Category Archives: Peer-reviewed publications

Ecker, M., Rhodes, S., Andersen, N., Horwitz, L.K., Chazan, M., Makarewicz, C.A., 2025. A holocene n-alkane stable isotope record from Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa and its implications for the later stone age record. Sci Rep 15, 14667. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-99054-0 Read here the press release of the University of Kiel for this paper.

Kelley, D.I., Sato, H., Ecker, M., Burton, C.A., Capurucho, J.M.G., Bates, J., 2024. Niche-dependent forest and savanna fragmentation in Tropical South America during the Last Glacial Maximum. npj biodivers 3, 23. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44185-024-00056-4

Ecker, M., Green, C., Henderson, A., Faul, I., Segadika, P., Mothulatshipi, S., 2023. Archaeological survey near Tsabong, Kgalagadi District, southwestern Botswana. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa 58, 517–535. https://doi.org/10.1080/0067270X.2023.2260150

Ecker, M., Morris, D., 2023. Pniel 1 and 6, South Africa, in: Beyin, A., Wright, D.K., Wilkins, J., Olszewski, D.I. (Eds.), Handbook of Pleistocene Archaeology of Africa: Hominin Behavior, Geography, and Chronology. Springer International Publishing, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20290-2

Ecker, M., Hariri, N., Heydari-Guran, S., Ghasidian, E., Tuross, N., Zeder, M., Makarewicz, C.A., 2023. Herbivore enamel carbon and oxygen isotopes demonstrate both Homo sapiens and Neanderthals exploited similar habitats in the Zagros Mountains. Journal of Quaternary Science 38, 1279–1288. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3561