have achieved almost complete cross-section of layers in the cave distinguishing 19 major geological layers
and 9 archeological levels. The correlation with proles at the entrance to the cave, was showed at similar
stratigraphic situation. Precise studies have provided new material, that despitely of weak density, allows us
to make a preliminary cultural linkage. Initially, based on the hitherto geological analysis it was assumed that
the sequences of Pleistocene layers can be dated from between 6 and 3 isotopic period. The cultural units
can be described as follow: Holocene – I cultural level with Neolithic, Early Bronze, Roman Period and
Middle Ages settlements; the disturbed layer – II cultural level, a few mixed materials, including Holocene,
Upper Palaeolithic and Middle Palaeolithic; Interstadial (MIS 3) – III and IV, micoquian; the lower Plenivis-
tulian (MIS 4) – V cultural level, micoquian; early Vistulian – VI cultural level, taubachien like industry;
Eemian (MIS 5e) – VII cultural level, mousterian with levallois technique and VIII cultural level, mousteri-
an; Oder (MIS 6) – IX cultural level, unidentied industry with traces of bifacial technique. For the upper
part of the prole with relatively rich micouqian elemnts (III cultural level) and for “main cultural level”
from Stanislaw Kowalskis studies it obtained the radiocarbon dates. These are oscillating around 41000 BP,
indicating a very late position of Prądnik industry.
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Ginter Bolesław, Institute of Archaeology, University of Rzeszów, boleslaw[email protected] Sobczyk Krzysztof, Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, krzysztof[email protected] V
alde-Nowak P
aweł, Institute of Archaeolog
y
, J
agiellonian University in Kraków
, p.v
[email protected] Michael Bolus
1
, Michael Märker
1
& Jordi Serangeli
2
Spatial characterization and prediction of Neandertal sites based on stochastic environmental
modelling
In this paper, we present a unique spatial dataset of Neandertal sites in Europe. Information on topograph-
ic locations and characteristics of the locations were collected based on own work and a comprehensive
literature review. Subsequently, the coordinates were post-processed to guarantee topographic accuracy and
converted to a vector point format. The nd locations were then utilized to study in detail the local charac-
teristics of nd locations. Therefore we performed a terrain analysis on SRTM 90m DEM. This analysis
highlights implications for climate and vegetation, geomorphologic and hydrologic process potentials as
well as strategic aspects of the closer surroundings of nd locations.
For the analysis we chose an area of ca 7.3 ha around each nd location. In total we delineated 46 topo-
graphic indices and used the site information to assess the specic combinations at the nd locations. To
reveal the importance of single indices and site specic index combinations we applied a boosted regression
tree approach (BRT). The study showed that Pre-Neandertals, Early Neandertals, and Classic Neandertals
show specic spatial distributions. Moreover, it seems that also the environmental preferences are different
especially between the Early and Classic Neandertals. Moreover, the methodology allows for a spatial pre-
diction of occurrence probabilities for Neanderthal sites.
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1
Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Research Center ‘The role of culture in early expansions of
humans” at the University of Tübingen, Rümelinstraße 23, D-72070 Tübingen, Germany
2
University of Tübingen, Department of Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology Schloss Hohentübingen,
D-72070 Tübingen
Gerhard Bosinski, Robert Guicharneaud
Bladelet Production and Microliths from the Initial Magdalenian Site Mirande, Com. Negrepelisse
(Tarn-et-Garonne, Fance)
The open air site Mirande is situated at the base of the hills of the Causse facing the extended alluvial plain
of the Aveyron, on the bank of the small river Gouyré which ows into the Aveyron at a distance of 200 m.
It is in the classical topographical situation of an Upper Palaeolithic base camp. The large site was excavated
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