Abstract This paper describes our creative responses to a surface assemblage (a scatter) of lithic artefacts encountered on either side worn track across field early in the pandemic. Our art/archaeology response takes place within phygital nexus which or assemblages can be instantiated physically digitally, both. In we create, connect and explore an ontological multiplicity – more less physical...

The archaeological karstic infill site of Galería Complex, located within the Atapuerca system (Spain), has produced a large faunal and archaeological record (Homo sp. aff. heidelbergensis fossils and Mode II lithic artefacts) belonging to the Middle Pleistocene. Extended-range luminescence dating techniques, namely post-infrared infrared stimulated luminescence (pIR-IR) dating of K-feldspars a...

Activities attested since at least 2.6 Myr, such as stone knapping, marrow extraction, and woodworking may have allowed early hominins to recognize the technological potential of discarded skeletal remains equipped them with a transferable skillset fit for marginal modification utilization bone flakes. Identifying precisely when where expedient tools were used in prehistory nonetheless challeng...

Today archaeologists are increasingly seeking more objective methods for analyzing archaeological remains to obtain the most reliable results possible. To achieve this goal, developed in other disciplines being introduced gradually into archaeology and their effectiveness is tested; particularly case analysis of lithic artifacts. One such method, borrowed from evolutionary biology that has beco...

Small flake industries are a commonly identified component of Lower Paleolithic archaeological assemblages in Eurasia. Utilized as blanks for tools, at many sites, their functions often poorly understood. Here we present preliminary traceological analysis lithics from Marathousa 1 (MAR-1; Megalopolis, Greece). MAR-1 dates to ca. 400-500 ka BP and is one the oldest open-air sites South-Eastern E...

Though hundreds of caves are known across Mongolia, few have been subject to systematic, interdisciplinary archaeological surveys and excavations understand Late Pleistocene Holocene environments. Previous cave in Mongolia demonstrated their potential for preservation biological material, including Palaeolithic assemblages archaeology, particularly burials, with associated organic finds. In oth...

The Lower Austrian site of Kammern-Grubgraben is one the few stratigraphically recorded sites from Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) that allows detailed insights into life glacial hunter-gatherer societies. Extensive and planned archaeological excavations took place for first time between 1985 1994 under direction Friedrich Brandtner in cooperation with Anta Montet-White (1985–1990) Bohuslav Klíma...

Abstract What determines the choice of a particular lithic solution from among set knowledge and skills that are part cultural background group? The Early Mesolithic SW Iberian Peninsula shows high diversity solutions considering various aspects manufacturing process. At each site, group selects most adequate to respond efficiently needs. Contemporary sites may document quite different componen...

Deep Sea Drilling Program (DSDP) Site 548 was cored in 1984 at a water depth of 1256 m on the Goban Spur, offshore southwest Ireland. Coring retrieved ~100‐m‐thick Pleistocene contourite sequence. This study uses planktonic foraminiferal assemblage and benthic oxygen isotope analyses to establish an age model for upper 40 this core. site's multidisciplinary assemblages, lithic grains, facies ca...