Towards a Definition of the Aurignacian

[Daryl Habel]

All,

Soon to be available, is a new publication from the Institute of Portuguese Archaeology (IPA), a volume of papers which promises to shed some light on an issue of considerable interest to many members of  the Palanth Forum, that is, various problems with  the definition and integrity of the  "Aurignacian", sensu lato assemblages of Europe and southwest Asia.  The  title and contents of this volume are:

Trabalhos de Arqueologia 45
Towards a Definition of the Aurignacian
edited by Ofer Bar-Yosef and João Zilhão

Contents

Preface                                                                                     7
Ofer Bar Yosef, João Zilhão

Defining the Aurignacian                                                       11
Ofer Bar-Yosef

A dynamic view of Aurignacian technology                            21
Janusz K. Kozlowski

Reflections on the role of bone tools in the definition            37                                 
of the Aurignacian
Despina Liolois

Aurignacian, behavior, modern: issues of definition              53
in the emergence of the European Upper Paleolithic
João Zilhão

Looking for names and missing the point.                              71
The case of the Portuguese “Aurignacian V” in the
framework of definitions of the Aurignacian
Francisco Almeida

The Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition in Portugal:         93
an Aurignacian phase or not?
Thierry Aubry, Miguel Almeida, Maria João Neves

Archaic Aurignacian lithic technology in Cueva Morin          111
(Cantabria, Spain)
Jose Manuel Maillo Fernandez

A brief overview of Aurignacian cultures in the context         133
of the industries of the transition from the Middle to
the Upper Paleolithic
Françoise Bon

News from the West: a reevaluation of the classical              147         
Aurignacian sequence from the Perigord
Jean-Guillaume Bordes

Re-evaluation of the principal criteria of                               173
the Aurignacian: the example from Grotte XVI
(Cénac-et-Saint-Julien, Dordogne)
Geraldine Lucas

Ten small sites: the diversity of the Italian Aurignacian        189
Margherita Mussi, Patrizia Gioia, Fabio Negrino

The Swabian Aurignacian and its place in European           211
Prehistory
Nicholas J. Conard, Michael Bolus

The early Aurignacian in central Europe and its place          241
in a European perspective
Nicolas Teyssandier, Michael Bolus, Nicholas J. Conard

The Aurignacian and after: chronology, geography               259
and cultural taxonomy in the Middle Danube region
Jiří A. Svoboda

The first Aurignacian technocomplexes in Europe:                277
a revision of the Baschokirian
Jean-Phillipe Rigaud, Geraldine Lucas

The Aurignacian of the Caucasus                                           287
Marcelle Otte

A hard look at the “Levantine Aurignacian”:                           297
how real is the taxon?
Nigel Goring-Morris, Anna Belfer-Cohen

The Levantine Aurignacian: a closer look                              317
John K. Williams

To be or not to be Aurignacian: The Zagros                          355
Upper Paleolithic
Deborah I. Olszewski, Harold L. Dibble

List of contributors                                                                 375

I do not have information on the date of publication for this volume, but it should be available soon; it does not yet appear on the IPA publications webpage list  for Trabalhos de Arqueologia, however  I do have (complements of Jacques Cinq-Mars), email addresses for additional info/ordering:  contact Antonio Faria (afaria@ipa.min-cultura.pt) or Dina Pinheiro (dinap@ipa.min-cultura.pt).

From personal experience dealing with Dina Pinheiro of IPA,  I can say correspondence and transactions (ordering and shipping) with IPA  is both swift and efficient . 

Dar

[Daryl Habel]

I've exchanged e-mails with Dina Pinhiero of the Portuguese Institue of Archaeology, and she has explained that the Trabalhos de Arqueologia #45 is now listed in the IPA website catalogue.
http://www.ipa.min-cultura.pt/
> Trabalhos de Arqueologia 45
> Towards a definition of the Aurignacian
> Proceedings of the Symposium held
> in Lisbon, Portugal, June 25-30, 2002.
> 2006, 377 p.
> - Ofer Bar-Yosef, João Zilhão, eds.
> 23.00 euro

This does not include :
> from us the postage is 25.00
> Euros with the price of
> the book, TOTAL: 48.00 EUROS and you only can pay by
> transfer bank or....

Meaning they no longer accept credit card orders.  She gave me information that  the first Trabalhos de Arqueologia #45 has been shipped out to Oxbow Books (UK) and it should soon be on their website catalogue.  I looked, and it is not yet in the Oxbow Books (UK), nor in their affiliate David Brown Book Company (USA), web-catalogues.  I thanked her for her time and I think I'll look for it there.

Dar

[Daryl Habel]

I just ordered the book "Towards a Definition of the Aurignacian: Proceedings of the Symposium held in Lisbon, Portugal, June 25-30, 2002", edited by Ofer Bar-Yosef and Joao Zilhao.  From David Brown Book Company:
HERE

Later correction: The directions to the David Brown Book Company (above) and to Oxbow Books (below) once worked, but now the URLs are redirecting.  So, if they fail to properly direct CLICK HERE and use the icon for David Brown Book Company or Oxbow Books.  Then enter "Towards a Definition of the Aurignacian" in the search box and you should get there.

$75 plus postage,  so I hope it's worth it.  Ordering information for Britain, Europe and elsewhere and cost in GB pounds sterling, as well as a little more information, at:
http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm/ID/48509/OnlyResult/Yes

And if you are reading this from the most recent discussions list, the start of the thread and table of contents is HERE

Dar

[lagarvelho]

Dar:

$75.00 plus postage is somewhat pricy, but not *too* bad, considering the price of some books I've seen, that I want.  With postage, and depending on where you live, it probably wouldn't come to more than about $80.  Still, at that price, all I can say is, it had better be pretty good!  I hope, since you are putting out that kind of money, it will be.  Let us all know. 
Anne G