The retouching and resharpening of lithic tools during their production and maintenance leads to the production of large numbers of small flakes and chips known as microdebitage. Standard analytical approaches to this material involves the mapping of …
The Late Glacial, that is the period from the first pronounced warming after the Last GlacialMaximum to the beginning of the Holocene (c. 16,000–11,700 calBP), is traditionally viewed as atime when northern Europe was being recolonized and Late …
In this article we demonstrate, using two archaeological case studies, the applicability and potential of geometric morphometric methodologies to the Danish archaeological record. The article first introduces the reader to the mathematical …
In this paper, we examine the morphological diversity of the tutuli object group from the earlier Nordic Bronze Age (henceforth NBA) – an often over-looked object group despite their abundance specially, temporally and contextually. Currently, only a …
During road construction work, material attributed to the Final Palaeolithic was discovered at Skovmosen I, near Kongens Lyngby on Zealand, eastern Denmark. Although it is regularly mentioned in reviews of the southern Scandinavian Final …
We present an experimental study that considers the Middle Palaeolithic transition from an earlier, predominantly Levallois method of blade production, to a later, predominantly laminar method, and why at some sites they even co-occur. This paper …
The analysis of ancient genomes is having a major impact on archaeological interpretations. Yet, the methodological divide between these disciplines is substantial. Fundamentally, there is an urgent need to reconcile archaeological and genetic …
Acheulean biface shape and symmetry have fuelled many discussions on past hominin behaviour in regards to the ‘meaning’ of biface technology. However, few studies have attempted to quantify and investigate their diachronic relationship using a …
Over the last three decades a number of archaeological investigations have demonstrated the widespread use of both laminar and Levallois methods of blade manufacture throughout the European Middle Palaeolithic. These strategies are observed in …