Reply to: 'In the eye of the beholder: contextual issues for Bayesian modelling at the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition', by Discamps, Gravina and Teyssandier (2015).

BAYESIAN analysis; STATISTICAL decision making; ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations; ARCHAEOLOGICAL dating; RADIOCARBON dating; PALEOLITHIC Period; MIDDLE Paleolithic Period; UPPER Paleolithic Period

A response by the authors to a paper which suggests that some of the Bayesian models they have developed from various archaeological sites are not reliable and cannot be used in dating the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition, is presented. Topics covered include issues that should be considered when conducting Bayesian modelling and testing the resulting models, testing the modified La Quina model, and critique of the radiocarbon dating and modelling of the Swabian site in Germany.