L'industrie oubliée de Néandertal - The forgotten industry of Neanderthal

Project description

Neanderthal bone industry investigated

The use of bone materials in making shaped objects is associated with the culture of Homo sapiens. The lack of bone industry by Neanderthals, however, is considered a cognitive gap. Investigation into Palaeolithic sites of the Siberian Altai, including Denisova Cave, revealed a diversified bone industry in occupation layers from other hominids. Was this production a local share tradition of Denisovans and Neanderthals? To answer this question, the EU funded LION project will extend the corpus to Neanderthal sites of Western Europe and create a traceological framework suitable for the functional recognition of unshaped bone tools. The project will contribute to the cognitive faculty of archaic populations.

Fields of science

• humanities › history and archaeology › archaeology › ethnoarchaeology

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2018 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2018

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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

Coordinator

UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE

Net EU contribution

€ 166 320,00

Address

Place Du 20 Aout 7
4000 Liege
Belgium

Region

Région wallonne › Prov. Liège › Arr. Liège

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

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Other funding

€ 0,00