Neanderthal Lifeways, Subsistence and Technology: One Hundred Fifty Years of Neanderthal Study

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