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GS6

Room 2.19

Middle Palaeolithic / Paléolithique moyen

Session organizers: Paweł Valde-Nowak, Francesca Romagnoli, Andrzej Wiśniewski

GS6, Tue Sep 1 2026, 9:00 - 15:30, Room 2.19

9:00-9:20 - Energy Flows and Fuel Management in Palaeolithic Societies: An Anthracological and Modelling Approach / Fernández-Iriarte et al.

9:20-9:40 - Rethinking expedient technologies in the Central European Micoquaian / Picin et al.

9:40-10:00 - Levallois in the Micoquian? Technological variability in Late Middle Palaeolithic Assemblages from Southern Poland / Kowal et al.

10:00-10:20 - Technological behavior of humans in caves north of the Carpathians in the early Middle Palaeolithic: Biśnik Cave, Poland / Wiśniewski et al.

10:20-10:40 - The Micoquian Lithic Industry of Piekary III (Southern Poland): Technological Analysis and Implications for Neanderthal Mobility in the CEEM / Mura et al.

10:40-11:00 - Chrono-grounding of the Micoquian and Aurignacian occupations at Piekary III open-air site (Krakow, Poland) / Tassoni et al.

11:00-11:30 - Coffee break

11:30-11:50 - New Perspectives for Chronology of the Balanica Complex (Serbia) Combining Characterisation Techniques and ESR/U-series Dating on Fossil teeth / Chane-Kouo et al.

11:50-12:10 - Neanderthal Lifeways in the Mediterranean: A Multidisciplinary Reconstruction from Grotta del Cavallo in Southern Italy / Romagnoli et al.

12:10-12:30 - Late Neanderthal Lithic Technology at Grotta Della Ghiacciaia (Fumane, Italy): New Evidence from the Southern Prealps / Delpiano et al.

12:30-12:50 - The Edge Matters: A Techno-Functional Analysis of Middle Palaeolithic Scrapers From Hohle Fels, Germany / Dania et al.

12:50-13:10 - Technological Variability And Learning In Open-Air Middle Palaeolithic Contexts: Evidence From Givat Rabi East And Horashim East / Singh et al.

13:10-13:30 - Scanning The Middle to Upper Paleolithic Structure Transition in the Northern Vindhya/s / Mishra, Prahash

13:30-14:30 - Lunch

14:30-14:50 - Speleothems As Palaeoclimate Archives For Archaeology: An Example From Eurasia During The Middle-To-upper Palaeolithic Transition / Cheli et al.

14:50-15:10 - Back to Zero: Where do we stand with the Châtelperronian? Talamo et al.

15:10-15:30 - Personal Ornaments Of The Initial And Early Upper Paleolithic: Insights From The Levant / Shafrir et al.