THE MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC SETTLEMENT OF CROATIA

[shenzhou]

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Karavanić, I. 2004. The Middle Paleolithic settlement of Croatia. U: Settlement Dynamics II (ur. N. Conard), str. 185-200. Tübingen: Kerns Verlag.

Abstract. This paper summarizes the results of research on the Middle Paleolithic sites of
Croatia. Northwestern and southern Croatia (Dalmatia), divided by the Dinarid Mountains,
provided two different landscapes for the adaptation of Mousterian people and their
settlement system. The sites in northwestern Croatia are caves while in Dalmatia, where the
climate was milder, open-air sites are more frequent. Caves were usually occupied for short
periods of time by mobile groups of people. Neanderthals from northwestern Croatia were
successful hunters and they obtained the vast majority of their dietary protein from meat,
largely obtained by hunting. Both in northwestern Croatia and in Dalmatia, Mousterian
people modified their lithic technology to exploit effectively local raw material sources.
Unfortunately, data related to settlements are rare.

http://www.ffzg.hr/arheo/prap/karavanic.pdf

The webiste of prof. dr. sc. Ivor Karavanić has several papers available for download here:

http://www.ffzg.hr/arheo/prap/ikr_biogr.htm

Such as:

Smith, F. H., Janković, I. i Karavanić, I. 2005. The assimilation model, modern human origins in Europe, and the extinction of Neandertals. Quaternary International 137, 7-19.

Ahern, J. C. M., Karavanić, I. Paunović, M., Janković, I. i Smith, F. H. 2004. New discoveries and interpretations of hominid fossils and artifacts from Vindija Cave, Croatia. Journal of Human Evolution 46, 25-65.

Rink, J. W., Karavanić, I., Pettitt, P., van der Plicht, J., Smith, F. H. i Bartoll, J. 2002. ESR and AMS-based 14C dating of Mousterian levels at Mujina Pećina, Dalmatia, Croatia. Journal of Archaeological Science 29/9, 943-952.

Karavanić, I. i Smith, F. H. 1998. The Middle/Upper Paleolithic interface and the relationship of Neanderthals and early modern humans in the Hrvatsko Zagorje, Croatia. Journal of Human Evolution 34, 223-248.

[Jacques Cinq-Mars]

I just found this and thought people might be interested:

Karavanić, I. 2004. The Middle Paleolithic settlement of Croatia. U: Settlement Dynamics II (ur. N. Conard), str. 185-200. Tübingen: Kerns Verlag.

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[Robert Henvell]

I just found this and thought people might be interested:

Karavanić, I. 2004. The Middle Paleolithic settlement of Croatia. U: Settlement Dynamics II (ur. N. Conard), str. 185-200. Tübingen: Kerns Verlag.

Abstract. This paper summarizes the results of research on the Middle Paleolithic sites of
Croatia. Northwestern and southern Croatia (Dalmatia), divided by the Dinarid Mountains,
provided two different landscapes for the adaptation of Mousterian people and their
settlement system. The sites in northwestern Croatia are caves while in Dalmatia, where the
climate was milder, open-air sites are more frequent. Caves were usually occupied for short
periods of time by mobile groups of people. Neanderthals from northwestern Croatia were
successful hunters and they obtained the vast majority of their dietary protein from meat,
largely obtained by hunting. Both in northwestern Croatia and in Dalmatia, Mousterian
people modified their lithic technology to exploit effectively local raw material sources.
Unfortunately, data related to settlements are rare.

http://www.ffzg.hr/arheo/prap/karavanic.pdf

The webiste of prof. dr. sc. Ivor Karavanić has several papers available for download here:

http://www.ffzg.hr/arheo/prap/ikr_biogr.htm

Such as:

Smith, F. H., Janković, I. i Karavanić, I. 2005. The assimilation model, modern human origins in Europe, and the extinction of Neandertals. Quaternary International 137, 7-19.

Ahern, J. C. M., Karavanić, I. Paunović, M., Janković, I. i Smith, F. H. 2004. New discoveries and interpretations of hominid fossils and artifacts from Vindija Cave, Croatia. Journal of Human Evolution 46, 25-65.

Rink, J. W., Karavanić, I., Pettitt, P., van der Plicht, J., Smith, F. H. i Bartoll, J. 2002. ESR and AMS-based 14C dating of Mousterian levels at Mujina Pećina, Dalmatia, Croatia. Journal of Archaeological Science 29/9, 943-952.

Karavanić, I. i Smith, F. H. 1998. The Middle/Upper Paleolithic interface and the relationship of Neanderthals and early modern humans in the Hrvatsko Zagorje, Croatia. Journal of Human Evolution 34, 223-248.

The AMS dates for bone and charcoal,level D,at Mujina Pecina,Dalmatia,[J Link,et al,2002,above], are significantly different,which is the more likely to be reasonably accurate?