Recent Research on the Paleolithic in the Mediterranean Region
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Recent Research on the Paleolithic in the Mediterranean Region" at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Recent decades have seen a rise in research into Paleolithic sites and samples in the Mediterranean region. Yet there remain many unknowns. Climatic fluctuations and related changes in the sea level during the Pleistocene affected this region even more than most inland sites. The resulting changes in floral and faunal communities created additional pressures on hunter-gatherers, causing dynamic patterns of human adaptation and behavior. The aim of this symposium is to provide an update on recent research on the Paleolithic in various regions of the Mediterranean, thus enabling a better insight into behavioral patterns of Pleistocene groups in their temporal and geographic distribution, including hunting strategies, mobility patterns, contact zones, and site use.
Other Keywords
Paleolithic •
Hunter-Gatherers/Foragers •
Lithic Analysis •
Underwater Archaeology •
Mortuary Analysis •
Zooarchaeology •
Non-Ceramic •
Stable Isotopes •
Mortuary archaeology •
Mesolithic
Geographic Keywords
Principality of Monaco (Country) •
Kingdom of Spain (Country) •
Principality of Andorra (Country) •
Gibraltar (Country) •
Portuguese Republic (Country) •
Republic of Turkey (Country) •
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (Country) •
Italian Republic (Country) •
State of Israel (Country) •
Lebanese Republic (Country)
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A Diachronic Perspective of Chert Provisioning and Use: The Middle and Upper Paleolithic of Southwesternmost Iberia (2023)