Publications and communications of Noora Taipale

Taipale, N. (22 November 2023). What does present-day qualitative use-wear analysis ask of data collection systems? [Paper presentation]. Workshop "Developing guidelines, protocols, and a collaborative platform for use-wear analysis", Faro, Portugal.

Rots, V., & Taipale, N. (15 November 2023). Réflexions par rapport à la variabilité des traces, le rôle des référentiels et le transfert des données entre matières premières [Paper presentation]. Variabilité des matières premières au Paléolithique moyen et ancien: apports et limites de la tracéologie, Toulouse, France.

Coppe, J., Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (25 October 2023). Terminal ballistic analysis of impact fractures reveals the use of spearthrower 31 ky ago at Maisières-Canal, Belgium. Scientific Reports, 13 (1), 18305. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-45554-w

Taipale, N. (26 September 2023). Traceology, hafting and projectiles [Paper presentation]. On the point! Workshop on Ahrensburgian projectile technology, Schleswig, Germany.

Barham, L., Duller, G. A. T., Candy, I., Scott, C., Cartwright, C. R., Peterson, J. R., Kabukcu, C., Chapot, M. S., Melia, F., Rots, V., George, N., Taipale, N., Gethin, P., & Nkombwe, P. (2023). Evidence for the earliest structural use of wood at least 476,000 years ago. Nature. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06557-9

Taipale, N. (21 August 2023). Role of experiments in functional studies [Paper presentation]. ARCHON Symposium "Experimental archaeology in theory and practice: Exploring past technology", Amersfoort, Netherlands.

Denys, M., Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (2023). When stones can shed light on the past [Paper presentation]. Symposium on Holley Shelter.

Taipale, N., Lepers, C., & Rots, V. (2023). Blind-testing the quartz microwear method. In J. Apel & L. Sundström (Eds.), Stones. Current Stone Age research in northern Europe. Uppsala, Sweden: Uppsala University.

Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (2023). Functional Perspectives on Lithic Standardization. Lithic Technology, 1-24. doi:10.1080/01977261.2023.2190670

Taipale, N., Chiotti, L., & Rots, V. (22 September 2022). Weapon choice and hunting strategies in the Gravettian of Abri Pataud [Paper presentation]. 12th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution, Tübingen, Germany.

Taipale, N., Tomasso, S., Michel, M., & Rots, V. (01 September 2022). How to integrate quantification into qualitative use-wear analysis? [Paper presentation]. 28th EAA Annual Meeting, Budapest, Hungary.

Rots, V., Coppe, J., & Taipale, N. (August 2022). Tracing the evolution of stone projectile technology: reflections on the potential and constraints of current methods and perspectives offered by recent developments [Paper presentation]. PanAfrican Archaeological Conference, Zanzibar, Tanzania.

Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., Taipale, N., Coppe, J., Lepers, C., & Rots, V. (June 2022). Reconstructing prehistoric hunter-gatherer behaviour through the study of stone tools: combining experimentation, use wear and residue analysis [Paper presentation]. 13th International Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies "Living Well Together", Dublin, Ireland.

Taipale, N. (05 April 2022). Can stone tool hafting reflect Upper Palaeolithic social dynamics? New data from Abri Pataud, Hohle Fels, and Maisières-Canal [Paper presentation]. AWRANA 2022: Tracing social dynamics, Barcelona, Spain.

Pesonen, P., Hertell, E., Mannermaa, K., Manninen, M. A., Rostedt, T., Simponen-Robins, L., Taipale, N., & Tallavaara, M. (2022). Research on the Mesolithic of North Karelia in 2003–2017: Implications for the early postglacial archaeology of Northern Europe. In P. Halinen, V. Heyd, ... K. Mannermaa, Odes to Mika: Festschrift for Professor Mika Lavento on the occasion of his 60th birthday (pp. 45-55). Finland: Archaeological Society of Finland.

Taipale, N., Chiotti, L., & Rots, V. (2022). Why did hunting weapon design change at Abri Pataud? Lithic use-wear data on armature use and hafting around 24,000–22,000 BP. PLoS ONE, 17 (1), 0262185. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0262185

Taipale, N., Cnuts, D., Chiotti, L., Conard, N. J., & Rots, V. (2022). What about Apatite? Possibilities and Limitations of Recognising Bone Mineral Residues on Stone Tools. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology, 5 (1), 1-33. doi:10.1007/s41982-022-00132-w

Coppe, J., Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (07 October 2021). Fracture mechanics and the identification of projectiles: what is the influence of raw material? [Paper presentation]. Rock and Roll: 13th International Symposium on Knappable Materials, Tarragona (held on-line), Spain.

Taipale, N., Lepers, C., & Rots, V. (07 October 2021). Transferability of use-wear identification criteria between raw materials: insights from a blind test [Paper presentation]. Rock and Roll: 13th International Symposium on Knappable Materials, Tarragona, Spain.

Coppe, J., Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (26 August 2021). The importance of understanding the influence of raw material on fracture mechanics when searching for projectiles [Paper presentation]. SAfA 2021 - Society of Africanist Archaeologists (SAfA) 25th Biennial Meeting, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (26 August 2021). Raw materials and trace formation: adapting reference frameworks to the reality in Southern Africa [Paper presentation]. SAfA 2021 - Society of Africanist Archaeologists (SAfA) 25th Biennial Meeting, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (2021). Every hunter needs a knife: Hafted butchering knives from Maisières-Canal and their effect on lithic assemblage characteristics. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 36, 102874. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102874

Taller, A., & Taipale, N. (2021). A Swiss Army Knife from the Upper Paleolithic? Experiments on Non-Projectile Uses of Backed Pieces. Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte, 29, 105-131.

Taipale, N. (2020). Hafting as a flexible strategy: variability in stone tool use and hafting at three European Upper Palaeolithic sites [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/246312

Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (2020). Revisiting Maisières-Canal (Hainaut, BE): New results on tool use and hafting. Notae Praehistoricae, 40, 105-127.

Taipale, N., Rots, V., & Conard, N. J. (2020). Cold-climate toolkits: firemaking, lithic recycling and assemblage formation in the Magdalenian of Hohle Fels Cave. In J. F. Gibaja, J. Marreiros, N. Mazzucco, ... I. Clemente (Eds.), Hunter-Gatherers' Tool-Kit: A Functional Perspective (pp. 154-176). Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Taipale, N., Chiotti, L., Conard, N., & Rots, V. (September 2019). Diverse means to an end: domestic tool hafting in the European Upper Palaeolithic [Paper presentation]. 9th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution, Liège, Belgium.

de la Peña, P., Taipale, N., Wadley, L., & Rots, V. (03 July 2019). A techno-functional perspective on quartz micro-notches in Sibudu's Howiesons Poort indicates the use of barbs in hunting technology [Paper presentation]. ASAPA Conference, Kimberley, South Africa.

Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (2019). Breakage, scarring, scratches, and explosions: understanding impact trace formation on quartz. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 11, 3013-3039. doi:10.1007/s12520-018-0738-z

Coppe, J., Taipale, N., Touzé, O., Bodu, P., Chiotti, L., & Rots, V. (30 May 2018). New light on the variability of hunting equipment in the Gravettian [Paper presentation]. AWRANA 2018. Beyond use-wear traces: On tools and people, Nice, France.

Taipale, N., Tomasso, S., Coppe, J., Touzé, O., & Rots, V. (30 May 2018). Untangling tangs: Implications of tanged stone tool morphologies for hafting and raw material use in the Palaeolithic [Paper presentation]. AWRANA 2018. Beyond use-wear traces: On tools and people, Nice, France.

Coppe, J., Taipale, N., Touzé, O., & Rots, V. (12 April 2018). Reconstructing the design of Gravettian weapons: techno-functional approach to tanged points from Maisières-Canal [Paper presentation]. North-Western Europe during the Gravettian: contributions of recent research to the understanding of the societies and their environments, Liège, Belgium.

Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (12 April 2018). Functional perspectives to Gravettian lithic assemblage variability [Paper presentation]. North-Western Europe during the Gravettian: contributions of recent research to the understanding of the societies and their environments, Liège, Belgium.

de la Peña, P., Taipale, N., Wadley, L., & Rots, V. (2018). A techno-functional perspective on quartz micro-notches in Sibudu’s Howiesons Poort indicates the use of barbs in hunting technology. Journal of Archaeological Science, 93, 166-195. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2018.03.001

Taipale, N., Coppe, J., Touzé, O., & Rots, V. (23 September 2017). The weapon system behind the point: Early Gravettian hunting technologies at Maisières-Canal [Paper presentation]. 7th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution, Leiden, Netherlands.

Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (30 March 2017). Emmanchement des outils du Paléolithique supérieur [Paper presentation]. ASLIRA (Association Scientifique Liégeoise pour la Recherche Archéologique), Liège, Belgium.

Touzé, O., Coppe, J., Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (17 December 2016). Manufacture and use of points at Maisières-Canal [Paper presentation]. Journée du Groupe de contact FNRS « Préhistoire - Prehistorie », Bruxelles, Belgium.

Touzé, O., Salomon, H., Goutas, N., Bodu, P., Cauwe, N., Coppe, J., Delvigne, V., Flas, D., Germonpré, M., Jadin, I., Jungels, C., Lacarrière, J., Mevel, L., Peschaux, C., Rots, V., Taipale, N., Tartar, E., & Noiret, P. (17 December 2016). Présentation du projet Economie et pratiques des sociétés gravettiennes dans le Nord-Ouest de l’Europe (ECOPRAT) [Poster presentation]. Journée du Groupe de contact FNRS « Préhistoire - Prehistorie », Bruxelles, Belgium.

Taipale, N., Conard, N. J., & Rots, V. (14 September 2016). Domestic tools, hafting, and the evolution of technology: The Upper Palaeolithic of Hohle Fels as a case study [Poster presentation]. 6th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.

Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (09 June 2016). Hafting and use of domestic tools in the Gravettian and the Magdalenian of Hohle Fels (Invited talk) [Paper presentation]. Abteilungskolloquium Ältere Urgeschichte, Tübingen, Germany.

Simponen, L., Pesonen, P., Hertell, E., Mannermaa, K., Manninen, M. A., Taipale, N., & Tallavaara, M. (14 September 2015). The earliest pioneer settlement in Eastern Finland: the Sarvinki-project and the Jokivarsi 1 site [Poster presentation]. MESO 2015: The 9th International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe, Belgrade, Serbia.

Tomasso, S., & Taipale, N. (03 June 2015). Reflections on tangs and other morphological adaptations that may be hafting-related [Paper presentation]. Workshop on Residues and Hafting, Liège, Belgium.

Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (28 May 2015). Stone tool hafting and use in the European Upper Palaeolithic: the first results of the analysis of Gravettian tools from Hohle Fels [Paper presentation]. AWRANA 2015: Connecting people and technologies, Leiden, Netherlands.

Münzel, S. C., Wolf, S., Achtelik, M., Arlt, S., Becher, J., Brunke, L., Klett, J., Kremmer, A., Krönke, J., Langer, A., Litzenberg, R., Loy, A.-K., Mandt, A.-F., Mena, J. A., Ochs, U., Rebentisch, A., Schürch, B., Taipale, N., Wegeng, H., ... Krönneck, P. (07 April 2015). Chaîne opératoire of Molly, an Indian elephant from the Wilhelmina in Stuttgart-Bad Canstatt: results of a workshop in Blaubeuren on the processing of Proboscidian ribs as raw material for tools [Poster presentation]. 57th Annual Meeting of Hugo Obermaier Society, Heidenheim, Germany.

Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (07 April 2015). Stone tool hafting and use in the European Upper Palaeolithic: first results from Hohle Fels [Poster presentation]. 57th Annual Meeting of Hugo Obermaier Society, Heidenheim, Germany.

Knutsson, H., Knutsson, K., Taipale, N., Tallavaara, M., & Darmark, K. (2015). How shattered flakes were used: Micro-wear analysis of quartz flake fragments. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2, 517-531. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.04.008

Taipale, N. (06 December 2014). Variability in stone tool hafting and use in the Upper Palaeolithic of Western and Central Europe [Poster presentation]. Journée de contact FNRS “Préhistoire – Prehistorie” 2014, Liège, Belgium.

Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (17 April 2014). Variability in stone tool hafting and use in the Upper Palaeolithic of Central and Western Europe: Outline of the PhD project (Invited talk) [Paper presentation]. Abteilungskolloquium Ältere Urgeschichte, Tübingen, Germany.

Pesonen, P., Hertell, E., Simponen, L., Mannermaa, K., Manninen, M. A., Rostedt, T., Taipale, N., & Tallavaara, M. (2014). Postglacial pioneer settlement in the Lake Sarvinki area, eastern Finland. In F. Riede & M. Tallavaara (Eds.), Lateglacial and postglacial pioneers in Northern Europe (pp. 176-192). Oxford, United Kingdom: Archaeopress.

Taipale, N., Knutsson, K., & Knutsson, H. (2014). Unmodified quartz flake fragments as cognitive tool categories : testing the wear preservation, previous low magnification use-wear results and criteria for tool blank selection in two Late Mesolithic quartz assemblages from Finland. In J. Marreiros, N. Bicho, ... J. Gibaja Bao (Eds.), International Conference on Use-Wear Analysis : Use-Wear 2012 (pp. 352-361). United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Rots, V., Cnuts, D., Coppe, J., Taipale, N., & Tomasso, S. (07 December 2013). Functional studies at Liège [Poster presentation]. Journée de contact FNRS “Préhistoire – Prehistorie” 2013, Eupen, Belgium.

Taipale, N. (2013). Pellon Kaaraneskosken ja Lohjan Hossanmäen kvartsien mikrokäyttöjälkianalyysi: kokemuksia menetelmän soveltamisesta suomalaisiin mesoliittisiin aineistoihin. In J. Enqvist, J. Ruohonen, ... M. Suhonen, Arkeologipäivät 2012. Helsinki, Finland: The Archaeological Society of Finland.

Taipale, N., Knutsson, K., & Knutsson, H. (11 October 2012). Unmodified quartz flake fragments as cognitive tool categories: testing the wear preservation, previous low magnification use-wear results and criteria for tool blank selection in two Late Mesolithic assemblages from Finland [Poster presentation]. International Conference on Use-Wear Analysis: Use-Wear 2012.

Pesonen, P., Hertell, E., Mannermaa, K., Manninen, M., Rostedt, T., Taipale, N., & Tallavaara, M. (14 September 2011). Postglacial pioneer settlement in the Sarvinki area, Eastern Finland: environmental and economical setting [Poster presentation]. The 17th EAA Annual Meeting, Oslo, Norway.

Simponen, L., Mannermaa, K., Taipale, N., & Pesonen, P. (14 September 2011). Postglacial pioneer settlement in the Sarvinki area, Eastern Finland: a red ochre grave in Rahakangas 1 site [Poster presentation]. The 17th EAA Annual Meeting, Oslo, Norway.

Pesonen, P., Hertell, E., Nyholm, M., Palm, J., Rostedt, T., Simponen, L., Taipale, N., & Tallavaara, M. (13 September 2010). First man in the eastern Finland: an Early Mesolithic inland site with a red-ochre grave in Joensuu Rahakangas [Poster presentation]. MESO 2010 : The 8th International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe, Santander, Spain.