The Northeastern Mediterranean and the Origins of Seafaring (original) (raw)

Abstract

By focusing on the lithic evidence from the islands of the Aegean and Ionian Sea this paper discusses the arguments for early Palaeolithic sea-crossings. Based on the geomorphology and the proposed sea-level reconstructions, the recently published collections together with new, under study data from the Inner Ionian Sea Archipelago are presented and the possible sea-routes are proposed. Were the early hominins which occupied the northeastern Mediterranean during the Lower and the Middle Palaeolithic cognitively, socially and technically competent for such an innovative and challenging task? The evidence at hand cannot but imply -at least- Neanderthal presence on certain islands of the Mediterranean.

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