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Genetic turnovers and northern survival during the last glacial maximum in European brown bears
(John Wiley & Sons, 2019-05-29)
The current phylogeographic pattern of European brown bears (Ursus arctos) has
commonly been explained by postglacial recolonization out of geographically distinct
refugia in southern Europe, a pattern well in accordance ...
The origins of bone tool technologies: Retouching the Palaeolithic: Becoming Human and the Origins of Bone Tool Technology" Conference at Schloss Herrenhausen in Hannover, Germany, 21.- 23. October 2015
(Propylaeum, 2018-05-11)
This volume is a collection of papers from the conference titled “Retouching the Palaeolithic: Becoming Human and the Origins of Bone Tool Technology” held in October 2015 at Schloss Herrenhausen in Hannover, Germany. With ...
Middle Pleistocene protein sequences from the rhinoceros genus Stephanorhinus and the phylogeny of extant and extinct Middle/Late Pleistocene Rhinocerotidae
(PeerJ Inc., 2017-03-14)
Ancient protein sequences are increasingly used to elucidate the
phylogenetic relationships between extinct and extant mammalian taxa. Here, we
apply these recent developments to Middle Pleistocene bone specimens of ...
On the use of metapodial as tools at Schönningen 13II-4
(Propylaeum, 2018)
The Schöningen 13II-4 “Spear Horizon” provides an unparalleled view of Middle Pleistocene hominin tech-
nological and subsistence behaviours. The site preserves the remains of more than fifty butchered horses in
addition ...
The Contribution of Open-Air Sites to the Environmental Reconstruction of the Gravettian at the "Basque Crossroads" (North Iberia)"
(Elsevier, 2016-08)
The reconstruction of the Cantabrian Gravettian and its palaeoenvironmental sequence is based on cave
stratigraphies, which generally indicate a very rigorous climate (intense cold, occasionally dry and other
times ...
Shell midden people in northern Iberia. New data from the mesolithic rock shelter of J3 (Basque Country, Spain)
(Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, 2010)
[EN]In the course of a sondage dug in the rock shelter of J3, in the Jaizkibel mountains (at the north-western tip of Guipúzcoa), the body of a adult man was located buried inside a shell midden. This shell midden had not ...
The southwesternmost record of Sicista (Mammalia; Dipodidae) in Eurasia, with a review of the palaeogeography and palaeoecology of the genus in Europe
(Elsevier, 2012-07-27)
We describe the southwesternmost specimen of Sicista betulina (Mammalia; Dipodidae) and of the genus Sicista found to date in Eurasia, which comes from the early Late Pleistocene (MIS 5) site of Lezetxiki II (Arrasate, ...
Counting sheep without falling asleep: using GIS to calculate the minimum number of skeletal elements (MNE) and other archaeozoological measures at Schöningen 13II-4 “Spear Horizon”
(Archaeopress, 2015)
In this paper, we describe a GIS-based methodology for estimating the minimum number of skeletal elements (MNE) and other
archaeozoological measures, such as cut mark distribution and density. As a case study, we present ...
Infrared emissivity of copper-alloyed spinel black coatings for concentrated solar power systems
(Elsevier, 2019-05-24)
The directional spectral emissivities of four new copper-alloyed spinel coatings for concentrated solar power applications were measured up to 800 °C and compared Pyromark 2500®, deposited in the same conditions on Inconel ...
Political Determinants of Privatisation Reforms: A Comparative Analysis in Europe
(Sage, 2019-08-18)
This paper analyses the effect of political factors on privatisation reforms and considers the practical implications of such policy from a comparative point of view in Europe. According to a sample of 25 countries in ...