This monograph on the Central European Magdalenian aims to provide a
comprehensive overview of the archaeological record of this period. It
sheds new light on five regional groups between the Rhône valley to the
west and the Vistula-valley to the east, which existed roughly between
20,000 and 14,000 years ago. Readers will discover that these groups are
characterized with regard to their environmental setting (including
faunal and vegetational aspects), lithic raw material and mollusk shell
procurement, typology, technology and artesian craftworks. The work also
explores an alternative interpretation of bidirectional recolonization
from both Franco-Cantabria and Eastern Central Europe after the Last
Glacial Maximum. This book will appeal to researchers and scholars in
archaeology and cognate fields.