Social and biophysical vulnerability of prehistoric societies to Rapid Climate Change by Lee Clare, Bernhard Weninger

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The Impact of Rapid Climate Change on Prehistoric Societies during the Holocene in the Eastern Mediterranean by Bernhard Weninger, Lee Clare, Eelco Rohling, Ofer Bar-Yosef, Utz Böhner, Mihael Budja, Manfred Bundschuh, Angelica Feurdean, Hans Georg Gebe, Olaf Jöris, Jörg Linstädter, Paul Mayewski, Tobias Mühlenbruch, Agathe Reingruber, Gary Rollefson, Daniel Schyle, Laurens Thissen, Henrieta Todorova, Christoph Zielhofer

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Peter Topping. Neolithic stone extraction in Britain and Europe. An ethnoarchaeological perspective. Prehistoric Society Research Paper 12. Oxbow Books. Oxford, 2021, 178 pp.... by Frances Healy

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Iron Age Coins in Britain: a digital typology by Nimura, C, Gruber, E, Gosden, C, Howgego, C

It’s a dog’s life? Reconsidering the human-dog relationship in Mesolithic north-west Europe by Charlton, S, Overton, NJ, Halls, A

A Prehistorical Law? Some Remarks on Book Prehistory of Law by José María Ribas Alba by Peter Vyšný

“…From the analysis of this book contained in the paper, it is clear that the book has a significant contribution to the legal science and legal history, since: 1. it proves quite convincingly the existence of a certain law in the prehistoric society; 2. it systematically reconstructs the features, forms and development of this law; and 3. it relatively sufficiently verifies the hypothesis that elements of prehistoric law are legal universals, having, at least to some extent, universal (all-mankind, panhuman, global) and timeless character, and, therefore, in the context of the legal (social, cultural) evolution of mankind can be considered for a kind of analogy of the genes involved in its biological evolution.…”
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The Olfactory System: Basic Anatomy and Physiology for General Otorhinolaryngologists by Sun A Han, Jin Kook Kim, Do-Yeon Cho, Zara M. Patel, Chae-Seo Rhee

“…The sense of olfaction may have been critical for human survival in prehistoric society, and although many believe its importance has diminished over time, it continues to have an impact on human interaction, bonding, and propagation of the species. …”
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The Site of Kurpezhe-Molla (Northern Caspian): Introducing New Data by Aleksandr A. Vybornov, Irina N. Vasiljeva, Natalya S. Doga, Marianna A. Kulkova

“…Two main achievements of prehistoric society — emergence of metalworking and that of productive economy — are associated with this culture. …”
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The Archaeology of Old Age by Stig Welinder

“…Examples from Swedish burial-grounds hint at a cultural variation in the way in which prehistoric societies viewed old age. …”
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The relationship between Early Holocene climate change and Neolithic settlement in central Anatolia, Turkey: current issues and prospects for future research by Eleni Asouti

“…By focusing on the 8.2K event, this paper presents a theoretical and methodological argument against the assumption of unilinear, passive responses by prehistoric societies to global climate change, using as a case study datasets recently obtained from the Konya Plain in Central Anatolia, Turkey.…”
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The Neolithic dualist scheme by Cédric Bodet

“…Seemingly tracing back to the Palaeolithic, symmetry likely played a fundamental role for prehistoric societies. Ethnographers showed how hunter-gatherer ideology (mythology, totemism, etc.) is often structured around a dualistic worldview (male/female; summer/winter etc.) taking root in the kinship system through a division of the community into exogamic subgroups. …”
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The Unseen Record: Ninth–Seventh Millennia Cal. BP Wooden and Basketry Objects from Submerged Settlements off the Carmel Coast, Israel by Danny Rosenberg, Ehud Galili, Dafna Langgut

“…Wood and basketry artefacts rarely survive in the prehistoric record since they require exceptional conditions for preservation; as a result, the current knowledge about when and how prehistoric societies used these basic organic raw materials is limited. …”
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Presenting the invisible and unfathomable by Petr Květina, Jiří Unger, Petr Vavrečka

“…The problem consists also in the vast structural difference between the world of prehistoric societies and today’s reality. Bylany near Kutná Hora (Czech Republic), where one of the most important excavations of a Neolithic settlement area in Europe was undertaken, represents a model example of such a situation, no doubt typical for most prehistoric and early historic sites. …”
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Khazars or "Saltovo-Majaki Culture"? Prejudices about Archaeology and Ethnicity by Bozena Werbart

“… This paper deals with the problems and discussions of the diversified cultural changes and the multicultural aspects of prehistoric societies. Prejudices about archaeology and "ethnicity" are exemplified by the almost 150 year old discussions on the Khazar khaganate, alternately a distinct delimited archaeological culture from the 8th-9th-centuries - the Saltovo-Majaki culture. …”
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The Becoming of a Prehistoric Landscape: Palaeolithic Occupations and Geomorphological Processes at Lojanik (Serbia) by Camille Lesage, Alvise Barbieri, Jovan Galfi, Dragan Jovanović, Vera Bogosavljević Petrović

“…Combining airborne LIDAR mapping, geomorphological and archaeological survey, and techno-typological analysis of lithic artifacts, we were able to reconstruct the geomorphological evolution of the landscape and its use by prehistoric societies.…”
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Identification of Ceramic Traditions on the Prehistoric Mines of Gavà (Barcelona, Spain) by Calvo Peña Silvia

“…In recent years, studies focused on Chaîne Opératoire reconstruction of pottery vessels have shown important developments and provided new data related to vessel production and the complexities acquired by prehistoric societies. This research focuses on the pottery vessels discovered at the Mines Prehistóriques de Gavà (Barcelona, Spain), which constitute the earliest evidence of a mining center for variscite during the 4th millennium BC. …”
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Stratification: An Entropic View of Society’s Structure by G.-Fivos Sargentis, Theano Iliopoulou, Panayiotis Dimitriadis, Nikolaos Mamassis, Demetris Koutsoyiannis

“…An entropic approach to income distribution, approximated as available energy in prehistoric societies, till present-day economies, shows that stratification can be viewed as a stochastic process subject to the principle of maximum entropy and occurring when limits to the wealth of society are set, either by the political and economic system and/or by the limits of available technology.…”
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Studying the Use of Earth in Early Architecture of Southwest and Central Asia by Uzdurum Melis, Schönicke Julia, Kinzel Moritz, Barański Marek Z.

“…Recognising reused materials and features allows us to trace further the nature of prehistoric societies and local architectural dialects.…”
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Shaman Representations in the Painted Cave at Sarawak, Malaysia by Junior Kimwah, Mohd Sherman Sauffi

“…The results of the study prove the existence of the shamanic practices and the early beliefs of prehistoric societies in the Painted Cave. These practices have lasted for several centuries.…”
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An examination of the worked bone and antler assemblage at Uğurlu (Gökçeada, Turkey) by Jarrad W. Paul, Burçin Erdoğu

“…Worked bone and antler tools were regularly used by prehistoric societies in northwest and western Anatolia to create and maintain everyday items. …”
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