Musée de l'Homme

Identifying Middle Paleolithic Residential Units Through the Spatial Organization of Combustion Structures at Abric Romaní (Barcelona, Spain)

Abstract The habitual and controlled use of fire among Neanderthal groups, together with the residential use of caves and rock shelters, represents a major turning point in the emergence of Paleolithic camp bases. In Middle Paleolithic sites, the interrelation between shelter geo...

The Use of Space in Neanderthal Campsites: Evidence from Spatial and Taphonomic Analyses of Charcoal Remains from Level Ra of Abric Romaní (Barcelona, Spain)

Abstract This work aims to investigate the formation processes of the charcoal assemblage from level Ra at Abric Romaní, a well-preserved Middle Palaeolithic rock shelter in north-eastern Spain that was occupied by Neanderthals. To this end, we adopted an anthracological approach...