A contextual approach to the study of faunal assemblages from Lower and Middle Palaeolithic sites in the UK

Keywords

Taphonomy, Fauna, Paleoecology, Context (archaeology), Faunal assemblage

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Cited by

• Hominin-carnivore interaction at the Lower Palaeolithic site of Boxgrove, UKGeoffrey M. Smith — 2012
• Taphonomic resolution and hominin subsistence behaviour in the Lower Palaeolithic: differing data scales and interpretive frameworks at Boxgrove and Swanscombe (UK)Geoffrey M. Smith — 2013
• Neanderthal megafaunal exploitation in Western Europe and its dietary implications: a contextual reassessment of La Cotte de St Brelade (Jersey).Geoffrey M. Smith — 2015
• Recycling bones in the Middle Pleistocene: Some reflections from Gran Dolina TD10-1 (Spain), Bolomor Cave (Spain) and Qesem Cave (Israel)Jordi Rosell, Ruth Blasco, Josep Fernández Peris — 2015
• Middle Palaeolithic subsistence: The role of hominins at Lynford, Norfolk, UKGeoffrey M. Smith — 2012
• Bone taphonomy of the Schöningen "Spear Horizon South" and its implications for site formation and hominin meat provisioning.Britt M. Starkovich, Nicholas J. Conard — 2015
• New taphonomic data of the 1 Myr hominin butchery at Untermassfeld (Thuringia, Germany)Günter Landeck, Joan García i Garriga — 2017
• When Lithics Hit Bones: Evaluating the Potential of a Multifaceted Experimental Protocol to Illuminate Middle Palaeolithic Weapon TechnologyGeoffrey M. Smith, Elisabeth S. Noack, Nina Maria Schlösser — 2020
• Lethal threshold : the evolutionary implications of Middle Pleistocene wooden spearsAnnemieke Milks — 2018
• Rediscovery of fossils from the middle gravels and lower loam at Barnfield Pit, Swanscombe, Kent (UK)Alastair Key, Chris Deter, Angela Muthana — 2020
• Hominin occupation of the Tibetan Plateau during the Last Interglacial ComplexTing Cheng, Dongju Zhang, Geoffrey M. Smith — 2021
• Late Quaternary Proboscidean Sites in Africa and Eurasia with Possible or Probable Evidence for Hominin InvolvementGary Haynes — 2022
• TIPZOO: a Touchscreen Interface for Palaeolithic Zooarchaeology. Towards making data entry and analysis easier, faster, and more reliableEmmanuel Discamps — 2020
• Bone tools, carnivore chewing and heavy percussion: assessing conflicting interpretations of Lower and Upper Palaeolithic bone assemblagesSimon A. Parfitt, Silvia M. Bello — 2024
• The ecology, subsistence and diet of ~45,000-year-old Homo sapiens at Ilsenhöhle in Ranis, GermanyGeoffrey M. Smith, Karen Ruebens, Elena I. Zavala — 2024
• Not Just Scraping By: Experimental Evidence for Large Cutting Tools in the High Lodge Non-handaxe IndustryFinn Stileman, Ceri Shipton, Nick Ashton — 2024
• LITIKUM – A KŐKOR KEREKASZTAL FOLYÓIRATAMarko Banda¹, Siniša Radović², Ivor Karavanić³
• When discarded bones became important: new bone retouchers from the lower sequence of Qesem Cave, Israel (ca. 300-420 ka)J. Rosell, R. Blasco, Ignacio Martín Lerma — 2018

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