Middle to Late Epipaleolithic hunter-gatherer encampments at the Ashalim site, on a linear dune-like morphology, along dunefield margin water bodies

Geomorphological dynamics and human interactions in a semiarid valley in Northwestern Argentina: The Cafayate depression (Salta Province)

“…Thus, fluvial courses, ephemeral streams, alluvial fans, and erosion/accumulation aeolian processes reach their greatest development (Harvey, 1989;Watson, 1989;Cooke et al, 1993). There is a noticeable interaction between the fluvial systems and the activity of aeolian processes, as described in arid areas of different continents (Bullard and McTainsh, 2003;Forman et al, 2006;Madale et al, 2008;Roskin et al, 2014Roskin et al, , 2017Al-Masrahy and Mountney, 2015;Liu and Coulthard, 2015;Vardi et al, 2018;among others).…”

Fluvial and aeolian dynamics of the Santa María River in the Cafayate depression (Salta Province, NW Argentina)

“…These graphical representations of fluvial forms provide a complete image of the various related processes and landforms. Interactions between aeolian and fluvial processes (A-F interactions) play a fundamental role in shaping the surface of the Earth over a range of local to regional scalesespecially in dryland, desert, and dunefield margins (Al-Masrahy & Mountney, 2015;Liu & Coulthard, 2015;Roskin, Katra, Agha, Porat, & Barzilai, 2014;Roskin, Bookman, Friesem, & Vardi, 2017;Vardi et al, 2018).…”

Introduction to special issue The Lower to Middle Paleolithic boundaries: Evolutionary threshold or continuum?

“…The increasing diversity and complexity of behavior with respect to stone tools is echoed in other facets of behavior. Use wear evidence attests to a range of applications for stone tools, including processing hides and plant material both before (Agam and Zupancich, 2020) and after (Vardi et al, 2018;Groman-Yaroslavski et al, 2021) the transition from LP to MP. These nonsubsistence activities point to a range of technologies involving perishable raw materials which are largely invisible to us except for traces left on stone tools.…”