Mietje Germonpré

Biographic Data

ID	154129
NAME	Mietje Germonpré
GIVEN NAMES	Mietje
FAMILY NAME	Germonpré
SIGNATURE	GERMONPRÉ M
AFFILIATIONS	Institute of Natural Sciences
ORCID	0000-0001-8865-0937
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	38
TOTAL CITATIONS	542
AUTHOR COUNT	38
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1996
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	11

Archaeozoological Insights Into Avian Exploitation in the Magdalenian of Belgium at the Caves of Trou du Frontal and Trou des Nutons
Open AccessQ Goffette, T Devièse et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2026References: 17
Bird exploitation in the European Upper Paleolithic remains poorly understood, particularly in northern regions. This study addresses that gap by presenting the archaeozoological analysis of bird remains from two Magdalenian sites in the Lesse valley (southern Belgium): Trou des Nutons and Trou du Frontal. Excavated in the nineteenth century, these sites are located near Trou de Chaleux—the most significant Magdalenian site in Belgium—and provide…
Multifaceted analysis reveals diet and kinship of Late Pleistocene ‘Tumat Puppies’
Open AccessAnne Kathrine Wiborg Runge, Jonas Niemann et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2025
Distinguishing early domesticates from their wild progenitors presents a significant obstacle for understanding human-mediated effects in the past. The origin of dogs is particularly controversial because potential early dog remains often lack corroborating evidence that can provide secure links between proposed dog remains and human activity. The Tumat Puppies, two permafrost-preserved Late Pleistocene canids, have been hypothesized to have been…
The Epigravettian Site of Yudinovo, Russia
Mikhail Sablin, Nick Reynolds et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Archaeology2023Cited by: 1References: 20
We present here the results of a study of woolly mammoth remains from Yudinovo (Bryansk oblast, Russia) and argue for a revised interpretation of Late Upper Palaeolithic mammoth bone structures in Eastern Europe. Five distinct mammoth bone accumulations have been identified in the main (lower) archaeological layer of Yudinovo, dated to ca. 14.9–14.5 14C kya BP (ca. 18.2–17.6 kya cal BP). Taphonomic and zooarchaeological analyses have shown that t…
Investigating Seasonal Competition between Hominins and Cave Hyaenas in the Belgian Ardennes during the Late Pleistocene
Open AccessElodie-Laure Jimenez, Mietje GermonpréCHAPTERDental Cementum in Anthropology2022
Deciphering the seasonality of predation is a key question in prehistory to understand spatiotemporal human strategies to overcome fluctuating ecological and environmental pressure. In NW Europe, despite periodic rough environmental conditions, the Belgian Ardennes were regularly occupied by humans in the Late Pleistocene, using numerous natural shelters of the karstic valleys and the ungulate biomass reservoir. However, humans competed with seve…
The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes
Open AccessPablo Librado, Naveed Khan et al.ARTICLENature2021
Domestication of horses fundamentally transformed long-range mobility and warfare 1 . However, modern domesticated breeds do not descend from the earliest domestic horse lineage associated with archaeological evidence of bridling, milking and corralling 2–4 at Botai, Central Asia around 3500 bc 3 . Other longstanding candidate regions for horse domestication, such as Iberia 5 and Anatolia 6 , have also recently been challenged. Thus, the genetic,…
Some comments on “Friend or Foe? Large canid remains from Pavlovian sites and their archaeozoological context”, a paper by Wilczyński et al. (2020)
Open AccessMietje Germonpré, Martina Lázničková-Galetová et al.ARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…2021
Mothering the Orphaned Pup
Open AccessMietje Germonpré, Martine Van Den Broeck et al.ARTICLEHuman Ecology2021
Of dogs, wolves, and debate
Open AccessKari A Prassack, Josephine DuBois et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2021Cited by: 2References: 5
Horse males became over-represented in archaeological assemblages during the Bronze Age
Open AccessAntoine Fages, Andaine Seguin-Orlando et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2020Cited by: 7References: 11
Dental microwear as a behavioral proxy for distinguishing between canids at the Upper Paleolithic (Gravettian) site of Předmostí, Czech Republic
Open AccessKari A Prassack, Josephine DuBois et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2020Cited by: 7References: 32
The Late Gravettian Site of Kostënki 21 Layer III, Russia
Open AccessNick Reynolds, Mietje Germonpré et al.ARTICLEJournal of Paleolithic Archaeology2019Cited by: 7References: 32
Bird bones from Trou de Chaleux and the human exploitation of birds during the late Magdalenian in Belgium
Open AccessQ Goffette, Mietje Germonpré et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2019Cited by: 7References: 13
Collagen stable isotopes provide insights into the end of the mammoth steppe in the central East European plains during the Epigravettian
Open AccessD G Drucker, R E Stevens et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2018
Higher δ 15 N values in bone collagen of mammoth ( Mammuthus primigenius ) compared with coeval large herbivores is a classic trait of the mammoth steppe. An exception applies to the Epigravettian site of Mezhyrich (ca. 18–17.4 ka cal BP) in the central East European plains, where mammoth bones have δ 15 N values equivalent to or in a lower range than those of horse specimens ( Equus sp.). We expanded our preliminary dataset to a larger sampling …
A landmark-based approach for assessing the reliability of mandibular tooth crowding as a marker of dog domestication
Open AccessCarly Ameen, Ardern Hulme‐Beaman et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2017Cited by: 12References: 12
Tooth crowding is one of several criteria used to infer the process of domestication in the zooarchaeological record. It has been primarily used to support claims of early animal domestication, perhaps most contentiously in claims for the existence of so-called “proto-domestic” dogs as early as the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic. Tooth crowding studies vary in their methodological approaches, and interpretation of the resulting data is constrained by …
Humans and mammals in the Upper Palaeolithic of Russia
Mietje Germonpré, Mikhail Sablin et al.BOOKOxford Handbook of Zooarchaeology2017Cited by: 1
This chapter focuses on the mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) and large canid (wolf (Canis lupus) and/or dog (Canis familiaris)) assemblages recorded at Upper Palaeolithic sites from the Russian Plain and Siberia. It accordingly pursues the following questions: (1) Is the mammoth ubiquitously found in the Upper Palaeolithic sites of Russia?, (2) Are large canids as often present at Siberian sites as they are at sites from the Russian Plain? and (3)…
Pleistocene Mitochondrial Genomes Suggest a Single Major Dispersal of Non-Africans and a Late Glacial Population Turnover in Europe
Open AccessCosimo Posth, Gabriel Renaud et al.ARTICLECurrent Biology2016
Spondylosis deformans in three large canids from the Gravettian Předmostí site
Open AccessMietje Germonpré, R J Losey et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2016
Isotopic evidence for dietary ecology of late Neandertals in North-Western Europe
Open AccessChristoph Wißing, Hélène Rougier et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2016
Hydrogen isotopes in Quaternary mammal collagen from Europe
Open AccessD R Gröcke, Peter E Sauer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2016Cited by: 2References: 7
Neanderthal and animal karstic occupations from southern Belgium and south-eastern France
Open AccessC Daujeard, Grégory Abrams et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2016Cited by: 9References: 43
Palaeolithic and prehistoric dogs and Pleistocene wolves from Yakutia
Open AccessMietje Germonpré, E Fedorov et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2016Cited by: 26References: 15
Large canids at the Gravettian Předmostí site, the Czech Republic
Open AccessMietje Germonpré, Martina Lázničková-Galetová et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2015
Messages d’os
Open AccessMietje GermonpréARTICLEArchéoSciences2015
Le livre Messages d’os, Archéométrie du squelette animal et humain introduit les chercheurs intéressés et les étudiants à la richesse des techniques d’analyses développées par des archéologues, des paléontologues, des biologistes, des biogéochimistes et des généticiens pour étudier les vestiges osseux et dentaires issus des sites archéologiques ou naturels. Ces vestiges contiennent des « messages » qui peuvent être décodés par des approches arché…
Mitochondrial DNA diversity and evolution of the Pleistocene cave bear complex
Open AccessMathias Stiller, Martyna Molak et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2014
Palaeolithic dogs and Pleistocene wolves revisited
Open AccessMietje Germonpré, Mikhail Sablin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2014Cited by: 13References: 18