'[T]his must-have book dispels the information gap about one of the most archaeologically significant places on earth.' Choice 'An authoritative synthesis of the pertinent Moravian data...chapters rightfully contain many provocative hypotheses about human evolution, adaptations, and behavior during the Pleistocene...a most important addition to our literature.' from the Foreword by Olga Soffer, University of Illinois, Urbana

• 1 • Central Europe, Moravia, and Past Paleolithic Research.- 2 • Pleistocene Paleoenvironments.- 3 • Patterns of Human Evolution.- 4 • Lower and Middle Paleolithic Background.- 5 • The Beginning of the Upper Paleolithic: The Bohunicians, Szeletians, and Aurignacians.- 6 • The Culmination and Decline of the Upper Paleolithic: The Gravettians and Epigravettians.- 7 • Western Invasion: The Magdalenians and Epimagdalenians.- 8 • Creating Settlement Networks.- Appendix A • Catalog of Principal Sites.- Appendix B • List of Sites.- References.

'[T]his must-have book dispels the information gap about one of the most archaeologically significant places on earth.' Choice 'An authoritative synthesis of the pertinent Moravian data...chapters rightfully contain many provocative hypotheses about human evolution, adaptations, and behavior during the Pleistocene...a most important addition to our literature.' from the Foreword by Olga Soffer, University of Illinois, Urbana

• 1 • Central Europe, Moravia, and Past Paleolithic Research.- 2 • Pleistocene Paleoenvironments.- 3 • Patterns of Human Evolution.- 4 • Lower and Middle Paleolithic Background.- 5 • The Beginning of the Upper Paleolithic: The Bohunicians, Szeletians, and Aurignacians.- 6 • The Culmination and Decline of the Upper Paleolithic: The Gravettians and Epigravettians.- 7 • Western Invasion: The Magdalenians and Epimagdalenians.- 8 • Creating Settlement Networks.- Appendix A • Catalog of Principal Sites.- Appendix B • List of Sites.- References.

'[T]his must-have book dispels the information gap about one of the most archaeologically significant places on earth.' Choice 'An authoritative synthesis of the pertinent Moravian data...chapters rightfully contain many provocative hypotheses about human evolution, adaptations, and behavior during the Pleistocene...a most important addition to our literature.' from the Foreword by Olga Soffer, University of Illinois, Urbana

• 1 • Central Europe, Moravia, and Past Paleolithic Research.- 2 • Pleistocene Paleoenvironments.- 3 • Patterns of Human Evolution.- 4 • Lower and Middle Paleolithic Background.- 5 • The Beginning of the Upper Paleolithic: The Bohunicians, Szeletians, and Aurignacians.- 6 • The Culmination and Decline of the Upper Paleolithic: The Gravettians and Epigravettians.- 7 • Western Invasion: The Magdalenians and Epimagdalenians.- 8 • Creating Settlement Networks.- Appendix A • Catalog of Principal Sites.- Appendix B • List of Sites.- References.