As has been demonstrated in this article, data on raw material transport provide valuable information on the distances, the direction and the character of mobility of palaeolithic groups.
In an attempt to overcome the discrepancies in the kind of approach used in ethnoarchaeology and palaeolithic archaeology representatives of both disciplines have turned their attention to middle-range research.
The body of the book is concerned with tracing the historical development of all societies from the palaeolithic to the present day.
The emphasis in the study of palaeolithic societies is on the affordances and the limitations set by the environment.
Loessic sediments contain the remains of an upper palaeolithic settlement.
It is not surprising that palaeolithic archaeology is characterised by a dominance of ecological approaches.
His research interests in general are palaeolithic archaeology, art and the anthropology of hunters and gatherers.
This numeric extension of sites enlarges the representativity of the data and is a prerequisite for the implementation of more landscapeoriented approaches in palaeolithic research.
