Beyond the trenches: a landscape-oriented chronostratigraphic approach to MIS 5 Middle Paleolithic open-air sites on the European Plain : case studies from Lichtenberg and Khotylevo I

Hein, M. (2023)

Doctoral Thesis

This thesis deals with establishing chronological data and palaeoenvironmental information for Neanderthal open-air sites on the European Plain with disputed ages. By employing geomorphological and sedimentological methods as well as luminescence dating and pollen analysis on the two sites of Lichtenberg (GER) and Khotylevo I (RU), their occupations are assigned to the latest Early Weichselian.

• Luminescence dating
• Middle Palaeolithic
• Paleoenvironmental reconstruction
• Geochronology
• Quaternary stratigraphy
• Neanderthals

• All authors: Hein, M.
• Supervisor: Hublin, J.A.
• Co-supervisor: Lauer, T.; Suchodoletz, H. von
• Committee: Soressie, M.A.; Roebroeks, J.W.M.; Vandenberghe, J.F.; Kolfschoten, M. van; Verpoorte, A.
• Qualification: Doctor (dr.)
• Awarding Institution: Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University
• Date: 2023-06-06
• Sponsorship: Max Planck Society