martin

“…Although fertile soil is rare in central Slovakia, the region is rich in raw minerals, a resource exploited since the Palaeolithic. Maintaining trade through a reliable network of safe routes across the mountainous landscape was of vital importance, and the remains of roads that connected this mining area to the rest of the world can still be found. …”
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Convergent evidence of eagle talons used by late Neanderthals in Europe: a further assessment on symbolism. by Matteo Romandini, Marco Peresani, Véronique Laroulandie, Laure Metz, Andreas Pastoors, Manuel Vaquero, Ludovic Slimak

“…After excluding that these specimens met the nutritional requirements for human subsistence, we discuss the possible implications these findings perform in our current knowledge of the European Middle Palaeolithic context.…”
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The 74 ka Toba super-eruption and southern Indian hominins: archaeology, lithic technology and environments at Jwalapuram Locality 3 by Haslam, M, Clarkson, C, Petraglia, M, Korisettar, R, Jones, S, Shipton, C, Ditchfield, P, Ambrose, S

“…Detailed technological analyses of an expanded lithic sample from Locality 3 suggest cultural continuity after the eruptive event, and comparisons with lithic core technologies elsewhere indicate that <em>Homo sapiens</em> cannot be ruled out as the creator of these Middle Palaeolithic assemblages.…”

OSL dating of the Aterian levels at Dar es-Soltan I (Rabat, Morocco) and implications for the dispersal of modern Homo sapiens by Barton, R, Bouzouggar, A, Collcutt, SN, Schwenninger, J, Clark-Balzan, L

“…The Aterian is a distinctive Middle Palaeolithic industry which is very widely spread across North Africa. …”

Exploring mitochondrial DNA variation in the Italian Peninsula by Brisighelli, F, Álvarez-Iglesias, V, Capelli, C, Scarnicci, F, Boschi, I, Luiselli, D, Garagnani, P, Carracedo, A, Salas, A, Pascali, V

“…The studies carried out so far show a major North-South cline, possibly the result of two distinct main demic processes: the first colonisation of the area during the Palaeolithic period and the subsequent Neolithic expansion from the Middle East. …”

Human occupation of the northern Arabian interior during early Marine Isotope Stage 3 by Jennings, R, Parton, A, Clark-Balzan, L, White, T, Groucutt, H, Breeze, P, Parker, A, Drake, N, Petraglia, M

“…Here, we present findings from the Al Marrat basin in the Nefud desert, which provides the first clear evidence for both increased humidity and human occupation of the interior of northern Arabia during early MIS 3. A Middle Palaeolithic assemblage, dated by optically stimulated luminescence to ca. 55 ka, was found stratified within a sequence of relict palustrine deposits indicative of shallow water body formation in the Al Marrat basin. …”

Karst in France and UNESCO World Heritage by Patric Cabrol, Alain Mangin

“…Considering the heritage value of Frenchkarst, the key point is not only the presence of more than 160 decorated caves from Palaeolithic period but also the number of caves showing concretions. …”
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Robert C. Dunnell's Systematics in prehistory at 50 by Felix Riede, Astolfo Araujo, Ben Marwick

“…At the height of the debate between Culture History and New Archaeology, Dunnell's work sought to address a more fundamental issue that was and still is relevant to all branches of prehistoric archaeology, and especially to the study of the Palaeolithic: systematics. Dunnell himself was notorious and controversial, but the importance of his work remains underappreciated. …”
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ADVANTAGES OF SCAR-PATTERN ANALYSIS IN THE STUDY OF PALEOLITHIC СORES by А.В. Харевич, К.А. Колобова, А.И. Кривошапкин

“…This analysis is usually applied to reconstruct the technological sequence of Middle and Upper Palaeolithic bifacial tools. In addition to bifacial implements, the scar-pattern analysis is applied to geometric microliths and to macro-implements made on large flakes, such as Quina scrapers. …”
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The Le Rozel footprints: snapshots of Neandertal groups in the Late Pleistocene. A combined morphometric and experimental approach by Jérémy Duveau

“…These results not only enhance our understanding of the Palaeolithic occupations at Le Rozel but also provide new methods and data for assessing the size and composition of Neandertal groups.…”
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Paleogenomics of the prehistory of Europe: human migrations, domestication and disease by Javier G. Serrano, Alejandra C. Ordóñez, Rosa Fregel

“…A rchaeological evidence has already shown that the peopling of Europe involved an intricate pattern of demic and/or cultural diffusion since the Upper Palaeolithic, which became more evident during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. …”
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Mandible and teeth characterization of the Gravettian child from Gargas, France by Mona Le Luyer, Sébastien Villotte, Priscilla Bayle, Selim Natahi, Adrien Thibeault, Bruno Dutailly, Carole Vercoutère, Catherine Ferrier, Christina San Juan-Foucher, Pascal Foucher

“…Finally, our results also highlight previously undocumented spatial differences in the tooth crown dimensions of Upper Palaeolithic fossils.…”
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TAPHONOMIC ANALYSIS ON FOSSIL REMAINS FROM THE CIOTA CIARA CAVE (PIEDMONT, ITALY) AND NEW EVIDENCE OF CAVE BEAR AND WOLF EXPLOITATION WITH SIMPLE QUARTZ FLAKES BY NEANDERTHAL by FABIO BUCCHERI, DAVIDE FEDERICO BERTÈ, GABRIELE LUIGI FRANCESCO BERRUTI, ISABEL CÁCERES, LISA VOLPE, MARTA ARZARELLO

“…The Ciota Ciara cave is located in the karst area of Monte Fenera (Borgosesia - VC) and, with the Ciotarun cave, it is the only Middle Palaeolithic site in Piedmont where the presence of Homo neanderthalensis has been confirmed by discoveries of human remains. …”
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On the Term ‘Jōmon’ and the Contribution of Russian Scholars to Jōmon Studies by Andrey V. Tabarev, Irina S. Zhushchikhovskaya, Darya A. Ivanova

“…The recognition of the term and its use had some peculiarities which were caused not only by the language barrier and political events in the far eastern region, but mostly by the specifics of the archaeological investigations in the Russian Far East and the priority of research focused first on the Ainu origin, and then on the Palaeolithic rather on the nature of the Neolithic. The rise of the interest in Jōmon grew in the late 1960s and early 1970s with the discoveries of initial pottery with Final Pleistocene dates in Japan and Russia (Lower and Middle Amur Region). …”
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The African Chapter in the Scientific Life of Professor Michał Kobusiewicz by Romuald Schild

“…I met Michał for the first time in the spring of 1959 while recruiting young archaeologists to work on the excavation of the Final Palaeolithic and Mesolithic camps of Rydno Complex, a Stone Age red ochre quarry and socio-economic centre. …”
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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. …”