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The Late Mousterian in the eastern Adriatic – towards understanding of late Neanderthals’ identity and their demise Project: a summary of the 1st year of research
Ivor Karavanić
orcid.org/0000-0003-1452-8394
; Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Nikola Vukosavljević
orcid.org/0000-0002-9369-2813
; Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Rajna Šošić Klindžić
; Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
James C. M. Ahern
; Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA
Natalija Čondić
orcid.org/0000-0002-8137-2492
; Archaeological Museum in Zadar, Zadar, Croatia
Rory Becker
; Anthropology/Sociology Department, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, USA
Kruno Zubčić
; Croatian Conservation Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Šuta
orcid.org/0000-0001-7882-1106
; Kaštela Town Museum, Kaštel Lukšić, Croatia
Katarina Gerometta
orcid.org/0000-0002-9601-4911
; Department of History, University Juraj Dobrila in Pula, Pula, Croatia
Giovanni Boschian
; Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Abstract
The paper reports on the first year of research on the project Late Mousterian in the eastern Adriatic - towards understanding of late Neanderthals’ identity and their demise, financed by the Croatian Science Foundation. Trial excavations were carried out in the Matetina pećina cave near Kaštela, field survey was conducted in the hinterland of Kaštela, and the investigations continued in Velika pećina cave in Kličevica and at the underwater Palaeolithic site of Kaštel Štafilić. New methods introduced within the project included documentation with 3D photography and investigation by Electrical Resistance Tomography.
Keywords
research project; Mousterian; Neanderthals; Dalmatia; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
129333
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Publication date:
6.11.2014.
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