Neanderthal Lifeways, Subsistence and Technology

1. Introduction
Nicholas J. Conard, Jürgen Richter

2. When Did the Middle Paleolithic Begin?
Jürgen Richter

3. Neanderthals and Monkeys in the Würmian of Central Europe: The Middle Paleolithic Site of Hunas, Southern Germany
Wilfried Rosendahl, Dieta Ambros, Brigitte Hilpert, Ulrich Hambach, Kurt W. Alt, Maria Knipping, Ludwig Reisch, Brigitte Kaulich

4. Neanderthals in the Cold: Middle Paleolithic Sites from the Open-Cast Mine of Garzweiler, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany)
Thorsten Uthmeier, Holger Kels, Wolfgang Schirmer, Utz Böhner

5. Neanderthal Occupation in the Verdon Valley (Haute-Provence, Southeastern France)
Jean Gagnepain, Claire Gaillard

6. Dating Small Heated Flint Artifacts: A New Thermoluminescence Technique
Daniel Richter

7. On Neanderthal Subsistence in Last Interglacial Forested Environments in Northern Europe
Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser, Wil Roebroeks

8. Diet and Ecology of Neanderthals: Implications from C and N Isotopes
Hervé Bocherens

9. Management of Paleoenvironmental Resources and Exploitation of Raw Materials at the Middle Paleolithic Site of Oscurusciuto (Ginosa, Southern Italy): Units 1 and 4
Paolo Boscato, Paolo Gambassini, Filomena Ranaldo, Annamaria Ronchitelli

10. Neanderthal Technoeconomics: An Assessment and Suggestions for Future Developments
Steven L. Kuhn

11. 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
Héloise Koehler

12. The Lithic Production System of the Middle Paleolithic Settlement of Le Fond des Blanchards at Gron (Yonne, France)
Vincent Lhomme, Elisa Nicoud, Marina Pagli, Aude Coudenneau, Roxane Rocca

13. Technological Analysis of the Bifacial Tools from La Micoque and Its Implications
Gaëlle Rosendahl

14. Handedness in Neanderthals
Natalie T. Uomini

15. The Social and Material Life of Neanderthals
Clive Gamble

16. Stability in the Intermittence
Antoine Lourdeau

17. Territorial Mobility of Neanderthal Groups: A Case Study from Level M of Abric Romaní (Capellades, Barcelona, Spain)
María C. Fernández-Laso, María G. Chacón Navarro, María D. García-Antón, Florent Rivals

18. Level G of Las Fuentes de San Cristóbal (Southern Pyrenees, Spain)
María D. García-Antón, Leticia Menéndez Granda, María G. Chacón Navarro

19. The Demise of the Neanderthal Cultural Niche and the Beginning of the Upper Paleolithic in Southwestern Germany
Nicholas J. Conard

20. Level 14 of Bajondillo Cave and the End of the Middle Paleolithic in the South of the Iberian Peninsula
Miguel Cortés Sánchez, Juan F. Gibaja Bao, María D. Simón Vallejo

21. The End of the Middle Paleolithic in the Italian Alps
Marco Peresani

22. 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)
Marie-Hélène Moncel

Keywords: Social Sciences, Archaeology, Anthropology, Regional and Cultural Studies, Environment, general