Foulds Frederick W. F. - Wild Things Recent advances in Palaeolithic and Mesolithic research

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Wild things : recent advances in palaeolithic and mesolithic research / edited by Frederick W.F. Foulds, Helen C.
Drinkall, Angela R. Perri, David T.G. Clinnick and James W.P. Walker.
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78297-746-9 1. Paleolithic period. 2. Mesolithic period. I. Foulds, Frederick W. F., editor of compilation.
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Contents

Natasha Reynolds

Frederick W. F. Foulds

Alexandre Angelin

Petr ida, Marta Moravcov, Dagmar Vokounov Franzeov and Jan Prostednk

Jean-Luc Locht, Emilie Goval, Pierre Antoine, Sylvie Coutard, Patrick Auguste, Clment Paris and David Hrisson

Danae Rebecca Dodge

Nicolas Valdeyron, Aureade Henry, Benjamin Marquebielle, Bruno Bosc-Zanardo, Bernard Gassin, Sylvene Michel and Sylvie Philibert

Ciarn Brewster, Ron Pinhasi and Christopher Meiklejohn

Olvia Figueiredo, Joo Cascalheira, Joo Marreiros, Telmo Pereira, Cludia Umbelino and Nuno Bicho

Patrcia Diogo Monteiro, Joo Cascalheira, Joo Marreiros, Telmo Pereira and Nuno Bicho

George Nash

Piotr Jacobsson

Jean-Christophe Castel, Myriam Boudadi-Maligne, Sylvain Ducasse, Caroline Renard, Franois-Xavier Chauvire, Delphine Kuntz and Jean-Baptiste Mallye

Kris Hall

Peter Rowley-Conwy

Preface

In recent years research in the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic has been breaking boundaries worldwide, including pushing back the earliest dates for the human occupation of Britain, the identification of a new species of hominin, cracking the Neanderthal genome and discovering the UKs earliest Mesolithic house. This volume, the culmination of a highly successful conference, aims to celebrate this trend with papers presenting a plethora of new research from a variety of geographical and methodological perspectives.

In March 2012, Durham University played host to the first Where the Wild Things Are conference, a symposium designed to provide an international forum that allowed the latest in Palaeolithic and Mesolithic research to be presented and discussed. It attracted over 120 delegates from some eighteen countries and allowed a wide range of researchers within the fields of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic archaeology to present over fifty papers, demonstrating the breadth of new and innovative advances in the analysis and understanding of these periods. The mixture of contributors from a diverse range of backgrounds allowed for a greater degree of interdisciplinary discourse that is not often seen at similar conferences, where the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic are generally split apart.

The papers within this volume bring the ideas and interpretations set forth at the Wild Things conference to the wider archaeological audience. Collecting contributions from archaeologists conducting research within the British Isles, France, Portugal, Denmark, Russia, the Levant and Europe as a whole, this volume aims to present a cross-section of the exciting range of research currently being conducted to improve our understanding of the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic. By combining papers that discuss these two periods together, it is hoped that further dialogue between practitioners of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic research can be encouraged.

While this volume is the product of the individual contributors themselves, it would not have been possible if not for the hard work and dedication of a select few individuals. Chief amongst them are my coeditors, who worked tirelessly to coordinate, promote and, ultimately, host such a successful event, especially Helen Drinkall and Angela Perri, who acted as the principal organisers. In addition, they have helped greatly in providing corrections and commentary on the papers that appear here. As a team, we would also like to thank Peter Rowley-Conwy, Mark White, Paul Pettit, and Matt Pope for agreeing to chair themed sessions, and all those who agreed to provide peer-review support.

Finally, Where The Wild Things Are continues to thrive, seeing a second conference event in January 2014 that saw a similar number of delegates in attendance and over thirty papers that continued to expound upon the constantly evolving research within Palaeolithic and Mesolithic studies. Hopefully, we shall see these symposia go from strength to strength, allowing for an interdisciplinary sounding board that will help researchers at all levels advance and disseminate their work.

Frederick F. W. Foulds
January 2014

List of Contributors

Alexandre Angelin

UMR 5608 Traces

5 alle A. Machado

Maison de la Recherche

31058 Toulouse-Cedex

France

Pierre Antoine

UMR CNRS 8591 Laboratoire de Gographie Physique

place Aristide-Briand

F-92195 Meudon cedex

France

Patrick Auguste

UMR 8217 CNRS Universit Lille 1

laboratoire Gosystmes

Btiment SN 5

Universit Lille 1

59655 Villeneuve dAscq, France

Nuno Bicho

ICArEHB

Universidade do Algarve

Campus de Gambelas

8005-139 Faro

Portugal

Bruno Bosc-Zanardo

UMR 5608 Traces

5 alles A. Machado

Maison de la Recherche

31058 Toulouse-Cedex

France

Myriam Boudadi-Maligne

PACEA

Universit Bordeaux 1

Btiment B 8

Avenue des Facults

33405 Talence Cedex

France

Ciarn Brewster

Department of Archaeology

University College Cork

Western Road

Cork

Ireland

Joo Cascalheira

ICArEHB

Universidade do Algarve

Campus de Gambelas

8005-139 Faro

Portugal

Franois-Xavier Chauvire

Office du Patrimoine et de lArchologie de Neuchtel

Section archologie

Parc et muse darchologie

Espace Paul Vouga

2068 Hauterive

Switzerland

Jean-Christophe Castel

Musum dhistoire naturelle

Dpartement darchozoologie

Route de Malagnou

CP 6434

1211 Genve 6

Switzerland

Sylvie Coutard

UMR CNRS 8591

INRAP

Nord-Picardie