Publications
2024
First evidence for human occupation of a lava tube in Arabia: The archaeology of Umm Jirsan Cave and its surroundings, northern Saudi Arabia.
Stewart, M., Andrieux, E., Blinkhorn, J., Guagnin, M., Fernandes, R., Vanwezer, N., . . . Groucutt, H. S. (2024). First evidence for human occupation of a lava tube in Arabia: The archaeology of Umm Jirsan Cave and its surroundings, northern Saudi Arabia.. PloS one, 19(4), e0299292. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0299292
Preservation of plant‐wax biomarkers in deserts: implications for Quaternary environment and human evolutionary studies
Jha, D. K., Patalano, R., Ilgner, J., Achyuthan, H., Alsharekh, A. M., Armitage, S., . . . Petraglia, M. (2024). Preservation of plant‐wax biomarkers in deserts: implications for Quaternary environment and human evolutionary studies. Journal of Quaternary Science, 39(3), 349-358. doi:10.1002/jqs.3597
Stone point variability reveals spatial, chronological and environmental structuring of eastern African Middle Stone Age populations
Timbrell, L., Habte, B., Tefera, Y., Maroma, C., Ndiema, E., Plomp, K., . . . Grove, M. (n.d.). Stone point variability reveals spatial, chronological and environmental structuring of eastern African Middle Stone Age populations. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 1-29. doi:10.1080/0067270x.2023.2268986
2023
Ecological drivers of hunter-gatherer lithic technology from the Middle and Later Stone Age in Central Africa
Padilla-Iglesias, C., Grove, M., & Blinkhorn, J. (2023). Ecological drivers of hunter-gatherer lithic technology from the Middle and Later Stone Age in Central Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews, 322, 108390. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108390
Geometric Morphometric Analyses of Levallois Points from the Levantine Middle Paleolithic do not Support Functional Specialization
Buchanan, B., Hamilton, M. J., Macdonald, D., Blinkhorn, J., Groucutt, H. S., Eren, M. I., & Kuhn, S. L. (2023). Geometric Morphometric Analyses of Levallois Points from the Levantine Middle Paleolithic do not Support Functional Specialization. Lithic Technology, 48(4), 437-451. doi:10.1080/01977261.2023.2208930
Youngest Toba Tuff deposits in the Gundlakamma River basin, Andhra Pradesh, India and their role in evaluating Late Pleistocene behavioral change in South Asia
Anil, D., Devi, M., Blinkhorn, J., Smith, V., Sanghode, S., Mahesh, V., . . . Chauhan, N. (2023). Youngest Toba Tuff deposits in the Gundlakamma River basin, Andhra Pradesh, India and their role in evaluating Late Pleistocene behavioral change in South Asia. Quaternary Research, 115, 134-145. doi:10.1017/qua.2023.13
Longstanding behavioural stability in West Africa extends to the Middle Pleistocene at Bargny, coastal Senegal.
Niang, K., Blinkhorn, J., Bateman, M. D., & Kiahtipes, C. A. (2023). Longstanding behavioural stability in West Africa extends to the Middle Pleistocene at Bargny, coastal Senegal.. Nature ecology & evolution, 7(7), 1141-1151. doi:10.1038/s41559-023-02046-4
Human interactions with tropical environments over the last 14,000 years at Iho Eleru, Nigeria.
Cerasoni, J. N., Hallett, E. Y., Orijemie, E. A., Ashastina, K., Lucas, M., Farr, L., . . . Scerri, E. M. L. (2023). Human interactions with tropical environments over the last 14,000 years at Iho Eleru, Nigeria.. iScience, 26(3), 106153. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.106153
Ndiayène Pendao and the Lower Senegal Valley, Senegal
Blinkhorn, J., Niang, K., Groucutt, H. S., & Scerri, E. M. L. (2023). Ndiayène Pendao and the Lower Senegal Valley, Senegal. In Handbook of Pleistocene Archaeology of Africa (pp. 929-939). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-20290-2_59
Tiémassas, Senegal
Niang, K., & Blinkhorn, J. (2023). Tiémassas, Senegal. In Handbook of Pleistocene Archaeology of Africa (pp. 941-950). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-20290-2_60
2022
Homo sapiens lithic technology and microlithization in the South Asian rainforest at Kitulgala Beli-lena (c. 45 - 8,000 years ago).
Picin, A., Wedage, O., Blinkhorn, J., Amano, N., Deraniyagala, S., Boivin, N., . . . Petraglia, M. (2022). Homo sapiens lithic technology and microlithization in the South Asian rainforest at Kitulgala Beli-lena (c. 45 - 8,000 years ago).. PloS one, 17(10), e0273450. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0273450
Evaluating refugia in recent human evolution in Africa
Blinkhorn, J., Timbrell, L., Grove, M., & Scerri, E. M. L. (2022). Evaluating refugia in recent human evolution in Africa. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 377(1849). doi:10.1098/rstb.2020.0485
A spatiotemporally explicit paleoenvironmental framework for the Middle Stone Age of eastern Africa
Timbrell, L., Grove, M., Manica, A., Rucina, S., & Blinkhorn, J. (2022). A spatiotemporally explicit paleoenvironmental framework for the Middle Stone Age of eastern Africa. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 12(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-022-07742-y
Author Correction: Multiple hominin dispersals into Southwest Asia over the past 400,000 years.
Groucutt, H. S., White, T. S., Scerri, E. M. L., Andrieux, E., Clark-Wilson, R., Breeze, P. S., . . . Petraglia, M. D. (2022). Author Correction: Multiple hominin dispersals into Southwest Asia over the past 400,000 years.. Nature, 602(7895), E15. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04289-2
Reply to: 'No direct evidence for the presence of Nubian Levallois technology and its association with Neanderthals at Shukbah Cave'.
Blinkhorn, J., Zanolli, C., Compton, T., Groucutt, H. S., Scerri, E. M., Crete, L., . . . Blockley, S. (2022). Reply to: 'No direct evidence for the presence of Nubian Levallois technology and its association with Neanderthals at Shukbah Cave'.. Scientific reports, 12(1), 1208. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-05049-6
2021
Constraining the chronology and ecology of Late Acheulean and Middle Palaeolithic occupations at the margins of the monsoon.
Blinkhorn, J., Achyuthan, H., Durcan, J., Roberts, P., & Ilgner, J. (2021). Constraining the chronology and ecology of Late Acheulean and Middle Palaeolithic occupations at the margins of the monsoon.. Scientific reports, 11(1), 19665. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-98897-7
A Spatiotemporally Explicit Paleoenvironmental Framework for the Middle Stone Age of Eastern Africa
The gateway to the oriental zone: Environmental change and palaeolithic behaviour in the Thar Desert
Blinkhorn, J. (2021). The gateway to the oriental zone: Environmental change and palaeolithic behaviour in the Thar Desert. Quaternary International, 596, 79-92. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2020.11.021
Multiple hominin dispersals into Southwest Asia over the past 400,000 years
Groucutt, H. S., White, T. S., Scerri, E. M. L., Andrieux, E., Clark-Wilson, R., Breeze, P. S., . . . Petraglia, M. D. (2021). Multiple hominin dispersals into Southwest Asia over the past 400,000 years. NATURE, 597(7876), 376-+. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03863-y
Rock art research in India (2015-2019)
Blinkhorn, J. (2021). Rock art research in India (2015-2019). In Rock Art Studies: News of the World VI (pp. 137-145).
Taphonomy of an excavated striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) den in Arabia: implications for paleoecology and prehistory
Stewart, M., Andrieux, E., Clark-Wilson, R., Vanwezer, N., Blinkhorn, J., Armitage, S. J., . . . Groucutt, H. S. (2021). Taphonomy of an excavated striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) den in Arabia: implications for paleoecology and prehistory. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 13(8). doi:10.1007/s12520-021-01365-6
Directional changes in Levallois core technologies between Eastern Africa, Arabia, and the Levant during MIS 5.
Blinkhorn, J., Groucutt, H. S., Scerri, E. M. L., Petraglia, M. D., & Blockley, S. (2021). Directional changes in Levallois core technologies between Eastern Africa, Arabia, and the Levant during MIS 5.. Scientific reports, 11(1), 11465. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-90744-z
Testing the Integrity of the Middle and Later Stone Age Cultural Taxonomic Division in Eastern Africa
Grove, M., & Blinkhorn, J. (2021). Testing the Integrity of the Middle and Later Stone Age Cultural Taxonomic Division in Eastern Africa. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology, 4(2). doi:10.1007/s41982-021-00087-4
Earliest known human burial in Africa.
Martinón-Torres, M., d'Errico, F., Santos, E., Álvaro Gallo, A., Amano, N., Archer, W., . . . Petraglia, M. D. (2021). Earliest known human burial in Africa.. Nature, 593(7857), 95-100. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03457-8
The Middle to Later Stone Age transition at Panga ya Saidi, in the tropical coastal forest of eastern Africa.
Shipton, C., Blinkhorn, J., Archer, W., Kourampas, N., Roberts, P., Prendergast, M. E., . . . Petraglia, M. D. (2021). The Middle to Later Stone Age transition at Panga ya Saidi, in the tropical coastal forest of eastern Africa.. Journal of human evolution, 153, 102954. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2021.102954
Nubian Levallois technology associated with southernmost Neanderthals.
Blinkhorn, J., Zanolli, C., Compton, T., Groucutt, H. S., Scerri, E. M. L., Crété, L., . . . Blockley, S. (2021). Nubian Levallois technology associated with southernmost Neanderthals.. Scientific reports, 11(1), 2869. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-82257-6
Continuity of the Middle Stone Age into the Holocene.
Scerri, E. M. L., Niang, K., Candy, I., Blinkhorn, J., Mills, W., Cerasoni, J. N., . . . Groucutt, H. S. (2021). Continuity of the Middle Stone Age into the Holocene.. Scientific reports, 11(1), 70. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-79418-4
Explanations of variability in Middle Stone Age stone tool assemblage composition and raw material use in Eastern Africa
Blinkhorn, J., & Grove, M. (2021). Explanations of variability in Middle Stone Age stone tool assemblage composition and raw material use in Eastern Africa. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 13(1). doi:10.1007/s12520-020-01250-8
2020
The first dated evidence for Middle-Late Pleistocene fluvial activity in the central Thar Desert
Blinkhorn, J., Achyuthan, H., Jaiswal, M., & Singh, A. K. (2020). The first dated evidence for Middle-Late Pleistocene fluvial activity in the central Thar Desert. Quaternary Science Reviews, 250, 106656. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106656
Field-based sciences must transform in response to COVID-19.
Scerri, E. M. L., Kühnert, D., Blinkhorn, J., Groucutt, H. S., Roberts, P., Nicoll, K., . . . Vella, N. C. (2020). Field-based sciences must transform in response to COVID-19.. Nature ecology & evolution, 4(12), 1571-1574. doi:10.1038/s41559-020-01317-8
The Middle Stone Age occupations of Tiémassas, coastal West Africa, between 62 and 25 thousand years ago
Niang, K., Blinkhorn, J., Ndiaye, M., Bateman, M., Seck, B., & Sawaré, G. (2020). The Middle Stone Age occupations of Tiémassas, coastal West Africa, between 62 and 25 thousand years ago. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 34, 102658. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102658
Neural networks differentiate between Middle and Later Stone age lithic assemblages in eastern Africa
Grove, M., & Blinkhorn, J. (2020). Neural networks differentiate between Middle and Later Stone age lithic assemblages in eastern Africa. PLoS One, 15(8). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0237528
Late Pleistocene to early-Holocene rainforest foraging in Sri Lanka: Multidisciplinary analysis at Kitulgala Beli-lena
Wedage, O., Roberts, P., Faulkner, P., Crowther, A., Douka, K., Picin, A., . . . Amano, N. (2020). Late Pleistocene to early-Holocene rainforest foraging in Sri Lanka: Multidisciplinary analysis at Kitulgala Beli-lena. Quaternary Science Reviews, 231, 106200. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106200
Late Pleistocene to Holocene human palaeoecology in the tropical environments of coastal eastern Africa
Roberts, P., Prendergast, M. E., Janzen, A., Shipton, C., Blinkhorn, J., Zech, J., . . . Boivin, N. (2020). Late Pleistocene to Holocene human palaeoecology in the tropical environments of coastal eastern Africa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 537, 109438. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109438
2019
Examining the Origins of Hafting in South Asia
Blinkhorn, J. (2019). Examining the Origins of Hafting in South Asia. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology, 2(4), 466-481. doi:10.1007/s41982-019-00034-4
The first directly dated evidence for Palaeolithic occupation on the Indian coast at Sandhav, Kachchh
Blinkhorn, J., Ajithprasad, P., Mukherjee, A., Kumar, P., Durcan, J. A., & Roberts, P. (2019). The first directly dated evidence for Palaeolithic occupation on the Indian coast at Sandhav, Kachchh. Quaternary Science Reviews, 224, 105975. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105975
Microliths in the South Asian rainforest ~45-4 ka: New insights from Fa-Hien Lena Cave, Sri Lanka.
Wedage, O., Picin, A., Blinkhorn, J., Douka, K., Deraniyagala, S., Kourampas, N., . . . Roberts, P. (2019). Microliths in the South Asian rainforest ~45-4 ka: New insights from Fa-Hien Lena Cave, Sri Lanka.. PloS one, 14(10), e0222606. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0222606
Specialized rainforest hunting by Homo sapiens ~45,000 years ago.
Wedage, O., Amano, N., Langley, M. C., Douka, K., Blinkhorn, J., Crowther, A., . . . Roberts, P. (2019). Specialized rainforest hunting by Homo sapiens ~45,000 years ago.. Nature communications, 10(1), 739. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08623-1
2018
Early agriculture in Sri Lanka: New Archaeobotanical analyses and radiocarbon dates from the early historic sites of Kirinda and Kantharodai (Kandarodai)
Murphy, C., Weisskopf, A., Bohingamuwa, W., Adikari, G., Perera, N., Blinkhorn, J., . . . Boivin, N. (2018). Early agriculture in Sri Lanka: New Archaeobotanical analyses and radiocarbon dates from the early historic sites of Kirinda and Kantharodai (Kandarodai). Archaeological Research in Asia, 16, 88-102. doi:10.1016/j.ara.2018.06.001
The expansion of later Acheulean hominins into the Arabian Peninsula
Scerri, E. M. L., Shipton, C., Clark-Balzan, L., Frouin, M., Schwenninger, J. -L., Groucutt, H. S., . . . Petraglia, M. D. (2018). The expansion of later Acheulean hominins into the Arabian Peninsula. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 8. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-35242-5
Correction: Acheulean technology and landscape use at Dawadmi, central Arabia.
Shipton, C., Blinkhorn, J., Breeze, P. S., Cuthbertson, P., Drake, N., Groucutt, H. S., . . . Petraglia, M. D. (2018). Correction: Acheulean technology and landscape use at Dawadmi, central Arabia.. PloS one, 13(9), e0203488. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0203488
The structure of the Middle Stone Age of eastern Africa
Blinkhorn, J., & Grove, M. (2018). The structure of the Middle Stone Age of eastern Africa. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, 195, 1-20. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.07.011
Buddha Pushkar revisited: Technological variability in Late Palaeolithic stone tools at the Thar Desert margin, India
Blinkhorn, J. (2018). Buddha Pushkar revisited: Technological variability in Late Palaeolithic stone tools at the Thar Desert margin, India. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 20, 168-182. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.04.020
Acheulean technology and landscape use at Dawadmi, central Arabia.
Shipton, C., Blinkhorn, J., Breeze, P. S., Cuthbertson, P., Drake, N., Groucutt, H. S., . . . Petraglia, M. D. (2018). Acheulean technology and landscape use at Dawadmi, central Arabia.. PloS one, 13(7), e0200497. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0200497
78,000-year-old record of Middle and Later Stone Age innovation in an East African tropical forest (vol 9, 2018)
Shipton, C., Roberts, P., Archer, W., Armitage, S. J., Bita, C., Blinkhorn, J., . . . Boivin, N. (2018). 78,000-year-old record of Middle and Later Stone Age innovation in an East African tropical forest (vol 9, 2018). NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 9. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04753-0
The oldest Stone Age occupation of coastal West Africa and its implications for modern human dispersals: New insight from Tiémassas
Niang, K., Blinkhorn, J., & Ndiaye, M. (2018). The oldest Stone Age occupation of coastal West Africa and its implications for modern human dispersals: New insight from Tiémassas. Quaternary Science Reviews, 188, 167-173. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.03.022
78,000-year-old record of Middle and Later stone age innovation in an East African tropical forest
Shipton, C., Roberts, P., Archer, W., Armitage, S. J., Bita, C., Blinkhorn, J., . . . Boivin, N. (2018). 78,000-year-old record of Middle and Later stone age innovation in an East African tropical forest. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 9. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04057-3
A transect of environmental variability across South Asia and its influence on Late Pleistocene human innovation and occupation
Roberts, P., Blinkhorn, J., & Petraglia, M. D. (2018). A transect of environmental variability across South Asia and its influence on Late Pleistocene human innovation and occupation. Journal of Quaternary Science, 33(3), 285-299. doi:10.1002/jqs.2975
2017
Environments and Cultural Change in the Indian Subcontinent
Blinkhorn, J., & Petraglia, M. D. (2017). Environments and Cultural Change in the Indian Subcontinent. Current Anthropology, 58(S17), S463-S479. doi:10.1086/693462
Did Modern Human Dispersal Take a Coastal Route into India? New Evidence from Palaeolithic Surveys of Kachchh, Gujarat
Blinkhorn, J., Ajithprasad, P., & Mukherjee, A. (2017). Did Modern Human Dispersal Take a Coastal Route into India? New Evidence from Palaeolithic Surveys of Kachchh, Gujarat. Journal of Field Archaeology, 42(3), 198-213. doi:10.1080/00934690.2017.1323543
A COMPANION TO SOUTH ASIA IN THE PASTGwen RobbinsSchugSubhash R.WalimbeWiley‐Blackwell, Oxford, 2016, 600 pp. ISNB 978‐1‐119‐05548‐8. $195 (hardback)
Blinkhorn, J. (2017). A COMPANION TO SOUTH ASIA IN THE PASTGwen RobbinsSchugSubhash R.WalimbeWiley‐Blackwell, Oxford, 2016, 600 pp. ISNB 978‐1‐119‐05548‐8. $195 (hardback). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 163(1), 225-226. doi:10.1002/ajpa.23181
Palaeoenvironmental dynamics and Palaeolithic occupation at Katoati, Thar Desert, India
Blinkhorn, J., Achyuthan, H., Ditchfield, P., & Petraglia, M. (2017). Palaeoenvironmental dynamics and Palaeolithic occupation at Katoati, Thar Desert, India. Quaternary Research, 87(2), 298-313. doi:10.1017/qua.2017.7
Persistence of Middle Stone Age technology to the Pleistocene/Holocene transition supports a complex hominin evolutionary scenario in West Africa
Scerri, E. M. L., Blinkhorn, J., Niang, K., Bateman, M. D., & Groucutt, H. S. (2017). Persistence of Middle Stone Age technology to the Pleistocene/Holocene transition supports a complex hominin evolutionary scenario in West Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 11, 639-646. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.01.003
2016
Guest Editorial – The Middle Palaeolithic in the Desert II
Blinkhorn, J., Scerri, E., Groucutt, H., & Delagnes, A. (2016). Guest Editorial – The Middle Palaeolithic in the Desert II. Quaternary International, 408, 1-3. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2016.06.011
The Middle Stone Age archaeology of the Senegal River Valley
Scerri, E. M. L., Blinkhorn, J., Groucutt, H. S., & Niang, K. (2016). The Middle Stone Age archaeology of the Senegal River Valley. Quaternary International, 408, 16-32. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.09.025
Can Lithic Attribute Analyses Identify Discrete Reduction Trajectories? A Quantitative Study Using Refitted Lithic Sets
Scerri, E. M. L., Gravina, B., Blinkhorn, J., & Delagnes, A. (2016). Can Lithic Attribute Analyses Identify Discrete Reduction Trajectories? A Quantitative Study Using Refitted Lithic Sets. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 23(2), 669-691. doi:10.1007/s10816-015-9255-x
Rock Art Research in India 2010-2014
Blinkhorn, J. (2016). Rock Art Research in India 2010-2014. In Rock Art Studies: News of the World V (pp. 155-162). Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. doi:10.2307/j.ctvxrq0fv.16
Correction for Roberts et al., Continuity of mammalian fauna over the last 200,000 y in the Indian subcontinent.
Correction for Roberts et al., Continuity of mammalian fauna over the last 200,000 y in the Indian subcontinent. (2016). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(13), E1963. doi:10.1073/pnas.1603262113
2015
Middle Palaeolithic point technologies in the Thar Desert, India
Blinkhorn, J., Achyuthan, H., & Ajithprasad, P. (2015). Middle Palaeolithic point technologies in the Thar Desert, India. Quaternary International, 382, 237-249. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.02.027
Stone tool assemblages and models for the dispersal of Homo sapiens out of Africa
Groucutt, H. S., Scerri, E. M. L., Lewis, L., Clark-Balzan, L., Blinkhorn, J., Jennings, R. P., . . . Petraglia, M. D. (2015). Stone tool assemblages and models for the dispersal of Homo sapiens out of Africa. Quaternary International, 382, 8-30. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.01.039
Rethinking the dispersal of Homo sapiens out of Africa.
Groucutt, H. S., Petraglia, M. D., Bailey, G., Scerri, E. M. L., Parton, A., Clark-Balzan, L., . . . Scally, A. (2015). Rethinking the dispersal of Homo sapiens out of Africa.. Evolutionary anthropology, 24(4), 149-164. doi:10.1002/evan.21455
Ostrich expansion into India during the Late Pleistocene: Implications for continental dispersal corridors
Blinkhorn, J., Achyuthan, H., & Petraglia, M. D. (2015). Ostrich expansion into India during the Late Pleistocene: Implications for continental dispersal corridors. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 417, 80-90. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.10.026
2014
Discovery of Youngest Toba Tuff localities in the Sagileru Valley, south India, in association with Palaeolithic industries
Blinkhorn, J., Smith, V. C., Achyuthan, H., Shipton, C., Jones, S. C., Ditchfield, P. D., & Petraglia, M. D. (2014). Discovery of Youngest Toba Tuff localities in the Sagileru Valley, south India, in association with Palaeolithic industries. Quaternary Science Reviews, 105, 239-243. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.09.029
Late Middle Palaeolithic surface sites occurring on dated sediment formations in the Thar Desert
Blinkhorn, J. (2014). Late Middle Palaeolithic surface sites occurring on dated sediment formations in the Thar Desert. Quaternary International, 350, 94-104. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2014.01.027
Erwin Neumayer. Prehistoric rock art of India. 304 pages, 1011 colour and b&w illustrations. 2013. New Delhi: Oxford University Press; 978-0-19-806098-7 hardback £115.
Blinkhorn, J. (2014). Erwin Neumayer. Prehistoric rock art of India. 304 pages, 1011 colour and b&w illustrations. 2013. New Delhi: Oxford University Press; 978-0-19-806098-7 hardback £115.. Antiquity, 88(341), 990-992. doi:10.1017/s0003598x00051000
Continuity of mammalian fauna over the last 200,000 y in the Indian subcontinent.
Roberts, P., Delson, E., Miracle, P., Ditchfield, P., Roberts, R. G., Jacobs, Z., . . . Petraglia, M. D. (2014). Continuity of mammalian fauna over the last 200,000 y in the Indian subcontinent.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(16), 5848-5853. doi:10.1073/pnas.1323465111
Assessing Models for the Dispersal of Modern Humans to South Asia
Blinkhorn, J., & Petraglia, M. D. (2014). Assessing Models for the Dispersal of Modern Humans to South Asia. In Southern Asia, Australia, and the Search for Human Origins (pp. 64-75). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9781139084741.006
2013
Middle Palaeolithic occupation in the Thar Desert during the Upper Pleistocene: the signature of a modern human exit out of Africa?
Blinkhorn, J., Achyuthan, H., Petraglia, M., & Ditchfield, P. (2013). Middle Palaeolithic occupation in the Thar Desert during the Upper Pleistocene: the signature of a modern human exit out of Africa?. Quaternary Science Reviews, 77, 233-238. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.06.012
A new synthesis of evidence for the Upper Pleistocene occupation of 16R Dune and its southern Asian context
Blinkhorn, J. (2013). A new synthesis of evidence for the Upper Pleistocene occupation of 16R Dune and its southern Asian context. Quaternary International, 300, 282-291. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2013.01.023
The Middle Palaeolithic in the desert and its implications for understanding hominin adaptation and dispersal
Groucutt, H. S., & Blinkhorn, J. (2013). The Middle Palaeolithic in the desert and its implications for understanding hominin adaptation and dispersal. Quaternary International, 300, 1-12. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2013.03.043
Mid-Holocene age obtained for nested diamond pattern petroglyph in the Billasurgam Cave complex, Kurnool District, southern India
Taçon, P. S. C., Boivin, N., Petraglia, M., Blinkhorn, J., Chivas, A., Roberts, R. G., . . . Zhao, J. -X. (2013). Mid-Holocene age obtained for nested diamond pattern petroglyph in the Billasurgam Cave complex, Kurnool District, southern India. Journal of Archaeological Science, 40(4), 1787-1796. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2012.12.006
2012
Uncovering a landscape buried by the super-eruption of Toba, 74,000 years ago: A multi-proxy environmental reconstruction in the Jurreru valley, south India
Blinkhorn, J. (2012). Uncovering a landscape buried by the super-eruption of Toba, 74,000 years ago: A multi-proxy environmental reconstruction in the Jurreru valley, south India. Quaternary International, 279-280, 54. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2012.07.238
Rock Art Research in India: Historical Approaches and Recent Theoretical Directions
Blinkhorn, J., Boivin, N., Taçon, P. S. C., & Petraglia, M. D. (2012). Rock Art Research in India: Historical Approaches and Recent Theoretical Directions. In Unknown Book (pp. 179-196). Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781118253892.ch11
Uncovering a landscape buried by the super-eruption of Toba, 74,000 years ago: A multi-proxy environmental reconstruction of landscape heterogeneity in the Jurreru Valley, south India
Blinkhorn, J., Parker, A. G., Ditchfield, P., Haslam, M., & Petraglia, M. (2012). Uncovering a landscape buried by the super-eruption of Toba, 74,000 years ago: A multi-proxy environmental reconstruction of landscape heterogeneity in the Jurreru Valley, south India. Quaternary International, 258, 135-147. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2011.12.008
Hominin Evolutionary History in the Arabian Desert and the Thar Desert61
Petraglia, M. D., Groucutt, H., & Blinkhorn, J. (2012). Hominin Evolutionary History in the Arabian Desert and the Thar Desert61. In Changing Deserts: Integrating People and their Environment (pp. 61-82). The White Horse Press. doi:10.3197/9781912186310.ch04
2011
New methodological approaches to Indian rock art: Preliminary report from the Kurnool District archaeological project
Boivin, N., Blinkhorn, J., Hampson, J., Korisettar, R., & Petraglia, M. (2011). New methodological approaches to Indian rock art: Preliminary report from the Kurnool District archaeological project. Man in India, 91(2), 235-257.
2010
New rock art discoveries in the Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Taçon, P. S. C., Boivin, N., Hampson, J., Blinkhorn, J., Korisettar, R., & Petraglia, M. (2010). New rock art discoveries in the Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Antiquity, 84(324), 335-350. doi:10.1017/s0003598x00066618