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  1. Intriguing Occupations at Gran Dolina (Atapuerca, Spain): the Acheulean Subunits TD10.3 and TD10.4

    Article • Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology, March 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  2. New Approaches to the Bipolar Flaking Technique: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Kinematic Perspectives

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, February 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  3. Initial Upper Palaeolithic material culture by 45,000 years ago at Shiyu in northern China

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  4. Experimental bone toolmaking: A proposal of technological analytical principles to knapped bones

    Article • Journal of Lithic Studies, November 2023, Edinburgh University Library

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  5. The quantification of surface abrasion on flint stone tools

    Article • Archaeometry, September 2023, Wiley

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  6. An archaeostratigraphic consideration of the Gran Dolina TD10.2 cultural sequence from a quantitative approach

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, June 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  7. First presence of Macaca sylvanus at the late Early Pleistocene of Barranc de la Boella (La Mina locality, Francolí Basin, NE Iberia)

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, June 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  8. The Western European Acheulean: Reading variability at a regional scale

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, June 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  9. The earliest European Acheulean: new insights into the large shaped tools from the late Early Pleistocene site of Barranc de la Boella (Tarragona, Spain)

    Article • Frontiers in Earth Science, May 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  10. A review on the Pleistocene occurrences and palaeobiology of Hippopotamus antiquus based on the record from the Barranc de la Boella Section (Francolí Basin, NE Iberia)

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, May 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  11. Animal husbandry in Sicilian prehistory: The zooarchaeological perspective from Vallone Inferno (Scillato, Palermo)

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, April 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  12. Butchering knives and hafting at the Late Middle Paleolithic open-air site of Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet (NMO), Israel

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  13. The Technological Behaviours of Homo antecessor: Core Management and Reduction Intensity at Gran Dolina-TD6.2 (Atapuerca, Spain)

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  14. An assessment of bone tool cleaning procedures in preparation for traceological analysis

    Article • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  15. Innovative ochre processing and tool use in China 40,000 years ago

    Article • Nature, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  16. Microbotanical residues for the study of early hominin tools

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  17. Is a spatial investigation possible without long-distance refit/conjoin? Application to the MIS 11 lithic assemblage of levels E and J from La Cansaladeta site (Tarragona, Spain)

    Article • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  18. Coping with arid environments: A critical threshold for human expansion in Europe at the Marine Isotope Stage 12/11 transition? The case of the Iberian Peninsula

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, April 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  19. Dragged, lagged, or undisturbed: reassessing the autochthony of the hominin-bearing assemblages at Gran Dolina (Atapuerca, Spain)

    Article • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  20. Early pastoral communities in the mountains of Sicily. Prehistoric evidence from Vallone Inferno (Scillato) in the palaeoenvironmental framework of the Madonie mountain range

    Article • Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, March 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  21. Polish is quantitatively different on quartzite flakes used on different worked materials

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2020, PLOS

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  22. Not only use

    Article • Quaternary International, December 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  23. Using 3D digital microscopy and SEM-EDX for in-situ residue analysis: A multi-analytical contextual approach on experimental stone tools

    Article • Quaternary International, December 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  24. Characterization of the use-wear and residues resulting from limestone working. Experimental approach to the parietal art of La Viña rock shelter (La Manzaneda, Asturias, Spain)

    Article • Quaternary International, December 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  25. Exploring the utility of optical microscopy versus scanning electron microscopy for the quantification of dental microwear

    Article • Quaternary International, December 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  26. Results of a functional study on the Middle to early Upper Pleistocene lithic assemblages from the Azokh 1 Cave site (South Caucasus)

    Article • Quaternary International, December 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  27. Knapped bones used as tools: experimental approach on different activities

    Article • Quaternary International, December 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  28. Use-wear analysis of the late Middle Pleistocene quartzite assemblage from the Gran Dolina site, TD10.1 subunit (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)

    Article • Quaternary International, December 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  29. Functional studies of prehistoric artefacts and their socio-economic meaning

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, October 2020, Elsevier

    Alfred Pawlik, Dr Andreu Ollé

  30. The dawn of the Middle Paleolithic in Atapuerca: the lithic assemblage of TD10.1 from Gran Dolina

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, August 2020, Elsevier

    Dr XOSE PEDRO RODRIGUEZ, Dr Andreu Ollé

  31. The WEAP Method: a New Age in the Analysis of the Acheulean Handaxes

    Article • Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  32. Exploring the landscape and climatic conditions of Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans in the Middle East: the rodent assemblage from the late Pleistocene of Kaldar Cave (Khorramabad Valley, Iran)

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, May 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  33. A new combined approach using confocal and scanning electron microscopy to image surface modifications on quartzite

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, April 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  34. Use-wear and residue mapping on experimental chert tools. A multi-scalar approach combining digital 3D, optical, and scanning electron microscopy

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, April 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  35. Objectifying processes: The use of geometric morphometrics and multivariate analyses on Acheulean tools

    Article • Journal of Lithic Studies, March 2020, Edinburgh University Library

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  36. Use-wear analysis of a specific mobile toolkit from the Middle Paleolithic site of Abric Romaní (Barcelona, Spain): a case study from level M

    Article • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  37. Short-Term Occupations in Paleolithic Archaeology

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  38. Occupying Cave-Sites: A Case Study from Azokh 1 Cave (Southern Caucasus)

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  39. Avoiding the Blue and Black/White and Gold Argument: an Automated Colour Reference System Applied to Lithic Refit Processes

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr XOSE PEDRO RODRIGUEZ, Dr Andreu Ollé

  40. New taphonomic advances in 3D digital microscopy: A morphological characterisation of trampling marks

    Article • Quaternary International, May 2019, Elsevier

    jose yravedra, Dr Andreu Ollé

  41. Lithic refits as a tool to reinforce postdepositional analysis

    Article • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  42. Early evidence of Prunus and Prunus cf. amygdalus from Palaeolithic sites in the Khorramabad Valley, western Iran

    Article • Comptes Rendus Palevol, July 2018, Cellule MathDoc/CEDRAM

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  43. The Mental Template in Handaxe Manufacture: New Insights into Acheulean Lithic Technological Behavior at Boxgrove, Sussex, UK

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  44. Shedding light on the Early Pleistocene of TD6 (Gran Dolina, Atapuerca, Spain): The technological sequence and occupational inferences

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2018, PLOS

    Dr XOSE PEDRO RODRIGUEZ, Dr Andreu Ollé

  45. Evidence of paleoecological changes and Mousterian occupations at the Galería de las Estatuas site, Sierra de Atapuerca, northern Iberian plateau, Spain

    Article • Quaternary Research, August 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Dr XOSE PEDRO RODRIGUEZ, Dr Andreu Ollé

  46. Chronometric investigations of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in the Zagros Mountains using AMS radiocarbon dating and Bayesian age modelling

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, August 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  47. Building an Experimental Comparative Reference Collection for Lithic Micro-Residue Analysis Based on a Multi-Analytical Approach

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  48. Human predatory behavior and the social implications of communal hunting based on evidence from the TD10.2 bison bone bed at Gran Dolina (Atapuerca, Spain)

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, April 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  49. Chemical Alteration of Lithic Artefacts: an Experimental Case Study on the effect of Guano on Stone Flakes and Its Contextualization in the Archaeological Assemblage of Azokh Cave (Southern Caucasus)

    Article • Archaeometry, March 2017, Wiley

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  50. Understanding the emergence of modern humans and the disappearance of Neanderthals: Insights from Kaldar Cave (Khorramabad Valley, Western Iran)

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  51. Quartz and quartzite refits at Gran Dolina (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos): Connecting lithic artefacts in the Middle Pleistocene unit of TD10.1

    Article • Quaternary International, March 2017, Elsevier

    Dr XOSE PEDRO RODRIGUEZ, Dr Andreu Ollé

  52. New contributions to the functional analysis of prehistoric tools

    Article • Quaternary International, January 2017, Elsevier

    Alfred Pawlik, Dr Andreu Ollé

  53. Microscopic analysis of technical and functional traces as a method for the use-wear analysis of rock crystal tools

    Article • Quaternary International, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  54. Traceological analysis of a singular artefact: The rock crystal point from O Achadizo (Boiro, A Coruña, Galicia)

    Article • Journal of Lithic Studies, September 2016, Edinburgh University Library

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  55. The Acheulean from Atapuerca: Three steps forward, one step back

    Article • Quaternary International, August 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé, Dr XOSE PEDRO RODRIGUEZ

  56. Microwear study of quartzite artefacts: preliminary results from the Middle Pleistocene site of Payre (South-eastern France)

    Article • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  57. Modern contaminants affecting microscopic residue analysis on stone tools: A word of caution

    Article • Micron, July 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  58. Microwear features on vein quartz, rock crystal and quartzite: A study combining Optical Light and Scanning Electron Microscopy

    Article • Quaternary International, March 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  59. Monitoring and interpreting the use-wear formation processes on quartzite flakes through sequential experiments

    Article • Quaternary International, February 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  60. The Early Acheulean technology of Barranc de la Boella (Catalonia, Spain)

    Article • Quaternary International, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  61. The Middle Pleistocene site of La Cansaladeta (Tarragona, Spain): Stratigraphic and archaeological succession

    Article • Quaternary International, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé, Dr XOSE PEDRO RODRIGUEZ

  62. The first peopling of Europe and technological change during the Lower-Middle Pleistocene transition

    Article • Quaternary International, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé, Dr XOSE PEDRO RODRIGUEZ

  63. Lithic Assemblages Recovered from Azokh 1

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  64. The occupational pattern of the Galería site (Atapuerca, Spain): A technological perspective

    Article • Quaternary International, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  65. Coexistence among large predators during the Lower Paleolithic at the site of La Mina (Barranc de la Boella, Tarragona, Spain)

    Article • Quaternary International, November 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  66. Hominin subsistence and site function of TD10.1 bone bed level at Gran Dolina site (Atapuerca) during the late Acheulean

    Article • Journal of Quaternary Science, October 2015, Wiley

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  67. Barranc de la Boella (Catalonia, Spain): an Acheulean elephant butchering site from the European late Early Pleistocene

    Article • Journal of Quaternary Science, September 2015, Wiley

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  68. The continental record of Marine Isotope Stage 11 (Middle Pleistocene) on the Iberian Peninsula characterized by herpetofaunal assemblages

    Article • Journal of Quaternary Science, August 2015, Wiley

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  69. Applying SEM to the study of use-wear on unmodified shell tools: an experimental approach

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, July 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  70. Structural study of two quartzite varieties from the Utrillas facies formation (Olmos de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain): From a petrographic characterisation to a functional analysis design

    Article • Quaternary International, July 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  71. The lithic industry of Sima del Elefante (Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain) in the context of Early and Middle Pleistocene technology in Europe

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, May 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé, Dr XOSE PEDRO RODRIGUEZ

  72. The nature of technological changes: The Middle Pleistocene stone tool assemblages from Galería and Gran Dolina-subunit TD10.1 (Atapuerca, Spain)

    Article • Quaternary International, May 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  73. Correction: Experimental Butchering of a Chimpanzee Carcass for Archaeological Purposes

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2015, PLOS

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  74. Experimental Butchering of a Chimpanzee Carcass for Archaeological Purposes

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2015, PLOS

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  75. The Lower Paleolithic of Iran: Probing New Finds from Mar Gwergalan Cave (Holeylan, Central Zagros)1

    Article • Archaeology Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, March 2015, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  76. The earliest Acheulean technology at Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain): Oldest levels of the Galería site (GII Unit)

    Article • Quaternary International, December 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  77. Test excavations and initial results at the Middle and Upper Paleolithic sites of Gilvaran, Kaldar, Ghamari caves and Gar Arjene Rockshelter, Khorramabad Valley, western Iran

    Article • Comptes Rendus Palevol, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  78. The use of sequential experiments and SEM in documenting stone tool microwear

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  79. Scanning Electron and Optical Light Microscopy: two complementary approaches for the understanding and interpretation of usewear and residues on stone tools

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  80. Age and Date for Early Arrival of the Acheulian in Europe (Barranc de la Boella, la Canonja, Spain)

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2014, PLOS

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  81. Lithic assemblages of Azokh Cave (Nagorno Karabagh, Lesser Caucasus): Raw materials, technology and regional context

    Article • Journal of Lithic Studies, March 2014, Edinburgh University Library

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  82. Reality and confusion in the recognition of post-depositional alterations and use-wear: an experimental approach on basalt tools

    Article • Journal of Lithic Studies, March 2014, Edinburgh University Library

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  83. Les matières premières, la technologie lithique et les stratégies d’occupation dans le site du Pléistocène moyen de Covacha de los Zarpazos (gisement de Galería, Sierra de Atapuerca, Espagne)

    Article • L Anthropologie, November 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  84. Combined ESR/U-series chronology of Acheulian hominid-bearing layers at Trinchera Galería site, Atapuerca, Spain

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, August 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé, Dr Falgueres Christophe

  85. Procesos técnicos y culturales durante el Holoceno inicial en el noroeste de la Península Ibérica. Los niveles B y Bb de La Cativera (El Catllar, Tarragona)

    Article • Trabajos de Prehistoria, June 2013, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  86. The Early and Middle Pleistocene technological record from Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain)

    Article • Quaternary International, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr XOSE PEDRO RODRIGUEZ, Dr Andreu Ollé

  87. From Atapuerca to Europe: Tracing the earliest peopling of Europe

    Article • Quaternary International, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr XOSE PEDRO RODRIGUEZ, Dr Andreu Ollé

  88. The first evidence of cut marks and usewear traces from the Plio-Pleistocene locality of El-Kherba (Ain Hanech), Algeria: implications for early hominin subsistence activities circa 1.8 Ma

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, February 2013, Elsevier

    Mr zoheir harichane, Dr derradji abdelkader, Dr Andreu Ollé

  89. New data on Sicilian prehistoric and historic evolution in a mountain context, Vallone Inferno (Scillato, Italy)

    Article • Comptes Rendus Palevol, February 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain, Dr Andreu Ollé

  90. Investigating the Mid-Brunhes Event in the Spanish terrestrial sequence

    Article • Geology, August 2012, Geological Society of America

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  91. One million years of cultural evolution in a stable environment at Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain)

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, June 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé, Dr XOSE PEDRO RODRIGUEZ

  92. Technical microwear and residues in identifying bipolar knapping on an anvil: experimental data

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, May 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  93. Early hominid dispersals: A technological hypothesis for “out of Africa”

    Article • Quaternary International, September 2010, Elsevier

    Dr XOSE PEDRO RODRIGUEZ, Dr Andreu Ollé

  94. Sleeping Activity Area within the Site Structure of Archaic Human Groups

    Article • Current Anthropology, February 2010, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  95. Laser for removing remains of carbonated matrices from Pleistocene fossils

    Article • August 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  96. Pleistocene human remains and conservation treatments: the case of a mandible from Atapuerca (Spain)

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, May 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  97. The first hominin of Europe

    Article • Nature, March 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andreu Ollé, Dr XOSE PEDRO RODRIGUEZ

  98. UNDER THE HAMMER: RESIDUES RESULTING FROM PRODUCTION AND MICROWEAR ON EXPERIMENTAL STONE TOOLS

    Article • Archaeometry, November 2006, Wiley

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  99. An Early Pleistocene hominin mandible from Atapuerca-TD6, Spain

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2005, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Andreu Ollé, Dr XOSE PEDRO RODRIGUEZ

  100. Les premiers comportements funéraires auraient-ils pris place à Atapuerca, il y a 350 000 ans ?

    Article • L Anthropologie, January 2003, Elsevier

    Dr XOSE PEDRO RODRIGUEZ, Dr Andreu Ollé

  101. Structure morphotechnique de l'industrie lithique du Pléistocène inférieur et moyen d'Atapuerca (Burgos, Espagne)

    Article • L Anthropologie, April 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé, Dr XOSE PEDRO RODRIGUEZ

  102. Perspectives méthodologiques de l'analyse fonctionnelle des ensembles lithiques du Pléistocène inférieur et moyen d'Atapuerca (Burgos, Espagne)

    Article • L Anthropologie, April 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé

  103. The Pleistocene site of Gran Dolina, Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain: a history of the archaeological investigations

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, September 1999, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé, Dr XOSE PEDRO RODRIGUEZ

  104. The TD6 level lithic industry from Gran Dolina, Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain): production and use

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, September 1999, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé, Dr XOSE PEDRO RODRIGUEZ

  105. The TD6 (Aurora stratum) hominid site. Final remarks and new questions

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, September 1999, Elsevier

    Dr Andreu Ollé, Dr XOSE PEDRO RODRIGUEZ