The 150th anniversary of the discovery of the famous Neanderthal fossils gave reason for an international and interdisciplinary symposium in Bonn/Germany. The present book arose from this congress and focuses on multiple aspects of archaeological investigation on Neanderthal lifeways.
In-depth studies of top-ranking scientists provide a detailed and comprehensive survey of contemporary research on our Pleistocene relatives. Examinations and debates are embedded in a variety of regions and time frames. Chronology, subsistence, land use, and cultural adaptations among late Neanderthals form the major trajectories of the book. The wide range of approaches involved, leads to an increasing understanding of the facets of and the variability of Neanderthal behavioural patterns.
The present volume is complemented by a paleontologically orientated publication of the same congress (edited by Gerd-Christian Weniger and Silvana Condemi).
Author(s): Nicholas J. Conard, Jürgen Richter (auth.), Nicholas J. Conard, Jürgen Richter (eds.)
Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology 19
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 293
Tags: Archaeology; Anthropology; Regional and Cultural Studies; Environment, general
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
When Did the Middle Paleolithic Begin?....Pages 7-14
Neanderthals and Monkeys in the Würmian of Central Europe: The Middle Paleolithic Site of Hunas, Southern Germany....Pages 15-23
Neanderthals in the Cold: Middle Paleolithic Sites from the Open-Cast Mine of Garzweiler, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany)....Pages 25-41
Neanderthal Occupation in the Verdon Valley (Haute-Provence, Southeastern France)....Pages 43-51
Dating Small Heated Flint Artifacts: A New Thermoluminescence Technique....Pages 53-57
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
On Neanderthal Subsistence in Last Interglacial Forested Environments in Northern Europe....Pages 61-71
Diet and Ecology of Neanderthals: Implications from C and N Isotopes....Pages 73-85
Management of Paleoenvironmental Resources and Exploitation of Raw Materials at the Middle Paleolithic Site of Oscurusciuto (Ginosa, Southern Italy): Units 1 and 4....Pages 87-96
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Neanderthal Technoeconomics: An Assessment and Suggestions for Future Developments....Pages 99-110
Blade Production in the Early Phase of the Middle Paleolithic at Bapaume-Les Osiers (Pas-De-Calais, France): Comments on the Distinction between the Early and Late Phases of the Middle Paleolithic....Pages 111-120
The Lithic Production System of the Middle Paleolithic Settlement of Le Fond des Blanchards at Gron (Yonne, France)....Pages 121-132
Technological Analysis of the Bifacial Tools from La Micoque and Its Implications....Pages 133-138
Handedness in Neanderthals....Pages 139-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
The Social and Material Life of Neanderthals....Pages 157-166
Stability in the Intermittence....Pages 167-186
Territorial Mobility of Neanderthal Groups: A Case Study from Level M of Abric Romaní (Capellades, Barcelona, Spain)....Pages 187-202
Level G of Las Fuentes de San Cristóbal (Southern Pyrenees, Spain)....Pages 203-219
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
The Demise of the Neanderthal Cultural Niche and the Beginning of the Upper Paleolithic in Southwestern Germany....Pages 223-240
Level 14 of Bajondillo Cave and the End of the Middle Paleolithic in the South of the Iberian Peninsula....Pages 241-247
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
The End of the Middle Paleolithic in the Italian Alps....Pages 249-259
Technological Behavior and Mobility of Human Groups Deduced from Lithic Assemblages in the Late Middle and Early Late Pleistocene of the Middle Rhône Valley (France)....Pages 261-287
Back Matter....Pages 289-293
