Publications
(in prep) Cleghorn, N. Matthews, T., Fisher, E., and Shelton, C. A new Early Later Stone Age site at Knysna in the Western Cape, South Africa.
(in prep) Cleghorn, N. The taphonomy of the late Middle Paleolithic fauna of Myshtylagty Lagat (Northern Caucasus, Russia).
(Submitted) McGrath, J., Cleghorn, N., Gennari, B., Henderson, S., Kyriacou, K., Nelson-Viljoen, C., Nilssen, P., Richardson, L., Shelton, C., Wilkins, J., and Marean, C. The Pinnacle Point Shell Midden Complex: A high resolution 2000 year record of Later Stone Age coastal foraging along the southern Cape coast of South Africa. Submitted to South African Archaeological Bulletin, December 2014.
2014 Golovanova L.V., Doronichev V.B., Cleghorn N.E., Kulkova M.A., Sapelko T.V., Shackley, M.S., and Spasovskiy Yu.N. The Epipaleolithic of the Caucasus after the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary International 337:189-224.
2013 (in prep) Kimball, L., T. Koetje, N.Cleghorn, T.Coffey, M.Kanukova, V. Sautiyeva-Maslennikova, and N. Hidjrati (in prep) Mousterian Dwellers of Myshtylagty Lagat (North Ossetia, Russia) Second Half of OIS 3. In Материалы и исследования по археологии Осетии (Materials and Investigations of Archaeology of Ossetia). Владикавказ (in Russian).
2010 Golovanova L.V., Doronichev V.B., Kulkova M.A., Cleghorn N., Sapelko T.V. The significance of ecological factors in the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition. Current Anthropology 51(5): 655 – 691.
2010 Hidjrati N., Kimball L., Koetje T., Cleghorn N.E., Coffey T., Kanukova M., Nesmeynov S., Voeykova O., and Sautiyeva-Maslennikova V. Some interdisciplinary results of research in the Pleistocene cultural layers of Myshtulagty-Lagat and Fynaigandzity-uat in North Ossetia. (Некоторые результаты междисциплинарных исследований плейстоценовых культурных слоев Мыштулагты-лагат и Фынайганджыты-уатв Северной Осети). In Questions of the history and culture of the peoples of Russia (Вопросы истории и культуры народов России). Владикавказ, pp. 221-244.
2010 Golovanova L., Doronichev V. & Cleghorn, N. The emergence of bone-working and ornamental art int the Caucasian Upper Paleolithic. Antiquity 84:299-320.
2008 Golovanova, L.V., Doronichev, V.B & Cleghorn, N. Getting back to basics: a response to Otte and Kozlowski’s Comments on Mezmaiskaya Eurasian Prehistory 5(1):131-136.
2007 Cleghorn, N. & Marean, C.W. The destruction of skeletal elements by carnivores: the growth of a general model for skeletal element destruction and survival in zooarchaeological assemblages. In (T.R. Pickering, K. Schick & N. Toth, eds.) Breathing Life into Fossils: Taphonomic Studies in Honor of C.K. (Bob) Brain. Stone Age Institute Press, Bloomington. Pages 38 – 66.
2006 Golovanova, L.V., Cleghorn, N., Doronichev, V.B., Hoffecker, J.F., Burr, G.S., & Sulergizkiy, L.P. The early Upper Paleolithic in the Northern Caucasus (new data from Mezmaiskaya Cave, 1997 expedition). Eurasian Prehistory 4(1-2):45-81.
2004 Cleghorn, N. & Marean, C.W. Distinguishing selective transport and in situ attrition: a critical review of analytical approaches. Journal of Taphonomy, 2(2): 43-67.
2003 Marean, C.W. & Cleghorn, N. Large mammal skeletal element transport: Applying foraging theory in a complex taphonomic system. Journal of Taphonomy, 1(1):15-42.
2000 Hoffecker, J. & Cleghorn, N. Mousterian Hunting Patterns in the Northwestern Caucasus and the ecology of the Neanderthals. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 10: 368-378.
(in prep) Cleghorn, N. Matthews, T., Fisher, E., and Shelton, C. A new Early Later Stone Age site at Knysna in the Western Cape, South Africa.
(in prep) Cleghorn, N. The taphonomy of the late Middle Paleolithic fauna of Myshtylagty Lagat (Northern Caucasus, Russia).
(Submitted) McGrath, J., Cleghorn, N., Gennari, B., Henderson, S., Kyriacou, K., Nelson-Viljoen, C., Nilssen, P., Richardson, L., Shelton, C., Wilkins, J., and Marean, C. The Pinnacle Point Shell Midden Complex: A high resolution 2000 year record of Later Stone Age coastal foraging along the southern Cape coast of South Africa. Submitted to South African Archaeological Bulletin, December 2014.
2014 Golovanova L.V., Doronichev V.B., Cleghorn N.E., Kulkova M.A., Sapelko T.V., Shackley, M.S., and Spasovskiy Yu.N. The Epipaleolithic of the Caucasus after the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary International 337:189-224.
2013 (in prep) Kimball, L., T. Koetje, N.Cleghorn, T.Coffey, M.Kanukova, V. Sautiyeva-Maslennikova, and N. Hidjrati (in prep) Mousterian Dwellers of Myshtylagty Lagat (North Ossetia, Russia) Second Half of OIS 3. In Материалы и исследования по археологии Осетии (Materials and Investigations of Archaeology of Ossetia). Владикавказ (in Russian).
2010 Golovanova L.V., Doronichev V.B., Kulkova M.A., Cleghorn N., Sapelko T.V. The significance of ecological factors in the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition. Current Anthropology 51(5): 655 – 691.
2010 Hidjrati N., Kimball L., Koetje T., Cleghorn N.E., Coffey T., Kanukova M., Nesmeynov S., Voeykova O., and Sautiyeva-Maslennikova V. Some interdisciplinary results of research in the Pleistocene cultural layers of Myshtulagty-Lagat and Fynaigandzity-uat in North Ossetia. (Некоторые результаты междисциплинарных исследований плейстоценовых культурных слоев Мыштулагты-лагат и Фынайганджыты-уатв Северной Осети). In Questions of the history and culture of the peoples of Russia (Вопросы истории и культуры народов России). Владикавказ, pp. 221-244.
2010 Golovanova L., Doronichev V. & Cleghorn, N. The emergence of bone-working and ornamental art int the Caucasian Upper Paleolithic. Antiquity 84:299-320.
2008 Golovanova, L.V., Doronichev, V.B & Cleghorn, N. Getting back to basics: a response to Otte and Kozlowski’s Comments on Mezmaiskaya Eurasian Prehistory 5(1):131-136.
2007 Cleghorn, N. & Marean, C.W. The destruction of skeletal elements by carnivores: the growth of a general model for skeletal element destruction and survival in zooarchaeological assemblages. In (T.R. Pickering, K. Schick & N. Toth, eds.) Breathing Life into Fossils: Taphonomic Studies in Honor of C.K. (Bob) Brain. Stone Age Institute Press, Bloomington. Pages 38 – 66.
2006 Golovanova, L.V., Cleghorn, N., Doronichev, V.B., Hoffecker, J.F., Burr, G.S., & Sulergizkiy, L.P. The early Upper Paleolithic in the Northern Caucasus (new data from Mezmaiskaya Cave, 1997 expedition). Eurasian Prehistory 4(1-2):45-81.
2004 Cleghorn, N. & Marean, C.W. Distinguishing selective transport and in situ attrition: a critical review of analytical approaches. Journal of Taphonomy, 2(2): 43-67.
2003 Marean, C.W. & Cleghorn, N. Large mammal skeletal element transport: Applying foraging theory in a complex taphonomic system. Journal of Taphonomy, 1(1):15-42.
2000 Hoffecker, J. & Cleghorn, N. Mousterian Hunting Patterns in the Northwestern Caucasus and the ecology of the Neanderthals. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 10: 368-378.
Conference Presentations
2011 Koetje, T., N. Cleghorn, N. Hidjrati, L. Kimball, and M. Kanukova. The other last Neanderthal: Final Mousterian Occupation at Weasel Cave, Russia. Poster presented at the at the 76th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Sacramento, CA, April 14 - 18, 2011.
2010 Cleghorn, N., Adler, A., and Bar-Oz, G. Faunal acquisition and processing behaviors in the Caucasus during the Late Middle and Early Upper Paleolithic. Paper presented at the 11th ICAZ International Conference of ICAZ (International Council for Archaeozoology), Paris, 23 to 28 August 2010.
2010 Janzen, A. and Cleghorn, N. Hyena bone choice and destruction of large fauna. Poster presented at the at the 75th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, St. Louis, Missouri, April 14 - 18, 2010.
2009 Cleghorn, N. The fauna of the terminal Middle Paleolithic at Mishtulagty Lagat (Weasel Cave), Russia. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Paleoanthropology Society, Chicago.
2004 Cleghorn, N. & Marean C.W. The destruction of human-discarded bones by carnivores: the growth of a general model for bone survival and destruction in zooarchaeological assemblages. Paper presented by invitation at African Taphonomy: a tribute to the career of C. K. “Bob” Brain, CRAFT Research Center, Bloomington, Indiana.
2004 Cleghorn, N. & Marean, C.W. Identifying the skeletal elements useful for behavioral analysis: A comparison of high and low survival elements. Paper presented at the invited symposium Ungulate body part representation and zooarchaeological research: addressing issues of equifinality at the 2004 annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Montreal, Quebec. Abstract published in Society for American Archaeology: Abstracts of the 69th Annual Meeting, p.84.
2001 Cleghorn, N. & Golovanova, L.V. Processes of bone accumulation at Mezmaiskaya Cave. Paper presented at the 2001 annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. Abstract published in Society for American Archaeology: Abstracts of the 66th Annual Meeting.
1998 Hoffecker, J.F. & Cleghorn, N. Mousterian hunting patterns in the Northwestern Caucasus and the Ecology of the Neanderthals. Paper presented at the 8th International Congress of the International Council for Archaeozoology, Victoria, British Columbia. Abstract published in the ICAZ Final Program and Abstracts, p. 134-135.
1998 Marean, C.W., Cleghorn, N. & Abe, Y. Mousterian Hunters of the Zagros Mountains. Paper presented at the 8th International Congress of the International Council for Archaeozoology, Victoria, British Columbia. Abstract published in the ICAZ Final Program and Abstracts, p.180.
1997 Duncan, A., Podnos, E., Cleghorn, N. & Kappelman, J. Development and analysis of 3D finite element models of human femoral diaphysis. Poster presented at the 1997 annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology, St. Louis, Missouri. Abstract published in American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 24, p. 103.
1997 Seiffert, E., Kappelman, J., Cleghorn, N. & Duncan, A. Quantification of orbital aperture shape in living and extinct hominoid primates. Paper presented at the 1997 annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology, St. Louis, Missouri. Abstract published in American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 24, p. 208.
1996 Cleghorn, N. Sexual dimorphism in femoral diaphyseal shape: A comparison of prehistoric hunter-gatherers and horticulturalists in Texas. Poster presented at the 1996 annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology, Durham, North Carolina. Abstract published in American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 22, p. 86.
1995 Zeder, M. & Cleghorn, N. A reconsideration of the evidence for animal domestication in the Zagros from the perspective of the Upper Paleolithic at Yafteh. Paper presented at invited Fryxell Symposium on Interdisciplinary Research in Honor of Robert Braidwood at the 1995 annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Abstract published in Society for American Archaeology: Abstracts of the 60th Annual Meeting.
2010 Cleghorn, N., Adler, A., and Bar-Oz, G. Faunal acquisition and processing behaviors in the Caucasus during the Late Middle and Early Upper Paleolithic. Paper presented at the 11th ICAZ International Conference of ICAZ (International Council for Archaeozoology), Paris, 23 to 28 August 2010.
2010 Janzen, A. and Cleghorn, N. Hyena bone choice and destruction of large fauna. Poster presented at the at the 75th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, St. Louis, Missouri, April 14 - 18, 2010.
2009 Cleghorn, N. The fauna of the terminal Middle Paleolithic at Mishtulagty Lagat (Weasel Cave), Russia. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Paleoanthropology Society, Chicago.
2004 Cleghorn, N. & Marean C.W. The destruction of human-discarded bones by carnivores: the growth of a general model for bone survival and destruction in zooarchaeological assemblages. Paper presented by invitation at African Taphonomy: a tribute to the career of C. K. “Bob” Brain, CRAFT Research Center, Bloomington, Indiana.
2004 Cleghorn, N. & Marean, C.W. Identifying the skeletal elements useful for behavioral analysis: A comparison of high and low survival elements. Paper presented at the invited symposium Ungulate body part representation and zooarchaeological research: addressing issues of equifinality at the 2004 annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Montreal, Quebec. Abstract published in Society for American Archaeology: Abstracts of the 69th Annual Meeting, p.84.
2001 Cleghorn, N. & Golovanova, L.V. Processes of bone accumulation at Mezmaiskaya Cave. Paper presented at the 2001 annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. Abstract published in Society for American Archaeology: Abstracts of the 66th Annual Meeting.
1998 Hoffecker, J.F. & Cleghorn, N. Mousterian hunting patterns in the Northwestern Caucasus and the Ecology of the Neanderthals. Paper presented at the 8th International Congress of the International Council for Archaeozoology, Victoria, British Columbia. Abstract published in the ICAZ Final Program and Abstracts, p. 134-135.
1998 Marean, C.W., Cleghorn, N. & Abe, Y. Mousterian Hunters of the Zagros Mountains. Paper presented at the 8th International Congress of the International Council for Archaeozoology, Victoria, British Columbia. Abstract published in the ICAZ Final Program and Abstracts, p.180.
1997 Duncan, A., Podnos, E., Cleghorn, N. & Kappelman, J. Development and analysis of 3D finite element models of human femoral diaphysis. Poster presented at the 1997 annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology, St. Louis, Missouri. Abstract published in American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 24, p. 103.
1997 Seiffert, E., Kappelman, J., Cleghorn, N. & Duncan, A. Quantification of orbital aperture shape in living and extinct hominoid primates. Paper presented at the 1997 annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology, St. Louis, Missouri. Abstract published in American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 24, p. 208.
1996 Cleghorn, N. Sexual dimorphism in femoral diaphyseal shape: A comparison of prehistoric hunter-gatherers and horticulturalists in Texas. Poster presented at the 1996 annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology, Durham, North Carolina. Abstract published in American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 22, p. 86.
1995 Zeder, M. & Cleghorn, N. A reconsideration of the evidence for animal domestication in the Zagros from the perspective of the Upper Paleolithic at Yafteh. Paper presented at invited Fryxell Symposium on Interdisciplinary Research in Honor of Robert Braidwood at the 1995 annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Abstract published in Society for American Archaeology: Abstracts of the 60th Annual Meeting.