Showing papers in "Quaternary International in 2016"

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focused on the analysis of the trends in daily extreme precipitation indices over a period of 53 years (1961-2013) and analyzed data sets of daily precipitation recorded in 34 weather stations.

TL;DR: In this paper, a comparison between marine and terrestrial data from the NW Iberian margin, core MD03-2697, allows us to accurately evaluate, without chronological ambiguity, the vegetation response to North Atlantic climate events across the last deglaciation.

TL;DR: A review of the main concepts related to loess formation can be found in this paper, where several gaps of knowledge are identified that require a number of specific studies related to different aspects of Loess formation in various environments.

TL;DR: It is suggested that changes in the visuospatial integration functions and in the parietal areas may have represented an essential component for enhancing embodiment capacity.

TL;DR: The results indicate that the pace of a eastward/southward spread was interrupted around 1800 BC on the borders of the distinct culinary zone recognized by Fuller and Rowlands (2011), but regained pace around 200–300 years later in central-east China with a diminished grain size.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report the results of an archaeobotanical study based on the analysis of flotation samples and AMS 14C dating of eight sites in the Hexi corridor.

TL;DR: In this paper, an overview of glacial features of the Russian Federation from the western border to the Laptev Sea is presented in the form of an explanatory note to the map of ice marginal formations and ice limits 600 to 11k years old.

TL;DR: The presence of a range of potentially inhaled, and ingested, materials extracted from samples of dental calculus from the Qesem Cave hominins are described, which extends the evidence for consumption of plant foods containing essential nutrients including polyunsaturated fatty acids and carbohydrates, into the Lower Palaeolithic.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a summary of the pedostratigraphic sequence from Northern France, supplemented by the data from the new reference sequence of Havrincourt and a global correlation scheme with surrounding areas.

TL;DR: The Late Pleistocene site “Troisieme caverne” of Goyet (Belgium) has yielded the broadest set of Neandertal remains in North-Western Europe and is associated with a rich and diverse large mammal assemblage.

TL;DR: In this article, a large number of dates have been published from southern Africa's continental dunefields and isolated dunes, providing a rich record of aeolian system dynamics during the Late Quaternary.

TL;DR: The INQUA Dunes Atlas project as mentioned in this paper developed a global digital database of chronological information for periods of inland or continental sand dune accumulation and stabilization, which comprises information on the site location, dune type, and stratigraphic context, pertinent analytical information (e.g. luminescence procedures), and literature citations to the original data source.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present general characteristics of the climate in Poland during the Vistulian (Weichselian), expressed by changes of its continentality during warm and cold intervals.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used more than 50 years data bathymetric data, together with simulation fluvial discharge data, to study the delta evolution in response to human activities in the Pearl River estuary.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focused on dissecting the palimpsest of level O at Abric Romani through an interdisciplinary analysis, using different methods and techniques including archaeostratigraphy, intra-site spatial archaeology, zooarchaeology, tooth microwear, taphonomy, lithic technology, and faunal and lithic refits.

TL;DR: In the case of the El Forn and Pit 1 localities, two large cutting tools have been recovered: a cleaver-like tool and a pick made of hard-wearing schist.

TL;DR: Monnier et al. as mentioned in this paper focused on a time frame within which rapid behavioural and technological changes have been documented: the period between MIS 9 to 6, focusing on questions of taphonomy, conservation, chronology and environment, as well as reviewing the pattern of technological change within lithic assemblages.

TL;DR: In this article, a record of changes in summer monsoon strength during the Holocene from Lake Rara, western Nepal, using redox sensitive elements measured by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) core-scanner.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used optically stimulated luminescence and radiocarbon dating techniques to establish a chronology for a sediment sequence spanning the last 140,000 years, the longest record yet produced in the region.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that repeated cycles of lake expansion and contraction provide a push-pull mechanism for the isolation and combination of populations in Equatorial Africa that may contribute to the Late Pleistocene human biological variability suggested by the fossil and genetic records.

TL;DR: In this paper, a succession of hearths at the same location in the cave yielded dense faunal and lithic remains as well as evidence for spatial differentiation between areas, and the most common prey species is the Mesopotamian fallow deer (Dama cf mesopotamica).

TL;DR: In this paper, two clearly differentiated techno-complexes can be recognized in the Iberian Peninsula during the second half of the Middle Pleistocene: the Acheulean and the Middle Palaeolithic.

TL;DR: The results of an archaeological investigation comprising radiocarbon dating as well as archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological analyses from five typical Nuomuhong sites, to explore the chronology and subsistence strategy of the culture were reported in this paper.

TL;DR: Perez et al. as mentioned in this paper presented a study on the role of the human brain in the development of artificial neural networks in the context of La Plata, Argentina, with the support of the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas and Tecnicas.

TL;DR: Use-wear analysis underlined some distinction between Quina and demi-Quina scrapers: the Quina seem more suitable for working hard and medium-hard materials and the demi -Quina for working softer materials, especially through cutting activities.

TL;DR: A meta-analysis of 689 luminescence age estimates of Australian desert sand dunes is presented in this article, where the authors examine the hypothesis that Quaternary climate changes have forced dune accumulation, and to understand longitudinal dune behaviour from the age-architecture of dunes for which stratigraphic information is often absent or poorly known.

TL;DR: It is outlined how a “quantitative genetic” framework to these issues provides an essential means of linking these inherent micro- and macro-evolutionary factors into a coherent whole, while also simultaneously reconciling the potential influence of different sources of variation that are part of a temporally and geographically dispersed entity such as the Acheulean.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present survey and excavation data from the site of Tron Bon Lei on the small island of Alor in Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia, and find no evidence that terrestrial fauna made up a significant component of the subsistence activities undertaken at this site.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine Lower Paleolithic archaeological assemblages that contain bifaces (handaxes) made of elephant bones from Africa, Europe, and the Levant.

TL;DR: Bone retouchers are more common during the Middle Palaeolithic (from MIS 7 to 3) and are now considered as a part of the tool kit of Neanderthals as mentioned in this paper.