Paleolithic hominins and settlement in Croatia from MIS 6 to MIS 3: Research history and current interpretations. (20th November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Karavanić, Ivor; Vukosavljević, Nikola; Janković, Ivor; Ahern, James C.M.; Smith, Fred H.
• Is Part Of: Quaternary international. Volume 494(2018)
• Page Start: 152
• Page End: 166
• Publication Date: 2018-11-20
• Subjects: Middle Paleolithic -- Hominins -- Settlement -- Croatia; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Quaternary -- Periodicals; Stratigraphie -- Quaternaire -- Périodiques; 551.79
• DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.09.034
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1040-6182

Abstract

Abstract: A short research history and current interpretations of evidence from Middle Paleolithic sites in Croatia are presented. Sites are situated in two main geographic regions, continental and Adriatic, divided by the Dinaric Mountains, providing two different landscapes for the adaptation of Mousterian people and their settlement system. Fossil human remains are discussed from both paleoanthropological and genetic perspectives within their archaeological framework. Interpretations of sites were based on analyses of both old and new archaeological collections (material recovered by recent excavations). Mousterian lithic material originated from three different types of sites: cave sites, open air sites and an underwater site. Research results are presented from various perspectives.