S15A



S15A

Room 3.19

Adapting to diversity: Holocene hunter-gatherers in varied world landscapes / S’adapter à la diversité : chasseurs-cueilleurs de l’Holocène dans des paysages divers à l’échelle mondiale

Session organizers: Federica Fontana, Jacek Kabaciński, Graeme Warren

S15A, Thu Sep 3 2026, 9:00 - 16:10, Room 3.19

9:00-9:20 - Climate change and human response at the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in the Belgian Meuse basin (13,000-6000 cal BP) / K. Dilaveri et al.

9:20-9:40 - Stone Age in the Eastern Baltic: revealing the demographic history of the first settlers / L. Saag et al

9:40-10:00 - When the Diversity is Everywhere. The Phenomenon of North Bohemian Sandstones during Mesolithics / P. Šída et al.

10:00-10:20 - New Worlds: Changing environments and worldviews in Mesolithic Britain. / C. Conneller

10:20-10:40 - Exploring colonial narratives across the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition of Britain and Ireland. / E.M. Mills

10:40-11:00 - The earliest Holocene evidence of human presence from Gobi Desert Mongolia – traces of activity around the Baruun Khuree paleolake. / P. Bobrowski et al.

11:00-11:30 - Coffee break

11:30-11:50 - Adaptation in subsistence strategies at the Mesolithic site of Namur-Grognon - a confrontation of lithic functional and faunal data. /  E. Halbrucker et al.

11:50-12:10 - Adaptation Variability in the early Holocene, as recorded at Italian Mesolithic sites between 39° and 42°N / M. Mussi et al.

12:10-12:30 - Early Mesolithic Technical Systems In Central Italy: The Lithic Industry From Stratigraphic Unit 10 At The Contrada Pace Site (Tolentino, MC) / G. Alfonsi et al.

12:30-12:50 - Living with Volcanic Instability: Hunter-Gatherer Decision-Making and Resource Use in NE Iberia (9500–8000 Cal BP) /M. Martinez et al.

12:50-13:10 - Regional Variations in Mobility Systems between the Early and Late Mesolithic in Quercy and Its Margins (France). / M. Gardeur

13:10-13:30 - Innovations And Resistance: Late Mesolithic Technology In The Ebro Valley (Spain) / A. Soto et al.

13:30-14:30 - Lunch

14:30-14:50 - Mesolithic Mountains in Europe: similarities, differences and key research problems. / G.M. Warren

14:50-15:10 - Malga Staulanza (Northeastern Italy), an Early Mesolithic site in the Dolomites at an unusual altitude: a traceological perspective /D. Visentin et al.

15:10-15:30 - Adapting to Early Holocene Highland Ecosystems in the Southeastern Alps: New Evidence from Comelico, Upper Piave Valley (Belluno, Italy). /F. Fontana et al.

15:30-15:50 - The Middle-Holocene occupation of the Ethiopian highlands: The case of Beefa Cave. /G. Mutri et al.

15:50-16:10  - Hunter-Gatherer-Fisher Adaptations along the Middle Nile: The Case of Khor Shambat in a Regional Perspective. / M. S. Jórdeczka & P.M. Bobrowski