Lengyel György et al (eds). Studies on the Palaeolithic of Western Eurasia

Edited by György Lengyel, Jarosław Wilczyński, Marta Sánchez de la Torre, Xavier Mangado, Josep Maria Fullola. — Proceedings of the XVIII UISPP World Congress (4-9 June 2018, Paris, France). Volume 14, Session XVII-4 & Session XVII-6 . — Oxford: Archaeopress, 2021. — 262 p.; 109 fig., 34 tables (54 pages in colour). — ISBN 978-1-78969-717-9.Studies on the Palaeolithic of Western Eurasia presents the papers from Sessions XVII-4 and XVII-6 of the 18th UISPP World congress (Paris, June 2018). The geographic areas discussed in the Session 4, Central and Eastern Europe, are prehistorically strongly articulated, their cultural successions are highly similar, and they share several common archaeological issues for investigation. The papers disseminate a wealth of archaeological data from Bavaria to the Russian Plain, and discuss Aurignacian, Gravettian, Epigravettian, and Magdalenian perspectives on lithic tool kits and animal remains. The papers of Session 6 are concerned with lithic raw material procurement in the Caucasus and in three areas of the Iberian peninsula.About the Editors:
György Lengyel an associate professor at the Department of Prehistory and Archaeology of the University of Miskolc, Hungary, and research associate at the Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He graduated at the University of Miskolc, and received a PhD degree from the University of Haifa, Israel. His main field of research is the Upper Palaeolithic of Central Europe. The focus of his research is hunter-gatherer subsistence strategy and the formation of the corresponding archaeological record. He conducts research projects on the Upper Palaeolithic of the Levant and Central Europe. ORCID: 0000-0002-7803-3043;Jarosław Wilczyński is head of the Department of Vertebrate Zoology of the Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He graduated in archaeology at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, and received his PhD in archaeozoology at the Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences. His interests are two-pronged, including studying Upper Palaeolithic and Neolithic lithic inventories, as well as Pleistocene and Holocene faunal assemblages. He conducts research projects on the Gravettian and the Epigravettian of Central Europe. ORCID: 0000-0002-9786-0693;Marta Sánchez de la Torre is currently a Beatriu de Pinós postdoctoral researcher at the Prehistoric Studies and Research Seminar (SERP) of the University of Barcelona. Her research has mainly focused on the analysis of lithic raw materials by Palaeolithic groups settled in the Pyrenean region by the use of traditional approaches as well as geochemical methods. She is currently directing archaeological seasons at several sites in NE Iberia and participates in different projects in France and Spain.;Xavier Mangado is a professor in prehistory at the University of Barcelona and researcher at the Prehistoric Studies and Research Seminar (SERP) of the University of Barcelona. He specialise in the analysis of lithic raw materials, mostly by using petrographic and micropalaeontological tools. His research is mainly focused on the study of Palaeolithic groups settled in NE Iberia and he has also participated in several international projects at Portugal, France and Jordan.;Josep Maria Fullola has been a professor in prehistory at the University of Barcelona since 1985. In 1986 he created the Prehistoric Studies and Research Seminar (SERP) of the University of Barcelona, a research group that promotes advanced research in prehistoric archaeology, being since its creation the main director. He has directed archaeological seasons in several Palaeolithic sites in NE Iberia, but he has also been involved in international projects in Baja California, France and Portugal.Part I. Session XVII-4. The Upper Palaeolithic research in Central and Eastern Europe.The Upper Palaeolithic research in Central and Eastern Europe (György Lengyel, Jarosław Wilczyński).
The riddle in the middle – insights into the Bavarian Magdalenian (Amira Adaileh).
Epigravettian in the area north of Sudetes: a case study from the site Sowin 7, SW Poland (Andrzej Wiśniewski, Bernadeta Kufel-Diakowska, Cyprian Kozyra, Marcin Chłoń, Zofia Różok, and Antonín Přichystal).
Upper Gravettian site cluster in Lubná (Czech Republic) (Petr Šída).
Les occupations de plein air du Paléolithique supérieurà la périphérie des Carpates roumaines (Alain Tuffreau, Roxana Dobrescu et Sanda Balescu).
So many caves, so little time: a preliminary report from a western Romanian karst survey (Wei Chu, Adrian Doboș, Scott D. McLin).
New fieldwork at Mitoc-Malu Galben (Romania): An overview of the 2013 to 2016 excavations (Philip R Nigst, Timothée Libois, Tansy Branscombe, Marjolein D. Bosch, Paul Haesaerts, Vasile Chirica, Pierre Noiret).
The cultural dynamics of Upper Paleolithic to the East of the Carpathians reflected by the characteristics of the Bistrița Valley settlements (Romania), with special focus on the occupations from Poiana Cireșului site (Elena-Cristina Nițu, Marin Cârciumaru, Nejma Goutas, Ovidiu Cîrstina, Adrian Nicolae, Florin Ionuț Lupu, Marian Leu).
Zooarchaeological analyzes of the faunal remains of the upper layer of Climăuţi II (Republic of Moldova) (Laëtitia Demay, Teodor Obadă, Sergei Covalenco, Pierre Noiret, Stéphane Péan, Marylène Patou-Mathis).
The revision of the Gravettian sequence in the Kostenki-Borshchevo locality in the river Don basin (Russia) (Sergey Lisitsyn).
Industries of the end of Upper Palaeolithic in the south of Russian plain (north-eastern Azov Sea region) and the Northern Caucasus (Liubov V. Golovanova, Vladimir B. Doronichev, Ekaterina V. Doronicheva, Andrey G. Nedomolkin).Part II. Session XVII-6. Lithic raw materials procurement during the upper Palaeolithic from Eurasia. Traditional approaches and contributions from the Archaeometry.Foreword (Marta Sánchez de la Torre, Xavier Mangado, Josep Maria Fullola).
Procurement and exploitation of lithic raw materials in the Middle Palaeolithic of the North-Central Caucasus (Preliminary results) (E.V. Doronicheva, M.S. Shackley, M.A. Kulkova).
First data on the characterisation of siliceous raw materials and the catchment areas from Cova de les Malladetes (Valencia, Spain) (Aleix Eixea, Álvaro Martínez-Alfaro, Miguel Ángel Bel, Clodoaldo Roldán, Sonia Murcia, David Vie, Alfred Sanchis, Valentín Villaverde).
Raw material procurement at Abrigo do Poço Rock shelter (Central Portugal) (Telmo Pereira, Eduardo Paixão, Marina Évora, João Marreiros, David Nora, Patrícia Monteiro, Sandra Assis, Vânia Carvalho, Trenton Holliday).
Multi-method study of a Pyrenean lithological tracer and its presence in the Magdalenian of Cova del Parco and Forcas I rock shelter (NE Iberia) (Marta Sánchez de La Torre, François-Xavier Le Bourdonnec, Stéphan Dubernet, Bernard Gratuze, Xavier Mangado, Pilar Utrilla, Josep Maria Fullola).