Late Neandertals and Modern Humans
Aurignacian projectiles, so-called projectile points with a separated base from the Swabian Alb. They were used as hunting weapons and originate from the find-spot Hohle Fels, Geißenklösterle und Vogelherd. | © K. Kitagawa
Subproject:
B 01 Variability of Resource Utilization. Space Development by Late Neanderthals and Early Anatomically Modern Humans in Europe
Project leadership:
Prof. Dr. Harald Floss, Prof. Nicholas J. Conard Ph.D.
Staff:
Dr. Keiko Kitagawa, Recha Seitz M. A.
Region:
Burgundy und Swabian Alb
What was the relationship between neanderthals and early modern humans to their environment?
The research of the subproject ‚Variability of Resource Utilization. Space Development by Late Neanderthals and Early Anatomically Modern Humans in Europe’ analyze this relationship based on animal remains in the form of bones, teeth, ivory and antlers from archaeological contexts. For the Paleolithic hunters, animals were an important resource on which they could rely, among other things, for survival. Within different cultural levels, economic activities, such as the slaughter of animals, are examined in greater detail. Additional investigations focus especially on the exploitation of the basic commodity animal, which seems to become more and more variable with the establishment of early modern man. And so new categories of faunal finds are added, such as musical instruments and art objects.