Preliminary Conference Programme - MESO 2015

MESO 2015 | preliminary conference program Overview MONDAY 14 September 2015 8:30–9:30 Registration 9:30–10:00 Opening Ceremony 10:00–10:25 The Danube Gorges Mesolithic: The first 50 years 10:30 Plenary Sessions (Main Auditorium of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences) TRANSITIONS – BEGINNINGS (5 presentations), PEOPLE IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT (25 presentations) 18:30 POSTER PRESENTATIONS (44 posters) 19:30 Reception TUESDAY 14 September 2015 8:30: Sessions running in parallel (Faculty of Philosophy) Room 1: TECHNOLOGY (33 presentations) Room 2: COLONIZATION (9 presentations), SETTLEMENT (22 presentations), BODY (12 presentations) Room 3: MONOGRAPHIC SESSIONS: MESO TIME (11 presentations), THE EUROPEAN MIDDLE MESOLITHIC: A REVIEW (8 presentations) WEDNESDAY 16 September 2015 Excursion to the Danube Gorges organized for all conference participants THURSDAY 17 September 2015 8:30 Sessions running in parallel (Faculty of Philosophy) Room 1: RITUALS AND SYMBOLS (27 presentations), REGIONAL IDENTITIES (17 presentations) Room 2: LANDSCAPES AND TERRITORIES (19 presentations), TRANSITIONS – ENDINGS Room 3: MONOGRAPHIC SESSIONS: THE STUDY OF TECHNOLOGY AS A KEY TO UNDERSTANDING PIONEER MOVEMENTS – A NORTH-WEST EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE (8 presentations), FROM THE JOMON TO STAR CARR (11 presentations) FRIDAY 18 September 2015 8:30 Plenary sessions (Main Auditorium of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences) SOCIAL RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS (12 presentations), CURRENT RESEARCH (24 presentations) 18:00–19:00: Selection of the host for the next MESO 2020 meeting 20:00 Gala Dinner 1

MESO 2015 | preliminary conference program Detailed Schedule

GENERAL SESSIONS MONDAY 14 September 2015 Main Auditorium of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences 8:30–9:30 Registration 9:30–10:00: Opening Ceremony 10:00–10:25: The Danube Gorges Mesolithic: The first 50 years

TRANSITIONS – BEGINNINGS (5 presentations) Chair: Nena Galanidou 10:30–10:40 Jiří Svoboda, Martin Novák, and Sandra Sázelová Paleolithic/Mesolithic stratigraphic sequences of North Bohemia (Czech Republic) 10:42–10:52 Dario Vujević, and Mario Bodružić Transition and tradition: Lithic variability in the cave of Vlakno 10:54–11:04 Nikola Vukosavljević, Zlatko Perhoč, and Dinko Radić Changing patterns of lithic raw material procurement in a changing landscape – Late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic of Vela spila Cave (island of Korčula, Dalmatia, Croatia) 11:06–11:16 Didac Roman, Pilar Garcia-Argüelles, Jordi Nadal, and Josep Maria Fullola Recent microlaminar complexes and the emergence of the first geometric tools in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula 11:18–11:28 A. J. Pérez-Fernández, A. Alday-Ruiz, E. Iriarte-Avilés A geographical study of the Pleistocene to Holocene transitions from the Socuevas and Martinarri rockshelters (northern Spain) 11:28–11:40 Discussion

PEOPLE IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT (25 presentations) Chairs: Ana B. Marin-Arroyo and Preston T. Miracle 11:40–11:50 Heidi Mjelva Breivik, and Hein B. Bjerck Dynamic relations between humans and their environment in Early Mesolithic Norway 11:52–12:02 Elizabeth A. Walker Early Mesolithic exploitation of the landscape of Gower, South Wales 12:04–12:14 Patrícia Diogo Monteiro, João Cascalheira, João Marreiros, Telmo Pereira, Cláudia Umbelino, Rita Dias, Célia Gonçalves, Olívia Figueiredo, Marina Évora, Eduardo Paixão, Nuno Bicho, and Lydia Zapata A

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thousand years in flames: A diachronical perspective on fuelwood use in Cabeço da Amoreira (Muge shellmiddens, Portugal) 12:16–12:26 Rita Dias, Cleia Detry, and Nuno Bicho Small vertebrate zooarchaeology of Muge: Preliminary results on subsistence, seasonality and social complexity 12:28–12:38 Carlos Duarte, Eneko Iriarte, Igor Gutierrez-Zugasti, and Pablo Arias Shell middens and karst: Deciphering the Asturian sites’ formation and human activities using micromorpholgy 12:40–12:50 García-Escárzaga, Asier, Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti, David Cuenca-Solana, Adolfo Cobo-García, and Manuel R. González-Morales Coastal resource exploitation during the Mesolithic in the Cantabrian region: Archaeomalacological research from the shell midden site of El Mazo (Asturias) 12:50–13:00 Discussion 13:00–14:00 LUNCH 14:00–14:10 Berihuete Azorín, Marian, Raquel Piqué y Huerta, Marta Alcolea, and Javier Baena Plant use at the Mesolithic site “Parque Darwin” (Madrid, Spain) 14:12–14:22 Emanuela Cristiani, Huw Barton, and Dušan Borić The role of plant foods processing and consumption in the diet of Mesolithic communities of the Danube Gorges 14:24–14:34 Dragana Filipović Mesolithic-Neolithic continuity in the use of plant resources: The evidence from Serbia 14:36–14:46 Marian Berihuete Azorín, Olga Lozovskaya, Ekaterina Ershova, and Raquel Piqué y Huerta Test pit 2: A window to plant resources and plant use at the Mesolithic site Zamostje 2, Sergiev posad, Russia 14:48–14:58 Charlotte Leduc, and Louis Chaix Change or continuity in animal exploitation from the Mesolithic to Neolithic at Zamostje 2 (Russia): Preliminary results and perspectives of research 15:00–15:10 Olga Lozovskaya Mesolithic wooden artifacts and constructions from Zamostje 2 Site: Typology, chronology, palaeolandscape 15:10–15:20 Discussion 15:22–15:32 Ola Magnell An analysis of seasonality and hunting at Mesolithic sites in southern Sweden and Denmark 15:34–15:44 Kristiina Mannermaa, Timo Jussila, Aivar Kriiska, and Tapani Rostedt A random selection from the household waste? Interpreting burnt animal bone material from Saarenoja 2 Early Mesolithic site, SE Finland 15:46–15:56 Pesonen, Petro, Esa Hertell, Kristiina Mannermaa, Mikael A. Manninen, Laija Simponen, Noora Taipale, and Miikka Tallavaara The role of European elk (Alces alces) hunting in the colonization of Late Preboreal eastern Fennoscandia 15:58–16:08 Mjærum, Axel Hunting moose at the foot of the mountains – 8500 years of hunting at Pålsbufjorden in southern Norway 16:10–16:20 Nick Overton Hunting beyond red deer: Exploring species patterning in Early Mesolithic faunal assemblages in Britain and NW Europe 3

16:22–16:32 Kenneth Ritchie, Søren H. Andersen, and Esben Kannegaard Skellerup Enge and the distinctive subsistence economy on Jutland at the Kongemose-Ertebølle transition in Denmark 16:34–16:44 Siniša Radović, Victoria Pía Spry-Marqués, and Dario Vujević Mesolithic subsistence of Vlakno Cave (Croatia) 16:45–16:55 Discussion 16:55–17:10 COFFEE BREAK 17:10–17:20 Adam Boethius The utilization of aquatic resources in late Boreal southern Scandinavia – Fish fermentation and mass catches on the site Norje Sunnansund around 9.2 ka cal. BP 17:22–17:32 Glykou Aikaterini, Gunilla Eriksson, Jan Storå, and Kerstin Lidén Seal exploitation in the Baltic Sea during the Mid- and Late Holocene 17:34–17:44 Ivana Živaljević The currents of time: Fishing in the Mesolithic-Neolithic Danube Gorges in the diachronic perspective 17:46–17:56 Rick J. Schulting How ‘marine’ were coastal Mesolithic diets? 17:58–18:08 Dorothée G. Drucker, and Valentin Frédérique Human diet and mobility in the Paris Basin during the Boreal: Insights from the stable isotope analysis of bone collagen 18:10–18:20 A. Mazurkevich, E. Dolbunova, and O. Craig Subsistence strategies in the seventh millennium BC on the territory of Eastern Europe 18:20–18:30 Discussion 18:30–19:30 POSTER PRESENTATIONS (Factulty of Philosophy) 19:30 Reception for all conference participants

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TUESDAY 15 September 2015 Faculty of Philosophy Room 1 (TBC)

TECHNOLOGY (33 presentations) Chairs: Federica Fontana and Emanuela Cristiani 8:30–8:40 Alexandre Angelin, Thomas Perrin, and Pierre-Yves Nicod The First and Second Mesolithic of La Grande Rivoire (Isère, France): A diachronic perspective on lithic technology 8:42–8:52 Davide Visentin, S. Philibert, and N. Valdeyron Couteaux de Rouffignac: A new insight into an old tool 8:54–9:04 Sylvie Philibert, Elsa Defranould, and Thomas Perrin A techno-functional approach to a technological breakthrough: The Second Mesolithic at the Montclus rockshelter (Gard, France) 9:06–9:16 Jocelyn Robbe The Mesolithic station of Alp2 (pre-alpine mountain range of Chartreuse, the western French Alps) 9:18–9:28 Davide Visentin, Federica Fontana, Elisabetta Flor, and N. Valdeyron Sauveterrian technical systems between southern France and northern Italy: First attempt of a synthesis 9:30–9:40 K. Kompatscher, N. M. Kompatscher, and Ursula Wierer Shiny and tiny. The rock crystal assemblage of Staller Sattel STS4A (Antholz, South Tyrol, Italy) 9:42–9:52 Mauro Calattini and Carlo Tessaro Grotta delle Mura: Technological and typological aspects of Mesolithic and Late Epigravettian lithic industries 9:54–10:04 Natividad Fuertes-Prieto, John Rissetto, Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti, David Cuenca-Solana, and Manuel R. González-Morales New perspectives on the Mesolithic technology in northern Iberia: Data from El Mazo shell midden site (Asturias, Spain) 10:06–10:16 Natividad Fuertes-Prieto, Diego Herrero-Alonso (Universidad de León, Spain), Ana NeiraCampos Raw material management in the Mesolithic of the south of “Picos de Europa” (north of Spain) 10:18–10:28 Eduardo Paixão, João Marreiros, Telmo Pereira, João Cascalheira, and Nuno Bicho Technotypological analysis of lithic materials from Layer 2 of the Cabeço da Amoreira Mesolithic shellmound (Muge, Portugal) 10:30–10:40 Ljiljana Đuričić, and Milica Lopičić Lithic technology at Vruća Cave 10:40–11:00 Discussion 11:00–11:15 COFFEE BREAK 11:15–11:25 Daria Eskova Lithic technology of the Iyenevo Mesolithic culture 11:27–11:37 Dimitri Narimanishvili, Ivan Gatsov, and Petranka Nedelcheva Obsidian mine and halting places in Javakheti 5

11:39–11:49 Patrik Gustafsson and Peter Zetterlund Some other stuff. Raw material use and handle cores in eastern central Sweden during the Middle and Late Mesolithic 11:51–12:01 Tina Jensen Granados Transferable technologies: From one raw material to the next? 12:03–12:13 Svein Vatsvåg Nielsen and Winther Torgeir Middle and Late Mesolithic microblade cores in southern Norway: New experimental observations 12:15–12:25 Anja Roth Niemi Fire and stone: Techniques and social significance of Mesolithic chert extraction in northernmost Europe 12:27–12:37 Nyland, Astrid J. To quarry or not to quarry – Rock procurement practices in the Mesolithic of southern Norway 12:37–13:00 Discussion 13:00–14:00 LUNCH 14:00–14:10 Paul R. Preston All roads lead to stone? Towards a more nuanced perspective of British Mesolithic technology in the landscape 14:12–14:22 Kelly, Niamh Biases in the record: The impact of identification on a coarse stone tool assemblage 14:24–14:34 Bernard Gilhooly Quantifying Irish Mesolithic shale axes/adzes 14:36–14:46 John Asbjørn Havstein Hafting flake axes 14:48–14:58 Lars Larsson, Björn Nilsson, and Arne Sjöström Stuck in the bottom of the lake. Fishing gears from the Early and Middle Mesolithic 15:00–15:10 Knut Andreas Bergsvik Mesolithic line fishing in coastal Norway 15:10-15:20 Discussion 15:20–15:30 Ben Elliott Antler T-axes in Mesolithic Europe: Understanding the spread of a Mesolithic idea 15:32–15:42 Éva David, and Clive Bonsall The hammer-axes, "T"-axes and other heavy-duty tools made of antler revisited 15:44–15:54 Benjamin Marquebielle Osseous material working during the French Mesolithic. Technical and economical characterization through the study of south and east French sites 15:56–16:06 Selena Vitezović Antlers as raw materials in the Iron Gates Mesolithic 16:08–16:18 Ilga Zagorska, Harald Luebke, Valdis Bērziņš, and John Meadows Artefacts of antler, bone and wood from Sise, western Latvia 16:20–16:30 Harald Luebke, Valdis Bērziņš, Stefanie Klooss, John Meadows, Harm Paulsen, and Ilga Zagorska Boreal Mesolithic wooden tools from Sise, Ventspils County, western Latvia 16:32–16:42 Olesya I. Alexandrova, Vilena N. Kireeva, and Elena V. Leonova Organic residues on the stone artifacts from the Early Mesolithic layer of Dvoinaya Cave 6

16:44–16:54 Colas Gueret Vegetal handicrafts in the Mesolithic of northern Europe. Evidence from usewear studies and wetland archaeology 16:56–17:06 Marcel Cornelissen, and Laure Bassin Late Mesolithic artifact biographies. Integrating technological and use-wear analyses of the chipped stone artifacts from Arconciel/La Souche (CH) and Lutter/St-Joseph (F) 17:06–17:25 COFFEE BREAK 17:25–18:00 Discussion

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Faculty of Philosophy Room 2 (TBC) COLONIZATION (9 presentations) Chair: Pablo Arias 8:30–8:40 Hein B. Bjerck and Heidi Mjelva Breivik Pinnipeds, sea-ice hunting, and the colonization of seascapes in northwest Europe in the Pleistocene/Holocene transition 8:42–8:52 Karen Wicks, and Steven Mithen Pioneers of the northwest Atlantic coastal fringes of Europe: New absolute dating evidence, geoarchaeology and Ahrensburgian artifacts from Rubha Port an T-Seilich, Isle of Islay, western Scotland 8:54–9:04 Alexandre Angelin, and Régis Picavet First Mesolithic occupations at high altitude in the north of Vercors (Isère, France): The case studies of Les Coins and Roybon 9:06–9:16 Mercedes Pérez Bartolomé Settlement patterns and occupation of the territory of eastern Cantabria (Spain) in the Mesolithic 9:18–9:28 Roman Dídac, Inés Domingo, and Jordi Nadal The Mesolithic in Fontanella Rock Shelter (Vilafranca, Eastern Mediterranean Iberia) and the Last Hunters-Gatherers in northern Valencian Country 9:30–9:40 A. I. Murashkin, and E. M. Kolpakov New Mesolithic sites with blade assemblages in the Kola Peninsula (Murmansk region, Russia) 9:42–9:52 Hannu Takala, Mark Sachnovits, Stanislav Belski, and Anssi Malinen New evidence for Mesolithic settlement in Karelia between Finland and Russia 9:54–10:04 Sergey Lisitsyn, Alexey Tarasov, Nataliya Tsvetkova, and Stanislav Belsky The Mesolithic site Borovskoye 2 in the light of the Preboreal habitation in Karelia 10:06–10:16 Valery Manko, Final Palaeolithic and Mesolithic in the south of Ukraine: Waves of colonization 10:16-10:35 Discussion Faculty of Philosophy Room 2 (TBC) SETTLEMENT (22 presentations) Chairs: Vladimir Lozovski and Ole Grøn 10:35–10:45 Ole Grøn Lithics as an indicator of Mesolithic sites – some problems . . . 10:47–10:57 Graeme Warren ‘Buildingmesolithic’: Experimental reconstructions of Mesolithic houses in Ireland

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11:15–11:25 Vera Aldeias, João Cascalheira, João Marreiros, Telmo Pereira, and Nuno Bicho How to make a Mesolithic shell mound? Microstratigraphic investigation of Cabeço da Amoreira (Muge, Portugal) 11:27–11:37 João Cascalheira, Nuno Bicho, Célia Gonçalves, João Marreiros, Eduardo Paixão, and Telmo Pereira Internal layout and functional organization of Mesolithic shellmiddens: New insights from Cabeço da Amoreira (Muge, Central Portugal) 11:39–11:49 Célia Gonçalves, and Nuno Bicho Settlement patterns and GIS predictive modeling for the Portuguese Mesolithic 11:51–12:01 Pablo Arias, Miriam Cubas, Miguel Ángel Fano, Esteban Álvarez-Fernández, Ana Cristina Araújo, Marián Cueto, Patricia Fernández Sánchez, Eneko Iriarte, Inés L. López-Dóriga, Sara Núñez, Christoph Salzmann, Carlos Duarte, Felix Teichner, and Luis C. Teira Looking for the “Asturian” dwelling areas: New data from El Alloru and Sierra Plana de la Borbolla (Asturias, Spain) 12:03–12:13 Manuel R. González-Morales Habitation areas in Asturian shell middens and site formation processes: Mazaculos II Cave (La Franca, Asturias, northern Iberia) 12:15–12:25 Nathalie Achard-Corompt, Romain Giros, Emmanuel Ghesquière, Christophe Laurelut, Arnaud Rémy, Isabelle Richard, Vincent Riquier, and Luc Sanson Mesolithic pit-sites in Champagne, northern France. First data, main issues 12:27–12:37 Ed Blinkhorn Clear cut? The significance of Mesolithic features in England 12:39–12:49 Souffi Bénédicte, Colas Guéret, Caroline Hamon, Charlotte Leduc, and Sylvain Griselin Early and Late Mesolithic in the region Ardennes (France): The site of Rémilly-les-Pothées “La Culotte” 12:49–13:00 Discussion

13:00–14:00 LUNCH

14:00–14:10 M.J.L.Th. Niekus The formation of extensive Mesolithic sites: Examples from the Netherlands 14:12–12:22 Daniel Gross Friesack 27a – An Early Holocene site in north-eastern Germany 14:24–14:34 Nicky Milner, Chantal Conneller, Barry Taylor, Mike Bamforth, Maisie Taylor, Ben Elliott, and Becky Knight Current research at Star Carr 14:36–14:46 William A. Lovis, and Randolph E. Donahue Transient campsites, logistic campsites, and the cumulative taphonomy of Malham Tarn Site A: A persistent place in the northern Pennines 14:38–14:48 Laura Juanola, Anna Franch, Eva Ros, Jordi Estévez Escalera, Manuela Pérez Rodríguez, and Karen Hardy The Mesolithic hut site of CamasDaraich, Isle of Skye, Scotland 14:50–15:00 Sara Gummesson Human action and osteoarchaeological patterns: A spatial study of waste from bone tool manufacturing 15:02–15:12 Ann Westermark Dwellings from the Mesolithic site in Motala, Sweden 15:14–15:24 Robert Hernek Mesolithic hearth-pits from western Sweden 9

15:26–15:36 Trond Meling, Hilde Fyllingen, and Sean Denham The Late Mesolithic/Early Neolithic site Sømmevågen in South West Norway: Preliminary results 15:38–15:48 Arne Johan Nærøy Mesolithic settlement on Utsira – A small island on the fringes of the North Sea 15:50–16:00 Silje E. Fretheim, Mesolithic dwellings in Norway – A review 16:02–16:12 Anton A. Simonenko, and Olesya I. Alexandrova Workspace organization on the Final Palaeolithic hunter-gatherer camp 16:12–16:30 Discussion Faculty of Philosophy Room 2 (TBC) BODY (12 presentations) Chair: Nuno Bicho 16:30–16:40 Jonas Bergman Evidence of a parasitic disease from a Mesolithic burial in Motala, Sweden 16:42–16:52 Sophy Charlton, Michelle Alexander, Tamsin O’Connell, Nicky Milner, Rhiannon Stevens, and Oliver Craig Rediscovering Oronsay: Biomolecular approaches to skeletal material from Cnoc Coig 16:54–17:04 C. Cunha, C. Umbelino, C. Gonçalves, O. Figueiredo, J. Cascalheira, J. Marreiros, P. Telmo, E. Paixão, P. Monteiro, M. Évora, R. Dias, and N. Bicho Cultural change or dental pathology? Dental analysis of two human burials from Cabeço da Amoreira shell mound (Muge, Portugal)

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17:25–17:35 Camille de Becdelièvre, Marko Porčić, Gwenaëlle Goude, Miloš Nešić, Jelena Jovanović, and Sofija Stefanović From individual mobility to population dynamics during the Mesolithic and Neolithic transformations in the Danube Gorges (Balkans, ca. 9500–5500 BC): Adaptations and interactions 17:37–17:47 Camille de Becdelièvre, Jelena Jovanović, Goude Gwenaëlle, Mélie Le Roy and Sofija Stefanović Pregnancy and breastfeeding during prehistory: Mothers’ dietary strategies through the MesolithicNeolithic transformations in the Danube Gorges 17:49–17:59 Marija Radović, and Kevan Edinborough Ages of stress? A new study of cranial pathology modeled across the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the Danube Gorges, Serbia 18:01–18:11 Rosalind Wallduck, and Silvia M. Bello Manipulation of the dead during the MesolithicNeolithic period in the Danube Gorges, Serbia: A reassessment of the burial data using taphonomic analysis 18:13–18:23 Liv Nilsson Stutz, Behind the mask of the shapeshifting dead. Preparations and transformations of the Mesolithic human cadaver 18:25–18:35 Almut Schülke, and Gaute Reitan Brunstad lok. 25 – A newly discovered Mesolithic grave from Southern Norway 10

18:37–18:47 Mari Tõrv Tracing the norm? Hunter-gatherer mortuary practices during the Late Mesolithic and the Early Neolithic in north-eastern Europe (example of Estonia) 18:49–18:59 Ivana Živaljević ‘Pearls’ from the pearlfish: Cyprinid pharyngeal teeth appliqués from the Mesolithic-Neolithic Danube Gorges 19:01–19:11 Kristiina Mannermaa Unequal values of different animals and animal parts in burials at Late Mesolithic Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov, NW Russia 19:11–19:30 Discussion

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MONOGRAPHIC SESSION 1 Faculty of Philosophy Room 3 (TBC) MESO TIME (11 presentations) Organized and chaired by: Dušan Borić, Seren Griffiths, and Erick Robinson 8:30–8:40 Seren Griffiths The long and the short of it; chronological models as prescriptive approaches in earlier prehistory 8:42–8:52 Dušan Borić, Seren Griffiths, Thomas Higham, Craig Alexander, Vesna Dimitrijević, and Emanuela Cristiani Dating boulder artworks and transition to farming at Lepenski Vir: Bayesian statistical modeling 8:54–9:04 Nuno Bicho The impact of Bayesian modeling in the radiocarbon chronology of the Portuguese Mesolithic 9:06–9:16 Barry Taylor, Chantal Conneller, and Nicky Milner The pace of a persistent pace: Timings and tempo at Star Carr 9:18–9:28 Karen Wicks The use of ‘activity events’ as a novel tool in the chronological interpretation of site activity: Case studies from the Mesolithic of western Scotland 9:30–9:40 Thomas Perrin Temporality of the Mesolithic in the southern France 9:42–9:52 Nikos Efstratiou Aspects of temporality in a Final Palaeolithic hunter-gatherer camp on the island of Lemnos in the Aegean 9:54–10:04 Harald Luebke, John Meadows, Daniel Groß, Karin Göbel, and Klaus Bokelmann The Mesolithic camp-sites in Duvensee bog, south-eastern Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. New results of the spatial and chronological analysis 10:06–10:16 Vladimir Lozovski, and Olga Lozovskaya Site Zamostje 2 – Specific complex for Mesolithic– Early Neolithic in central Russia 10:18–10:28 Mark Vander Linden, and Kevan Edinborough The sum of all fears? Radiocarbon dates across the Mediterranean Mesolithic 10:30–10:40 Erick Robinson, and Felix Riede Integrative palaeo-science research on abrupt versus gradual cultural and palaeoenvironmental change in Terminal Pleistocene/Early Holocene Europe. A first report from INQUA project 1404 10:40–11:00 Discussion 11:00–11:15 COFFEE BREAK

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Faculty of Philosophy Room 3 (TBC) MONOGRAPHIC SESSION 2 THE EUROPEAN MIDDLE MESOLITHIC: A REVIEW (8 presentations) Organized and chaired by: Clive Jonathon Bond 11:15–11:25 Clive Jonathon Bond What prospects for an English Middle Mesolithic? 11:27–11:37 Lynden Cooper Making and breaking microliths: A Middle Mesolithic site at Asfordby, Leicestershire, UK 11:39–11:49 Hege Damlien and Steinar Solheim Regionality in the making? Technology and social networks during the Middle Mesolithic of southern Norway 11:52–12:02 David Jacques In the shadow of Stonehenge: A long term Mesolithic homebase discovered 12:04–12:14 Lucia Uchermann Koxvold Finding, shaping, hiding: Caching behaviour in the Middle Mesolithic of Southeastern Norway 12:16–12:26 Erick Robinson and Philippe Crombé The Middle Mesolithic of northwest Europe: A case study into the complexities of human responses to Holocene climate change 12:28–12:38 Steinar Solheim, and Hege Damlien Exploring the Middle Mesolithic coastal settlement of southeastern Norway 12:40–12:50 Gaute Reitan, and Almut Schülke The Brunstad sites – New light on the Middle-Late Mesolithic transition in Norway 13:00–14:00 LUNCH 14:00–14:30 Discussion

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THURSDAY 17 September 2015 Faculty of Philosophy Room 1 (TBC) RITUALS AND SYMBOLS (27 presentations) Chairs: Judith M. Grünberg and Lars Larsson 8:30–8:40 Florence Bouvry The art of decorating (transforming) one's body since prehistoric times, more specifically since the Mesolithic 8:42–8:52 Peter Vang Petersen Protective patterns in Mesolithic art 8:54–9:04 Erik Brinch Petersen The ultimate extermination of an enemy during the Mesolithic 9:06–9:16 Almut Schülke A portable object in motion – Layers of meaning as seen on the ornamented sandstone-pendant from the Late Mesolithic site of Brunstad (Vestfold, Norway) 9:18–9:28 Trond Lødøen Treatment of corpses, consumption of souls and production of rock art. Late Mesolithic mortuary practices reflected in hunter’s rock art of Western Norway 9:30–9:40 Rita Peyroteo-Stjerna Death in the Mesolithic: Mortuary practices of the last hunter-gatherers of SW Atlantic Europe 9:42–9:52 Guntis Gerhards, John Meadows, and Ilga Zagorska Collective graves from the eastern Baltic Stone Age 9:54–10:04 Ole Lass Jensen Cremations from Late Mesolithic sites on Eastern Zealand, Denmark 10:06–10:16 Marja Ahola Variation in the ochre burial structures of the Jönsas cemetery, southern Finland 10:18–10:28 Linus Hagberg, and Sara Gummesson Place them in the water – the depositions of human remains and objects of prestige at the site Strandvägen, Motala, Sweden 10:30–10:40 Fredrik Hallgren Across the river and into the trees... and down into the lake 10:40–11:00 Discussion 11:00–11:15 COFFEE BREAK 11:15–11:25 Fredrik Molin, Sara Gummesson, and Jan Storå From fragments of bones – Bringing mortuary practice alive at Strandvägen, Motala 11:27–11:37 Karolina Bugajska Pit or grave? „Emptied” graves from the cemetery at Dudka, Masuria, north-east Poland 11:39–11:49 Witold Gumiński Beware of dogs! Burials and loose dog bones at Dudka and Szczepanki, Masuria, NE Poland 11:51–12:01 Sara Gummesson, and Elin Fornander Symbols in their own rite? Human – animal symbolism at the hunter-gatherer site Kanaljorden in Motala, Sweden 14

12:03–12:13 Ekaterina Kashina, Birds in ritual practice of Eastern European forest hunter-gatherers 12:15–12:25 Aija Macāne The ritual world of hunter–gatherers in the Northern Europe. Focus on the Mesolithic burials in cross- Baltic region, with animal remains as a point of departure 12:27–12:37 Markus Wild Testing the amount of the supernatural in Mesolithic antler frontlets 12:39–12:49 Lars Larsson What ´s a grave gift? An European perspective 12:49–13:00 Discussion

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14:00–14:10 Judith M. Grünberg Archaeological remains of Mesolithic funerary rites and symbols 14:12–14:22 João Cascalheira, Célia Gonçalves, Cláudia Umbelino, and Nuno Bicho Rites, symbols and spatial organization of two human burials at the Cabeço da Amoreira shellmound (Muge, Portugal) 14:24–14:34 Emanuela Cristiani, R. T. Melis, and Margherita Mussi Marine shells as grave goods at S'Omu e S'orku (western Sardinia) 14:36–14:46 Aimée Little, Annelou van Gijn, and Tracy Collins Microwear matters: Uncovering evidence for burial rites in Mesolithic Ireland 14:48–14:58 Riitta Rainio, Kristiina Mannermaa, Evgeny Girya, and Dmitrii Gerasimov Animal tooth pendants in Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov burials – Uses, meanings and set composition 15:00–15:10 Éva David, Rites and symbols in the use of Mesolithic antler axes 15:12–15:22 Søren A. Sørensen Ritual continuity between the late Ertebølle culture and early Funnel Beaker culture in Denmark? 15:24–15:34 Lucyna Domańska Mesolithic hunting rituals – A case from the Polish Lowland 15:34–15:53 Discussion

Faculty of Philosophy Room 1 (TBC) REGIONAL IDENTITIES (17 presentations) Chairs: Rick Schulting and Stefan Kozłowski 15:55–16:05 Luc Amkreutz Integrating communities and landscape: A wetland perspective 16:07–16:17 Lawrence Billington Mesolithic landscapes of Eastern England; the evidence from lithic scatters

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16:09–16:19 Caroline Rosen Identifying regional practice in cave use during the Mesolithic in south-west Britain 16:21–16:31 Pablo Arias, Esteban Álvarez-Fernández, Álvaro Arrizabalaga, Miriam Cubas, Miguel Ángel Fano, María José Iriarte, Mercedes Pérez Bartolomé, and Jesús Tapia The “Asturian” and its neighbours in the twenty-first century: Recent perspectives on the Mesolithic of northern Spain 16:33–16:43 Miguel Ángel Fano, and Miriam Cubas The Asturian one century later 16:45–16:55 Joaquina Soares, Niccolò Mazzucco, Ignacio Clemente-Conte, and Carlos Tavares da Silva The Late Mesolithic of the Alentejo coast (Portugal). Lithic industry in focus

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17:15–17:25 Danica Mihailović, Tristan Carter, Chrysa Sofianou, and Yiannis Papadatos New evidence of Cretan Mesolithic from Livari Skiadi in the Eastern Mediterranean context 17:27–17:37 Mia Rizner The Mesolithic of Quarner Bay area, Part I – Islands Cres and Lošinj 17:39–17:49 Göran Gruber Expressions of community? Leister points from the Strandvägen site, Motala, Sweden 17:51–18:01 Jenny Holm Neighbors on the other side of the water 18:03–18:13 Lars Sundström Long-term trends and breaks in the Stone Age history of southern Norway 18:15–18:25 Thomas Hess Mesolithic hunter-fisher-gatherers at the rock shelter site Helga-Abri in Ach Valley 18:27–18:37 Mirosław Masojć, and Tomasz Płonka New radiocarbon dates from Lower Silesia, SW Poland 18:39–18:49 Katarzyna Barska, Witold Migal, Anna Gręzak, Katarzyna Pyżewicz, Marcin Wąs, and Witold Grużdź Janisławice Man – A reinterpretation of the Mesolithic grave 18:51–19:01 E. V. Leonova, O. I. Alexandrova, Zh. A. Antipushina, N. V. Serdyuk, E. A. Spiridonova, A. S. Tesakov, and E. V. Chernysheva Early Holocene human adaptation and palaeoenvironment in the northwest Caucasus 19:03–19:13 Ekaterina Bocharova, Kazachka I as a base for the identification of the Mesolithic in the Kansk-Rybinsk Basin (Siberia) 19:15–19:25 Hilbert Yamandú Hieronymus Mesolithic? Epipalaeolithic? Late Paleolithic? The Terminal Pleistocene/Early Holocene archaeological record of the Arabian Peninsula 19:25–20:00 Discussion

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Faculty of Philosophy Room 2 (TBC) LANDSCAPES AND TERRITORIES (19 presentations) Chair: Fridrich Lüth 8:30–8:40 Ana Cristina Araújo The missing landscapes and territories of Mesolithic Portugal: Present research bias vs. past behavioral choices 8:42–8:52 Pablo Arias, Mariana T. Diniz, Ana Cristina Araújo, Ángel Armendariz, and Luis C. Teira New perspectives on the Mesolithic of the Sado valley (southern Portugal): Preliminary results of the SADO MESO project 8:54–9:04 Harald Luebke, John Meadows, and Ulrich Schmölcke Submerged Mesolithic sites off Poel Island, Wismar Bay, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany – some final comments 9:06–9:16 Marieka Brouwer Burg Coping or thriving? A simulation-based approach to hunter-gatherer land-use strategies in the Post-Glacial Netherlands 9:18–9:28 Chantal Conneller, Martin Bates, Tim Schadla-Hall, Matt Pope, and Beccy Scott Experiencing sealevel rise in the Manche/Channel region 9:30–9:40 Clive Waddington Understanding the impact of changing palaeogeography during the British Mesolithic 9:42–9:52 Rona Davis Springing into the English Mesolithic: Pits, pipes, bones and stones 9:54–10:04 Mark Powers Defining landscape use and activity strategy in Mesolithic Leicestershire, central England 10:06–10:16 Tom Elliot The Mesolithic in the Marches: Lithic sourcing in the Wye Valley, UK 10:18–10:28 Peter Woodman Cache it if you can: Regional and local strategies in the Mesolithic of N. E. Ireland 10:30–10:40 C.R. Wickham-Jones, M. Bates, R. Bates, S. Dawson, and D. Huws The role of mobility within the changing Mesolithic landscape of northern Britain 10:40–11:00 Discussion

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11:15–11:25 S. Fraser, G. Noble, W. Mitchell, D. Paterson, R. Tipping, G. Warren, and C. Wickham-Jones Living in the mountains: Hunter-gatherer settlement strategies, technologies and changing environments in the Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland 11:27–11:27 Paul R. Preston, and Katie Davenport-Mackey Going places: Towards a sense of Mesolithic space in a mountainous landscape

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11:29–11:39 Federica Fontana, Davide Visentin, and S. Bertola The Mesolithic of the Piave Valley: Seashores, riverbanks and mountain tops! 11:41–11:51 Dieter Schäfer, Stefano Bertola, and Alfred Pawlik Alpine Mesolithic: The landscape archaeological project Ullafelsen (Tyrol, Austria) 11:53–12:03 Katarína Čuláková, Jan Eigner, and Milan Řezáč Similar and different features in lithic collections from different landscape types 12:05–12:15 Kristiina Johanson, Aivar Kriiska, Kaarel Sikk, Jaan Aruväli, Peeter Somelar, and Liina Sepp Local or imported? Assessing the flint preferences of the Mesolithic habitants in Estonia and northern Latvia with the help of geochemical methods 12:17–12:27 Guro Fossum Tracing raw material: Procurement strategies and movements in the Early Mesolithic, a case study from Larvik, south-eastern Norway 12:29–12:39 Per Persson, Coast-inland relations in Mesolithic southern Norway 12:41–12:51 Vera Bogosavljević Petrović, Milica Lopičić, and Andrej Starović Modeling the empty spaces: Mesolithic in the micro-region of central Serbia 12:51–13:00 Discussion 13:00–14:00 LUNCH Faculty of Philosophy Room 2 (TBC) TRANSITIONS – ENDINGS (25 presentations) Chair: T. Douglas Price 14:00–14:10 Maria Gurova, and Clive Bonsall The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Bulgaria: A palaeoenvironmental perspective 14:12–14:22 Jelena Jovanović, Camille de Becdelièvre, Gwenaëlle Goude, and Sofija Stefanović Stable isotope and dental evidence for dietary changes at the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Serbia 14:24–14:34 Miguel Ángel Fano, and Miriam Cubas How northern Iberia was lost? The Early Neolithic in Cantabrian Spain 14:36–14:46 Mariana Diniz, Pablo Arias, Araújo Ana Cristina, and Rita Stjerna Debating Neolithisation process from a Mesolithic point of view; the Sado valley (Portugal) experience 14:48–14:58 Vladimir Lozovski, Olga Lozovskaya, Ganna Zaitceva New radiocarbon evidences for the transition from the Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic from the site of Zamostje 2 (Central Russia) 15:00–15:10 T. M. Gusentzova Characteristics of Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic cultures on the right shore of the Vyatka River (Middle Volga Basin) 15:12–15:22 Alexander Gorelik, Andrej Tsybriy, and Viktor Tsybriy The Caucasian route of Neolithisation in the Pontic-Caspian region 18

15:24–15:34 Alexander Vybornov Transition from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic in the North Caspian Sea region 15:36–15:46 V. N. Karmanov Early pottery distribution in the far northeast of Europe 15:48–15:58 G. N. Poplevko, and T. Y. Grechkina The most ancient Early Neolithic site Baibek in Lower Volga region (the south Russia region) 16:00–16:10 Sergey Telezhenko, Problems of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the central segment of the Seversky Donets River (eastern Ukraine) 16:12–16:22 A. Mazurkevich Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Eastern Europe 16:24–16:34 Marek Nowak, Mirosław Zając, and Justyna Zakrzeńska The Late Mesolithic in western Little Poland. Watchers or participants of the Neolithisation? 16:34–17:00 Discussion 17:00–17:15 COFFEE BREAK 17:15–17:25 Svea Mahlstedt Wetland sites in a dry land area – A survey for Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic sites in and around Lake Zwischenahner Meer, north-western Germany 17:27–17:37 Erwin Meylemans, Joris Sergant, Yves Perdaen, Jan Bastiaens, Koen Deforce, Anton Ervynck, An Lentacker, Annelies Storme, Wim Van Neer, and Philippe Crombé Forager- farmer contacts in the Scheldt basin (Flanders, Belgium), in the late sixth to early fifth millennia BC. New evidence from the site ‘Bazel- Sluis’ 17:39–17:49 Christopher Meiklejohn, Jeff Babb, and Rick J. Schulting Sea level and site distribution in the Mesolithic and Early Neolithic: Application of new bathymetric software to analysis of human skeletal material 17:51–18:01 Nyree Finlay On a dark tide: Shell middens, seasons and the social side of the MesolithicNeolithic transition in western Scotland 18:03–18:13 Gytis Piličiauskas, Tosha Dupras, Giedrė Piličiauskienė, Rimantas Jankauskas, and Mantas Daubaras Revisiting Lithuanian Late Mesolithic–Early Bronze Age (ca. 7000–1000 cal. BC) human remains: Chronology and palaeodiet 18:15–18:25 Anna-Karin Andersson, Looking East – Another story 18:27–18:37 Kerkko Nordqvist, and Aivar Kriiska Mesolithic–Neolithic transition in the eastern part of the Baltic Sea 18:39–18:49 Tom Carlsson Perspectives on the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Östergötland, eastern middle Sweden 18:51–19:01 Dag Erik Færø Olsen The Early Neolithic transition in southern Norway. Cylindrical blade technology as an indicator of change 19:03–19:13 Jadranka Verdonkschot A liquid concept of the terms Neolithic transition and Mesolithic continuity 19:13–19:30 Discussion 19

Faculty of Philosophy Room 3 (TBC) MONOGRAPHIC SESSION 3 THE STUDY OF TECHNOLOGY AS A KEY TO UNDERSTANDING PIONEER MOVEMENTS – A NORTH-WEST EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE (8 presentations) Organized and chaired by: Tuija Rankama, Jarmo Kankaanpää, Mikkel Sørensen, and Kjel Knutsson 8:30–8:40 Tuija Rankama, Jarmo Kankaanpää, Mikkel Sørensen, and Kjel Knutsson The study of technology as a key to understanding pioneer movements – A north-west European Perspective 8:42–8:52 Tuija Rankama, and Jarmo Kankaanpää Chaîne opératoire in Post-Swiderian blade industries 8:54–9:04 Hege Damlien The pioneer settlement of Scandinavia and its aftermath: New evidence from western Scandinavia 9:06–9:16 Mikkel Sørensen Analyzing lithic blade technologies from morphological blade attributes by classification: Experiences and results from the Nordic Blade Technology Network 2009–2015 9:18–9:28 Niko Anttiroiko Sæleneshøgda – A reanalysis of a classical Phase II assemblage in northern Norway 9:30–9:40 Inger Marie Berg-Hansen Technological and social change in north-west Europe at the Pleistocene-Holocene transition 9:42–9:52 Daniel Gross, Steffen Berckhan, Nadine Hauschild, Benjamin Molzahn, Anna-Lena Räder, and Anne Sohst Pinnberg 7 – A multilevel site from northern Germany seen from a technological perspective 9:54–10:04 Michel Guinard Evidence of Middle and Late Mesolithic blade technology in southern Norrland, Sweden 10:04–10:30 Discussion

MONOGRAPHIC SESSION 4 FROM THE JOMON TO STAR CARR REVISITED (8 presentations) Organized and chaired by: Simon Kaner and Oliver Craig

10:30–10:40 Oliver Craig, Yastami Nishida, Shin’ya Shoda, and Yasuhiro Taniguchi Food crusts and Jomon pottery 10:42–10:52 Gary Crawford Jomon human ecology for the 21st century

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11:15–11:25 Junko Habu Jomon and small-scale economies 11:27–11:37 Don Henson Public perceptions and engagement with the Jomon and the Mesolithic 11:39–11:49 Liliana Janik Defining Mesolithic art: Examples from northeastern Europe and Jomon Japan 11:51–12:01 Simon Kaner From the Jomon to Star Carr: Riverine archaeologies and a history of entangled relationships between Europe and East Asia 12:03–12:13 Makoto Tomii A new perspective on prehistoric sensibility: A case-study of embedded pottery in Mesolithic structures 12:15–12:25 Ken’ichi Yano, and Oki Nakamura The Jomon of western Japan and European Mesolithic parallels 12:25–13:00 Discussion

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FRIDAY 18 September 2015 Main Auditorium of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences SOCIAL RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS (12 presentations) Chairs: Chantal Conneller and Robert Whallon 8:30–8:40 Barbara Cvitkušić, and Dario Vujević Role of personal ornaments: Vlakno Cave (Croatia) 8:42–8:52 Adina Boroneanț, and Clive Bonsall Personal ornaments in the Final Palaeolithic and Mesolithic of the Iron Gates 8:54–9:04 Emanuela Cristiani, Dušan Borić, and Bojana Mihailović Ornaments from Lepenski Vir: Technological choices and traditions 9:06–9:16 Robert Carracedo, Marta Cintas, Albert García, Assumpció Vila, and Jordi Estévez Approach to the origin of asymmetrical social relationships between men and women by the study of PalaeolithicMesolithic ideological contexts 9:08–9:18 Olívia Figueiredo, Cláudia Umbelino, João Cascalheira, Rita Dias, Marina Évora, Célia Gonçalves, João Marreiros, Patrícia Monteiro, Eduardo Paixão, Telmo Pereira, and Nuno Bicho Can the dead be heard? Social implications from the Muge complex burials (Central Portugal) 9:20–9:30 Eduardo Paixão, Telmo Pereira, João Marreiros, João Cascalhera, Nuno Bicho, Rita Dias, Célia Gonçalves, Patrícia Monteiro, Olivia Figueiredo, and Cláudia Umbelino Specific rocks for specific tools to specific people in Cabeço da Amoreira, Muge, Portugal 9:32–9:40 Mathilda Kjällquist Cultural contacts during the late Boreal and early Atlantic by the Baltic coast of Sweden. An example from Norje Sunnansund, a coastal settlement during the Maglemosian period 9:42–9:52 Aivar Kriiska, and Dmitriy Gerasimov The Late Mesolithic in the eastern part of the Baltic Sea: Initial coastal settlement between the Riga and Vyborg bays 9:54–10:04 Douglas T. Price, and Lars Larsson Mesolithic mobility? Isotopic proveniencing at Skateholm and elsewhere 10:06–10:16 Elin Fornander Who lies there? A discussion of social relations at Kanaljorden, Motala, Sweden in light of aDNA and isotope analyses 10:18–10:28 Thomas Kador Hunter-gatherer mobility and the ‘scientific turn’ 10:30–10:40 Tomasz Płonka Net patterns in Mesolithic art of north-west Europe 10:40–11:00 Discussion 11:00–11:15 COFFEE BREAK CURRENT RESEAERCH (24 presentations) Chair: Nicky Milner and Clive Bonsall 11:15–11:25 Ana Abrunhosa, and A. Huet. B. Gonçalves Mesolithic movie stars 22

11:27–11:37 Vera Aldeias, and Shira Gur Arieh Shell we cook it? An experimental approach on cooking shellfish 11:39–11:49 Igor Bodganović, T. Palomo, R. Piqué, R. Rossillo, and X. Terradas The last foragers in NE of Iberian Peninsula: New evidences of human occupations during the sixth millennium BC 11:51–12:01 Eduardo Ramil Rego, Natividad Fuertes Prieto, Carlos Fernández Rodríguez, Eduardo González Gómez de Agüero, Pablo Ramil Rego, and Ana Neira Campos The Mesolithic in the northwest of Iberian Peninsula (Galicia, Spain): State of the art 12:03–12:13 Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti, David Cuenca-Solana, Asier García-Escárzaga, María Noval-Fonseca, and Manuel R. González-Morales Same old questions, new research strategies: Investigations at the Mesolithic shell midden sites of El Toral III and El Mazo (Asturias, northern Iberia) 12:15–12:25 Dušan Borić, Emanuela Cristiani, Zvezdana Vušović-Lučić, Nikola Borovinić, Dragana Filipović, Ethel Allué, and Ljilja Đuričić Holocene foraging in the Dinaric Alps: Current research on the Mesolithic of Montenegro 12:27–12:37 John Meadows, Alexandre Lucquin, Olga Lozovskaya, Vladimir Lozovski, Harald Lübke, and Ulrich Schmölcke Changing recipes? Interpreting organic residues in cooking pots from Zamostje 2, Russia 12:37–13:00 Discussion

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14:00–14:10 Marcin Chłoń Wierzchowo 6 a settlement of Sveardborg group in Drawskie Lake District, Poland. Re-examination 14:12–14:22 Elisabeth Noack, Geoff M. Smith, Nina-Maria Schlösser, and Radu Iovita New evidence of Early Mesolithic hunting injuries on animal bones from northern Germany 14:24–14:34 Julia Goldhammer, and Sönke Hartz Exploring early Ertebølle – Excavation and survey at a submerged site in the Kiel Bay, Baltic Sea, Germany 14:36–14:46 Kenneth Alexandersson, Anna-Karin Andersson, and Ludvig Papmehl-Dufay Archaeology on the island of Blå Jungfrun 14:48–14:58 Steinar Solheim, Guro Fossum, Lucia U. Koxvold, and John Asbjørn Havstein From log boats to rubber tires. The E18 Rugtvedt-Dørdal project, Telemark, Southern Norway 15:00–15:10 Leif Inge Åstveit, On higher ground – Mesolithic evidence from the Alpine and sub-Alpine areas of western and central Norway revisited 15:12–15:22 Daniel Gross, and Andre Wilke ArchER an open access and intuitive database for site comparison 15:24–15:34 Theis Zetner Trolle Jensen, Anders Fischer, and Matthew J. Collins Spearfishing in the Mesolithic and the application of Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) for the taxonomic identification of the raw material for southern Scandinavian bone points 15:34–15:50 Discussion 23

15:50–16:00 Catherine Dupont, and Grégor Marchand Domestic life by the ocean: Beg-er-Vil, ca. 6200– 6000 cal. BC 16:02–16:12 Tyra Standen Mesolithic human-environment interactions in the Bristol Channel region (UK) 16:22–16:32 Aimée Little, Matthew Collins, Chantal Conneller, Oliver Craig, Shannon Croft, and Charlotte C. A. Rowley Artifacts through the lens – A biographical and contextual approach in the Vale of Pickering 16:34–16:44 Ben Elliott, and Jon Hughes Sonic horizons of the Mesolithic: Exploring an Early Holocene landscape through sound 16:46–16:56 Don Henson Elusive, perplexing and peculiar? Presenting the Mesolithic to 21st century audiences

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17:15–17:25 Dene Wright Ongoing research at Coom Rig, Daer Valley, south Lanarkshire, Scotland 17:27–17:37 Selina Brace, Tom Booth, Zuzana Faltyskova, Yoan Diekmann, Ian Barnes Analysis of DNA extracted from human skeletons dating to the British Mesolithic 17:39–17:49 Cosimo Posth, Dorothée Drucker, Hervé Bocherens, Katerina Harvati, Nicholas Conard and Johannes Krause Genetic diversity of Mesolithic Europeans 17:50–18:30 Discussion 18:30–19:30 Selection of the host for the next MESO 2020 meeting 20:00: Gala Dinner

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MONDAY 14 September 2015 Faculty of Philosophy POSTERS (44 presentations) Artur Chubur Final Palaeolithic and Early Mesolithic on the Upper and Middle Desna Ivan Fedyunin Early Mesolithic site Plautino 2 in the Volga-Don interfluve Dragana Filipović, Ethel Allué, and Dušan Borić Wood charcoal and seed/fruit remains from Lepenski Vir Sandra Söderlind A Middle Mesolithic refitted tuff and porphyry blade production site in central Sweden André Lino, and Nuno Bicho Visual information in Cabeço da Amoreira, Muge (Portugal): Shell adornment technology Michał Adamczyk, and Justyna Orłowska Toward understanding of the Late Mesolithic in Pomeranian Bay Area Vitali Asheichyk, and Aliaksandr Vashanau The Mesolithic of Belarus: An outline Åstveit, Leif Inge, and Thomas Bruen Olsen 3D modeling of a Mesolithic quarry combining aerial and underwater photography Bernard Gilhooly Determining the durability of Mesolithic Irish shale axeheads Mohammed Alfatih Hayati A new discovery of Mesolithic sites in central Sudan Ahmed Hamid Nassr The end of the Palaeolithic and emergence of Neolithic (late prehistoric conceptions in Sudan) from the discoveries of Sabloka, north of Khartoum A.N. Bessudnov, and A.A. Bessudnov The problem of the Palaeolithic to Mesolithic transition on the Upper and Middle Don River (Central Russia) Emanuela Cristiani The HIDDEN FOODS project: Plant foods in Palaeolithic and Mesolithic societies of southeast Europe and Italy Shannon Croft Mesolithic hunter-gatherers at the micro scale: Lithic residue analysis at Star Carr and Flixtion Island, North Yorkshire Camilla Ekblom Who creates the Mesolithic? A discourse analysis of the public image of the Mesolithic in northern Scandinavia Therese Ekholm Dating animal bones from the early settlements in northern Scandinavia Anna Evatt Reconstructing Mesolithic burials: Examining changes of skeletal taphonomy and mortuary practices in Europe Juan F. Gibaja, Xavier Terradas, Maria Eulàlia Subirà, and Florence Alliése The Mesolithic site of El Collado (Oliva, Spain). A vision from the present Emmanuelle Fabre, and Benjamin Marquebielle The tools made of wild boar canine in the French Mesolithic: Technological and functional study 25

Miguel Ángel Fano, Esteban Álvarez-Fernández, and Miriam Cubas Marine resources beyond the Mesolithic? A critical thought from northern Iberia Célia Gonçalves, João Cascalheira, and Nuno Bicho GIS-based visibility studies in the Muge Valley shellmiddens: Implications for spatial and social organization Auréade Henry, and Thomas Perrin Mesolithic and Neolithic vegetation history and fuel use in the Grands Causses region: New charcoal data from Roquemissou (Aveyron, South-western France) Kolobova, Kseniya Anatolievna, and Andrey Krivoshapkin Innokentievich Early appearance of geometric microliths in Central Asia N.V. Kosorukova, M.A. Kulkova, T.V. Sapelko Reconstruction of environment in Mesolithic–Early Neolithic epoch on peat sites Pogostishe 14 and Karavaikha 4 (Vologodskaya oblast’ of Eastern Europe) Anabela Joaquinito Reading the geometric microlithic industry of Cabeço dos Morros shell Midden (Salvaterra de Magos, Portugal) Evgeniia Lychagina Late Mesolithic – Early Neolithic of the Kama region. Aspect of the Neolithisation process Anja Mansrud, and Carine Eymundsson “Fire walk with me” Hearths, tasks and mobility in the Early and Middle Mesolithic of eastern Norway Milutin Mićić, Exploring possibilities of 3D imaging software use in estimating cortical bone and dental roots thickness Nicky Milner, Chantal Conneller, Barry Taylor, Mike Bamforth, Simon Blockley, Ian Candy, Oliver Craig, Matthew Collins, Shannon Croft, Ben Elliott, Charles French, Donald Henson, Kirsty High, Becky Knight, Pete Langdon, Aimee Little, Ian Matthews, Terry O’Connor, Adrian Palmer, Ian Panter, Kirsty Penkman, Charlotte Rowley, and Maisie Taylor The POSTGLACIAL project Fredrik Molin, Göran Gruber, Peter Zetterlund, Linus Hagberg, and Ann Westermark Mesolithic settlement at Motala – expressions of centrality Andy Needham, and Aimée Little Bead working at Star Carr: Towards an understanding of production and use through the application of microscopic and actualistic experimental methods Andy Needham, Barry Taylor, and Amy Gray-Jones Preliminary analysis of an engraved ochre pebble from the Mesolithic site of Flixton School House, Vale of Pickering, North Yorkshire: A contribution to the understanding of ochre working in the British Mesolithic Hilkka Oksala, Late and post-glacial sequences of cultural landscapes in the ancient bottom of the Baltic Basin in Finnish Lapland Justyna Orłowska, and Grzegorz Osipowicz The Mesolithic stray finds of bone and antler artifacts – are they useful? Grzegorz Osipowicz, Ludowice 6 and Sąsieczno 4 – Two Mesolithic camps from Polish Lowland. Some clues for spatial organization and function

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Eduardo Paixão, João Marreiros, Juan F. Gibaja, Telmo Pereira, João Cascalheira, and Nuno Bicho Living and hunting during the Mesolithic in the Cabeço da Amoreira shellmidden (Muge, Portugal): Preliminary lithic use-wear analysis Galina Dmitrievna Pavlenok The problem of criteria for defining of the Mesolithic epoch in Transbaikal Rita Peyroteo-Stjerna The valleys of their lives: New isotopic data (δ13C, δ15N) on human bone collagen, Tagus (Muge) and Sado Valleys, Portugal Charlotte C. A. Rowley, Early Mesolithic lifeways at Flixton Island: Integrating scientific approaches to lithics and soils on ephemeral sites Svetlana Shnaider Vladimirovna Mesolithic in Western Part of Central Asia Laija Simponen, Petro Pesonen, Esa Hertell, Kristiina Mannermaa, Mikael A. Manninen, Noora Taipale , and Miikka Tallavaara The earliest pioneer settlement in eastern Finland: The Sarvinki-project and the Jokivarsi 1 site Michael Templer The evidence for how the Terminal Mesolithic peoples merged with the Neolithic migrants between the Aegean Basin, the Balkans and Adriatic Markus Wild Re-Analysis of Mesolithic Antler Frontlets from the North European Plain

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