Brad Gravina
Biographic Data
| ID | 167305 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brad Gravina |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brad |
| FAMILY NAME | Gravina |
| SIGNATURE | GRAVINA B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 376 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
The adaptive nature of Neanderthal discoidal technology: Raw material constraints and technological variation during the late Mousterian of southwestern France
Author response of: Towards a more robust representation of lithic industries in archaeology: a critical review of traditional approaches and modern techniques. Round#2
Author response of: Towards a more robust representation of lithic industries in archaeology: a critical review of traditional approaches and modern techniques. Round#1
Designing fieldwork methods at Palaeolithic sites, the examples of Combe-Grenal and Le Moustier (Dordogne, France): Why and how to acquire the data we need
In archaeology, the robustness and accuracy of field data, which are unique due to the destructive nature of excavation, condition subsequent studies of past lifestyles. Few articles, however, describe, justify and discuss the excavation methods adopted. This often causes difficulties for researchers wishing to resume the study of a collection, compare data between different sites and also raises questions about the reproducibility of our field p…
The Contribution of 2D and 3D Geometric Morphometrics to Lithic Taxonomies: Testing Discrete Categories of Backed Flakes from Recurrent Centripetal Core Reduction
Paleolithic lithic assemblages are usually dominated by flakes and display a high degree of morphological variability. When analyzing Paleolithic lithic assemblages, it is common to classify flakes into categories based on their morphological and technological features, which are linked to the position of the flake in the reduction sequence and how removals are organized in a given production method. For the analysis of Middle Paleolithic lithic …
The “Whys and Hows” of Data Collection When Designing Fieldwork Methods at Palaeolithic Sites (Abridged version): The examples of Combe-Grenal and Le Moustier (Dordogne, France)
The robustness and accuracy of archaeological field data condition subsequent studies of past lifeways due to the destructive nature of excavation. Few articles, however, succinctly describe and explain the excavation methods adopted. This often causes difficulties for researchers wishing to restudy collections or compare data between different sites and equally raises questions concerning the reproducibility of fieldwork. Here, we describe the e…
Protocole de fouille sur les sites paléolithiques: Justification des besoins et modalités de mise en œuvre à Combe-Grenal et à l’abri inférieur du Moustier (Dordogne, France)
En archéologie, la robustesse et la précision des données de terrain, uniques par la nature destructrice de la fouille, conditionnent à elles seules les études ultérieures sur les modes de vie passés. Rares cependant sont les articles qui décrivent, justifient et discutent les méthodes de fouilles adoptées. Cela cause souvent des difficultés aux chercheurs souhaitant reprendre l’étude d’une collection ancienne ou comparer les données entre différ…
Back(s) to basics: The concept of backing in stone tool technologies for tracing hominins' technical innovations
The evolution of Paleolithic stone tool technologies is characterized by gradual increase in technical complexity along with changes in the composition of assemblages. In this respect, the emergence of retouched-backed tools is an important step and, for some, a proxy for "modern" behavior. However, backed tools emerge relatively early and develop together with major changes in Middle-Upper Pleistocene stone tool technologies. We provide an updat…
Breaking Free from Field Layers: The Interest of Post-excavation Stratigraphies (PES) for Producing Reliable Archaeological Interpretations and Increasing Chronological Resolution
In order to track diachronic changes in archaeological sequences, researchers typically partition time into stratigraphic layers defined during fieldwork, which serve as the framework for ensuing analyses. These analytical units have a significant impact on archaeological inference, defining its resolution, and influencing both the study of cultural assemblages and the reconstruction of past environments. However, field layers are seldom re-evalu…
Neanderthal technological variability: A wide-ranging geographical perspective on the final Middle Palaeolithic
Combining quantitative approaches to differentiate between backed products from discoidal and Levallois reduction sequences
Backed flakes (core edge flakes and pseudo-Levallois points) represent special products of Middle Paleolithic centripetal flaking strategies. Their peculiarities are due to their roles as both a technological objective and in the management of core convexities to retain its geometric properties during reduction. In Middle Paleolithic contexts, these backed implements are commonly produced during Levallois and discoidal reduction sequences. Backed…
La grotte Castaigne (Torsac, Charente, France): Une nécessaire révision de la provenance de certains vestiges archéologiques fauniques
La grotte Castaigne, commune de Torsac en Charente a été fouillée par L. Duport de 1961 à 1969 (Duport 1966 ; Duport et Vandermeersch 1965). En raison de sa richesse paléoanthropologique et des programmes de recherches développés au sein de l’UMR PACEA, en 2019 et 2020 nous avons entrepris la première étude globale de l’ensemble du matériel provenant du gisement (Maureille et al. 2020). Suite à cette publication, nos collègues José Gomez de Soto,…
The Potential of Micromammals for the Stratigraphy and the Timing of Human Occupations at La Roche-à-Pierrot (Saint-Césaire, France)
As micromammals are highly sensitive to changes in their habitat, variations in species representation are often used to reconstruct local environmental conditions. However, taphonomic aspects of micromammals are often overlooked, despite the fact that they can provide important information for our understanding of archaeological sites. La Roche-à-Pierrot, Saint-Césaire, is a major archaeological site for our understanding of the Middle-to-Upper …
La grotte Castaigne (Commune de Torsac, Charente): Un site oublié riche en vestiges humains du Pléistocène
Au sein de PACEA, nous développons une dynamique scientifique sur la diversité techno-économique et les restes humains associés au Moustérien. En 2019-2020 nous avons ainsi entrepris la révision des collections de la grotte Castaigne (Torsac, Charente). Fouillée par L. Duport dans les années soixante, le matériel issu de ces recherches avait échappé à l’attention de la communauté malgré l’existence d’au moins deux néandertaliens différents identi…
La grotte Castaigne (Commune de Torsac, Charente, France). Présentation d’un site méconnu riche en vestiges humains (dont des Néandertaliens)
La grotte Castaigne, commune de Torsac en Charente a été fouillée par L. Duport dans les années soixante. En dehors de courtes mentions dans quelques publications et de deux travaux princeps (Duport 1966 ; Duport et Vandermeersch 1965), le matériel archéologique et paléoanthropologique issu de ces recherches de terrain avait - jusqu’à présent - échappé à l’attention de la communauté scientifique. Après l’acquisition de la collection par le Musée …
Les dépôts de remplissage de l’abri inférieur du Moustier (Dordogne, France): Lithostratigraphie, processus de formation et évolution du système géomorphologique
Les nouvelles fouilles entreprises depuis 2014 dans l’abri inférieur du Moustier ont permis d’accéder à une partie des dépôts du remplissage et d’en établir la lithostratigraphie. Organisés en petites séquences successives, ils résultent d’une alternance de phases sédimentaires. Les unes sont dominées par le ruissellement associé à une éboulisation faible à modérée ainsi qu’à une bioturbation plus ou moins active. Les autres correspondent à de br…
Spatial analysis of the late Middle Palaeolithic open-air site of Bout-des-Vergnes (Bergerac, Dordogne) based on lithic technology and refitting
Analyse taphonomique et spatiale de palimpsestes d'occupations moustériennes de l'abri inférieur du Moustier (Dordogne, France)
Un des enjeux majeurs de l’archéologie paléolithique reste la compréhension des processus, naturels comme anthropiques, qui participent à la formation de palimpsestes archéologiques. Un bon nombre de sites du Paléolithique moyen français se caractérise par de tels palimpsestes, constitués d’importantes accumulations de vestiges lithiques et fauniques, dont les variations de densité et de proportions relatives sont souvent difficiles à interpréter…
Manganese and iron oxide use at Combe-Grenal (Dordogne, France): A proxy for cultural change in Neanderthal communities
Analyse techno-économique d’un assemblage Discoïde du Moustérien récent de l’abri inférieur du Moustier (Dordogne, France)
Une meilleure caractérisation du Moustérien récent dans le sud-ouest de la France est particulièrement nécessaire pour notre compréhension de la transition du Paléolithique moyen au Paléolithique supérieur dans cette région. C’est notamment le cas des industries attribuées au Moustérien de Tradition Acheuléenne (MTA), décrit comme un ancêtre potentiel du Châtelperronien. Le site du Moustier, où le Moustérien et le MTA ont été définis pour la prem…
Cleaning up a Messy Mousterian: How to describe and interpret Late Middle Palaeolithic chrono-cultural variability in Atlantic Europe
Photogrammetry as a tool for integrating archival data in archaeological fieldwork: Examples from the Middle Palaeolithic sites of Combe–Grenal, Le Moustier, and Regourdou
Intra-level technological change and its implications for Mousterian assemblage variability. The example of Le Moustier, layer G
The function and role of bifaces in the Late Middle Paleolithic of southwestern France: Examples from the Charente and Dordogne to the Basque Country
Late Middle Palaeolithic lithic technocomplexes (MIS 5–3) in the northeastern Aquitaine Basin: Advances and challenges
Building models of Neanderthal territories from raw material transports in the Aquitaine Basin (southwestern France)
Can Lithic Attribute Analyses Identify Discrete Reduction Trajectories? A Quantitative Study Using Refitted Lithic Sets
Late Middle Palaeolithic lithic technocomplexes (MIS 5–3) in the northeastern Aquitaine Basin: Advances and challenges
MTA-B or not to be? Recycled bifaces and shifting hunting strategies at Le Moustier and their implication for the late Middle Palaeolithic in southwestern France
The contribution of lithic production systems to the interpretation of Mousterian industrial variability in south-western France: The example of Combe-Grenal (Dordogne, France)
In the eye of the beholder: Contextual issues for Bayesian modelling at the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition
Refining and interpreting the chronology of the so-called Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition continues to be a contentious issue, polarizing the opinion of archaeologists, anthropologists and dating experts alike. Bayesian modelling has become an important means for organizing and interpreting an increasing number of available radiocarbon dates. Here we address what we consider important oversights in recent models purportedly demonstrating …
The function and role of bifaces in the Late Middle Paleolithic of southwestern France: Examples from the Charente and Dordogne to the Basque Country
Manganese and iron oxide use at Combe-Grenal (Dordogne, France): A proxy for cultural change in Neanderthal communities
Intra-level technological change and its implications for Mousterian assemblage variability. The example of Le Moustier, layer G
Spatial analysis of the late Middle Palaeolithic open-air site of Bout-des-Vergnes (Bergerac, Dordogne) based on lithic technology and refitting
Analyse techno-économique d’un assemblage Discoïde du Moustérien récent de l’abri inférieur du Moustier (Dordogne, France)
Une meilleure caractérisation du Moustérien récent dans le sud-ouest de la France est particulièrement nécessaire pour notre compréhension de la transition du Paléolithique moyen au Paléolithique supérieur dans cette région. C’est notamment le cas des industries attribuées au Moustérien de Tradition Acheuléenne (MTA), décrit comme un ancêtre potentiel du Châtelperronien. Le site du Moustier, où le Moustérien et le MTA ont été définis pour la prem…
Back(s) to basics: The concept of backing in stone tool technologies for tracing hominins' technical innovations
The evolution of Paleolithic stone tool technologies is characterized by gradual increase in technical complexity along with changes in the composition of assemblages. In this respect, the emergence of retouched-backed tools is an important step and, for some, a proxy for "modern" behavior. However, backed tools emerge relatively early and develop together with major changes in Middle-Upper Pleistocene stone tool technologies. We provide an updat…
Combining quantitative approaches to differentiate between backed products from discoidal and Levallois reduction sequences
Backed flakes (core edge flakes and pseudo-Levallois points) represent special products of Middle Paleolithic centripetal flaking strategies. Their peculiarities are due to their roles as both a technological objective and in the management of core convexities to retain its geometric properties during reduction. In Middle Paleolithic contexts, these backed implements are commonly produced during Levallois and discoidal reduction sequences. Backed…
The Contribution of 2D and 3D Geometric Morphometrics to Lithic Taxonomies: Testing Discrete Categories of Backed Flakes from Recurrent Centripetal Core Reduction
Paleolithic lithic assemblages are usually dominated by flakes and display a high degree of morphological variability. When analyzing Paleolithic lithic assemblages, it is common to classify flakes into categories based on their morphological and technological features, which are linked to the position of the flake in the reduction sequence and how removals are organized in a given production method. For the analysis of Middle Paleolithic lithic …
Cleaning up a Messy Mousterian: How to describe and interpret Late Middle Palaeolithic chrono-cultural variability in Atlantic Europe
Analyse taphonomique et spatiale de palimpsestes d'occupations moustériennes de l'abri inférieur du Moustier (Dordogne, France)
Un des enjeux majeurs de l’archéologie paléolithique reste la compréhension des processus, naturels comme anthropiques, qui participent à la formation de palimpsestes archéologiques. Un bon nombre de sites du Paléolithique moyen français se caractérise par de tels palimpsestes, constitués d’importantes accumulations de vestiges lithiques et fauniques, dont les variations de densité et de proportions relatives sont souvent difficiles à interpréter…
Photogrammetry as a tool for integrating archival data in archaeological fieldwork: Examples from the Middle Palaeolithic sites of Combe–Grenal, Le Moustier, and Regourdou
The Potential of Micromammals for the Stratigraphy and the Timing of Human Occupations at La Roche-à-Pierrot (Saint-Césaire, France)
As micromammals are highly sensitive to changes in their habitat, variations in species representation are often used to reconstruct local environmental conditions. However, taphonomic aspects of micromammals are often overlooked, despite the fact that they can provide important information for our understanding of archaeological sites. La Roche-à-Pierrot, Saint-Césaire, is a major archaeological site for our understanding of the Middle-to-Upper …
The contribution of lithic production systems to the interpretation of Mousterian industrial variability in south-western France: The example of Combe-Grenal (Dordogne, France)
Can Lithic Attribute Analyses Identify Discrete Reduction Trajectories? A Quantitative Study Using Refitted Lithic Sets
MTA-B or not to be? Recycled bifaces and shifting hunting strategies at Le Moustier and their implication for the late Middle Palaeolithic in southwestern France
In the eye of the beholder: Contextual issues for Bayesian modelling at the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition
Refining and interpreting the chronology of the so-called Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition continues to be a contentious issue, polarizing the opinion of archaeologists, anthropologists and dating experts alike. Bayesian modelling has become an important means for organizing and interpreting an increasing number of available radiocarbon dates. Here we address what we consider important oversights in recent models purportedly demonstrating …
Photogrammetry as a tool for integrating archival data in archaeological fieldwork: Examples from the Middle Palaeolithic sites of Combe–Grenal, Le Moustier, and Regourdou
Intra-level technological change and its implications for Mousterian assemblage variability. The example of Le Moustier, layer G
The function and role of bifaces in the Late Middle Paleolithic of southwestern France: Examples from the Charente and Dordogne to the Basque Country
Late Middle Palaeolithic lithic technocomplexes (MIS 5–3) in the northeastern Aquitaine Basin: Advances and challenges
Building models of Neanderthal territories from raw material transports in the Aquitaine Basin (southwestern France)
Cleaning up a Messy Mousterian: How to describe and interpret Late Middle Palaeolithic chrono-cultural variability in Atlantic Europe
Analyse taphonomique et spatiale de palimpsestes d'occupations moustériennes de l'abri inférieur du Moustier (Dordogne, France)
Un des enjeux majeurs de l’archéologie paléolithique reste la compréhension des processus, naturels comme anthropiques, qui participent à la formation de palimpsestes archéologiques. Un bon nombre de sites du Paléolithique moyen français se caractérise par de tels palimpsestes, constitués d’importantes accumulations de vestiges lithiques et fauniques, dont les variations de densité et de proportions relatives sont souvent difficiles à interpréter…
Manganese and iron oxide use at Combe-Grenal (Dordogne, France): A proxy for cultural change in Neanderthal communities
Analyse techno-économique d’un assemblage Discoïde du Moustérien récent de l’abri inférieur du Moustier (Dordogne, France)
Une meilleure caractérisation du Moustérien récent dans le sud-ouest de la France est particulièrement nécessaire pour notre compréhension de la transition du Paléolithique moyen au Paléolithique supérieur dans cette région. C’est notamment le cas des industries attribuées au Moustérien de Tradition Acheuléenne (MTA), décrit comme un ancêtre potentiel du Châtelperronien. Le site du Moustier, où le Moustérien et le MTA ont été définis pour la prem…
La grotte Castaigne (Commune de Torsac, Charente, France). Présentation d’un site méconnu riche en vestiges humains (dont des Néandertaliens)
La grotte Castaigne, commune de Torsac en Charente a été fouillée par L. Duport dans les années soixante. En dehors de courtes mentions dans quelques publications et de deux travaux princeps (Duport 1966 ; Duport et Vandermeersch 1965), le matériel archéologique et paléoanthropologique issu de ces recherches de terrain avait - jusqu’à présent - échappé à l’attention de la communauté scientifique. Après l’acquisition de la collection par le Musée …
Les dépôts de remplissage de l’abri inférieur du Moustier (Dordogne, France): Lithostratigraphie, processus de formation et évolution du système géomorphologique
Les nouvelles fouilles entreprises depuis 2014 dans l’abri inférieur du Moustier ont permis d’accéder à une partie des dépôts du remplissage et d’en établir la lithostratigraphie. Organisés en petites séquences successives, ils résultent d’une alternance de phases sédimentaires. Les unes sont dominées par le ruissellement associé à une éboulisation faible à modérée ainsi qu’à une bioturbation plus ou moins active. Les autres correspondent à de br…
Spatial analysis of the late Middle Palaeolithic open-air site of Bout-des-Vergnes (Bergerac, Dordogne) based on lithic technology and refitting
La grotte Castaigne (Torsac, Charente, France): Une nécessaire révision de la provenance de certains vestiges archéologiques fauniques
La grotte Castaigne, commune de Torsac en Charente a été fouillée par L. Duport de 1961 à 1969 (Duport 1966 ; Duport et Vandermeersch 1965). En raison de sa richesse paléoanthropologique et des programmes de recherches développés au sein de l’UMR PACEA, en 2019 et 2020 nous avons entrepris la première étude globale de l’ensemble du matériel provenant du gisement (Maureille et al. 2020). Suite à cette publication, nos collègues José Gomez de Soto,…
The Potential of Micromammals for the Stratigraphy and the Timing of Human Occupations at La Roche-à-Pierrot (Saint-Césaire, France)
As micromammals are highly sensitive to changes in their habitat, variations in species representation are often used to reconstruct local environmental conditions. However, taphonomic aspects of micromammals are often overlooked, despite the fact that they can provide important information for our understanding of archaeological sites. La Roche-à-Pierrot, Saint-Césaire, is a major archaeological site for our understanding of the Middle-to-Upper …
La grotte Castaigne (Commune de Torsac, Charente): Un site oublié riche en vestiges humains du Pléistocène
Au sein de PACEA, nous développons une dynamique scientifique sur la diversité techno-économique et les restes humains associés au Moustérien. En 2019-2020 nous avons ainsi entrepris la révision des collections de la grotte Castaigne (Torsac, Charente). Fouillée par L. Duport dans les années soixante, le matériel issu de ces recherches avait échappé à l’attention de la communauté malgré l’existence d’au moins deux néandertaliens différents identi…
Neanderthal technological variability: A wide-ranging geographical perspective on the final Middle Palaeolithic
Combining quantitative approaches to differentiate between backed products from discoidal and Levallois reduction sequences
Backed flakes (core edge flakes and pseudo-Levallois points) represent special products of Middle Paleolithic centripetal flaking strategies. Their peculiarities are due to their roles as both a technological objective and in the management of core convexities to retain its geometric properties during reduction. In Middle Paleolithic contexts, these backed implements are commonly produced during Levallois and discoidal reduction sequences. Backed…
Breaking Free from Field Layers: The Interest of Post-excavation Stratigraphies (PES) for Producing Reliable Archaeological Interpretations and Increasing Chronological Resolution
In order to track diachronic changes in archaeological sequences, researchers typically partition time into stratigraphic layers defined during fieldwork, which serve as the framework for ensuing analyses. These analytical units have a significant impact on archaeological inference, defining its resolution, and influencing both the study of cultural assemblages and the reconstruction of past environments. However, field layers are seldom re-evalu…
Designing fieldwork methods at Palaeolithic sites, the examples of Combe-Grenal and Le Moustier (Dordogne, France): Why and how to acquire the data we need
In archaeology, the robustness and accuracy of field data, which are unique due to the destructive nature of excavation, condition subsequent studies of past lifestyles. Few articles, however, describe, justify and discuss the excavation methods adopted. This often causes difficulties for researchers wishing to resume the study of a collection, compare data between different sites and also raises questions about the reproducibility of our field p…
The Contribution of 2D and 3D Geometric Morphometrics to Lithic Taxonomies: Testing Discrete Categories of Backed Flakes from Recurrent Centripetal Core Reduction
Paleolithic lithic assemblages are usually dominated by flakes and display a high degree of morphological variability. When analyzing Paleolithic lithic assemblages, it is common to classify flakes into categories based on their morphological and technological features, which are linked to the position of the flake in the reduction sequence and how removals are organized in a given production method. For the analysis of Middle Paleolithic lithic …
The “Whys and Hows” of Data Collection When Designing Fieldwork Methods at Palaeolithic Sites (Abridged version): The examples of Combe-Grenal and Le Moustier (Dordogne, France)
The robustness and accuracy of archaeological field data condition subsequent studies of past lifeways due to the destructive nature of excavation. Few articles, however, succinctly describe and explain the excavation methods adopted. This often causes difficulties for researchers wishing to restudy collections or compare data between different sites and equally raises questions concerning the reproducibility of fieldwork. Here, we describe the e…
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (25 works) · Archaeology (22 works) · Geography (20 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 works) · Geology (11 works) · Mousterian (10 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Paleontology (9 works) · Biology (8 works) · Evolution and Paleontology Studies (8 works)