Geoarchäologie

Publications

Book

Miller, C.E. (2015). A tale of two Swabian Caves. Kerns-Verlag: Tübingen.

Peer Reviewed Articles

Bouchard, G.P., Mentzer, S.M., Riel-Salvatore, J., Hodgkins, J., Miller, C.E., Negrino, F., Wogelius, R. and Buckley, M., 2019. Portable FTIR for on-site screening of archaeological bone intended for ZooMS collagen fingerprint analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 26, p.101862.

Porraz, G., Val, A., Tribolo, C., Mercier, N., de la Pena, P., Haaland, M.M., Igreja, M., Miller, C.E., Schmid, V.C., (2018). The MIS5 Pietersburg at “28” Bushman Rock Shelter, Limpopo Province, South Africa. PLOSone, e0202853.

Mentzer, S., Berthold, C., Seil, M., Adler, H., Chassé, T., Ligouis, B., Miller, C.E., (2018). Morphological and Geochemical Analysis of ‘Ubaid Period Plaster Samples from Dosariyah, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. In: Dosariyah: Reinvestigating a Neolithic coastal community in eastern Arabia, Drechsler, P. (ed.). British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs, No. 19, pp. 358-383.

Chala-Aldana, D., Bocherens, H., Miller, C., Moore, K., Hodgins, G., Rademaker, K., (2018).  Investigating mobility and highland occupation at the Cuncaicha rock shelter through Strontium and Oxygen isotopes. Journal of Archaeological Sciences: Reports 19, 811-827.

Barbieri, A., Leven-Pfister, C., Hodgins, G., Kind, K.-J., Conard, N.J., Miller, C.E., (2018). Bridging Prehistoric caves with buried landscapes in the Swabian Jura (southwestern Germany). Quaternary International 485, 23-43.

Goldberg, P., Miller, C.E., Mentzer, S.M. (2017). Recognizing fire in the Palaeolithic archaeological record.  Current Anthropology 58, S175-S190.

Haaland, M.M., Friesem, D.E., Miller, C.E., Henshilwood, C.S. (2017).  Heat-induced alteration of glauconitic minerals in the Middle Stone Age levels of Blombos Cave, South Africa: implications for evaluating site structure and burning events. Journal of Archaeological Science 86, 81-100.

Kandel, A., Gasparyan, B., Allué, E., Bigga, G., Bruch, A.A., Cullen, V.L., Frahm, E., Ghukasyan, R., Gruwier, B., Jabbour, F., Miller, C.E., Taller, A., Vardayaryan, V., Vasiyan, D., Weissbrod, L., (2017). The earliest evidence for Upper Paleolithic occupation in the Armenian Highlands at Aghitu-3 Cave. Journal of Human Evolution 110, 37-68.

Stahlschmidt, M.C., Miller, C.E., Kandel, A.W., Goldberg, P., Conard, N.J., (2017). Site formation processes and Late Natufian domestic spaces at Baaz Rockshelter, Syria: A micromorphological perspective. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 12, 499-514.

Toffolo, M.B., Regev, L., Mintz, E., Poduska, K., Shahack-Gross, R., Berthold, C., Miller, C.E., Boaretto, E., (2017).  Accurate Radiocarbon dating of archaeological ash using pyrogenic aragonite. Radiocarbon 59, 231-249.

Schmidt, P., Lauer, C., Buck, G., Miller, C.E., Nickel, K., (2017). „Water“-related transformations in silcrete upon heat treatment.  Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 44, 21-31.

Villagran, X.S., Strauss, A., Miller, C.E., Ligouis, B., Oliviera, R., (2017).  Buried in ashes: Site formation processes at Lapa do Santo rockshelter, east-central Brazil.  Journal of Archaeological Science 77, 10-34.

Wright, D.K., Thompson, J.C., Schilt, F., Cohen, A.S., Jeong-Heon, C., Mercader, J., Nightingale, S., Miller, C.E., Mentzer, S., Walde, D., Welling, M., Gomani-Chindebvu, E., (2017). Approaches to Middle Stone Age landscape archaeology in tropical Africa.  Journal of Archaeological Science 77, 64-77.

Miller, C.E., Mentzer, S.M., Berthold, C., Leach, P., Ligouis, B., Tribolo, C., Parkington, J., Porraz, G., (2016). Site formation processes at Elands Bay Cave, South Africa.  Southern African Humanities 29, 69-128.

Porraz, G., Schmid, V.C., Miller, C.E., Tribolo, C., Cartwright, C., Charrié-Duhaut, A., Igreja, M., Mentzer, S., Mercier, N., Schmidt, P., Conard, N.J., Texier, P.J., Parkington, J.E., (2016). Update on the 2011 excavation at Elands Bay Cave (South Africa) and the Verlorenvlei Stone Age. Southern African Humanities 29, 33-68.

Tribolo, C., Mercier, N., Valladas, H., Lefrais, Y., Miller, C.E., Parkington, J., Porraz, G., (2016).  Chronology of the Pleistocene deposits at Elands Bay Cave (South Africa) based on charcoals, burnt lithics, and sedimentary quartz and feldspar grains. Southern African Humanities 29, 129-152.

Sauer, D., Kaderit, A., Kühn, P., Kösel, M., Miller, C.E., Shinonaga, T., Kreutzer, S., Hermann, L., Fleck, W., Starkovich, B.M., Stahr, K., (2016).  The loess-paleosol sequence of Datthausen, SW Germany: Characteristics, chronology, and implications for the use of the Lohne Soil as a marker soil. Catena 146, 10-29.

Strait, D.S., Orr, C.M., Hodgkins, J., Spassov, N., Gurova, M., Miller, C., Tzankov, T., (2016). The Human Fossil Record of Bulgaria and the Formulation of Biogeographic Hypotheses. In: Paleoanthropology of the Balkans and Anatolia, Harvati, K. and Roksandic, M. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer. pp. 69-78.

Rademaker, K., Hodgins, G., Moore, K., Zarrillo, S., Miller, C., Bromley, G.R., Leach, P., Reid, D., Álvarez, W.Y. and Sandweiss, D.H., (2016). Cuncaicha Rockshelter, a Key Site for Understanding Colonization of the High Andes: Reply to Capriles et al. Current Anthropology, 57, 101-103.

Conard, N.J., Serangeli, J., Böhner, U., Starkovich, B.M., Miller, C.E., Urban, B., van Kolfschoten, T., (2015).  Excavations at Schöningen and paradigm shifts in human evolution.  Journal of Human Evolution 89, 1-17.

Miller, C.E. (2015). High-resolution geoarchaeology and settlement dynamics at the Middle Stone Age sites of Diepkloof and Sibudu, South Africa. In: Settlement Dynamics of the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age vol. IV, Conard, N.J. and Delagne, A. (eds.). Tübingen: Kerns Verlag. Pp. 27-46.

Porraz, G., Val, A., Dayet, L., de la Peña, P., Douze, K., Miller, C.E., Murungi, M., Tribolo, C., Schmid, V.C., Sievers, C., (2015).  Bushman Rockshelter (Limpopo, South Africa): A perspective from the edge of the Highveld.  South African Archaeological Bulletin 70, 166-179.

Stahlschmidt, M.C., Miller, C.E., Ligouis, B., Hambach, U., Goldberg, P., Berna, F., Richter, D., Urban, B., Serangeli, J., Conard, N.J., (2015). On the evidence for human use and control of fire at Schöningen. Journal of Human Evolution 89, 181-201.

Stahlschmidt, M., Miller, C.E., Ligouis, B., Goldberg, P., Berna, F., Urban, B., Conard, N.J. (2015). The depositional environments of Schöningen 13 II-4 and their archaeological implications. Journal of Human Evolution 89, 71-91.

Schmidt, P., Porraz, G., Bellot-Gurlet, L., Ligouis, B., February, E., Paris, C., Texier, P.-J., Parkington, J.E., Miller, C.E., Nickel, K.G., Conard, N.J., (2015). A previously undescribed organic residue sheds light on heat treatment in the Middle Stone Age. Journal of Human Evolution 85, 22-34.

Kutterer, A., Overlaet, B., Miller, C.E., Kutterer, J., Jasim, S.A., Haerinck, E., (2014). Late Pre-Islamic Burials at Mleiha, Emirate of Sharjah (UAE). Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 25:175-185.

Pinhasi, R., Meshveliani, T., Matskevich, Z., Bar-Oz, G., Weissbrod, L., Miller, C.E., Wilkinson, K., Lordkipanidze, D., Jakeli, N., Kvavadze, E., Higham, T.F.G., Belfer-Cohen, A., (2014). Satsurblia: new insights about human response and survival across the Last Glacial Maximum in the southern Caucasus. PLoS ONE 9, e111271.

Porraz, G., Texier, P.-J., Miller, C.E., Le complexe bifacial Still Bay et ses modalités d‘émergenceà l’abri Diepkloof (Middle Stone Age, Afrique du Sud), (2014). In: Transitions, ruptures et continuité en Préhistoire, vol. 2: Paléolithique et Mésolithique, Jaubert, J., Fourment, N., Depaepe, P. (eds.). Congrés préhistorique de France. Compte Rendu de la 27éme Session, Bordeaux 2010. Paris: Société préhistorique français. Pp. 155-175.

Rademaker, K., Hodgins, G., Moore, K., Zarillo, S., Miller, C., Bromley, G.R.M., Leach, P., Ried, D.A., Álvarez, W.Y., Sandweiss, D.H., (2014). Paleoindian settlement of the High-Altitude Peruvian Andes. Science 346: 466-469.

Soressi, M., McPherron, S.P., Lenoir, M., Dogandzic, T., Goldberg, P., Jacobs, Z., Maigrot, Y., Martisius, N., Miller, C.E., Rendu, W., Richards, M.P., Skinner, M.M., Steele, T.E., Talamo, S., Texier, J.-P., (2013). Neandertals Made the First Specialized Bone Tools in Europe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 110: 14186-14190.

Porraz, G., Parkington, J.E., Rigaud, J.-F., Miller, C.E., Poggenpoel, C., Tribolo, C., Archer, W., Cartwright, C.R., Charrié-Duhaut, A., Dayet, L., Igreja, M., Mercier, N., Schmidt, P., Verna, C., Texier, P.-J., (2013). The MSA sequence of Diepkloof and the history of southern African Late Pleistocene populations. Journal of Archaeological Science 40: 3542-3552.

Tribolo, C., Mercier, N., Douville, E., Joron, J.-L., Reyss, J.-L., Rufer, D., Cantin, N., Lefrais, Y., Miller, C.E., Porraz, G., Parkington, J., Rigaud, J.-P., Texier, P.-J., (2013). OSL and TL dating of the Middle Stone Age sequence at Diepkloof Rock Shelter (South Africa): a clarification. Journal of Archaeological Science 40: 3401-3411.

Miller, C.E., Goldberg, P., Berna, F., (2013). Geoarchaeological investigations at Diepkloof Rock Shelter, Western Cape, South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science 40: 3432-3452.

Schmidt, P., Porraz, G., Slodczyk, A., Bellot-Gurlet, L., Archer, W., Miller, C.E., (2013). Heat treatment in the South African Middle Stone Age: temperature induced transformations of silcrete and their technological implications. Journal of Archaeological Science 40: 3519-3531.

Miller, C.E., and Sievers, C., (2012). An experimental micromorphological investigation of bedding construction in the Middle Stone Age of Sibudu, South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science 39: 3039-3051.

Wadley, L., Sievers, C., Bamford, M., Goldberg, P., Berna, F., Miller, C., (2011). Middle Stone Age bedding construction and settlement patterns at Sibudu, South Africa. Science 6061: 1388-1391.

Weber, M.-J., Clausen, I., Housley, R. A., Miller, C. E., Riede, F., and Usinger, H., (2010). New information on the Halvete Group site Ahrenshöft LA 58 D (Nordfriesland, Germany) Preliminary results of the 2008 fieldwork at Ahrenshöft LA 58 D. Quartär 57: 7-24.

Texier, P.-J., Porraz, G., Parkington, J., Rigaud, J.-P., Poggenpoel, C., Miller, C. E., Tribolo, C., Cartwright, C., Coudenneau, A., Klein, R., Steele, T., and Verna, C., (2010). A Howiesons Poort tradition of engraving ostrich eggshell containers dated to 60,000 years ago at Diepkloof Rock Shelter, South Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 107: 6180-6185.

Miller, C. E., Conard, N. J., Goldberg, P., Berna, F., (2009). Dumping, sweeping and trampling: experimental micromorphological analysis of anthropogenically modified combustion features. In: The taphonomy of burned organic residues and combustion features in archaeological contexts, Théry-Parisot, I., Chabal, L. and Costamagno, S. (eds.). Actes de la table ronde, Valbonne, 27-29 May 2008. Palethologie 2 : 25.37.

Goldberg, P., Miller, C. E., Schiegl, S., Ligouis, B., Berna, F., Conard, N., and Wadley, L., (2009). Bedding, hearths, and site maintenance in the Middle Stone Age of Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 1: 95-122.

Volume Contributions

Goldberg, P., Miller, C.E., Conard, N., (in press). Micromorphology and site formation processes at Geißenklösterle Cave, Germany. In: Geißenklösterle II, Conard, N.J., and Münzel, S. (eds.), Tübingen: Kerns Verlag.

Mallol, C., Mentzer, S., Miller, C.E., (2017).  Combustion Features.  In: Archaeological Soil and Sediment Micromorphology, Nicosia, C. and Stoops, G. (eds.).  Springer, 299-330.

Villagran, X.S., Huisman, H., Mentzer, S.M., Miller, C.E., Jans, M.M.E., (2017).  Bones and Teeth. In: Archaeological Soil and Sediment Micromorphology, Nicosia, C. and Stoops, G. (eds.).  Springer, pp. 11-38.

Miller, C.E., (2017).  Hohle Fels In: Encyclopedia of Geoarchaeology, Gilbert, A. (ed.).  Springer, p. 425.

Miller, C.E., (2017).  La Micoque.  In: Encyclopedia of Geoarchaeology, Gilbert, A. (ed.).  Springer, pp. 459-460.

Miller, C.E., (2017).  Trampling.  In: Encyclopedia of Geoarchaeology, Gilbert, A. (ed.).  Springer, pp. 981-982.

Miller, C.E., (2015). Soil microtechniques.  The Archaeology of Food: An Encyclopedia.  Eds: Karen Metheny, Mary Beaudry.  Alta Mira Press. 467-469.

Miller, C. E. and Goldberg, P., (2009). Micromorphology and Paleoenvironments. In: Hell Gap a stratified Paleoindian campsite at the edge of the Rockies, Larson, M.L., Kornfeld, M., Frison, G.C. (eds.). Salt Lake City: University of Utah. pp. 72-89.

Other Publications

Stahlschmidt, M.C., and Miller, C.E., (2018).  Mikromorphologie—Schöninger Erde unter dem Mikroskop. 300.000 Jahre Spitzentechnik: Der altsteinzeitliche Fundplatz Schöningen und die frühesten Speere der Menschheit, Terberger, T., Böhner, U., Hillgruber, F., Kotula, A. (eds.) Theiss, Darmstadt. pp. 117-118.

Miller, C.E., (2015).  Geoarchaeology and interpretation of the past in the caves of Swabia: current and future research priorities. Human origin sites and the World Heritage Convention in Eurasia 2, 60-70.

Negrino, F., Benazzi, S., Hodgkins, J., Holt, B., Miller, C., Orr, C., Peresani, M., Riel-Salvatore, M., Strait, D., Gravel-Miguel, C., De Santis, H., (2016). On-going research and first data from Middle and Upper Palaeolithic sites of Liguria region.  Incontri Annuali de Preistoria e Protostoria 1, 52-54.

Miller, C.E. and Stahlschmidt, M.C., (2014).  Eine brennende Frage: Feuer und menschliche Evolution.  Senckenberg—natur.forschung.museum 144, 286-287.

Miller, C. E., (2011). Deposits as Artifacts. Mitteilungen der Tübinger Verein zur Förderung der Ur- und Frühgeschichtlichen Archäologie 12: 91-107.

Miller, C., (2009). Sand, Steine, und Sedimente. Was Verfüllung verraten. In: Eiszeit Kunst und Kultur. Exhibition catalogue for the Baden-Württemberg state exhibit Eiszeit Kunst und Kultur. Rau, S., Naumann, D., and Barth, M., eds. Ostfildern, Germany: Thorbecke. pp. 128-129.

Miller, C., (2009). Erkenntnisse aus dem Dreck—Geoarchäologie. In: “Eiszeit Kunst und Kultur.” Exhibition catalogue for the Baden-Württemberg state exhibit Eiszeit Kunst und Kultur. Rau, S., Naumann, D., and Barth, M., eds. Ostfildern, Germany: Thorbecke. p. 145.

Miller, C. E. (2008). Auch der Dreck enthält Informationen. Die Geoarchäologie hilft Kontext zu erkennen. Steinzeit in Baden-Württemberg. Staatsanzeiger-Verlag. pp. 90-92.

Conard, N. J., Malina, M., Miller, C. E., (2008). Die Fortsetzung der Nachgrabung am Vogelherd bei Niederstotzingen-Stetten ob Lontal, Kreis Heidenheim. Archäologische Ausgrabungen in Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart: Theiss Verlag. pp. 21-24.

Miller, C. E., Keblinsky, C. C., Gardner, N. C., Ferland, K. A., Hall, J. L., Perrin, S. G., Dickson, S. M., Kelley, J. T., (2005), Coastal bluffs in the Sullivan quadrangle, Maine: Maine Geological Survey (Department of Conservation), Open-File Map 05-42, scale 1:24000

Miller, C. E., Ferland, K. A., Keblinsky, C. C., Perrin, S. G., Dickson, S. M., Kelley, J. T., (2005), Coastal bluffs in the Hancock quadrangle, Maine: Maine Geological Survey (Department of Conservation), Open-File Map 05-41, scale 1:24000