Central European Magdalenian

“The Central European Magdalenian: Regional Diversity and Internal Variability is an ambitious volume for which its author, Andreas Maier, should be congratulated. … Maier has put together a welcome addition to the literature, one that should be read by archaeolo­gists and anthropologists interested in the Late Pleistocene, hunter-gatherers, hominin colonization, quantitative meth­ods, and material culture of stone and bone. … Maier’s monolithic con­tribution has helped to point the way forward in the study of Magdalenian archaeology.” (Metin I. Eren, PaleoAnthropology, 2020)

• Introduction to the Central European Magdalenian–Area, Corpus and Major Questions.- Part I: Methodological and Theoretical Framework.- Collecting Data for Large-Scale, Literature-Based Studies.- Theoretical Framework.- Part II: Analyzing the Central European Magdalenian.- Past Research on the Magdalenian and its Current Implications.- Environmental Diversity.- Cultural Diversity and Regional Grouping.- Part III: Interpreting the Central European Magdalenian.- Territories and Land-Use Patterns.- The Recolonization of Central Europe.- Small-World Networks–Backbone of the Magdalenian Society?.- Summary.- Zusammenfassung: (German translation of Chapter 10: Summary).- Appendix.