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Paleoanthropology of the Balkans and Anatolia, Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology, DOI 10.1007/978-94-024-0874-4 326 Index
Index A Bajloni’s calotte BAJ, 17, 19–20 Accretion model of Neanderthal evolution, 29 Balanica Acculturation, 164–165, 253 BH-1, 15, 24–29, 309 Acheulean, 80, 148, 172, 177, 201, 205, 306, 308, 310 hominin, 15–17, 29 large flake, 129, 132, 218 Mala, vi, 16, 24, 30, 139–140, 144–145, lithic artifacts, 80 148, 309–311 Lower, 308 Velika, 24, 36, 139–140, 144–145, 148 Middle, 308 Balıtepe, 214, 223–224 Admixture, vi, 29, 258 Balkan, v, 3, 139, 159, 171, 187, 218, 229, 274, 282, 303 Neanderthal, 51–64 and Anatolia, 308–310 Adriatic, 46, 154, 157, 162, 164–166 Central, vi, 3, 15–30, 139–150 Aegean, 29–30, 74–76, 116, 119, 121–122, 134–135, 148, 213, implications for earliest settlement of Europe, 220–221, 261, 283, 305, 316 187–210 Aizanoi, 221 Mountains, 69, 187 Akçeşme, 214, 223–224 and neighbouring regions, 229–261 Aktaş, 214, 217 Peninsula, 51, 70, 74, 119, 134, 150, 187, 201, 208 Alluvial plain, 125, 314 Southern, 3, 12, 47, 275 Alykes, 270, 272 Bañolas mandible, 28 Amărăști, 176–177, 181 Basalt, 201, 217–218, 220, 284 Anatolia (Asia Minor), 3, 79–80, 308–310 Basins, 51, 74, 99, 119, 139, 213, 281, 303 Central (Region), 128, 132, 134, 213, 217–218, 220, 223, 313 Anagni, 306 Eastern (Region), 217 Apennine, 310, 314 and hominin dispersals, 213–225 Beni Fouda, 307 North, 120 Čačak-Kraljevo, 140 Southeastern (Region), 215, 217, 220, 223 Carpathian, 51, 148 west, 119, 121 Denizli, 83 Anatomically modern human, 23, 36, 41, 44, 46, 55–56, 62, 70, 72, evolution on archaeological distributions, 313–317 76, 95, 111, 153, 165–166, 229 Grevena, 269, 272 Apidima, 4, 7–8, 11–12, 96, 310–311 Kalloni, 121–122 Apolakkia, 270–271 Megalopolis, 9, 12, 134–135, 298 Apollonia, 74, 270, 273, 276–277, 286–287 Mygdonia, 12, 273 Arago, 10, 25, 29, 56, 59, 87–90, 149, 312 Niš, 139, 146 Archaeological pattern, 303, 305 Pannonian, 15, 23, 319 Areopolis, 97 Thessalian, 310 Asprochaliko, 95, 148, 238–239, 253, 260 Venosa, 306 Assimilation model, 162 Belen Tepe, 221–222, 225 Atapuerca, 28, 276, 285, 287, 312, 318 Benkovski, 187, 205–209, 309 Sima de los Huesos, 27–29, 304, 306–307 BH-1. -
Assessing Relationships Between Human Adaptive Responses and Ecology Via Eco-Cultural Niche Modeling William E
Assessing relationships between human adaptive responses and ecology via eco-cultural niche modeling William E. Banks To cite this version: William E. Banks. Assessing relationships between human adaptive responses and ecology via eco- cultural niche modeling. Archaeology and Prehistory. Universite Bordeaux 1, 2013. hal-01840898 HAL Id: hal-01840898 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01840898 Submitted on 11 Nov 2020 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Thèse d'Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches Université de Bordeaux 1 William E. BANKS UMR 5199 PACEA – De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie Assessing Relationships between Human Adaptive Responses and Ecology via Eco-Cultural Niche Modeling Soutenue le 14 novembre 2013 devant un jury composé de: Michel CRUCIFIX, Chargé de Cours à l'Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique Francesco D'ERRICO, Directeur de Recherche au CRNS, Talence Jacques JAUBERT, Professeur à l'Université de Bordeaux 1, Talence Rémy PETIT, Directeur de Recherche à l'INRA, Cestas Pierre SEPULCHRE, Chargé de Recherche au CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette Jean-Denis VIGNE, Directeur de Recherche au CNRS, Paris Table of Contents Summary of Past Research Introduction .................................................................................................................. -
CURRICULUM VITAE Shara E
CURRICULUM VITAE Shara E. Bailey July 2019 Home Address: 14 Lancaster Avenue Office Address: New York University Maplewood, NJ 07040 Department of Anthropology 25 Waverly Place Mobile Phone: 646.300.4508 New York, NY 10003 E-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: 212.998.8576 Education Arizona State University, Department of Anthropology, Tempe, AZ PhD in Anthropology Jan 2002 Dissertation Title: Neandertal Dental Morphology: Implications for Modern Human Origins Dissertation director: Prof. William H. Kimbel Master of Arts in Anthropology 1995 Thesis Title: Population distribution of the tuberculum dentale complex and anomalies of the anterior maxillary teeth. Thesis director: Regents’ Professor, Christy G. Turner, II Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Anthropology 1992 Positions/Affiliations Associate Professor, New York University, Department of Anthropology, New York, NY 2011- Associated Scientist, Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary 2006- Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany Assistant Professor, New York University, Department of Anthropology, New York, NY 2005-2011 Research Scientist, The Max Planck Institute, Department of Human Evolution, 2004-2006 Leipzig, Germany Postdoctoral Research Associate (Prof. Bernard Wood, Research Director) 2002-2004 The George Washington University, CASHP, Washington DC Appointments Associate Chair, Anthropology Department 2018- New York University, College of Arts and Sciences Director of Undergraduate Studies, Anthropology Department 2016-2018 -
Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Mortuary Behaviours and The
Chapter 3 Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Mortuary Behaviours and the Origins of Ritual Burial João Zilhão eventually extended to the Middle Palaeolithic in gen- INTRODUCTION eral (Gargett 1989 , 1999 ). Although we now know that the site of the 1856 discov- As two Israeli scholars were quick to point out, the ery of the eponymous remains – the Kleine Feldhofer ultimate implications of the sceptical argument were Grotte, in the Neander valley – was in all likelihood a that burial should be considered unproven even as late place of burial (Schmitz 2006 ), the fact that Neanderthals in prehistory as the Natufi an (Belfer-Cohen & Hovers buried their dead was not scientifi cally established until 1992 ). However, this elegant refutation by reductio ad 1908, at the Bouffi a Boneval, one of the caves in the absurdum of the burial deniers’ position did not suffi ce to La Chapelle-aux-Saints complex of Palaeolithic locali- put the issue to rest, as shown by interpretations derived ties ( Figures 3.1 and 3.2 ). A near-complete skeleton, the from a recent re-analysis of the context of the child skel- ‘old man’, was found here, lying inside a 0.30 m deep, eton excavated in 1961 at Roc-de-Marsal (Dordogne, approximately 1.50 × 1.00 m depression of the marly France: Sandgathe et al. 2011 ). At fi rst glance, the new bedrock whose morphology (roughly rectangular, with evidence can be construed as supporting the proposi- straight walls and a fl at bottom) indicated that it had tion that, in this particular instance, deliberate burial been deliberately dug for the disposal of the corpse is not confi rmed. -
Evaluación De Las Capacidades Cognitivas De Homo Neanderthalensis E Implicaciones En La Transición Paleolítico Medio-Paleotíco Superior En Eurasia
UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID FACULTAD DE GEOGRAFÍA E HISTORIA DEPARTAMENTO DE PREHISTORIA TESIS DOCTORAL Evaluación de las capacidades cognitivas de Homo Neanderthalensis e implicaciones en la transición Paleolítico Medio-Paleotíco Superior en Eurasia MEMORIA PARA OPTAR AL GRADO DE DOCTOR PRESENTADA POR Carlos Burguete Prieto DIRECTOR José Yravedra Sainz de Terreros Madrid Ed. electrónica 2019 © Carlos Burguete Prieto, 2018 UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID FACULTAD DE GEOGRAFÍA E HISTORIA Departamento de Prehistoria EVALUACIÓN DE LAS CAPACIDADES COGNITIVAS DE HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS E IMPLICACIONES EN LA TRANSICIÓN PALEOLÍTICO MEDIO – PALEOLÍTICO SUPERIOR EN EURASIA MEMORIA PARA OPTAR AL GRADO DE DOCTOR PRESENTADA POR Carlos Burguete Prieto Bajo la dirección del doctor José Yravedra Sainz de Terreros MADRID, 2018 ©Carlos Burguete Prieto, 2018 UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID FACULTAD DE GEOGRAFÍA E HISTORIA Departamento de Prehistoria EVALUACIÓN DE LAS CAPACIDADES COGNITIVAS DE HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS E IMPLICACIONES EN LA TRANSICIÓN PALEOLÍTICO MEDIO – PALEOLÍTICO SUPERIOR EN EURASIA TESIS DOCTORAL Presentada por Carlos Burguete Prieto Dirigida Por Dr. José Yravedra Sainz De Terreros MADRID, 2018 A Álvaro, mi hermano. AGRADECIMIENTOS (en orden alfabético): A Abel Amón por facilitarme documentación gráfica de difícil acceso referente a varios sitios arqueológicos de Rusia y Cáucaso. A Eva Barriocanal (Servicio de depósito del Museo Arqueológico de Bilbao) por su amable atención y disposición a permitirme analizar piezas procedentes del abrigo de Axlor. A Francesco d’Errico (Université de Bordeaux) por compartir sus opiniones y facilitarme información sobre piezas procedentes de la Grotte de Peyrere, Francia. A Luis de Miguel (Director del Museo Arqueológico de Murcia) por facilitarme amablemente el acceso a los restos humanos hallados en la Sima de las Palomas, Murcia. -
Human Origin Sites and the World Heritage Convention in Eurasia
World Heritage papers41 HEADWORLD HERITAGES 4 Human Origin Sites and the World Heritage Convention in Eurasia VOLUME I In support of UNESCO’s 70th Anniversary Celebrations United Nations [ Cultural Organization Human Origin Sites and the World Heritage Convention in Eurasia Nuria Sanz, Editor General Coordinator of HEADS Programme on Human Evolution HEADS 4 VOLUME I Published in 2015 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France and the UNESCO Office in Mexico, Presidente Masaryk 526, Polanco, Miguel Hidalgo, 11550 Ciudad de Mexico, D.F., Mexico. © UNESCO 2015 ISBN 978-92-3-100107-9 This publication is available in Open Access under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO (CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/igo/). By using the content of this publication, the users accept to be bound by the terms of use of the UNESCO Open Access Repository (http://www.unesco.org/open-access/terms-use-ccbysa-en). The designations employed and the presentation of material throughout this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The ideas and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors; they are not necessarily those of UNESCO and do not commit the Organization. Cover Photos: Top: Hohle Fels excavation. © Harry Vetter bottom (from left to right): Petroglyphs from Sikachi-Alyan rock art site. -
The Makers of the Protoaurignacian and Implications for Neandertal Extinction S
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Possible Interbreeding in Late Italian Neanderthals?
Possible Interbreeding in Late Italian Neanderthals? New Data from the Mezzena Jaw (Monti Lessini, Verona, Italy) Silvana Condémi, Aurélien Mounier, Paolo Giunti, Martina Lari, David Caramelli, Laura Longo To cite this version: Silvana Condémi, Aurélien Mounier, Paolo Giunti, Martina Lari, David Caramelli, et al.. Possible Interbreeding in Late Italian Neanderthals? New Data from the Mezzena Jaw (Monti Lessini, Verona, Italy). PLoS ONE, Public Library of Science, 2013, 8 (3), pp.e59781. 10.1371/journal.pone.0059781. halshs-00849140 HAL Id: halshs-00849140 https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00849140 Submitted on 19 Sep 2018 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution| 4.0 International License Possible Interbreeding in Late Italian Neanderthals? New Data from the Mezzena Jaw (Monti Lessini, Verona, Italy) Silvana Condemi1*, Aure´lien Mounier1,2, Paolo Giunti3, Martina Lari4, David Caramelli4, Laura Longo5* 1 UMR 7268 CNRS/Aix-Marseille Universite´/EFS ADES - Anthropologie bioculturelle, -
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Earliest Known Use of Marine Resources by Neanderthals Miguel Corte´s-Sa´nchez1, Arturo Morales-Mun˜ iz2,Marı´a D. Simo´ n-Vallejo3, Marı´a C. Lozano-Francisco4, Jose´ L. Vera-Pela´ez4, Clive Finlayson5,6, Joaquı´n Rodrı´guez-Vidal7, Antonio Delgado-Huertas8, Francisco J. Jime´ nez-Espejo8*, Francisca Martı´nez-Ruiz8, M. Aranzazu Martı´nez-Aguirre9, Arturo J. Pascual-Granged9, M. Merce` Bergada`-Zapata10, Juan F. Gibaja-Bao11, Jose´ A. Riquelme-Cantal8,J. Antonio Lo´ pez-Sa´ez12, Marta Rodrigo-Ga´miz8, Saburo Sakai13, Saiko Sugisaki13, Geraldine Finlayson5, Darren A. Fa5, Nuno F. Bicho14 1 Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueologı´a, Facultad de Geografı´a e Historia, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain, 2 Laboratorio de Arqueozoologı´a, Departamento de Biologı´a, Universidad Auto´noma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 3 Fundacio´n Cueva de Nerja, Nerja, Malaga, Spain, 4 Museo Municipal Paleontolo´gico de Estepona, Estepona, Ma´laga, Spain, 5 The Gibraltar Museum, Gibraltar, United Kingdom, 6 Department of Social Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 7 Departamento de Geodina´mica y Paleontologı´a, Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales, Huelva, Spain, 8 Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientı´ficas, Universidad de Granada, Armilla, Granada, Spain, 9 Departamento de Fı´sica Aplicada I, Escuela Te´cnica Superior de Ingenierı´a Agrono´mica, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain, 10 Seminari d’Estudis i Recerques Prehisto`riques, Departamento de Prehistoria, Historia Antigua y Arqueologı´a, -
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ÍNDICE INTRODUCCIÓN 1. OBJETIVOS 2. CONSIDERACIONES PREVIAS Y ESTRUCTURA DEL TRABAJO DE INVESTIGACIÓN 2.1 MODELOS INTERPRETATIVOS DE LOS SISTEMAS SOCIOCULTURALES NEANDERTALES 3. PLANTEAMIENTOS TEÓRICO-METODOLÓGICOS: LA CONVERGENCIA INTERDISCIPLINAR 3.1 EL PATRÓN UNIVERSAL DE LA CULTURA 4. EL COMPORTAMIENTO HUMANO MODERNO 5. RASGOS ARQUEOLOGICOS DEL CHM 5.1 ASPECTOS ECOLÓGICOS DE LA CONDUCTA MODERNA 5.2 ASPECTOS TECNOLÓGICOS DE LA CONDUCTA MODERNA 5.3 ASPECTOS ECONÓMICOS Y DE ORGANIZACIÓN SOCIAL 6. ASPECTOS SIMBÓLICOS 6.1 COGNICIÓN, CONCIENCIA Y LENGUAJE 6.2 ELEMENTOS ARTÍSTICOS Y ORNAMENTOS 6.2.1 GRABADOS SOBRE HUESO Y PIEDRA Y OTROS ARTEFACTOS ESTÉTICOS 6.2.2 ORNAMENTACIÓN: OBJETOS PERFORADOS, COLGANTES Y ADORNOS 6.2.3 COLORANTES NATURALES SUSCEPTIBLES DE SER EMPLEADOS COMO PIGMENTOS CORPORALES O EN REPRESENTACIONES PICTÓRICAS 6.2.4 CURIOSIDADES Y EVIDENCIAS ESTÉTICAS 6.3 CONDUCTAS FUNERARIAS Y COMPORTAMIENTO RITUAL 7. CONCLUSIONES BIBLIOGRAFÍA AGRADECIMIENTOS En este punto inicial del trabajo me gustaría destacar mi agradecimiento a aquellas personas que han contribuido al buen desarrollo de este trabajo de investigación. Quería agradecer su interés al tutor de este Trabajo de Investigación, el Dr. Manuel R. González Morales, así como al profesorado de la Universidad de Cantabria en general, quienes amablemente han respondido a mis dudas sobre un tema cuya complejidad y trascendencia es patente por las implicaciones que suscita. Desearía remarcar mi agradecimiento a la coordinadora del Máster, Alicia Ruiz Gutiérrez, por su gran ayuda y preocupación, así como a todos los miembros que componen este Tribunal por estar presentes en la lectura de este Trabajo de Investigación de Fin de Máster. Entre los organismos institucionales cuya contribución quiero destacar y agradecer se encuentra el Museo Arqueológico Provincial de Badajoz, en la persona de su Director, Don Guillermo Kurtz Shaffer y el arqueólogo Andrés Silva Cordero, quien me facilitó en todo momento el acceso y la consulta de los materiales y recursos de la Biblioteca de dicho organismo.