Institute of Archaeology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

An experimental study of fuel use at the microscale: Plant and dung microfossil indicators from combustion installations

This paper addresses the contribution of experimentally-produced combustion installations to microarchaeological research on the identification, characterization and taphonomy of fuel materials as valuable past traces of fire use. Recent studies have investigated the taphonomy of...

First Record of Tasmanian Devils in the Pilbara: Late Quaternary Subfossils From Juukan Gorge, Puutu Kunti Kurrama Country, and Insights Into Human—Faunal Relationships and Extinction

ABSTRACT This study presents the first unequivocal evidence for the presence of Tasmanian devils ( Sarcophilus harrisii ) in the Pilbara region of northwestern Australia, based on material recovered from archaeological excavations at Juukan Gorge on Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Piniku...