T F G Higham

Biographic Data

ID84636
NAMET F G Higham
GIVEN NAMEST F G
FAMILY NAMEHigham
SIGNATUREHIGHAM T F G
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Oxford
ORCID0000-0002-5949-598X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS214
TOTAL CITATIONS2930
AUTHOR COUNT214
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1834
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX29

  • Younger Dryas reindeer in northwest Europe

    Open AccessR E Stevens, Hazel Reade et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Environments and Humans2026

    Reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus ) played a central role in the subsistence strategies of Late and Final Palaeolithic populations across northern Europe, particularly during the Younger Dryas (c. 12,850–11,650 cal BP). However, while reindeer are known from securely dated Younger Dryas faunal contexts in Britain, they are not associated with archaeological assemblages, and there is currently no conclusive evidence for human presence in Britain at the…

  • Dealing With Inbuilt Age

    Open AccessC Higham, C F W Higham et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2026References: 6

    New radiocarbon determinations from rice grains and bamboo have been obtained from Non Ban Jak, Northeast Thailand. These, along with charcoal, date a late Iron Age building sequence. The results come from short‐lived species and charcoal with potential inbuilt age. We built a series of Bayesian models to obtain a reliable chronology. A model including a Charcoal_Plus Outlier detection approach can allow us to include charcoal dates, which are al…

  • Cold and arid climates experienced by Central European hunter-gatherers at Stránská skála IV during the Last Glacial Maximum

    Open AccessR E Stevens, Hazel Reade et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2025References: 4

    Several studies have argued that human presence in Central Europe during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) may have been restricted to brief periods of climate warming. In particular, Greenland Interstadial-2 (GI-2, c.23,300–22,800 BP), a brief warm event recorded in Greenland ice-core stratigraphy, has been associated with human activity at Central European sites such as Kastelhöhle-Nord and Y-Höhle (Switzerland), and Kammern-Grubgraben (Austria). …

  • Sous-le-Roc (Saint-Léon-Sur-Vézère, Dordogne)

    Open AccessLaurent Chiotti, Elise Tartar et al.ARTICLEPaléo2025

    Dans le registre archéologique, le lieu-dit Sous-le-Roc (Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère, Dordogne), qui s’étend sur plus de 200 m, est connu depuis la fin du XIXe siècle, période à laquelle A. Reverdit constate la présence de différentes occupations le long de la falaise et y entreprend les premières fouilles. Quelques dizaines d’années plus tard, D. Peyrony y effectue de nouvelles recherches, limitées, qui lui permettent de mettre au jour un ensemble ass…

  • Re-examining the Chronological Framework and Human Occupation Pattern of the North Loess Plateau Using Bayesian Modelling

    Open AccessYing Tung Fung, T F G Higham et al.ARTICLEJournal of World Prehistory2025Cited by: 1References: 5

    In 2012, the 400-hectare Shimao site ( 2200–1700 cal BC ) in the North Loess Plateau was recognised as a late Neolithic stone fortification. Subsequently, radiocarbon dates from Shimao and neighbouring sites including Dakou, Xinhua and Zhukaigou became available. Given the lack of a comprehensive analysis of the chronological sequence in the region, this study conducts a thorough review of all published radiocarbon dates from the North Loess Plat…

  • The Late Middle and Early Upper Palaeolithic in Crimea (Ukraine)—A Review of the Neanderthal Refugium Hypothesis

    Open AccessEmily M Pigott, Thorsten Uthmeier et al.ARTICLEJournal of Paleolithic Archaeology2024Cited by: 1References: 43

    The Crimean Peninsula contains numerous important Palaeolithic sites. It has been considered a potential Neanderthal refugium in Eurasia prior to their disappearance or assimilation, and subsequent replacement by Homo sapiens . This understanding is primarily drawn from lithic technological analysis and radiocarbon dating. However, recent developments in the latter suggest that many of the previously obtained radiocarbon dates from Crimean sites …

  • The geoarchaeology, chronology and environment of Lusakert-1, a Late Middle Palaeolithic rockshelter (Kotayk Province, Armenia)

    Open AccessKeith Wilkinson, Ethel Allué et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Environments and Humans2024Cited by: 5References: 25

    Lusakert-1 (LKT-1) is a key site in any discussion of the Palaeolithic of the Armenian Highlands. This is in large part because of a long-running campaign of excavation in the 1970–1980s which recovered an obsidian artefact assemblage that was then interpreted as spanning the Lower–Upper Palaeolithic. Our reinvestigation in 2008–2012 revealed evidence of occupation in the interior of the LKT-1 rockshelter comprising spreads of ash, obsidian artef…

  • Unveiling Bishop Teodomiro of Iria Flavia? An attempt to identify the discoverer of St James's tomb through osteological and biomolecular analyses (Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain)

    Open AccessPatxi Pérez-Ramallo, Ricardo Rodríguez-Varela et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2024References: 27

    After St James the Apostle, Bishop Teodomiro of Iria-Flavia is the most important figure associated with the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. He supposedly discovered the apostolic tomb after a divine revelation between AD 820 and 830 yet, until the discovery, in 1955, of a tombstone inscribed with his name, his very existence was a matter of some debate. Here, the authors employ a multi-stranded analytical approach, combining osteoarchaeolo…

  • Investigating the co-occurrence of Neanderthals and modern humans in Belgium through direct radiocarbon dating of bone implements

    Open AccessGrégory Abrams, Thibaut Devièse et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2024Cited by: 7References: 42

  • Human dispersal and plant processing in the Pacific 55 000-50 000 years ago

    Open AccessDylan Gaffney, Daud Aris Tanudirjo et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2024Cited by: 3References: 37

    The dynamics of our species' dispersal into the Pacific remains intensely debated. The authors present archaeological investigations in the Raja Ampat Islands, north-west of New Guinea, that provide the earliest known evidence for humans arriving in the Pacific more than 55 000-50 000 years ago. Seafaring simulations demonstrate that a northern equatorial route into New Guinea via the Raja Ampat Islands was a viable dispersal corridor to Sahul at…

  • Late prehistoric and early historic chronology of Myanmar

    Open AccessT O Pryce, Baptiste Pradier et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2024Cited by: 2References: 37

    Myanmar is located within an important geographic corridor of prehistoric demographic and technological exchange, yet relatively few archaeological sites have been securely dated. Here, the authors present a new radiocarbon chronology for Halin, a UNESCO-listed complex in the north-central Sagaing Division of Myanmar, which contributes to the generation of nuanced regional chronologies and to improving the temporal resolution of Southeast Asia mo…

  • To the field of stars

    Open AccessPatxi Pérez-Ramallo, José Ignacio Lorenzo-Lizalde et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2023Cited by: 1References: 27

    The Camino de Santiago emerged in the first half of the 9th century CE following the reported discovery of the remains of the Apostle St James by the bishop of Iria-Flavia, Teodomiro. Since then, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have walked from different parts of the Iberian Peninsula, Europe, and further afield to Santiago de Compostela's Cathedral. This route was particularly important to the populations of Navarre and Aragon, two kingdoms in…

  • The Initial Upper Paleolithic of the Altai

    Open AccessEvgeny P Rybin, N E Belousova et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2023Cited by: 7References: 77

    The Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) is one of the most important phases in the recent period of the evolution of humans. During a narrow period in the first half of Marine Isotope Stage 3 laminar industries, accompanied by developed symbolism and specific blade technology, emerged over a vast area, replacing different variants of the Middle Paleolithic. In western Eurasia, the earliest appearance of IUP technology is seen at the Boker Tachtit sit…

  • A symbolic Neanderthal accumulation of large herbivore crania

    Open AccessEnrique Baquedano, J L Arsuaga et al.ARTICLENature Human Behaviour2023Cited by: 14References: 71

    This work examines the possible behaviour of Neanderthal groups at the Cueva Des-Cubierta (central Spain) via the analysis of the latter's archaeological assemblage. Alongside evidence of Mousterian lithic industry, Level 3 of the cave infill was found to contain an assemblage of mammalian bone remains dominated by the crania of large ungulates, some associated with small hearths. The scarcity of post-cranial elements, teeth, mandibles and maxill…

  • An elusive ghost

    Open AccessU Albarella, T F G Higham et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023References: 12

    The Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) is currently absent as a regular breeder in Britain and its status as a native species has been debated. Its occurrence in the Pleistocene of Britain is sparse but uncontroversial, whereas its Holocene presence rests on very few ambiguous findings. Of these, a specimen from Demen's Dale (Derbyshire) originally attributed to the Mesolithic period is the most important. A re-evaluation of this bone (tarsometatarsus) is pre…

  • Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France

    Open AccessLudovic Slimak, C Zanolli et al.ARTICLEScience Advances2022

    Determining the extent of overlap between modern humans and other hominins in Eurasia, such as Neanderthals and Denisovans, is fundamental to understanding the nature of their interactions and what led to the disappearance of archaic hominins. Apart from a possible sporadic pulse recorded in Greece during the Middle Pleistocene, the first settlements of modern humans in Europe have been constrained to ~45,000 to 43,000 years ago. Here, we report …

  • Response to “Current Understanding of the Earliest Human Occupations in the Americas

    Open AccessLorena Becerra-Valdivia, T F G HighamARTICLEPaleoAmerica2022

    This is a response to a critique, “Current Understanding of the Earliest Human Occupations in the Americas: Evaluation of Becerra–Valdivia and Higham (2020)”, made by Potter et al. (2021) on one of our previous publications (“The timing and effect of the earliest human arrivals in North America”; Becerra–Valdivia and Higham, 2020, Nature). Here, we address their concerns and clarify their misunderstandings

  • Characterization and dating of San rock art in the Metolong catchment, Lesotho

    Open AccessAdelphine Bonneau, David G Pearce et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2022

  • Redefining the timing and circumstances of the chicken's introduction to Europe and north-west Africa

    Open AccessJoel Best, Sean Paul Doherty et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2022Cited by: 6References: 29

    Little is known about the early history of the chicken ( Gallus gallus domesticus ), including the timing and circumstances of its introduction into new cultural environments. To evaluate its spatio-temporal spread across Eurasia and north-west Africa, the authors radiocarbon dated 23 chicken bones from presumed early contexts. Three-quarters returned dates later than those suggested by stratigraphy, indicating the importance of direct dating. Th…

  • A refined chronology for the Middle and early Upper Paleolithic sequence of Riparo Mochi (Liguria, Italy)

    Open AccessMarine Frouin, Katerina Douka et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2022Cited by: 11References: 70

    The Riparo Mochi rock shelter, located on the Ligurian coast of Italy, is one of the most important early Upper Paleolithic sites on the Mediterranean rim. Its ∼10-m-deep stratigraphy comprises a Mousterian sequence, followed by various development stages of the Upper Paleolithic. A series of radiometric dates on marine shells bearing traces of human modification has provided a chronological framework for the final Mousterian and the Proto-Aurign…

  • Multi-isotopic study of the earliest mediaeval inhabitants of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain)

    Open AccessPatxi Pérez-Ramallo, Aurora Grandal-D’anglade et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2022Cited by: 8References: 104

    Santiago de Compostela is, together with Rome and Jerusalem, one of the three main pilgrimage and religious centres for Catholicism. The belief that the remains of St James the Great, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ, is buried there has stimulated, since their reported discovery in the 9th century AD, a significant flow of people from across the European continent and beyond. Little is known about the practical experiences of people li…

  • Examining collagen preservation through glutamine deamidation at Denisova Cave

    Open AccessSamantha Brown, Maxim Kozlikin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2021Cited by: 3References: 12

  • Early Upper Palaeolithic occupation at Gelimgoush cave, Kermanshah; West-Central Zagros mountains of Iran

    Open AccessSaman Heydari-Guran, Saman Heydari‐Guran et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2021Cited by: 3References: 22

  • Eastern Europe’s “Transitional Industry”

    Open AccessRob Dinnis, A Bessudnov et al.ARTICLEJournal of Paleolithic Archaeology2021Cited by: 5References: 22

    The Streletskian is central to understanding the onset of the Upper Palaeolithic on the East European Plain. Early Streletskian assemblages are frequently seen as marking the Neanderthal-anatomically modern human (AMH) anthropological transition, as well as the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic archaeological transition. The age of key Streletskian assemblages, however, remains unclear, and there are outstanding questions over how they relate to Middl…

  • Dating burial practices and architecture at Lepenski Vir

    Clive Bonsall, Ivana Radovanović et al.