ANTHROPOLOGIE · 35/2 · 1997

The papers for this issue, dedicated to Pleistocene Geoarchaeology, were submitted by Jiøí Chlachula.

ORIGINAL PAPERS • TRAVAUX ORIGINAUX • ORIGINALARBEITEN
CHLACHULA J.
Preface
101-107 ROLLAND N.
Early Hominid Expansion into Eurasia: Biogeographical and Ecological Issues
KEY WORDS: Biogeography – Faunal regions – Dispersal routes – Ancient hominids – Early Pleistocene – Endemism – Biomes – Mode 2 technology – Landbridges – Glacio-eustatic sea levels – Anthropic evidence – “Long” and “short” chronologies
109-118 FUMANAL M. P., VILLAVERDE V.
Quaternary Deposits in Caves and Shelters in the Central Mediterranean Area of Spain. Sedimentoclimatic and Geoarchaeological Implications
KEY WORDS: Western mediterranean – Karstic caves and shelters – Quaternary deposits – Palaoenvironment – Middle and Upper Palaeolithic industries – Geoarcheology
119-130 VERMEERSCH P. M., BUBEL S.
Postdepositional Artefact Scattering in a Podzol. Processes and Consequences for Late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Sites
KEY WORDS: Postdepositional processes – Faunaturbation – Late Palaeolithic – Mesolithic – Podzol – Artefact distribution
131-136 KUZMIN Y. V.
Pleistocene Geoarchaeology of the Russian Far East: Updated Results
KEY WORDS: Geoarchaeology – Palaeolithic – Initial Neolithic – Russian Far East
137-143 ZOLNIKOV I. D., ORLOVA L. A., KUZMIN Y. V.
Palaeoclimatic Events and Human Palaeoenvironment of Western Siberia in the Late Pleistocene
KEY WORDS: Geoarchaeology – Late Pleistocene palaeoenvironment – Mousterian – Upper Palaeolithic – Western Siberia
145-151 SEKIYA A.
Volcanic Ash Layers and Stratigraphy of the Palaeolithic in the Kanto District, Japan
KEY WORDS: Pleistocene period – Quaternary stratigraphy – Japanese Palaeolithic – Tephra chronology – Pumice and volcanic ash layers – Lithic industry
153-161 KERSHAW A. P., MOSS P. T., VAN DER KAARS S.
Environmental Change and the Human Occupation of Australia
KEY WORDS: Late Quaternary – Human impact – Human migration – Vegetation history – Biomass burning – Australia – Southeast Asia
163-196 CHLACHULA J.
Geoarchaeology of the Pleistocene Occupation of Western Canada
KEY WORDS: Western Canada – Pleistocene glaciations – Quaternary geology – Glacigenic deposits – Palaeolithic archaeology – Palaeo-American occupation – Lithic industry
197-205 ZÁRATE M.
Late Pleistocene Geoarchaeology of the Southern Pampas, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
KEY WORDS: Geoarchaeology – Late Pleistocene – Early Holocene – Southern Pampas – Argentina – Paleoclimates – Paleosols
207-213 DUBOIS C. M. F., BORRERO L. A.
Geoarchaeological Perspectives on Late Pleistocene Faunas from Ultima Esperanza Sound. Magallanes, Chile
KEY WORDS: Georchaeology – Patagonia – Megafauna – Preservation
215-232 VELICHKO A. A., GRIBCHENKO Y. N., KURENKOVA E. I.
Geoarchaeology of the Paleolithic in the East European Plain
KEY WORDS: Russian plain – Acheulian – Mousterian – Late Paleolithic – Pleistocene – Geochronology – Paleoecology – Natural habitat

NEWS • ACTUALITES • BERICHTE
233 ŠEFÈÁKOVÁ A.
A New Find of Upper Palaeolithic Skull in Slovakia
234 BRÙŽEK J.
Rapport sur le Symposium “Changements Biologiques et Culturels en Europe de la Fin du Paléolithique Moyen au Néolithique” (“Cultural and Biological Changes in Europe from the End of the Middle Palaeolithic to the Neolithic”), du 12 au 14 Juin 1997, Bordeaux, France