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Patterning and Its Causation in the Pre-Neolithic Colonization of the Mediterranean Islands (Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene)
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-01-20)In 1981 one of us (Cherry) first attempted to identify spatial and temporal patterning in the human colonization of the Mediterranean islands. Since the 1980s, slowly accumulating evidence has suggested that the Mediterranean ... -
Maritime hominin dispersals in the Pleistocene: advancing the debate
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-04-01)To what extent is there spatial and temporal patterning in the spread of our genus around the planet, and what environmental and behavioural factors specify this patterning? The prevailing model of Pleistocene dispersals ... -
(De)orientalising Spain: The “other” from within
(Arkeogazte: Asociación de Jóvenes Investigadores en Arqueología Prehistórica e Histórica, 2016-12)Since the 19th century, Spain was repeatedly ‘orientalised’ by northern Europeans, as foreign visitors and diplomats indulged in oriental fantasies when reflecting on the Muslim-Arab heritage of the Peninsula and its people. ... -
Reflectance - Current state of research and future directions for archaeological charcoal; Results from a pilot study on Irish Bronze Age cremation charcoals
(Elsevier, 2016-11)‘Reflectance’ is a method that estimates the absolute burn temperature of charcoal from the ‘shininess’ of resin mounted samples. The method's usefulness for archaeological charcoal is yet to be comprehensively studied. ...
