Alexander Verpoorte
Biographic Data
| ID | 299360 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Verpoorte |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Verpoorte |
| SIGNATURE | VERPOORTE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6824-0890 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 159 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Výsledky rádiokarbónového datovania uhlíkov zo starých výskumov v Košiciach-Barci I a Košiciach-Barci II
Pits and other associated features found at sites along Hornád Valley of Eastern Slovakia have been put forth as examples of early settlement features associated with the early Upper Palaeolithic in Europe. To verify this, we radiocarbon dated charcoal samples from pits found at Košice-Barca I and Košice-Barca II that were recovered during the 1951 – 1954 excavations of F. Prošek. From the Košice-Barca I site, charcoals from Pit 1 with an associa…
Human and cervid osseous materials used for barbed point manufacture in Mesolithic Doggerland
Barbed bone points originally deposited in Doggerland are regularly collected from the shores of the Netherlands. Their typology and direct 14C dating suggest they are of Mesolithic age. However, the species of which the barbed points were made cannot be identified based on morphological criteria. The bones used to produce the barbed points have been intensively modified during manufacture, use, and post-depositional processes. Here, we taxonomic…
New Radiocarbon Dates for the Late Gravettian in Eastern Central Europe
The Middle Upper Palaeolithic (MUP) in eastern Central Europe (ECE) comprises three variants of Gravettian culture: Early Gravettian, Pavlovian, and Late Gravettian. While Early Gravettian and Pavlovian are merely located in Lower Austria and Moravia, the Late Gravettian occupations occurred over the entire territory of ECE. Compared to the number of sites the radiocarbon dating and the absolute chronology of the Late Gravettian is rather poor. T…
What lies beneath . . . Late Glacial human occupation of the submerged North Sea landscape
Improving the chronological framework for Laugerie-Haute Ouest (Dordogne, France)
Micromorphology of an Upper Paleolithic cultural layer at Grub-Kranawetberg, Austria
The Middle Palaeolithic of the Netherlands – Contexts and perspectives
An Energetics Perspective on the Neandertal Record
Limiting factors on early modern human dispersals: The human biogeography of late Pleniglacial Europe
Neanderthal energetics and spatial behaviour
Recent studies indicate high energetic requirements for Neanderthals. The high requirements have behavioural implications, for example, related to the use of the landscape. Using a simple central place foraging model I show that Neanderthal energetic requirements can explain the main characteristics of the Middle Palaeolithic archaeological record, from the lack of features at sites to the limits of the Neanderthal range
The first modern humans in Europe? A closer look at the dating evidence from the Swabian Jura (Germany)
The origins of anatomically modern humans, modern behaviour and the Aurignacian form one of the most dynamic fields of European research. Conard & Bolus (2003) opened a new debate by proposing that the Aurignacian arose from the migration of modern humans. Reviewing the data from the Swabian Jura, the author shows that radiocarbon dating cannot of itself presently support models of the primacy of art, industries or the arrival of modern humans at…
Eastern Central Europe during the Pleniglacial
New dating of several key sites in eastern Central Europe refines our view of human presence there around the Last Glacial Maximum. The author shows that, with the advancing Ice Age, this part of Europe was abandoned later than the west, and a critical environmental factor was increasing aridity rather than the dropping temperatures
Grateful prey and animal sign: Reflections on food, the Palaeolithic and the nature-culture dichotomy
This paper reflects on the recent flourishing of the interdisciplinary study of food. Central is the notion that food forms a meeting-place for nature and culture, thereby overcoming this cartesian dichotomy. The paper starts from a discussion of the work of the French anthropologist P. Descola
What the Bushmen try to keep
This article has a double goal. First, it tries to enlighten keynotions in Wein ers book: inalienable possessions, brother-sister-relations, hierarchy and equality, cosmological authentication. Second, it relates the paradox of keeping-while-giving to the concept of possession and exchange among Southern African groups of hunters and gatherers. The article aims at clarifying the strengths and weaknesses of this paradox and contributing tot the et…
Wat Bushmen Trachten te Behouden: Naar aanleiding van : Inalienable possessions: the paradox of keeping-while-giving van Annette B. Weiner (1992)
This article has a double goal. First, it tries to enlighten key notions in Weiners book: inalienable possessions, brother-sister-relations, hierarchy and equality, cosmological authentication. Second, it relates the paradox of keeping-while-giving to the concept of possession and exchange among Southern African groups of hunters and gatherers. The article aims at clarifying the strengths and weaknesses of this paradox and contributing tot the et…
Networks in ancient times: Some comments on Gamble's notion of alliance
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Limiting factors on early modern human dispersals: The human biogeography of late Pleniglacial Europe
Eastern Central Europe during the Pleniglacial
New dating of several key sites in eastern Central Europe refines our view of human presence there around the Last Glacial Maximum. The author shows that, with the advancing Ice Age, this part of Europe was abandoned later than the west, and a critical environmental factor was increasing aridity rather than the dropping temperatures
Neanderthal energetics and spatial behaviour
Recent studies indicate high energetic requirements for Neanderthals. The high requirements have behavioural implications, for example, related to the use of the landscape. Using a simple central place foraging model I show that Neanderthal energetic requirements can explain the main characteristics of the Middle Palaeolithic archaeological record, from the lack of features at sites to the limits of the Neanderthal range
New Radiocarbon Dates for the Late Gravettian in Eastern Central Europe
The Middle Upper Palaeolithic (MUP) in eastern Central Europe (ECE) comprises three variants of Gravettian culture: Early Gravettian, Pavlovian, and Late Gravettian. While Early Gravettian and Pavlovian are merely located in Lower Austria and Moravia, the Late Gravettian occupations occurred over the entire territory of ECE. Compared to the number of sites the radiocarbon dating and the absolute chronology of the Late Gravettian is rather poor. T…
The first modern humans in Europe? A closer look at the dating evidence from the Swabian Jura (Germany)
The origins of anatomically modern humans, modern behaviour and the Aurignacian form one of the most dynamic fields of European research. Conard & Bolus (2003) opened a new debate by proposing that the Aurignacian arose from the migration of modern humans. Reviewing the data from the Swabian Jura, the author shows that radiocarbon dating cannot of itself presently support models of the primacy of art, industries or the arrival of modern humans at…
Human and cervid osseous materials used for barbed point manufacture in Mesolithic Doggerland
Barbed bone points originally deposited in Doggerland are regularly collected from the shores of the Netherlands. Their typology and direct 14C dating suggest they are of Mesolithic age. However, the species of which the barbed points were made cannot be identified based on morphological criteria. The bones used to produce the barbed points have been intensively modified during manufacture, use, and post-depositional processes. Here, we taxonomic…
Improving the chronological framework for Laugerie-Haute Ouest (Dordogne, France)
Micromorphology of an Upper Paleolithic cultural layer at Grub-Kranawetberg, Austria
The Middle Palaeolithic of the Netherlands – Contexts and perspectives
What the Bushmen try to keep
This article has a double goal. First, it tries to enlighten keynotions in Wein ers book: inalienable possessions, brother-sister-relations, hierarchy and equality, cosmological authentication. Second, it relates the paradox of keeping-while-giving to the concept of possession and exchange among Southern African groups of hunters and gatherers. The article aims at clarifying the strengths and weaknesses of this paradox and contributing tot the et…
Wat Bushmen Trachten te Behouden: Naar aanleiding van : Inalienable possessions: the paradox of keeping-while-giving van Annette B. Weiner (1992)
This article has a double goal. First, it tries to enlighten key notions in Weiners book: inalienable possessions, brother-sister-relations, hierarchy and equality, cosmological authentication. Second, it relates the paradox of keeping-while-giving to the concept of possession and exchange among Southern African groups of hunters and gatherers. The article aims at clarifying the strengths and weaknesses of this paradox and contributing tot the et…
Networks in ancient times: Some comments on Gamble's notion of alliance
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Grateful prey and animal sign: Reflections on food, the Palaeolithic and the nature-culture dichotomy
This paper reflects on the recent flourishing of the interdisciplinary study of food. Central is the notion that food forms a meeting-place for nature and culture, thereby overcoming this cartesian dichotomy. The paper starts from a discussion of the work of the French anthropologist P. Descola
Eastern Central Europe during the Pleniglacial
New dating of several key sites in eastern Central Europe refines our view of human presence there around the Last Glacial Maximum. The author shows that, with the advancing Ice Age, this part of Europe was abandoned later than the west, and a critical environmental factor was increasing aridity rather than the dropping temperatures
The first modern humans in Europe? A closer look at the dating evidence from the Swabian Jura (Germany)
The origins of anatomically modern humans, modern behaviour and the Aurignacian form one of the most dynamic fields of European research. Conard & Bolus (2003) opened a new debate by proposing that the Aurignacian arose from the migration of modern humans. Reviewing the data from the Swabian Jura, the author shows that radiocarbon dating cannot of itself presently support models of the primacy of art, industries or the arrival of modern humans at…
Neanderthal energetics and spatial behaviour
Recent studies indicate high energetic requirements for Neanderthals. The high requirements have behavioural implications, for example, related to the use of the landscape. Using a simple central place foraging model I show that Neanderthal energetic requirements can explain the main characteristics of the Middle Palaeolithic archaeological record, from the lack of features at sites to the limits of the Neanderthal range
Limiting factors on early modern human dispersals: The human biogeography of late Pleniglacial Europe
An Energetics Perspective on the Neandertal Record
The Middle Palaeolithic of the Netherlands – Contexts and perspectives
Micromorphology of an Upper Paleolithic cultural layer at Grub-Kranawetberg, Austria
What lies beneath . . . Late Glacial human occupation of the submerged North Sea landscape
Improving the chronological framework for Laugerie-Haute Ouest (Dordogne, France)
Human and cervid osseous materials used for barbed point manufacture in Mesolithic Doggerland
Barbed bone points originally deposited in Doggerland are regularly collected from the shores of the Netherlands. Their typology and direct 14C dating suggest they are of Mesolithic age. However, the species of which the barbed points were made cannot be identified based on morphological criteria. The bones used to produce the barbed points have been intensively modified during manufacture, use, and post-depositional processes. Here, we taxonomic…
New Radiocarbon Dates for the Late Gravettian in Eastern Central Europe
The Middle Upper Palaeolithic (MUP) in eastern Central Europe (ECE) comprises three variants of Gravettian culture: Early Gravettian, Pavlovian, and Late Gravettian. While Early Gravettian and Pavlovian are merely located in Lower Austria and Moravia, the Late Gravettian occupations occurred over the entire territory of ECE. Compared to the number of sites the radiocarbon dating and the absolute chronology of the Late Gravettian is rather poor. T…
Výsledky rádiokarbónového datovania uhlíkov zo starých výskumov v Košiciach-Barci I a Košiciach-Barci II
Pits and other associated features found at sites along Hornád Valley of Eastern Slovakia have been put forth as examples of early settlement features associated with the early Upper Palaeolithic in Europe. To verify this, we radiocarbon dated charcoal samples from pits found at Košice-Barca I and Košice-Barca II that were recovered during the 1951 – 1954 excavations of F. Prošek. From the Košice-Barca I site, charcoals from Pit 1 with an associa…
Archaeology (12 works) · Geography (12 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 works) · Ecology (8 works) · Geology (8 works) · Biology (7 works) · Paleontology (7 works) · History (5 works) · Art (4 works)