Guildford Fire Station: excavation of a Late Upper Palaeolithic campsite in the valley of the River Wey, Surrey by Barton, N, Roberts, A, Tomasso, S, Rots, V, Stafford, E, Hayden, C, Thacker, G

“…Excavations carried out prior to the construction of a new fire station in Guildford, Surrey, revealed a well preserved, in situ Late Upper Palaeolithic flint scatter. The site lay on cold climate fluvial sandy gravels deposited in braided stream systems prior to the onset of the Late Glacial (Windermere) interstadial. …”

Recently Discovered Middle Palaeolithic Foothill Site at Kundakhai in the Southern Bargarh Upland of Odisha: A Preliminary Report by Pradeep K. Behera, Kshirasindhu Barik

“…In terms of raw material use and other aspects, the studied assemblage completely differs from the Middle Palaeolithic sites widely distributed in the upper Jira River of the northern part of the Bargarh uplands, where artefacts are mostly made on medium-fine grained quartzite abundantly available in the Debrigarh-Lohara masiff, thus showing Middle Palaeolithic assemblage variability in the studied region.…”
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Upper Palaeolithic lithic raw material sourcing in Central and Northern Portugal as an aid to reconstructing hunter-gatherer societies by Thierry Aubry, Cristina Gameiro, Javier Mangado Llach, Luís Luís, Henrique Matias, Tiago do Pereiro

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Absence of botanical European Palaeolithic cave art: What can it tell us about plant awareness disparity? by Georgina Walton, Jonathan Mitchley, Geraldine Reid, Sven Batke

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High-resolution ecosystem changes pacing the millennial climate variability at the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in NE-Italy by Federica Badino, Roberta Pini, Cesare Ravazzi, Milan Chytrý, Paolo Bertuletti, Eugenio Bortolini, Lydie Dudová, Marco Peresani, Matteo Romandini, Stefano Benazzi

“…This series also represents an “off-site” reference record for chronologically well-constrained Palaeolithic sites documenting Neanderthal and Homo sapiens occupations within the same region. …”
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Microstratigraphic, lipid biomarker and stable isotope study of a middle Palaeolithic combustion feature from Axlor, Spain by Margarita Jambrina-Enríquez, Carolina Mallol, Antonio V. Herrera Herrera, Jesús Gonzalez-Urquijo, Talía Lazuen

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The deep past in the virtual present: developing an interdisciplinary approach towards understanding the psychological foundations of palaeolithic cave art by Izzy Wisher, Paul Pettitt, Robert Kentridge

“…Our research developed and piloted a novel VR experiment that allowed participants to perceive 3D models of cave walls, with the Palaeolithic art digitally removed, from El Castillo cave (Cantabria, Spain). …”
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Bone tools, carnivore chewing and heavy percussion: assessing conflicting interpretations of Lower and Upper Palaeolithic bone assemblages by Simon A. Parfitt, Silvia M. Bello

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A helping hand: investigating 3D motion of human hand bones during Palaeolithic tool behaviours by Ameline Bardo, Kristiaan D’Aout, Jonathan Özçelebi, Tracy L. Kivell

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Identification and tentative removal of collagen glue in Palaeolithic worked bone objects: implications for ZooMS and radiocarbon dating by L. G. van der Sluis, K. McGrath, F. Thil, S. Cersoy, J.-M. Pétillon, A. Zazzo

“…These methods were applied to bone blank samples (FmC = 0.0031 ± 0.0002, (n = 219), 47 336 ± 277 yr BP) that were experimentally consolidated with collagen glue and to the Palaeolithic bone material (ca. 15 000 and 12 000 yr BP). …”
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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. …”

A new Later Upper Palaeolithic open-air site with articulated horse bone in the Colne Valley, Berkshire by Barclay, A, Bello, S, Bradley, P, Harding, P, Higbee, L, Manning, A, Powell, J, Macphail, R, Roberts, AJ, Stewart, M, Barton, RN

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

Alternative location modeling of a lower/middle Palaeolithic site on deposits mapped as clay-with-flints in southern England by Scott-Jackson, WB, Scott-Jackson, J

“…This paper demonstrates the use of alternative location modelling (ALM), a new method we have developed, to investigate the cognitive decision making processes of Lower/Middle Palaeolithic people at Dickett’s Field, Hampshire, UK. …”

New hydroxyproline radiocarbon dates from Sungir, Russia, confirm early Mid Upper Palaeolithic burials in Eurasia by Nalawade-Chavan, S, McCullagh, J, Hedges, R

“…Sungir (Russia) is a key Mid-Upper Palaeolithic site in Eurasia, containing several spectacular burials that disclose early evidence for complex burial rites in the form of a range of grave goods deposited along with the dead. …”

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. …”

A Spark of Inspiration: Experimentally Testing Manganese Dioxide as a Fire Lighting Aide by Andy Langley, Andy Needham

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Book review: Environmental Changes and Human Occupation in East Asia during OIS3 and OIS2 by Miyuki Yakushige

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