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Books by Olaf Jöris

Site-internal spatial organization of hunter-gatherer societies: Case studies from the European Palaeolithic and Mesolithic.

Beiträge in: F. Sirocko 2009 (Hrsg.), Wetter, Klima, Menschheitsentwicklung. Von der Eiszeit bis ins 21. Jahrhundert.

Setting the record straight: Toward a systematic chronological understanding of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic boundary in Eurasia.

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D. S. Adler, and O. Jöris, O. (Guest Editors) 2008. Journal of Human Evolution: Chronology of the Middle-Upper Paleolithic Transition in Eurasia, 55/5.

Dating the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Boundary across Eurasia.

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Jöris, O., D. S. Adler (Guest Editors). 2008. Dating the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Boundary Across Eurasia, a special issue of the Eurasian Prehistory 2007, 5(2).

Der altpaläolithische Fundplatz Dmanisi (Georgien, Kaukasus). Archäologische Funde und Befunde des Liegenden Fundkomplexes im Kontext der frühen Menschheitsentwicklung.

Die georgische Ruinenstadt Dmanisi erregt als einer der bedeutendsten Fundplätze des Altpaläolith... more Die georgische Ruinenstadt Dmanisi erregt als einer der bedeutendsten Fundplätze des Altpaläolithikums internationales Aufsehen. Die Entdeckung eines ersten, auf 1,8 Millionen Jahre datierten menschlichen Unterkiefers machte Dmanisi 1991 weltberühmt. Bestehende Modelle zur Ausbreitung des Frühen Menschen von Afrika nach Eurasien waren neu zu überdenken. Weitere bedeutende Fossilfunde im Kontext einer reichen Fauna folgten. Ihre Analyse erlaubt u.a. Rückschlüsse auf die Art der Landnutzung durch den Frühen Menschen.

Der Künstler Otmar Alt thematisiert phantasievoll und unterhaltsam Schwerpunktthemen aus unserer ... more Der Künstler Otmar Alt thematisiert phantasievoll und unterhaltsam Schwerpunktthemen aus unserer frühesten Vergangenheit. In seiner Formensprache >transskribiert< er archäologische Themen in eigene >Bildvokabeln<. Das Ergebnis ist ein Bilderzyklus, in dem Alt die archäologischen Objekte ihrem ursprünglichen Kontext entreißt, zu neuen Szenen komponiert, oder sie in einem anderen Zusammenhang setzt.

Aus dem Mittelrheingebiet stammen einzigartige Belege, die wesentlich zum Verständnis der Lebensw... more Aus dem Mittelrheingebiet stammen einzigartige Belege, die wesentlich zum Verständnis der Lebensweise der ersten Menschen vor rund 600.000 Jahren bis zum Beginn von Ackerbau und Viehzucht vor etwa 7.500 Jahren beitragen. Das Buch stellt mittelrheinische Originalfunde sowie Repliken anderer europäischer Fundplätze im Kontext der internationalen Steinzeitforschung mit reicher Illustrierung vor.

Contributions to: A. Debénath / H.L. Dibble 1994, Handbook of Palaeolithic Typology. Volume One: Lower and Middle Palaeolithic of Europe.

Papers by Olaf Jöris

Today, the Late Glacial interstadials Bolling and Allerod, originally defined in northern Europe,... more Today, the Late Glacial interstadials Bolling and Allerod, originally defined in northern Europe, are often applied as chronozones in different palaeoclimate contexts across the Northern Hemisphe- re. The scientific community in both palaeoclimate research and archaeology often disregards the fact that the Meiendorf interstadial has long been identified as preceding the Bolling-Allerod sequence, and that there are lots of difficulties with the synchronization of the Oldest Dryas-Bolling-Older Dryas-sequence. Synchronization of important Central European high-resolution pollen records with the Greenland GRIP ice core demonstrates a strong climatic gradient from the South to the North of Europe over the entire Late Glacial. Therefore, the northern European interstadials (Meiendorf, Bolling, Allerod) cannot serve universally as Late Glacial chronozones with reference to their characteristic pollen compositions, even though they are of greatest importance for the understanding of the re...

Dat Ing the Mid Dle to Up Per Palaeo Lithic Bound Ary Across Eur Asia

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Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans Series, 2019

The planned series of volumes will report the results of a major research project entitled "Repla... more The planned series of volumes will report the results of a major research project entitled "Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans: Testing Evolutionary Models of Learning", offering new perspectives on the process of replacement and on interactions between Neanderthals and modern humans and hence on the origins of prehistoric modern cultures. The projected volumes will present the diverse achievements of research activities, originally designed to implement the project's strategy, in the fields of archaeology, paleoanthropology, cultural anthropology, population biology, earth sciences, developmental psychology, biomechanics, and neuroscience. Comprehensive research models will be used to integrate the discipline-specific research outcomes from those various perspectives. The series, aimed mainly at providing a set of multidisciplinary perspectives united under the overarching concept of learning strategies, will include monographs and edited collections of papers focusing on specific problems related to the goals of the project, employing a variety of approaches to the analysis of the newly acquired data sets.

Hominin occupation of the Tibetan Plateau during the Last Interglacial Complex

Quaternary Science Reviews, 2021

Abstract The Paleolithic archaeological record of the Tibetan Plateau is crucial for understandin... more Abstract The Paleolithic archaeological record of the Tibetan Plateau is crucial for understanding human ecological and genetic adaptation to life in high altitudes. Recent work on the Tibetan Plateau has documented hominin occupations by Denisovans at Baishiya Karst Cave (BKC) from at least ca. 160, and again around 100 and 60 thousand years ago (ka), followed by modern human occupation at Nwya Devu (ND) around 30–40 ka. However, with the exception of these two geographically distinct sites, there are very few Paleolithic sites with secure stratigraphy and reliable dates on the Tibetan Plateau. Thus, the spatial and temporal history of Paleolithic hominin occupation of the Tibetan Plateau remains poorly understood. Here we report a newly discovered well-stratified and well-dated Paleolithic site, Jiangjunfu 01 (JJF01), from the northeastern margin of the plateau. Optical dating of sediments from cultural layers shows that the site was occupied by hominin who employed simple core-and-flake technology, during warmer interglacial environments ∼90–120 ka. To date, JJF01 is one of the three oldest archaeological sites with secure stratigraphy and reliable dating from the Tibetan Plateau, further confirming that hominins, potentially Denisovans, occupied and inhabited the highest region of our planet at least by the early Upper Pleistocene.

A New Continuous Terrestrial Archive of Environmental Change during the Last Interglacial/Glacial Cycle – The Loess-Palaeosol-Sequences of the Schwalbenberg (Middle Rhine Valley, Germany)

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Kombinierte nicht-invasive PIXE/PIGE-Analysen von aurignacienzeitlichen Objekten aus Mammutelfenbein bedeutender archäologischer Fundstätten

Angewandte Chemie, 2018

Hunters of the "Golden Mile": The late Allerød Federmessergruppen site at Bad Breisig, Central Rhineland, Germany

The late Allerød eruption of the Central Rhineland Laacher See-volcano (10,966 cal BC) was of lar... more The late Allerød eruption of the Central Rhineland Laacher See-volcano (10,966 cal BC) was of large environmental impact, both on a regional and on a supraregional scale. Its eruptiva were deposited over an area of more than 2000 km², covering large parts of the landscape. The recent discovery of a Final Palaeolithic site near Bad Breisig shows that the human re-occupation of the Central Rhineland of Germany by a late Federmessergruppen band took place much earlier than previously thought. The presence of backed points of Malaurie-type as well as remains of red and roe deer dates the occupation into the last 200 years of the Allerød interstadial, which is also indicated by radiocarbon dating.

Radiocarbon evidence of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in Southwestern Europe

Trabajos de Prehistoria

Online: http://tp.revistas.csic.es/index.php/tp/article/view/79/79

Tab. 1 14 C dates for Font del Ros, comprising charcoal samples (Ch) and charred fragments of Cor... more Tab. 1 14 C dates for Font del Ros, comprising charcoal samples (Ch) and charred fragments of Corylus (Cor). The chronological range has been calibrated using the SFCP 2005 age model with 2σ.-(Weninger et al. 2006).

Aus einer anderen Welt - Europa zur Zeit des Neandertalers

Site-internal spatial organization of hunter-gatherer societies: Case studies from the European Palaeolithic and Mesolithic.

Beiträge in: F. Sirocko 2009 (Hrsg.), Wetter, Klima, Menschheitsentwicklung. Von der Eiszeit bis ins 21. Jahrhundert.

Setting the record straight: Toward a systematic chronological understanding of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic boundary in Eurasia.

Dating the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Boundary across Eurasia.

Der altpaläolithische Fundplatz Dmanisi (Georgien, Kaukasus). Archäologische Funde und Befunde des Liegenden Fundkomplexes im Kontext der frühen Menschheitsentwicklung.

Contributions to: A. Debénath / H.L. Dibble 1994, Handbook of Palaeolithic Typology. Volume One: Lower and Middle Palaeolithic of Europe.

Dat Ing the Mid Dle to Up Per Palaeo Lithic Bound Ary Across Eur Asia

Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans Series, 2019

Hominin occupation of the Tibetan Plateau during the Last Interglacial Complex

Quaternary Science Reviews, 2021

A New Continuous Terrestrial Archive of Environmental Change during the Last Interglacial/Glacial Cycle – The Loess-Palaeosol-Sequences of the Schwalbenberg (Middle Rhine Valley, Germany)

Kombinierte nicht-invasive PIXE/PIGE-Analysen von aurignacienzeitlichen Objekten aus Mammutelfenbein bedeutender archäologischer Fundstätten

Angewandte Chemie, 2018

Hunters of the "Golden Mile": The late Allerød Federmessergruppen site at Bad Breisig, Central Rhineland, Germany

Radiocarbon evidence of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in Southwestern Europe

Trabajos de Prehistoria

Online: http://tp.revistas.csic.es/index.php/tp/article/view/79/79

Aus einer anderen Welt - Europa zur Zeit des Neandertalers

Early Palaeolithic Europe

The Cambridge World Prehistory 3 Volume Set

Databases S1 and S2 Materials and Methods Excavation History of NG1 NG1 was discovered during a w... more Databases S1 and S2 Materials and Methods Excavation History of NG1 NG1 was discovered during a walkover survey of the middle Hrazdan Gorge in June 2008. The site is exposed over a 135m length in a road bulldozed by the Armenian military from their base immediately above the site. Obsidian artifacts were encountered as in situ finds in the exposed fine-grained alluvial sequence, as ex situ finds at the base of the stratigraphic section and in the road, and as slope finds that were pushed over the edge of the road when the in situ sediments were truncated by bulldozing. The quantity of artifacts, their provenance within a palaeosol and the technology used to produce them suggested that NG1 was a site worthy of detailed study. Excavations were carried out for seven weeks in June-July 2008 and 2009 in order to a) recover a statistically meaningful sample of lithic artifacts, b) to determine whether hominin activities were restricted to particular loci or spread homogenously across the exposed stratigraphic section, and c) collect a full spectrum of samples for palaeoenvironmental and chronometric investigation. The excavations were directed by D.S. Adler and B. Yeritsyan, and labor was provided by experienced graduate students and undergraduate students enrolled in the University of Connecticut's Field School in Armenian Prehistory, directed by D.S. Adler. Geological Context The alluvial sediments containing the NG1 archaeological site are bounded at their upper and lower contacts by basaltic trachyandesites that originated as lava flows from the Gegham range, a chain of circa 100 Late Miocene, Pliocene (but see 39), and Quaternary volcanoes to the east of the site (Fig. S1) (27, 28). The upper basaltic trachyandesite (Basalt 1) is the last lava produced by the Mensakar volcano and has been mapped over a distance of 24 km in the central and lower parts of the Hrazdan Gorge. The lower lava (Basalt 7) probably also has its origins in either Mensakar or Gutanasar, but as it is buried by Basalt 1, it can only be seen in the walls of the Hrazdan Gorge over a 11-km distance. Seven further basalts underlying Basalt 1 were mapped during a geomorphological survey carried out in the central Hrazdan Gorge in 2009, all originating from volcanoes of the Gegham range. These basalts are locally interbedded with alluvial and lacustrine deposits, but so far Paleolithic artifacts have only been found in the uppermost of these sealed sediment beds at NG1. The Quaternary lava flows were constrained within the Hrazdan Gorge by Early Pleistocene lacustrine and volcano-lacustrine deposits on their western side (40, 41) and by Late Miocene-Early Pliocene andesite lavas (Kaputan Formation) and Upper Pliocene basalt to the East (26, 27). The Pleistocene-Miocene lava sequence sits, in turn on deposits of the Zangian Formation, a body of marine sands and clays with a mollusk fauna indicating an origin in the Caspian Sea and dating to the middle Miocene (42, 624-629). Prior to our study the chronology of the Gegham basaltic lavas was known as a result of 40 K/ 40 Ar and 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating of basaltic trachyandesites from the Aknotsasar, Mensakar, Gutanasar, Hatis, Lodochnikov and Sevkatar volcanoes. Ages of between 550 and 70 ka have been reported (27, 28). Fission track (FT) dating of obsidian in rhyolite-perlite flows from the Alapars and Fantan domes, and the Djraber extrusion to the west of the Gutanasar volcano has produced results between 210-330 ka, while obsidian dikes from the Hatis volcano have been FT dated to the range 210-400 ka (43, 26, 377). Given that these obsidians are the raw material for the NG1 artifacts, the chronological data might suggest that the rhyolitic volcanism was active at the time of hominin activity. There is, however, some disagreement on the flow chronology. Obsidians from dikes in the Hatis volcano dated by both 40 K/ 40 Ar and FT have produced ages of 650 ka and 330 ka, respectively (44, 45), while FT dates from obsidians throughout the Gutanasar complex principally cluster circa 310 ± 30 ka (43, 44). In contrast Fantan obsidian was 40 K/ 40 Ar dated to 480 ± 50 ka. Thus, fundamental chronological debates remain, which we intend to address in the next phase of our work. Stratigraphy, Micromorphology, and Mineralogy Sedimentology Two columns of bulk samples were collected as continuous 5cm-thick blocks from the NG1 alluvial sequence in 2008 and 2011 and transported to the University of Winchester for laboratory study. Both sets of samples were initially air dried at 40 o C and homogenized using a mortar and pestle. The 2008 samples were then each divided in two, one split being passed through a 250 µm and the other through a 2 mm mesh. Both sample fractions were used for separate dual mass specific magnetic susceptibility measurements following established procedures (46, 221-226). Organic carbon content was then determined by combusting the sample splits previously used for magnetic susceptibility measurement at 550 o C for four hours and measuring the weight loss. The 2011 samples were used for grain size measurement, which was carried out using dry sieve and pipette methods (46, 86-94). Micromorphology Undisturbed blocks of sediment for micromorphology were collected from the NG1 stratigraphic sequence in Kubiena boxes during the 2009 (5 blocks) and 2013 (2 blocks) field seasons. The blocks were dried in an oven at 60˚C for 48 hours and then imbedded in a mixture of unsaturated polyester resin, styrene, and a catalyzer (MEKP) in a 7:3:0.025 ratio at the Chemistry department of University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. Upon curing, they were cut into 7 x 5 x 1 cm slabs and shipped to Spectrum Petrographics Inc., Vancouver, USA for the manufacture of 18 thin sections (samples MM1-5) and to CENIEH, Burgos, Spain, for 5 thin sections (samples MM6 and 9). All thin sections are 30 µm-thick. They were observed under a polarizing Nikon Eclipse E-800 microscope at 2x, 4x, 10x, and 20x. Standardized descriptive guidelines (47) were used. Mineralogy In 2008, a column of samples was taken at 0.02 m intervals for Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Representative mineralogical samples were obtained by homogenizing several grams of collected sediment. Powdered samples were analyzed by FTIR spectroscopy using a Thermo-Nicolet Nexus 470 FTIR spectrometer. A few tens of micrograms of homogenized sample or discrete particles were ground with an agate mortar and pestle. About 0.1 mg or less of the sample was mixed with about 80 mg of KBr (IR-grade). A 7 mm pellet was made using a hand press (Qwik Handi-Press, Spectra-Tech Industries Corporation) without evacuation. The spectra were collected between 4000 and 400 cm-1 at 4 cm-1 resolution. Macroscopic observations The stratigraphic sequence of NG1 comprises five lithological units (Units 5-1) of predominantly alluvial genesis that formed in two cycles (Figs. 2, S2-S5). Cycle 1 comprises Units 5-2. Normal bedding in Units 5-3 suggests that deposition was initially on a channel to floodplain interface (Units 5 and possibly 4) but later on the floodplain, during low energy flood events (Units 4 and 3-2). Macroscopic features indicative of periodic waterlogging and incipient soil formation were observed in Units 4-2. The artifact-bearing Unit 2 has a dark gray color and a relatively high organic content (6-8%, cf. 4-6% in Units 5-3) (Table S1). Cycle 2 is separated from Cycle 1 by the unconformity at the top of the palaeosol (Unit 2) and is represented only by Unit 1. Micromorphological observations All of the stratigraphic units (5-1) exhibit a homogeneous lithological composition comprising polymictic (polygenetic) sand-sized pyroclastic shards and few quartz grains in a clayey groundmass. The pyroclastic composition is basaltic and comprises common feldspar (calcic plagioclase and sanidine), pyroxene, olivine, sphene, and vesicular and fibrous glassphenocrysts as well as few trachytic shards. These and the isolated phenocrysts show variable angular to rounded surfaces and do not exhibit strong alteration states. There are also few sand-sized, subrounded detritic rocks (quartzite and weathered limestone). In Units 4-1 the sand is unsorted, whereas the sand in the top of Unit 5 it is moderately well sorted and finer-grained (fine sandsized and smaller) (Table S2). All of the stratigraphic units exhibit iron mottling indicative of poor drainage (Figs S6) and Units 4-1 show intersecting channels (<1 cm) filled with micritic or needle-fiber calcite. Overall, this calcitic microfabric is comparable to documented examples of pedogenic laminar groundwater calcrete (48-50). Unit 3 exhibits a granostriated b-fabric indicative of in situ clay translocation and few irregular fissures throughout the unit. Frequent massive, strongly birefringent clay infillings were observed in Units 2-1. Unit 2 contains common microscopic humified plant matter in a granular groundmass bioturbated by rootlets (Fig S7A). Microscopic fragments of obsidian flakes are present in Units 3-1 (Fig S7B). Mineralogical observations (FTIR) The FTIR results are summarized in Table S3, in which the identified mineral phases are given in decreasing absorption intensity. The analyzed sediments contain feldspars (plagioclase), quartz, carbonates, and clay minerals such as kaolinite, smectite, and/or illite. The sediments of Unit 1 and at the top of Unit 2 (Samples NG1-01 to NG1-12) show a characteristic IR absorption at 3688 cm-1 that could be assigned to hydroxyl vibration of low crystallinity kaolinite and/or of other serpentine group minerals. The carbonate concretions show absorptions of calcite sometime mixed with clay minerals. The matrix of the sediments does not show carbonate absorptions, suggesting that the calcite is mainly "confined" into infillings and laminations. Conclusions Field observations together with bulk, micromorphological, and mineralogical analyses indicate that the NG1...

Quaternary Science Reviews, 2008

Here we present spatial-temporal patterns for European late Quaternary red deer (Cervus elaphus),... more Here we present spatial-temporal patterns for European late Quaternary red deer (Cervus elaphus), based on radiocarbon-supported evidence derived mainly from archaeological sites. This is followed by an overview of the recent phylogeography of this species using haplogroup studies of recent molecular data. The implications of the synthesis of palaeontological and genetic data are discussed and we propose that present day European red deer haplogroup distributions are best explained against the history of late Quaternary population contractions into and expansions from glacial refugia. Around 800 records of Cervus elaphus were assigned to the period covering the later part of the Last Glacial and the Early to Middle Holocene. Red deer becomes increasingly visible in faunal assemblages dated to late OIS-3 (o40.0 ka 14 C BP). The species persisted throughout the LGM on the Iberian Peninsula, in adjacent regions of SouthWestern France (Gascony, Dordogne, Languedoc), on the Italian Peninsula, in the Balkans and Greece, and east of the Carpathians in Moldavia. We suggest that genetic exchange between the populations of the Balkans and the East of the Carpathians remained uninterrupted during the LGM. The expansion of red deer from its southern refugia into Central and Northern Europe begins rapidly at 12,500 14 C BP. The expansion of red deer coincides with the sudden rise in temperature at the onset of Greenland Interstadial 1e and the dispersion of open birch woodland into the northern half of Europe. Radiocarbon supported records show a more or less universal distribution of Cervus elaphus across Europe following the Pleistocene/Holocene climatic change at 10.0 ka 14 C BP for the first time. Molecular data and fossil record combined provide a clearer temporal and spatial pattern for the Lateglacial recolonisation process of the northern part of Europe.

Quaternary Research, 2006

We explore the hypothesis that the abrupt drainage of Laurentide lakes and associated rapid switc... more We explore the hypothesis that the abrupt drainage of Laurentide lakes and associated rapid switch of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation 8200 yr ago had a catastrophic influence on Neolithic civilisation in large parts of southeastern Europe, Anatolia, Cyprus, and the Near East. The event at 8200 cal yr BP is observed in a large number of high-resolution climate proxies in the Northern Hemisphere, and in many cases corresponds to markedly cold and arid conditions. We identify the relevant archaeological levels of major Neolithic settlements in Central Anatolia, Cyprus, Greece and Bulgaria, and examine published stratigraphic, architectural, cultural and geoarchaeological studies for these sites. The specific archaeological events and processes we observe at a number of these sites during the study interval 8400–8000 cal yr BP lead us to refine some previously established Neolithisation models. The introduction of farming to South-East Europe occurs in all study regions (Thr...

Magdalenian settlement in the German Rhineland – An update

Quaternary International, 2012

ABSTRACT The German Rhineland covers a relatively large area, traversing a region extending from ... more ABSTRACT The German Rhineland covers a relatively large area, traversing a region extending from the foreland of the Alps to the western part of the Northern European Plain. Within this narrow but diverse region, relatively few diagnostic sites can be assigned to the Magdalenian. This study reviews evidence for Magdalenian presence in the German Rhineland, much of it in the form of exclusively lithic material, and presents an overview of current information on the chronology, environmental background, material culture and lifeways of these late Last Glacial people in the region. The study focuses on the two major Central Rhineland settlements Andernach–Martinsberg and Gönnersdorf, which provide the most detailed insights into the western German Magdalenian. Comprehensive analyses of these sites have addressed Magdalenian technology subsistence, group mobility in the landscape, social manifestations such as ornament and artistic expression, and site-internal spatial organisation.

Documenta Praehistorica, 2011

In this paper we explore the meaning of the word probability, not in general terms, but restricte... more In this paper we explore the meaning of the word probability, not in general terms, but restricted to the field of radiocarbon dating, where it has the meaning of ‘dating probability assigned to calibrated 14C-ages’. The intention of our study is to improve our understanding of certain properties of radiocarbon dates, which – although mathematically abstract – are fundamental both for the construction of age models in prehistoric archaeology, as well as for an adequate interpretation of their reliability.

Vom Ende Des Aurignacien: Zur Chronologischen Stellung Des Freilandfundplatzes Breitenbach (BURGENLANDKR.) Im Kontext Des Frühen Und Mittleren Jungpaläolithikums in Mitteleuropa

Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt, 2010

Résumé/Abstract Le présent article met en évidence l'antériorité de l'apparition du Gra... more Résumé/Abstract Le présent article met en évidence l'antériorité de l'apparition du Gravettien en Europe centrale méridionale par rapport aux autres parties du continent. En Europe centrale méridionale, le passage de l'Aurignacien au Gravettien se présente sous la forme d'un processus relativement rapide, pour lequel nous avançons la date charnière de 29, 5 ka 14 C BP (34000 ans cal. BP). Un Gravettien d'un âge comparable est sporadique et tout au plus attesté à Molodova V (Ukraine occidentale) et Paviland (Grande-Bretagne). ...

Calendric age-conversion of glacial radiocarbon data at the transition from the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic in Europe

Bull. Soc. Préhist. Luxembourgeoise, 1996

CalPal-2007. Cologne Radiocarbon Calibration & Palaeoclimate Research Package

Cologne University, Cologne, Germany: Radiocarbon Laboratory, 2007

The late Lower Palaeolithic of Western Eurasia.

The degree to which the spread of Palaeolithic populations is mirrored in their material culture ... more The degree to which the spread of Palaeolithic populations is mirrored in their material culture has been much debated since the beginning of research on „fossil man“. This question does not only concern the possible link between Anatomical Modern Humans and the roots of our modern human behaviour, but also the relationship between archaic hominins and different manufacturing traditions in lithic assemblages. The presented paper aims to test the validity of the so-called Movius line in Europe and tries to establish whether or not the European Acheulian industries may be linked with a hominin clade that finally led to the Neanderthals of the last glacial on the one hand, while the Mid-Pleistocene non-Acheulian lower Palaeolithic industries of eastern Central and Eastern Europe could have been made by Homo erectus.

Keywords: Lower Palaeolithic, European Acheulian, non-Acheulian late Lower Palaeolithic, archaic hominins, Homo erectus.