InhaltsangabePART  I   The Chronological Framework: Long Time Sequences 1. When Did the Middle Paleolithic Begin?Jürgen Richter 2. Neanderthals and Monkeys in the Würmian of Central Europe - the Middle Paleolithic Site of Hunas, Southern Germany W. Rosendahl, D. Ambros, B. Hilpert, U. Hambach, K.W. Alt, M. Knipping, L. Reisch, and B. Kaulichgestorben   3. Neanderthals in the Cold: Middle Paleolithic Sites from the Open-Cast Mine of Garzweiler, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany)Thorsten Uthmeier, Holger Kels, Wolfgang Schirmer, and Utz Böhner 4. Neanderthal Occupation in the Verdon Valley (Haute-Provence, Southeastern France) J. Gagnepain and C. Gaillard 5. Dating Small Heated Flint Artifacts: A New Thermoluminescence Technique Daniel Richter PART II   Neanderthal Subsistence and Raw Material Procurement 6. On Neanderthal Subsistence in Last Interglacial Forested Environments in Northern Europe S. Gaudzinski-Windheuser and W. Roebroeks  7. Diet and Ecology of Neanderthals - Implications from C and N Isotopes H. Bocherens 8. Management of Paleoenvironmental Resources and Raw Materials Exploitation at the Middle Paleolithic Site of Oscurusciuto (Ginosa, Southern Italy): Units 1 and 4P. Boscato, P. Gambassini, F. Ranaldo, and A. Ronchitelli   PART III  Neanderthal Cognition and Technological Knowledge 9. Neanderthal Technoeconomics. An Assessment and Suggestions for Future Developments S.L. Kuhn  10. Blade Production in the Early Phase of the Middle Paleolithic at Bapaume-les Osiers (Pas-de-Calais, France)H. Koehler  11. The Lithic Production System of the Middle Paleolithic Settlement of Le Fond des Blanchards at Gron (Yonne, France)V. Lhomme, E. Nicoud, M. Pagli, A. Coudenneau, and R. Rocca 12. Technological Analysis of the Bifacial Tools from La Micoque and its ImplicationsG. Rosendahl 13. Handedness in Neanderthals N.T. Uomini PART IV Neanderthal social organization and land use 14. The Social and Material Life of Neanderthals C. Gamble  15. Stability in the IntermittenceA. Lourdeau 16. Territorial Mobility of Neanderthal Groups - a Case Study from Level M of Abric Romaní (Capellades, Barcelona, Spain)M.C. Fernández-Laso, M.G. Chacón Navarro, M.D. García-Antón, and F. Rivals 17.  Level G of Las Fuentes de San Cristóbal (Southern Pyrenees, Spain) M.D. García-Antón, L. Menéndez Granda, and M.G. Chacón Navarro PART V  Cultural Adaptation among the Last Neanderthals 18. The Demise of the Neanderthal Cultural Niche and the Beginning of the Upper Paleolithic in Southwestern Germany N.J. Conard 19. Level 14 of Bajondillo Cave and the End of the Middle Paleolithic in the South of the Iberian PeninsulaM. Cortés Sánchez, J.F. Gibaja Bao, and M.D. Simón Vallejo 20. The End of the Middle Paleolithic in the Italian AlpsM. Peresani 21. 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)M.-H. Moncel

InhaltsangabePART  I   The Chronological Framework: Long Time Sequences   1. When Did the Middle Paleolithic Begin? Jürgen Richter   2. Neanderthals and Monkeys in the Würmian of Central Europe - the Middle Paleolithic Site of Hunas, Southern Germany W. Rosendahl, D. Ambros, B. Hilpert, U. Hambach, K.W. Alt, M. Knipping, L. Reisch, and B. Kaulichgestorben    3. Neanderthals in the Cold: Middle Paleolithic Sites from the Open-Cast Mine of Garzweiler, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany) Thorsten Uthmeier, Holger Kels, Wolfgang Schirmer, and Utz Böhner   4. Neanderthal Occupation in the Verdon Valley (Haute-Provence, Southeastern France) J. Gagnepain and C. Gaillard   5. Dating Small Heated Flint Artifacts: A New Thermoluminescence Technique Daniel Richter   PART II   Neanderthal Subsistence and Raw Material Procurement   6. On Neanderthal Subsistence in Last Interglacial Forested Environments in Northern Europe S. Gaudzinski-Windheuser and W. Roebroeks   7. Diet and Ecology of Neanderthals - Implications from C and N Isotopes H. Bocherens   8. Management of Paleoenvironmental Resources and Raw Materials Exploitation at the Middle Paleolithic Site of Oscurusciuto (Ginosa, Southern Italy): Units 1 and 4 P. Boscato, P. Gambassini, F. Ranaldo, and A. Ronchitelli    PART III  Neanderthal Cognition and Technological Knowledge   9. Neanderthal Technoeconomics. An Assessment and Suggestions for Future Developments S.L. Kuhn   10. Blade Production in the Early Phase of the Middle Paleolithic at Bapaume-les Osiers (Pas-de-Calais, France) H. Koehler   11. The Lithic Production System of the Middle Paleolithic Settlement of Le Fond des Blanchards at Gron (Yonne, France) V. Lhomme, E. Nicoud, M. Pagli, A. Coudenneau, and R. Rocca   12. Technological Analysis of the Bifacial Tools from La Micoque and its Implications G. Rosendahl   13. Handedness in Neanderthals N.T. Uomini   PART IV Neanderthal social organization and land use   14. The Social and Material Life of Neanderthals C. Gamble   15. Stability in the Intermittence A. Lourdeau   16. Territorial Mobility of Neanderthal Groups - a Case Study from Level M of Abric Romaní (Capellades, Barcelona, Spain) M.C. Fernández-Laso, M.G. Chacón Navarro, M.D. García-Antón, and F. Rivals   17.  Level G of Las Fuentes de San Cristóbal (Southern Pyrenees, Spain) M.D. GarcíaAntón, L. Menéndez Granda, and M.G. Chacón Navarro   PART V  Cultural Adaptation among the Last Neanderthals   18. The Demise of the Neanderthal Cultural Niche and the Beginning of the Upper Paleolithic in Southwestern Germany N.J. Conard   19. Level 14 of Bajondillo Cave and the End of the Middle Paleolithic in the South of the Iberian Peninsula M. Cortés Sánchez, J.F. Gibaja Bao, and M.D. Simón Vallejo   20. The End of the Middle Paleolithic in the Italian Alps M. Peresani   21. 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) M.H. Moncel

PART  I   The Chronological Framework: Long Time Sequences   1. When Did the Middle Paleolithic Begin? Jürgen Richter   2. Neanderthals and Monkeys in the Würmian of Central Europe - the Middle Paleolithic Site of Hunas, Southern Germany W. Rosendahl, D. Ambros, B. Hilpert, U. Hambach, K.W. Alt, M. Knipping, L. Reisch, and B. Kaulicha¿     3. Neanderthals in the Cold: Middle Paleolithic Sites from the Open-Cast Mine of Garzweiler, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany) Thorsten Uthmeier, Holger Kels, Wolfgang Schirmer, and Utz Böhner   4. Neanderthal Occupation in the Verdon Valley (Haute-Provence, Southeastern France) J. Gagnepain and C. Gaillard   5. Dating Small Heated Flint Artifacts: A New Thermoluminescence Technique Daniel Richter   PART II   Neanderthal Subsistence and Raw Material Procurement   6. On Neanderthal Subsistence in Last Interglacial Forested Environments in Northern Europe S. Gaudzinski-Windheuser and W. Roebroeks   7. Diet and Ecology of Neanderthals - Implications from C and N Isotopes H. Bocherens   8. Management of Paleoenvironmental Resources and Raw Materials Exploitation at the Middle Paleolithic Site of Oscurusciuto (Ginosa, Southern Italy): Units 1 and 4 P. Boscato, P. Gambassini, F. Ranaldo, and A. Ronchitelli    PART III  Neanderthal Cognition and Technological Knowledge   9. Neanderthal Technoeconomics. An Assessment and Suggestions for Future Developments S.L. Kuhn   10. Blade Production in the Early Phase of the Middle Paleolithic at Bapaume-les Osiers (Pas-de-Calais, France) H. Koehler   11. The Lithic Production System of the Middle Paleolithic Settlement of Le Fond des Blanchards at Gron (Yonne, France) V. Lhomme, E. Nicoud, M. Pagli, A. Coudenneau, and R. Rocca   12. Technological Analysis of the Bifacial Tools from La Micoque and its Implications G. Rosendahl   13. Handedness in Neanderthals N.T. Uomini   PART IV Neanderthal social organization and land use   14. The Social and Material Life of Neanderthals C. Gamble   15. Stability in the Intermittence A. Lourdeau   16. Territorial Mobility of Neanderthal Groups - a Case Study from Level M of Abric Romaní (Capellades, Barcelona, Spain) M.C. Fernandez-Laso, M.G. Chacon Navarro, M.D. García-Anton, and F. Rivals   17.  Level G of Las Fuentes de San Cristobal (Southern Pyrenees, Spain) M.D. García-Anton, L. Menendez Granda, and M.G. Chacon Navarro   PART V  Cultural Adaptation among the Last Neanderthals   18. The Demise of the Neanderthal Cultural Niche and the Beginning of the Upper Paleolithic in Southwestern Germany N.J. Conard   19. Level 14 of Bajondillo Cave and the End of the Middle Paleolithic in the South of the Iberian Peninsula M. Cortes Sanchez, J.F. Gibaja Bao, and M.D. Simon Vallejo   20. The End of the Middle Paleolithic in the Italian Alps M. Peresani   21. Technological Behavior and Mobility of Human Groups Deduced from Lithic Assemblages in the Late Middle and Early Late Pleistocene of the Middle Rhone Valley (France) M.-H. Moncel