Publications in VIVO

Co-author Network

Villa, Paola

Person

Positions

Museum Curator Adjoint, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History

Publications

selected publications

conference proceeding
- Hunting and Hunting Weapons of the Lower and Middle Paleolithic of Europe. 59-85. 2006
- New data from Ambrona: closing the hunting versus scavenging debate. Quaternary International. 223-250. 2001
- The use of Proboscidean remains in every-day Palaeolithic life. Quaternary International. 179-194. 2001
journal article
- The Still Bay and Howiesons Poort at Sibudu and Blombos: Understanding Middle Stone Age Technologies. PLoS One. 2015
- A Milk and Ochre Paint Mixture Used 49,000 Years Ago at Sibudu, South Africa. PLoS One. 2015
- Neandertal Demise: An Archaeological Analysis of the Modern Human Superiority Complex. PLoS One. 2014
- Reply to Evans: Use of poison remains the most parsimonious explanation for Border Cave castor bean extract. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA. E3291-E3292. 2012
- Border Cave and the beginning of the Later Stone Age in South Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA. 13208-13213. 2012
- Early evidence of San material culture represented by organic artifacts from Border Cave, South Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA. 13214-13219. 2012
- Reply to Sandgathe et al.: Neandertal use of fire. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA. E299-E299. 2011
- On the earliest evidence for habitual use of fire in Europe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA. 5209-5214. 2011
- Early Use of Pressure Flaking on Lithic Artifacts at Blombos Cave, South Africa. Science. 659-662. 2010
- The archaeology and paleoenvironment of an Upper Pleistocene hyena den: An integrated approach. Journal of Archaeological Science. 919-935. 2010
- HUNTING WEAPONS OF NEANDERTHALS AND EARLY MODERN HUMANS IN SOUTH AFRICA Similarities and Differences. Journal of Anthropological Research. 5-38. 2010
- The Howiesons Poort and MSA III at Klasies River main site, Cave 1A. Journal of Archaeological Science. 630-655. 2010
- Stone tools for the hunt: points with impact scars from a Middle Paleolithic site in southern Italy. Journal of Archaeological Science. 850-859. 2009
- The Still Bay points of Blombos Cave (South Africa). Journal of Archaeological Science. 441-460. 2009
- OCHRE FOR THE TOOLMAKER: SHAPING THE STILL BAY POINTS AT SIBUDU (KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA). Journal of African Archaeology. 41-54. 2009
- Single carcass of Mammuthus primigenius with lithic artifacts in the Upper Pleistocene of northern Italy. Journal of Archaeological Science. 2606-2613. 2008
- Micromammals (rodents and insectivores) from the early Late Pleistocene cave site of Bois Roche (Charente, France): Systematics and paleoclimatology. Geobios. 399-414. 2008
- Blade technology and tool forms in the Middle Stone Age of South Africa: the Howiesons Poort and post-Howiesons Poort at Rose Cottage Cave. Journal of Archaeological Science. 681-703. 2007
- A late middle stone age artifact assemblage from Sibudu (KwaZulu-Natal): comparisons with the European middle paleolithic. Journal of Archaeological Science. 399-422. 2005
- Fire and fireplaces in the Lower, Middle and early Upper Paleolithic of western Europe. Journal of Human Evolution. A37-A38. 2002
- Bone and ivory points in the Lower and Middle Paleolithic of Europe. Journal of Human Evolution. 69-112. 2001
- Early Italy and the colonization of Western Europe. Quaternary International. 113-130. 2001
- Stone tools in carnivore sites: The case of Bois Roche. Journal of Anthropological Research. 187-215. 2000
- Holes and grooves: The contribution of microscopy and taphonomy to the problem of art origins. Journal of Human Evolution. 1-31. 1997
- PREHISTORIC CANNIBALISM AT MANCOS 5MTUMR-2346 - WHITE,TD. Science. 1420-1421. 1992
- SHEPHERDS AND SEDIMENTS - GEO-ETHNOARCHAEOLOGY OF PASTORAL SITES. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 47-102. 1992
- BREAKAGE PATTERNS OF HUMAN LONG BONES. Journal of Human Evolution. 27-48. 1991
- CANNIBALISM IN THE NEOLITHIC. Nature. 613-614. 1991
- MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE PREHISTORY IN SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE - THE STATE OF OUR KNOWLEDGE AND IGNORANCE. Journal of Anthropological Research. 193-217. 1991
- TORRALBA AND ARIDOS - ELEPHANT EXPLOITATION IN MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE SPAIN. Journal of Human Evolution. 299-309. 1990
- THE LOWER PALEOLITHIC OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. Journal of World Prehistory. 45-94. 1990
- ON THE EVIDENCE FOR NEANDERTAL BURIAL. Current Anthropology. 322-330. 1989
- CANNIBALISM IN THE NEOLITHIC. Science. 431-437. 1986
- THE INTERPRETATION OF STRATIFIED SITES - A VIEW FROM UNDERGROUND. Journal of Archaeological Science. 267-281. 1983

Background

awards and honors

Post-Ph.D. Research Grant, conferred by Wenner-Gren Foundation, 2008