Variability in the use of resources and space by late Neanderthals and early modern humans (B01)

• Subject Area: Prehistory and World Archaeology
• Term: since 2013
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 215859406

The project focuses on resources of later Neanderthals and earlier anatomically modern humans in Europe. Using material and immaterial resources as examples, the project investigates the diachronic continuities and breaks in human behaviour against the background of Homo sapiens, who immigrated to Europe and met indigenous Neanderthals. An important change at the beginning of the early Paleolithic period is the presumably first appearance of figurative art and other innovations in the symbolic field, which the third application phase will deal with.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1070: Resource Cultures. Socio-Cultural Dynamics in Relation to Resources
• Applicant Institution: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Nicholas J. Conard; Professor Dr. Harald Floss