1 Introduction: Neanderthal Behavior and Temporal
Resolution of Archeological Assemblages ...................... 1
Manuel Vaquero
Part I The Abric Romani and the Archeological Level J.
(ca. 50 ka)
2 The Abric Romani Site and the Capellades Region ............. 19
Josep Vallverdú-Poch, Bruno Gómez de Soler, Manuel Vaquero
and James L. Bischoff
3 Spatial Patterns in Level J. ................................ 47
Pablo Sañudo, Josep Vallverdu-Poch and Antoni Canals
4 Microstratigraphic Analysis of Level J Deposits: A Dual
Paleoenvironmental-Paleoethnographic Contribution to
Paleolithic Archeology at the Abric Romani .................. 77
Josep Vallverdú-Poch and Marie-Agnès Courty
5 Neanderthal Landscapes and Their Home Environment: Flora
and Fauna Records from Level J. ............................ 135
Ethel Allué, Francesc Burjachs, Ana García, Juan Manuel
López-García, Maria Bennàsar, Florent Rivals, Hugues-
Alexandre Blain, Isabel Expósito and Jordi Martinell
6 Taphonomy of Level J of Abric Romani ....................... 159
Isabel Cáceres, Maria Bennàsar, Rosa Huguet, Jordi
Rosell, Palmira Saladie, Ethel Allue, Alex Solé, Ruth
Blasco, Gerard Campeny, Montserrat Esteban-Nadal,
Cristina Fernández-Laso, Maria Joana Gabucio, Nuria
Ibáñez, Patricia Martín, Laura Muñoz and Antonio
Rodríguez-Hidalgo
Part II Human Activity
7 The Lithic Assemblage of Level J. .......................... 189
Manuel Vaquero, Maria Gema Chacon, Felipe Cuartero,
Ma Dolores García-Antón, Bruno Gómez de Soler and
Kenneth Martínez
8 Occupational Patterns and Subsistence Strategies in Level
of Abric Romani ............................................ 313
Jordi Rosell, Ruth Blasco, Rosa Huguet, Isabel Cáceres,
Palmira Saladie, Florent Rivals, Maria Bennàsar, Pilar
Bravo, Gerard Campeny, Montserrat Esteban-Nadal, Cristina
Fernández-Laso, Maria Joana Gabucio, Nuria Ibáñez,
Patricia Martín, Laura Muñoz and Antonio Rodríguez-
Hidalgo
9 Hearth Functioning and Forest Resource Exploitation
Based on the Archeobotanical Assemblage from Level J ....... 373
Ethel Allué, Dan Cabanes, Alex Solé and Robert Sala
Part III Conclusions
10 Conclusions: Landscapes, Campsites, Time, and
Neanderthal Behavior ....................................... 389
Manuel Vaquero, Ethel Allué and Josep Vallverdú-Poch
Index ......................................................... 407
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