Patrick Cuthbertson

Biographic Data

ID223690
NAMEPatrick Cuthbertson
GIVEN NAMESPatrick
FAMILY NAMECuthbertson
SIGNATURECUTHBERTSON P
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Tübingen
ORCID0000-0002-1507-8455
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS50
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX3

  • The effect of formation processes on the frequency of palaeolithic cave sites in semiarid zones

    Open AccessAristeidis Varis, Christopher E Miller et al.ARTICLEGeoarchaeology2022Cited by: 6References: 26

    Central Asian caves with Palaeolithic deposits are few, but they provide a rich record of human fossils and cultural assemblages that has been used to model Late Pleistocene hominin dispersals. However, previous research has not yet systematically evaluated the formation processes that influence the frequency of Palaeolithic cave sites in the region. To address this deficiency, we combined field survey and micromorphological analyses in the piedm…

  • Preliminary results of the first lithic raw material survey in the piedmont zones of Kazakhstan

    Open AccessAbay Namen, Patrick Cuthbertson et al.ARTICLEAsian Archaeology2022Cited by: 3References: 35

    The study of raw materials was comprehensively studied in European and African Palaeolithic. However, systematic research of raw material sourcing has not been undertaken for the Palaeolithic of Kazakhstan, such surveys being embedded in reconnaissance works aimed at discovering new Palaeolithic sites. Our work presents preliminary results of the first lithic raw material survey in Kazakhstan. This study distinguishes the geographic patterns of l…

  • The Effect of Formation Processes on The Frequency of Palaeolithic Cave Sites in Semi-Arid Zones

    Aristeidis Varis, Christopher Miller et al.PREPRINT2021Cited by: 1References: 30

    Central Asian caves with Palaeolithic deposits are few but they provide a rich record of human fossils and cultural assemblages that has been used to model Late Pleistocene hominin dispersals. However, previous research has not yet systematically evaluated the formation processes that influence the frequency of Palaeolithic cave sites in the region. To address this deficiency, we combined field survey and micromorphological analyses in the piedmo…

  • Minimal Tools, Maximum Meat

    Britt M Starkovich, Patrick Cuthbertson et al.ARTICLEEthnoarchaeology2020

    This article presents a pilot experiment conducted to better understand how Middle Pleistocene hominins might have processed and exploited elephants using simple stone and bone tools. The experiment was conducted in three phases: (1) production of small, flake-based stone tools, (2) butchery of the lower hind-leg of an Indian elephant, and (3) manufacture of bone tools from the tibia. The experiment shows it is possible to cut through elephant sk…

  • In search of a Paleolithic Silk Road in Kazakhstan

    Open AccessRadu Iovita, Aristeidis Varis et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2020

  • Finding karstic caves and rockshelters in the Inner Asian mountain corridor using predictive modelling and field survey

    Patrick Cuthbertson, Tobias Ullman et al.PREPRINT2020Cited by: 1References: 19

    The area of the Inner Asian Mountain Corridor (IAMC) follows the foothills and piedmont zones around the northern limits of Asia’s interior mountains, connecting two important areas for human evolution: the Fergana valley and the Siberian Altai. Prior research has suggested the IAMC may have provided an area of connected refugia from harsh climates during the Pleistocene. To date, this region contains very few secure, dateable Pleistocene sites, …

  • In search of a Paleolithic Silk Road in Kazakhstan

    Radu Iovita, Aristeidis Varis et al.PREPRINT2020References: 33

    Paleoanthropological data suggest that the Late Pleistocene was a time of population contact and possibly dispersal in Central Asia. Geographic and paleoclimatic data suggest that a natural corridor through Kazakhstan linked areas to the north and east (Siberia, China) to those further to the west and south (Uzbekistan), much akin to a Paleolithic Silk Road. We review the known Pleistocene archaeology and paleoclimatic setting of this region and …

  • Preliminary results of the first lithic raw material survey in the piedmont zones of Kazakhstan

    Abay Namen, Patrick Cuthbertson et al.PREPRINT2020Cited by: 1References: 18

    The study of raw materials focuses on different aspects of hominin behaviour such as mobility strategies, land-use patterns and raw material transfer. They were comprehensively studied in the Palaeolithic of Europe and Africa. However, systematic studies of raw material sourcing have not been undertaken for the Palaeolithic of Kazakhstan, such surveys being embedded in reconnaissance works aimed at discovering new Palaeolithic sites. Our study pr…

  • The Middle Palaeolithic of the Nejd, Saudi Arabia

    H S Groucutt, Paul S Breeze et al.ARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology2016Cited by: 11References: 22

    The Pleistocene archaeological record of the Arabian Peninsula is increasingly recognized as being of great importance for resolving some of the major debates in hominin evolutionary studies. Though there has been an acceleration in the rate of fieldwork and discovery of archaeological sites in recent years, little is known about hominin occupations in the Pleistocene over vast areas of Arabia. Here we report on the identification of five new Mid…

  • Multi-scale Acheulean landscape survey in the Arabian Desert

    Open AccessRichard P Jennings, Ceri Shipton et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2015Cited by: 27References: 9