The Palaeolithic of the Balkans

Papers from the session 'The Palaeolithic of the Balkans' held at the XV UISPP World Congress, Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006. Contents: 1) The Palaeolithic of the Balkans (A. Darlas and D. Mihailovi?); 2) End of the Aurignacian and the beginning of the Gravettian in the Balkans (J. K. Koz?owski); 3) Preliminary results of the Aliakmon paleolithic/paleoanthropological survey, Greece, 2004-2005 (K. Harvati, E. Panagopoulou, P. Karkanas, A. Athanassiou, S. R Frost); 4) The mountainscapes of Upper Palaeolithic Epirus in NW Greece: a view from the bones (E. Kotjabopoulou); 5) Middle Palaeolithic exploitation of the lake Plastiras plateau, Western Thessaly - Greece (O. Apostolikas, N. Kyparissi-Apostolika); 6) Middle Palaeolithic industries of Klissoura cave, Greece (V. Sitlivy, K. Sobczyk, P. Karkanas, M. Koumouzelis); 7) Le Paléolithique supérieur dans la péninsule du Mani (Péloponnèse, Grèce) (A. Darlas, E. Psathi); 8) Environnement vegetal des neandertaliens de la grotte de Kalamakia (Areopolis, Grece) (V. Lebreton, E. Psathi, A. Darlas); 9) Upper-Pleistocene bird remains from Kalamakia cave (Greece) (Th. Roger, A. Darlas); 10) Microvertébrés, paléo-environnement et paléoclimat de la grotte de Kalamakia (Péloponnèse, Grèce) (Th. Roger, A. Darlas); 11) First Paleolithic researches in the R. Macedonia (FYROM): the cave Golema pesht near the village Zdunje - Preliminary results (Lj. Salamanov-Korobar); 12) New data about the Middle Palaeolithic of Serbia (D. Mihailovi?); 13) The Gravettian site èalitrena Pe?ina near Mionica (Western Serbia) (B. Mihailovi?); 14) Middle Palaeolithic and Early Upper Palaeolithic subsistence practices at Vindija cave, Croatia (D. Brajkovi?, P. Miracle).