  | 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 |
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  Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
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. |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
  | Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (2023). Functional Perspectives on Lithic Standardization. Lithic Technology, 1-24. doi:10.1080/01977261.2023.2190670 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
Denys, M., Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (2023). When stones can shed light on the past [Paper presentation]. Symposium on Holley Shelter. |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
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. Editorial reviewed |
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. Editorial reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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., 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. Editorial reviewed |
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. Editorial reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Editorial reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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. Editorial reviewed |
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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Editorial reviewed |
 | 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. Editorial reviewed |
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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Peer reviewed |
