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I am currently working on my PhD dissertation at the MPI-EVAN, Department of Human Evolution on stone tools from transitional Middle/ Upper Paleolithic sites in France. Of particular interest is Quinçay, one of the rare sites that contains several Châtelperronian layers.
Using a technological approach including analysis of the chaîne opératoire, morpho-functionnal analysis and raw material economy, I am investigating the transmission of technical traditions from one generation to the other, as well as innovations and loss of material culture traits. The debate about the acculturation of Neanderthals by Early Modern Humans is active, and drawing on research in cultural anthropology, I will discuss possible contact between these two populations in a way that clearly defines concepts such as assimilation, integration, selection and reinterpretation of cultural systems.
Department of Human Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
D-04103 Leipzig
Germany
| phone: | 0049 (0) 341 3550 375 |
| fax: | 0049 (0) 341 3550 399 |
| email: | roussel eva.mpg.de |
