During the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in Balkan, Italian and Iberian peninsulas of southern Europe, late Neanderthal early Anatomically Modern Human (AMH) populations may have overlapped some capacity. Many hypotheses models for interval suggest that remained in, or migrated to, refugial zones while AMHs colonized areas not suitable for, abandoned by, Neanderthals. However, many bee...

New carbon and nitrogen stable isotope values for human remains dating to the mid-Upper Paleolithic in Europe indicate significant amounts of aquatic (fish, mollusks, and/or birds) foods in some of their diets. Most of this evidence points to exploitation of inland freshwater aquatic resources in particular. By contrast, European Neandertal collagen carbon and nitrogen stable isotope values do ...

Solutrean culture has been interpreted as a response to the Last Glacial Maximum in western Europe. However, to establish a link depends of our knowledge of the impact of global climatic changes at a local level and of the differential preservation and significance of the record. The identification of lithic sources, technology, function, and place of discard, is an effective way to mitigate so...

abstract the spontaneous emission spectrum from a driven three-level atom placed inside a double-band photonic crystal has been investigated. we use the model which assumes the upper levels of the atomic transition are coupled via a classical driving field. the transition from one of the upper levels to lower level couples to the modes of the modified reservoir, and the transition from the othe...

The identification of projectile impact traces on archaeological faunal remains is an important issue for understanding prehistoric hunting behavior, especially in the Paleolithic and Mesolithic. From the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic in Europe, and earlier in Africa, projectiles tipped with osseous points were of great importance for subsistence; but thus far, no specific experimental ref...

Objectives We reassess the taxonomic assignment and stratigraphic context of a permanent upper first molar lower third premolar recovered from archeological site Lezetxiki in North Iberian Peninsula. Materials Methods assessed external internal morphology teeth using qualitative descriptions, crown diameters, dental tissue proportions, geometric morphometrics. The were compared with Middle Plei...