Search Results - "Stiner, Mary C."

Cooperative hunting and meat sharing 400-200 kya at Qesem Cave, Israel by Stiner, Mary C, Barkai, Ran, Gopher, Avi

“…Zooarchaeological research at Qesem Cave, Israel demonstrates that large-game hunting was a regular practice by the late Lower Paleolithic period. The 400- to…”
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An endemic pathway to sheep and goat domestication at Aşıklı Höyük (Central Anatolia, Turkey) by Stiner, Mary C, Munro, Natalie D, Buitenhuis, Hijlke, Duru, Güneş, Özbaşaran, Mihriban

“…Sheep and goats (caprines) were domesticated in Southwest Asia in the early Holocene, but how and in how many places remain open questions. This study…”
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A forager–herder trade-off, from broad-spectrum hunting to sheep management at Aşıklı Höyük, Turkey by Stiner, Mary C., Buitenhuis, Hijlke, Duru, Güneş, Kuhn, Steven L., Mentzer, Susan M., Munro, Natalie D., Pöllath, Nadja, Quade, Jay, Tsartsidou, Georgia, Özbaşaran, Mihriban

“…Aşıklı Höyük is the earliest known preceramic Neolithic mound site in Central Anatolia. The oldest Levels, 4 and 5, spanning 8,200 to approximately 9,000 cal…”
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Early Upper Paleolithic shell beads at Üçağızlı Cave I (Turkey): Technology and the socioeconomic context of ornament life-histories by Stiner, Mary C., Kuhn, Steven L., Güleç, Erksin

“…Ten early Upper Paleolithic layers in Üçağızlı Cave I (41–29 uncalibrated ky BP) on the Hatay coast of southern Turkey preserve a rich and varied record of…”
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What’s a Mother to Do?: The Division of Labor among Neandertals and Modern Humans in Eurasia by Kuhn, StevenL, Stiner, MaryC

“…Recent huntergatherers display much uniformity in the division of labor along the lines of gender and age. The complementary economic roles for men and women…”
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Thirty Years on the "Broad Spectrum Revolution" and Paleolithic Demography by Stiner, Mary C.

“…Kent Flannery's "Broad Spectrum Revolution" hypothesis proposes that the emergence of the Neolithic in western Asia was prefaced by increases in dietary…”
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The early Upper Paleolithic occupations at Üçağızlı Cave (Hatay, Turkey) by Kuhn, Steven L., Stiner, Mary C., Güleç, Erksin, Özer, Ismail, Yılmaz, Hakan, Baykara, Ismail, Açıkkol, Ayşen, Goldberg, Paul, Molina, Kenneth Martínez, Ünay, Engin, Suata-Alpaslan, Fadime

“…This paper summarizes results from excavations at Üçağızlı Cave (Hatay, Turkey) between 1999 and 2002 and 2005. This collapsed karstic chamber contains a…”
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An Unshakable Middle Paleolithic?: Trends versus Conservatism in the Predatory Niche and Their Social Ramifications by Stiner, Mary C.

“…The great temporal and geographic span of the Middle Paleolithic (MP) raises many questions about behavioral variation within this period and its evolutionary…”
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Changes in the 'Connectedness' and Resilience of Paleolithic Societies in Mediterranean Ecosystems by Stiner, Mary C., Kuhn, Steven L.

“…Human predator-prey relationships changed dramatically in the Mediterranean Basin between 250,000 and 9,000 years ago. Many of these changes can be linked to…”
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Stable Isotope Evidence for Increasing Dietary Breadth in the European Mid-Upper Paleolithic by Richards, Michael P., Pettitt, Paul B., Stiner, Mary C., Trinkaus, Erik

“…New carbon and nitrogen stable isotope values for human remains dating to the mid-Upper Paleolithic in Europe indicate significant amounts of aquatic (fish,…”
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The challenges of documenting coevolution and niche construction: The example of domestic spaces by Stiner, Mary C.

“…This essay delves into some of the challenges of studying the coevolution of humans and domestic spaces. These constructed arenas center on food preparation,…”
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Paleolithic Population Growth Pulses Evidenced by Small Animal Exploitation by Stiner, Mary C., Munro, Natalie D., Surovell, Todd A., Tchernov, Eitan, Bar-Yosef, Ofer

“…Variations in small game hunting along the northern and eastern rims of the Mediterranean Sea and results from predator-prey simulation modeling indicate that…”
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Ornaments of the Earliest Upper Paleolithic: New Insights from the Levant by Kuhn, Steven L., Stiner, Mary C., Reese, David S., Güleç, Erksin

“…Two sites located on the northern Levantine coast, Üçağizli Cave (Turkey) and Ksar 'Akil (Lebanon) have yielded numerous marine shell beads in association with…”
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Standardizing Infra-red Measures of Bone Mineral Crystallinity: an Experimental Approach by Surovell, Todd A., Stiner, Mary C.

“…Three experiments demonstrate that infra-red spectroscopic measures of bone mineral crystallinity are partially dependent upon sample preparation methods…”
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Hearth-side socioeconomics, hunting and paleoecology during the late Lower Paleolithic at Qesem Cave, Israel by Stiner, Mary C., Gopher, Avi, Barkai, Ran

“…The late Lower Paleolithic archaeofaunas of Qesem Cave in the southern Levant span 400–200 ka and associate with Acheulo-Yabrudian (mainly Amudian) industries…”
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Domestic spaces as crucibles of Paleolithic culture: An archaeological perspective by Clark, Amy E., Ranlett, Sarah, Stiner, Mary C.

“…The places in which people live, sleep, prepare food, and undertake other activities—known variably as homes, residential sites, living sites, and domestic…”
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The Emergence of Animal Management in the Southern Levant by Munro, Natalie D., Bar-Oz, Guy, Meier, Jacqueline S., Sapir-Hen, Lidar, Stiner, Mary C., Yeshurun, Reuven

“…Our compilation of zooarchaeological data from a series of important archaeological sites spanning the Epipaleolithic through Pre-Pottery Neolithic B periods…”
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Are we missing the “sweet spot” between optimality theory and niche construction theory in archaeology? by Stiner, Mary C., Kuhn, Steven L.

“…•At least two levels of mechanics must be recognized in co-evolutionary studies.•Primary mechanics of day-to-day decisions, and the compounding mechanics of…”
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On the evolution of diet and landscape during the Upper Paleolithic through Mesolithic at Franchthi Cave (Peloponnese, Greece) by Stiner, Mary C., Munro, Natalie D.

“…Franchthi Cave in southern Greece preserves one of the most remarkable records of socioeconomic change of the Late Pleistocene through early Holocene. Located…”
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Love and Death in the Stone Age: What Constitutes First Evidence of Mortuary Treatment of the Human Body? by Stiner, Mary C.

“…After we die, our persona may live on in the minds of the people we know well. Two essential elements of this process are mourning and acts of commemoration…”
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