Publications and communications of Noora Taipale

Ossendorf, G., Tekelemariam, M. G., Taipale, N., Groos, A. R., Negash, A., Cnuts, D., Akçar, N., Vockenhuber, C., Tariku, Z. K., Kahsay, T. H., Rots, V., & Vogelsang, R. (2026). Human occupation of the Afroalpine Bale Mountains at the onset of the African Humid Period. Landscape Ecology. doi:10.1007/s10980-026-02337-8

Prieto, A., Taipale, N., Álvarez-Alonso, D., Álvarez-Fernández, E., Baena-Preysler, J., Cnuts, D., Oberholzer, R., Pastoors, A., & Rots, V. (2026). The application of quartzite petrogenesis in Palaeolithic research: Methodological basis, ongoing narratives, future directions. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 72, 105774. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2026.105774

Touzé, O., Coppe, J., Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (2024). A morphometric and functional dataset on the lithic points from the Upper Palaeolithic site of Maisières-Canal (Province of Hainaut, Belgium). doi:10.58119/ULG/LAFHVF

Schmid, V. C., Wadley, L., Brandl, M., Guillemard, I., Rhodes, S. E., Taipale, N., Witelson, D. M., Börner, M., Cnuts, D., Hodgskiss, T., Murungi, M., Nigst, P. R., Porraz, G., Puech, E., Rots, V., Stahlschmidt, M. C., Stelzer, S., Teyssandier, N., Tribolo, C., ... Archer, W. (2024). Renewed impetus for Stone Age research in the eastern Free State (South Africa) centred on Rose Cottage Cave. South African Archaeological Bulletin, 79 (221), 105-119.

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

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., 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. (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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.