Hunter-gatherer sea voyages extended to remotest Mediterranean islands

Overview Our multidisciplinary study combines archaeobotany (Supplementary Table 1), chronological modelling (Supplementary Tables 2–6), isotopes (Supplementary Table 7), contextual research and broad regional chronological modelling (Supplementary Tables 8 and 9) with anthracology and phytoliths (Supplementary Tables 10–13), lithics (Supplementary Table 14) and the study of faunal remains (Supplementary Tables 15 and 16). The methods used are described below, with further contextual information in the Supplementary Information and Extended Data Figs. 1–11. Excavation and sedimentology Here, we describe the excavation of a 5 × 5-m trench, designated Trench 4, at Latnija between 2021 and 2023, expanding on a 1 ×1-m test trench excavated in 2019. We set up an alphanumeric grid system in the doline to label each individual 1 ×1-m square, aligned in orientation with the 2019 test trench and with the nearby cave wall, with letters running on a SW–NE axis and numbers increasing on a NW–SE ... Read full article.