Contributions to the Mesolithic in Europe. Papers presented at the fourth international symposium.

CONTENTS:
Part 1 - Ecology, Land Use and Site Structure

Smith Chr. & Openshaw St., Mapping the Mesolithic
Andersen S.H., Bietti A., Bonsall C., Broadbent N.D., Clark G.A., Gramsch B., Jacobi R.M., Larsson L., Morrison A., Newell R.R., Rozoy J.-G., Straus L.G., Woodman P.C., Making Cultural Ecology Relevant to Mesolithic Research: I. A Data Base of 413 Mesolithic Fauna Assemblages
Newell R.R., Making Cultural Ecology Relevant to Mesolithic Research: II. Restocking the Larder of the Later Mesolithic of Zealand, Denmark
Edwards K.J., Fire and the Scottish Mesolithic: Evidence from Microscopic Charcoal
Grøn O., Studies in Settlement Patterns and Submarine Bogs: Results and Strategy for Further Research
Palmer S., Culverwell - Unique Opportunities for Studying the Intra-Site Structure of a Mesolithic Habitation Site in Dorset, England

Part 2 - Physical Anthropology, Burials, Social lssues

Constandse-Westermann T.S. & Newell R.R., A Diachronic and Chonological Analysis of Lateralization Manifestations in the Western European Mesolithic Skeletal Sample: A Novel Approach to the Assessment of Social Complexity
Boroneant V., Les enterrements de Schela Cladovei: Nouvelles données
Neeley M.P. & Clark G.A., Measuring Social Complexity in the European Mesolithic
Verhart L.B.M., Stone Age Bone and Antler Points as Indicators for "Social Territories" in the European Mesolithic
Larsson L., Dogs in Fraction - Symbols in Action

Part 3 - Cultural Change and Mesolithic/Neolithic Transition

Gregg D.W., Complexity and Change: Testing a New Method for Describing Lithic Technology at Selected Mesolithic Sites in Denmark and Scania
Gronenborn D., Mesolithic-Neolithic Interactions - The Lithic Industry of the Earliest Bandkeramik Culture Site at Friedberg-Bruchenbrücken, Wetteraukreis (West Germany)
Jochim M.A., The Late Mesolithic in Southwest Germany: Culture Change or Population Decline?
Eriksen B.V., Cultural Change or Stability in Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherer Societies. A Case Study from the Late Palaeolithic - Early Mesolithic in Southwestern Germany
Bintz P. & Grunwald C., Mésolithique et Néolithisation en Chartreuse et en Vercors (Alpes du Nord): Evolution culturelle et économie du silex

Part 4 - Regional Studies

Matiskainen H., Mesolithic Subsistence in Finland
Bang-Andersen S., The Myrvatn Group, a Preboreal Find-Complex in Southwest Norway
Nygaard S.E., Mesolithic Western Norway
Blankholm H.P., Stylistic Analysis of Maglemosian Microlithic Armatures in Southern Scandinavia: an Essay
Gebauer A.B. & Price T. D., The End of the Mesolithic in Eastern Denmark: A Preliminary Report on the Saltboek Vig Project
Cyrek K., Ausgrabungen auf einer mesolithischen und neolithischen Fundstelle bei Lykowe in Mittelpolen
Willis R., Deby 29 - The Functional Analysis of a Late Mesolithic Site in Poland, and its Significance in the Polish Context
Schild R., The Mystery of the Desna-type Assemblages in Poland
Niesiolowska-Sreniowska E., Mokracz - a Mesolithic Site in Central Poland: Organization and Subsistence
Sulgostowska Z., Occurrence and Utilization of Local Ochre Resources during the Early Holocene in the Oder and Vistula River Basins
Domanska L., The Role of Near East Factor in the Development of the Late Mesolithic Communities of the Central Eastern Part of the European Plain
Burov G.M., Die Holzgeräte der Siedlungsplatzes Vis I als Grundlage für die Periodisierung des Mesolithikums im Norden des europäischen Teils der UdSSR
Bagniewski Z., Maglemose-Kultureinflüsse in Mitteleuropa
Cziesla E., Report on Four Field-Campaigns in the Weidental-Cave, Palatinate Forest (Western . Germany)
Bonsall C. & Smith Chr., Bone and Antler Technology in the British Late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic: the Impact of Accelerator Dating
Peterson J.D., Assessing Variability in Late Mesolithic Assemblages in Ireland
Woodman P.C. & Andersen E., The Irish Later Mesolithic: A Partial Picture ?
Wansleeben M. & Verhart L.B.M., Meuse Valley Project: the Transition from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic in the Dutch Meuse Valley
Spier F., Les industries mésolithiques du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg et leur attribution chrono- culturelle: Etat de la question
Rozoy J.-G., La Roche-a-Fépin et la limite entre l'Ardennien et le Tardenoisien
Rozoy J.-G. & Slachmuylder J.-L., L'Allée Tortue a Fère-en-Tardenois (Aisne-France), site éponyme du Tardenoisien récent
Thevenin A., Le Mésolithique de l'Est de la France
Gonzalez Morales M.R. & Morais Arnaud J.E., Recent Research on the Mesolithic in the Iberian Peninsula: Problems and Perspectives
Straus L.G., Altuna J. & Vierra B., The Concheiro at Vidigal: a Contrihution to the Late Mesolithic of Southern Portugal