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2.5.2023
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New Publications
23.5.2023
Haidle, M.N. (2023): Cognigrams: systematically reconstructing behavioral architectures as basis for cognitive archaeology. In: Wynn, T., Overmann, K.A. & Coolidge, F.L. (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Archaeology. Oxford, Oxford University Press, C12S1–C12S8. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192895950.013.12.
16.5.2023
Beridze, B., Sekiewicz, K., Walas, L., Thomas, P.A., Danelia, I., Kvartskhava, G., Fazaliyev, V., Bruch, A.A., Dering, M. (2023): Evolutionary history of Castanea sativa Mill. in the Caucasus driven by Middle and Late Pleistocene paleoenvironmental changes. bioRxiv 2023.01.11.523563; DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.11.523563 (preprint).
Altamura, F., Lehmann, J., Rodríguez-Álvarez, B., Urban, B., van Kolfschoten, T., Verheijen, I., Conard, N.J. & Serangeli, J. (2023): Fossil footprints at the late Lower Paleolithic site of Schöningen (Germany): a new line of research to reconstruct animal and hominin paleoecology. Quaternary Science Reviews. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108094. Video on the website of the University of Tübingen.
Hayrapetyan, N., Hakobyan, E., Kvavadze, E., Martinetto, E., Gabrielyan, I., Bruch, A.A. (2023): Middle to late Holocene lake level changes of Lake Sevan (Armenia) – Evidence from macro and micro plant remains of Tsovinar-1 peat section. Quaternary International. DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2023.03.013.
Jarl, J., Bruch, A.A. (2023): Modern phytolith assemblages as indicators of vegetation in the southern Caucasus. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. DOI: 10.1007/s00334-023-00921-5.
Zakerinejad, R., Sommer, C., Hochschild, V., & Maerker, M. (2021): Spatial Distribution of Water Erosion Using Stochastic Modeling in the Southern Isfahan Province, Iran. Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria, 44(2), 183–196. DOI: 10.4461/GFDQ.2021.44.14.
24.4.2023
Blanco-Lapaz, A., Geiling, J.M., Luzi, E., Starkovich, B.M. & Conard, N.J. (2023): Exploring the role of fish in the Schmiech Valley (Swabian Jura) during the Magdalenian. Conference paper, Conference: 64th Annual Meeting of the Hugo Obermaier Society for Quaternary Research and Stone Age. Dept. of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, Aarhus University. April 11th – 15th, Aarhus (Denmark), pp 20-21. See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370003956.
Luzi, E., Blanco-Lapaz, A., Geiling, J.M. & Conard, N.J. (2023): Revision of the small mammal assemblages of Hohle Fels Hütten and Schmiechenfels (Swabian Jura, Germany). Conference paper, Conference: 64th Annual Meeting of the Hugo Obermaier Society for Quaternary Research and Stone Age. Dept. of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, Aarhus University. April 11th – 15th, Aarhus (Denmark), pp 54-55. See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370063748.
Mata González, M., Starkovich, B.M., Zeidi, M. & Conard, N.J. (2023): Middle Paleolithic subsistence strategies at Ghar-e Boof (southern Zagros Mountains, Iran). Conference paper, Conference: 64th Annual Meeting of the Hugo Obermaier Society for Quaternary Research and Stone Age. Dept. of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, Aarhus University. April 11th – 15th, Aarhus (Denmark), pp 60-61. See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370003956.
15.3.2023
Schürch, B., Venditti, Fl., Wolf, S. & Conard, N.J. (2023): Glycymeris molluscs in the context of the Upper Palaeolithic of Southwestern Germany. Vol. 68 (2021): Quartär. International Yearbook for Ice Age and Stone Age Research. DOI: 10.7485/qu.2021.68.94300.
7.3.2023
Posth, C., Yu, H., Ghalichi, A.,...Conard, N.J. et al. (2023): Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers. Nature 615, 117–126. DOI: 10.s41586-023-05726-0.
23.01.2023
Kubat, J., Nava, A., Bondioli, L., Dean, M.C., Zanolli, C., Bourgon, N., Bacon, A.-M., Demeter, F., Peripol, B., Albert, R., Lüdecke, T., Hertler, C., Mahoney, P., Kullmer, O., Schrenk, F. & Müller, W. (2023): Dietary strategies of Pleistocene Pongo sp. and Homo erectus on Java (Indonesia). Nature Ecology & Evolution (2023), DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01947-0
16.01.2023
Bolus, M. (2022): The late Middle Paleolithic and the Aurignacian in the Swabian Jura (southwestern Germany). In: M. Grygiel und P. Obst (Hrsg.), Walking Among Ancient Trees. Studies in honour of Ryszard Grygiel and Peter Bogucki on the 45th anniversary of their research collaboration. Łódż: Fundacja Badań Archeologicznych Imienia Profesora Konrada Jażdżewskiego, 63-77 (pdf).
09.01.2023
Blessing, Matthias A., Conard, Nicholas J. & Will, Manuel (2022, online first): Lithic Standardization and Behavioral Complexity in the Middle Stone Age – A Case Study From Sibhudu, South Africa. Lithic Technology, DOI: 10.1080/01977261.2022.2158591.
14.12.2022
Dapschauskas, R., Göden, M.B., Sommer, C. & Kandel, A.W. (2022): The Emergence of Habitual Ochre Use in Africa and its Significance for The Development of Ritual Behavior During The Middle Stone Age. J World Prehist. DOI: 10.1007/s10963-022-09170-2.
21.11.2022
Fuentes, R. & Pawlik, A. (2023): Barely scratched the surface: Development and future directions of lithic use-wear analysis in Island Southeast Asia. Archaeological Research in Asia 33, 100413. DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2022.100413.
16.11.2022
Friesem, D.E., Shimelmitz, R., Schumacher, M.L., Miller, C.E. & Kandel, A.W. (2022): A micro-geoarchaeological view on stratigraphy and site formation processes in the Middle, Upper and Epi-Paleolithic layers of Sefunim Cave, Mt. Carmel, Israel. Archaeol Anthropol Sci 14, 222 (2022). DOI: 10.1007/s12520-022-01686-0.
19.10.2022
Omran, A., Schröder, D., Sommer, C., Hochschild, V. & Märker, M. (2022): A GIS-based simulation and visualization tool for the assessment of gully erosion processes. Journal of Spatial Science, DOI: 10.1080/14498596.2022.2133020.
18.10.2022
Schlaudt, O. (2022): Das Technozän: Eine Einführung in die
evolutionäre Technikphilosophie. Frankfurt/Main, Klostermann.
05.10.2022
ter Schure, A.T.M. , Bruch, A.A., Kandel, A.W., Gasparyan, B., Bussmann, R.W., Brysting, A.K., de Boer, H.J. & Boessenkool, S. (2022): Sedimentary ancient DNA metabarcoding as a tool for assessing prehistoric plant use at the Upper Paleolithic cave site Aghitu-3, Armenia. Journal of Human Evolution 172, 103258. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2022.103258.