The Geography of Neandertals and Modern Humans in Europe and the Greater Mediterranean

Edited by Ofer Bar-Yosef

Edited by David Pilbeam

    PART 1: INTRODUCTION
    Ofer Bar-Yosef and David Pilbeam

    PART 2: A GEOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE MIDDLE TO UPPER PALEOLITHIC TRANSITION IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA
    Eduald Carbonell, Manuel Vaquero, Julià Maroto, José M. Rando, and Carolina Mallol

    Introduction

    Relief of Iberian Peninsula

    Climate and Vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula

    Present Climate and Vegetation
    Climatic Changes during OIS 5-3

    Regional Distribution of the Sites

    Northern Zone
    Eastern Zone
    Southern Zone
    Western Zone
    Central Zone

    Conclusions

    Historical Factors
    Geological and Geomorphological Factors

    PART 3: THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORDS OF THE NEANDERTAL-MODERN HUMAN TRANSITION IN FRANCE
    Paul Mellars

    Introduction

    Archaeological Context

    Conclusions

    PART 4: THE LATE MIDDLE AND EARLY UPPER PALEOLITHIC IN ITALY
    Steven L. Kuhn and Armilcare Bietti

    Introduction

    Background

    Late Mousi-Erian

    Uluzzian

    Aurignacian

    Synthesis and Discussion

    Conclusions

    PART 5: THE PROBLEM OF CULTURAL CONTINUITY BETWEEN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER PALEOLITHIC IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
    Janusz K. Kozlowski

    Introduction

    Evolutionary Trends in Technology Based on Levallois Cores

    Technological Evolution Based on Bifacial Tool Shaping

    Szeletian
    Bryndzeniart
    Streletskian

    Evolution Based on Blades Used as Blanks For Leaf Points

    Evolutionary Trends Based on Blade Technology and Backed Tools

    Discussion

    Conclusions

    PART 6:THE MIDDLE AND EARLY UPPER PALEOLITHIC IN SOUTHWEST ASIA AND NEIGHBORING REGIONS
    Ofer Bar-Yosef

    Introduction

    The Paleoclimatic Conditions

    The Chronology of the Levantine Entities

    The Hominids

    The Study of Lithic Industries

    The Late Levantine Middle Paleolithic

    The Definition of Lithic Industries
    Mortuary Practices
    Subsistence
    Settlement Patterns

    Early Upper Paleolithic Entities in the Levant

    The Dating of the Levantine Early Upper Paleolithic
    The Ahmarian Other Archaeological Aspects of the Levantine
    Early Upper Paleolithic

    The Levantine Aurignacian

    The Middle and Upper Paleolithic of the Taurus-Zagros Region

    The Middle and Upper Paleolithic in Northeast Africa

    Discussion

    PART 7: MODERN-NONMODERN HOMINID INTERACTIONS: A MEDITERRANEAN PERSPECTIVE
    Jean-Jacques Hublin

    Introduction

    Geographical Presentation

    North Africa
    Southwestern Asia
    Europe

    Discussion and Conclusions

    Notes
    Bibliography

    PART 8: AFTERWORD
    David Pilbeam and Ofer Bar-Yosef

    Bibliography

    Appendix

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Ofer Bar-Yosef is MacCurdy Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology, Harvard University.