Geoarchäologie

2023

Fernández‐Palacios, E., Jambrina‐Enríquez, M., Mentzer, S.M. et al. (2023). Reconstructing formation processes at the Canary Islands indigenous site of Belmaco Cave (La Palma, Spain) through a multiproxy geoarchaeological approach. Geoarchaeology, 38(6): 713-739. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.21972
 

Meinekat, S.A., Milton, E.B., Furlotte, B. et al. (2023). Fire as high-elevation cold adaptation: An evaluation of fuels and Terminal Pleistocene combustion in the Central Andes. Quaternary Science Reviews, 316: 108244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108244 

2022

Marcazzan, D., Meinekat, S.A. (2022). Creating qualitative datasets in geoarchaeology: An easy-applicable description template for archaeological thin section analysis using Stoops 2003. MethodsX, 9: p.101663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2022.101663

Massilani, D., Morley, M.W., Mentzer, S.M. et al. (2022). Microstratigraphic preservation of ancient faunal and hominin DNA in Pleistocene cave sediments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(1): p.e2113666118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2113666118

Schilt, F., Miller, C.E., Wright, D.K. et al. (2022). Hunter-gatherer environments at the Late Pleistocene sites of Mwanganda's Village and Bruce, northern Malawi. Quaternary Science Reviews, 292: 107638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107638 

2021

Haaland, M.M., Strauss, A.M., Velliky, E.C. et al. (2021). Hidden in plain sight: A microanalytical study of a Middle Stone Age ochre piece trapped inside a micromorphological block sample. Geoarchaeology, 36(2): 283-313. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.21830 

2020

Haaland, M.M., Miller, C.E., Unhammer, O.F. et al. (2020). Geoarchaeological investigation of occupation deposits in Blombos Cave in South Africa indicate changes in site use and settlement dynamics in the southern Cape during MIS 5b-4. Quaternary Research, 100: 170-223. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2020.75

2019

Haaland MM, Czechowski M, Carpentier F, et al (2019) Documenting archaeological thin sections in high‐resolution: A comparison of methods and discussion of applications. Geoarchaeology 34:100–114. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.21706

Wroth K, Cabanes D, Marston JM, et al (2019) Neanderthal plant use and pyrotechnology: phytolith analysis from Roc de Marsal, France. Archaeol Anthropol Sci. 11: 4325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-019-00793-9

2017

Goldberg P, Miller CE, Mentzer SM (2017) Recognizing Fire in the Paleolithic Archaeological Record. Curr Anthropol 58:S175–S190. https://doi.org/10.1086/692729

Haaland MM, Friesem DE, Miller CE, Henshilwood CS (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. J Archaeol Sci 86:81–100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2017.06.008

Mentzer SM, Romano DG, Voyatzis ME (2017) Micromorphological contributions to the study of ritual behavior at the ash altar to Zeus on Mt. Lykaion, Greece. Archaeol Anthropol Sci 9:1017–1043. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-014-0219-y

Toffolo MB, Regev L, Mintz E, et al (2017) Accurate Radiocarbon Dating of Archaeological Ash Using Pyrogenic Aragonite. Radiocarbon 59:231–249. https://doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2017.7

2016

Miller CE, Mentzer SM, Berthold C, et al (2016) Site-formation processes at elands bay cave, South Africa. Southern African Humanities 29:69–128. https://journals.co.za/content/journal/10520/EJC-55bdae107

2014

Mentzer SM (2014) Microarchaeological Approaches to the Identification and Interpretation of Combustion Features in Prehistoric Archaeological Sites. J Archaeol Method Theory 21:616–668. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-012-9163-2

2013

Mentzer SM, Quade J (2013) Compositional and isotopic analytical methods in archaeological micromorphology. Geoarchaeology 28:87–97.  

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