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List of works by Ruth Blasco

A neo-taphonomic approach to human campsites modified by carnivores

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

A rallying point for different predators: the avian record from a Late Pleistocene sequence of Grotte des Barasses II (Balazuc, Ardèche, France)

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A resilient landscape at Teixoneres Cave (MIS 3; Moià, Barcelona, Spain): The Neanderthals as disrupting agent

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A zooarchaeological contribution to establish occupational patterns at Level J of Abric Romaní (Barcelona, Spain)

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Assessment of statistical agreement of three techniques for the study of cut marks: 3D digital microscope, laser scanning confocal microscopy and micro-photogrammetry.

scientific article

Birds as indicators of high biodiversity zones around the Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave, Israel

scholarly article by Antonio Sánchez Marco et al published November 2016 in Quaternary International

Bone as a technological raw material at the Gran Dolina site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain).

scientific article published on 21 March 2011

Bone marrow storage and delayed consumption at Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave, Israel (420 to 200 ka)

scientific article published on 09 October 2019

Characterising the exploitation of avian resources: An experimental combination of lithic use-wear, residue and taphonomic analyses

scholarly article

Chronology of the Late Pleistocene archaeological sequence at Vanguard Cave, Gibraltar: Insights from quartz single and multiple grain luminescence dating

scholarly article by Nina Doerschner published in March 2018

Comment on “A global environmental crisis 42,000 years ago”

scientific article

Continuity or discontinuity in the European Early Pleistocene human settlement: the Atapuerca evidence

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Continuity versus discontinuity of the human settlement of Europe between the late Early Pleistocene and the early Middle Pleistocene. The mandibular evidence

scholarly article

Contributing to characterise wild predator behaviour: consumption pattern, spatial distribution and bone damage on ungulate carcasses consumed by red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Diet and environment 1.2 million years ago revealed through analysis of dental calculus from Europe's oldest hominin at Sima del Elefante, Spain

scientific article published on 15 December 2016

Earliest evidence for human consumption of tortoises in the European Early Pleistocene from Sima del Elefante, Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain

scientific article published on 31 July 2011

Earliest evidence of pollution by heavy metals in archaeological sites

scientific article

Early Pleistocene human humeri from the Gran Dolina-TD6 site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain).

scientific article published on 10 February 2012

Early evidence of stone tool use in bone working activities at Qesem Cave, Israel

scientific article

Environmental availability, behavioural diversity and diet: a zooarchaeological approach from the TD10-1 sublevel of Gran Dolina (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain) and Bolomor Cave (Valencia, Spain)

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Feathers and food: Human-bird interactions at Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave, Israel

scientific article published on 19 September 2019

Fire for a Reason: Barbecue at Middle Pleistocene Qesem Cave, Israel

scholarly article by Ran Barkai et al published August 2017 in Current Anthropology

Going beyond the potential equifinality problems: A response to Saladié and Rodríguez-Hidalgo (2019)

scientific article published in November 2019

Hiding to eat: the role of carnivores in the early Middle Pleistocene from the TD8 level of Gran Dolina (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain)

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How did the Qesem Cave people use their teeth? Analysis of dental wear patterns

scholarly article

Hunted or Scavenged Neanderthals? Taphonomic Approach to Hominin Fossils with Carnivore Damage

Last Neanderthals in the warmest refugium of Europe: Palynological data from Vanguard Cave

Learning by heart: cultural patterns in the faunal processing sequence during the middle pleistocene

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Microwear and isotopic analyses on cave bear remains from Toll Cave reveal both short-term and long-term dietary habits

scientific article published on 05 April 2019

Neandertal long bone breakage process: Standardized or random patterns? The example of Abri du Maras (Southeastern France, MIS 3)

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New insights in Neanderthal palaeoecology using stable oxygen isotopes preserved in small mammals as palaeoclimatic tracers in Teixoneres Cave (Moià, northeastern Iberia) ⬇️

Occupational Patterns and Subsistence Strategies in Level J of Abric Romaní

article published in 2012

Pigeons and choughs, a usual resource for the Neanderthals in Gibraltar

scholarly article

Potential exploitation of avian resources by fossil hominins: An overview from ethnographic and historical data

scholarly article by Juan J Negro et al published November 2016 in Quaternary International

Quantitative and qualitative analysis for the study of Middle Paleolithic retouched artifacts: Unit III of Teixoneres cave (Barcelona, Spain)

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Rabbits as Food at the end of the Upper Palaeolithic at Molí del Salt (Catalonia, Spain)

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Refitting bones to reconstruct the diversity in Middle Palaeolithic human occupations: the case of the Abric Romaní site (Capellades, Barcelona, Spain) ⬇️

scientific article published on 6 July 2019

Shaped stone balls were used for bone marrow extraction at Lower Paleolithic Qesem Cave, Israel

scientific article published on 09 April 2020

Silvicolous Neanderthals in the far West: the mid-Pleistocene palaeoecological sequence of Bolomor Cave (Valencia, Spain)

scientific article published in August 2019

Site formation dynamics and human occupations at Bolomor Cave (Valencia, Spain): An archaeostratigraphic analysis of levels I to XII (100–200 ka)

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Tale of two timescales: Combining tooth wear methods with different temporal resolutions to detect seasonality of Palaeolithic hominin occupational patterns

The Anthropogenic Use of Firewood During the European Middle Pleistocene: Charcoal Evidence from Levels XIII and XI of Bolomor Cave, Eastern Iberia (230–160 ka)

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The Radiocarbon Approach to Neanderthals in a Carnivore Den Site: a Well-Defined Chronology for Teixoneres Cave (Moià, Barcelona, Spain)

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The hunted hunter: the capture of a lion (Panthera leo fossilis) at the Gran Dolina site, Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain

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Tortoises as a dietary supplement: A view from the Middle Pleistocene site of Qesem Cave, Israel

scholarly article by Ruth Blasco et al published February 2016 in Quaternary Science Reviews

Ungulates from Teixoneres Cave (Moià, Barcelona, Spain): Presence of cold-adapted elements in NE Iberia during the MIS 3

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Use and selection of bone fragments in the north of the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Palaeolithic: bone retouchers from level 4 of Prado Vargas (Burgos, Spain) ⬇️

Variations in Microtus arvalis and Microtus agrestis (Arvicolinae, Rodentia) Dental Morphologies in an Archaeological Context: the Case of Teixoneres Cave (Late Pleistocene, North-Eastern Iberia)

scholarly article by Elisa Luzi published in September 2016

Very human bears: Wild brown bear neo-taphonomic signature and its equifinality problems in archaeological contexts

scientific article published in May 2019

What happens around a fire: Faunal processing sequences and spatial distribution at Qesem Cave (300 ka), Israel

scholarly article by Ruth Blasco et al published April 2016 in Quaternary International

What is going on at the Molí del Salt site? A zooarchaeological approach to the last hunter-gatherers from South Catalonia

What is the taphonomic agent responsible for the avian accumulation? An approach from the Middle and early Late Pleistocene assemblages from Payre and Abri des Pêcheurs (Ardèche, France)

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Who eats whom? Taphonomic analysis of the avian record from the Middle Paleolithic site of Teixoneres Cave (Moià, Barcelona, Spain)

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