The invention of projectile technology had important ramifications for hominin evolution. However, the number stone points that could have been used as projectiles fluctuates in archaeological assemblages, making it difficult to define when was first widely adopted and how its usage changed over time. Here we use an agent-based model simulate a hunter-gatherer foraging system where armatures ar...

Abstract The excavation of Crno Vrilo site (Zadar, Dalmatia, Croatia), carried out by B. Marijanović, has unearthed the vestiges an Early Neolithic village dating back to ca. 5800–5600 cal BC. lithic assemblage, with more than 4000 pieces, represents biggest Impressed Ware assemblage littoral Croatia. Lithic production at is characterised pressure Blade flaking on high-quality exogenous cherts ...

The north-western Negev is an under-researched ecotonal region. We excavated two late Middle Palaeolithic open-air sites and recovered rich lithic industries that could be refitted, as well remains of fauna, charcoal. Palaeoenvironmental information dates indicate interesting inter-site differences.

Territory is a complex notion whose definition varies depending on the discipline in which it applied. Research of territory has often focused Palaeolithic. Studies this field are mainly based comparisons between archaeological assemblages and ethnographic data, an approach originating from work L.R. Binford, who introduced concept mobility, leading to various models spatial occupation. How hav...

Round Butte (Hopi Buttes volcanic field, Arizona) exposes a diatreme 170–190 m across, 190 below the pre-eruptive surface. The central part of massif is 130–150 in diameter, displaying 20–30 m-high subvertical cliffs. well-known layer-cake stratigraphy sedimentary rocks Colorado Plateau permits identification largest lithic fragments preserved diatreme. We define three main groups pyroclastic f...