The 150th anniversary of the discovery of the famous Neanderthal fossils
gave reason for an international and interdisciplinary symposium in
Bonn/Germany. The present book arose from this congress and focuses on
multiple aspects of archaeological investigation on Neanderthal
lifeways.
In-depth studies of top-ranking scientists provide a detailed and
comprehensive survey of contemporary research on our Pleistocene
relatives. Examinations and debates are embedded in a variety of regions
and time frames. Chronology, subsistence, land use, and cultural
adaptations among late Neanderthals form the major trajectories of the
book. The wide range of approaches involved, leads to an increasing
understanding of the facets of and the variability of Neanderthal
behavioural patterns.
The present volume is complemented by a paleontologically orientated
publication of the same congress (edited by Gerd-Christian Weniger and
Silvana Condemi).