Patrick Schmidt

Jan 13, 2025 | nature.com | Patrick Schmidt

AbstractArchaeologists can use the provenance of lithic raw materials to examine the movements, territories, and settlement dynamics of hunter-gatherers. Several studies have used macroscopic analyses to propose the long-distance transport of raw material during the Gravettian and the Magdalenian of the Swabian Jura in Central Europe. Until now hypotheses about raw material transport in this region were not based on reproducible analyses.

Jul 11, 2024 | mdpi.com | Paschalis Charalampous |Patrick Schmidt |Ioannis Kostavelis |Dimitrios Katsatos

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Feb 29, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Patrick Schmidt

1 INTRODUCTION In response to the Covid-19 pandemic societies around the world have responded with unprecedented policy interventions and changes in behavior. Before vaccines became available, transmission reduction was the dominant strategy to prevent direct harm from the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Yet, the impact of policy interventions remains a controversial topic in the public domain.