Annual Report from the Chair of the GfU for 2022

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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

Please direct any questions to N.J. Conard, M. Bolus or a member of the editorial board.

Editor-in-Chief

Nicholas J. Conard

Editor

Michael Bolus

Editorial Board

Shara Bailey (New York) François Bon (Toulouse) Ariane Burke (Montreal) Katja Douze (Geneva) Clive Gamble (London) Sabine Gaudzinski-­Windheuser (Mainz) Katerina Harvati (Tübingen) Jean-­Jacques Hublin (Leipzig) Robert L. Kelly (Laramie, Wyoming) Johannes Krause (Leipzig/Tübingen) Steven L. Kuhn (Tucson) Foni Le Brun­-Ricalens (Luxemburg) Feng Li (Beijing) Christopher E. Miller (Tübingen) Philip Nigst (Vienna) Akira Ono (Tokyo) Marco Peresani (Ferrara) Guillaume Porraz (Aix-­en­-Provence) Jürgen Richter (Köln) Simone Riehl (Tübingen) Florent Rivals (Tarragona) Wil Roebroeks (Leiden) Veerle Rots (Liège) Britt M. Starkovich (Tübingen) Thorsten Uthmeier (Erlangen) Pawel Valde-­Nowak (Krakow) Lyn Wadley (Johannesburg) " ["post_title"]=> string(56) "Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte, Vol. 31" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(97) "Date of publication: September 7, 2023 with contributions in English and German" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(54) "mitteilungen-der-gesellschaft-fuer-urgeschichte-vol-31" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2023-09-13 19:20:52" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2023-09-13 17:20:52" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(84) "https://kernsverlag.com/book/mitteilungen-der-gesellschaft-fuer-urgeschichte-vol-31/" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(7) "product" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } }
Das Vereinsjahr 2021/22 gestaltete sich trotz Einschränkungen durch die Pandemie gut.

Annual Excursion of the GFU to Northern and Central Germany, September 25 – October 02, 2022

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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

Please direct any questions to N.J. Conard, M. Bolus or a member of the editorial board.

Editor-in-Chief

Nicholas J. Conard

Editor

Michael Bolus

Editorial Board

Shara Bailey (New York) François Bon (Toulouse) Ariane Burke (Montreal) Katja Douze (Geneva) Clive Gamble (London) Sabine Gaudzinski-­Windheuser (Mainz) Katerina Harvati (Tübingen) Jean-­Jacques Hublin (Leipzig) Robert L. Kelly (Laramie, Wyoming) Johannes Krause (Leipzig/Tübingen) Steven L. Kuhn (Tucson) Foni Le Brun­-Ricalens (Luxemburg) Feng Li (Beijing) Christopher E. Miller (Tübingen) Philip Nigst (Vienna) Akira Ono (Tokyo) Marco Peresani (Ferrara) Guillaume Porraz (Aix-­en­-Provence) Jürgen Richter (Köln) Simone Riehl (Tübingen) Florent Rivals (Tarragona) Wil Roebroeks (Leiden) Veerle Rots (Liège) Britt M. Starkovich (Tübingen) Thorsten Uthmeier (Erlangen) Pawel Valde-­Nowak (Krakow) Lyn Wadley (Johannesburg) " ["post_title"]=> string(56) "Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte, Vol. 31" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(97) "Date of publication: September 7, 2023 with contributions in English and German" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(54) "mitteilungen-der-gesellschaft-fuer-urgeschichte-vol-31" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2023-09-13 19:20:52" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2023-09-13 17:20:52" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(84) "https://kernsverlag.com/book/mitteilungen-der-gesellschaft-fuer-urgeschichte-vol-31/" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(7) "product" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } }
Die Exkursion 2022 umfasste thematisch die menschliche Evolution vom Paläolithikum bis ins Neolithikum. Sie ermöglichte uns weiterhin einen Einblick in die Zeit der Germanen, der Wikinger und die der Slawen im frühen Mittelalter.

Renaturation of the Schöningen Opencast Mine with Various Megaherbivores in the Form of Different Landscape and Climate Change Scenarios

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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

Please direct any questions to N.J. Conard, M. Bolus or a member of the editorial board.

Editor-in-Chief

Nicholas J. Conard

Editor

Michael Bolus

Editorial Board

Shara Bailey (New York) François Bon (Toulouse) Ariane Burke (Montreal) Katja Douze (Geneva) Clive Gamble (London) Sabine Gaudzinski-­Windheuser (Mainz) Katerina Harvati (Tübingen) Jean-­Jacques Hublin (Leipzig) Robert L. Kelly (Laramie, Wyoming) Johannes Krause (Leipzig/Tübingen) Steven L. Kuhn (Tucson) Foni Le Brun­-Ricalens (Luxemburg) Feng Li (Beijing) Christopher E. Miller (Tübingen) Philip Nigst (Vienna) Akira Ono (Tokyo) Marco Peresani (Ferrara) Guillaume Porraz (Aix-­en­-Provence) Jürgen Richter (Köln) Simone Riehl (Tübingen) Florent Rivals (Tarragona) Wil Roebroeks (Leiden) Veerle Rots (Liège) Britt M. Starkovich (Tübingen) Thorsten Uthmeier (Erlangen) Pawel Valde-­Nowak (Krakow) Lyn Wadley (Johannesburg) " ["post_title"]=> string(56) "Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte, Vol. 31" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(97) "Date of publication: September 7, 2023 with contributions in English and German" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(54) "mitteilungen-der-gesellschaft-fuer-urgeschichte-vol-31" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2023-09-13 19:20:52" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2023-09-13 17:20:52" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(84) "https://kernsverlag.com/book/mitteilungen-der-gesellschaft-fuer-urgeschichte-vol-31/" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(7) "product" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } }
This paper examines a renaturation of the former Schöningen opencast lignite mine into a wilderness area. Megaherbivores are to be used to maintain an open landscape.

On the Status of the Boar Tooth Artifact from the Backdirt of Vogelherd

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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

Please direct any questions to N.J. Conard, M. Bolus or a member of the editorial board.

Editor-in-Chief

Nicholas J. Conard

Editor

Michael Bolus

Editorial Board

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During the course of the excavations in the backdirt of Vogelherd in 2008, the crew recovered a tusk of a boar preserving clear signs of anthropogenic modification.

Where are the Immigrants? Questions about the Demographic Underpinnings of Late Pleistocene Cultural Changes in Western Europe

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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

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Editor-in-Chief

Nicholas J. Conard

Editor

Michael Bolus

Editorial Board

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Prevailing interpretations of late glacial “azilianization” processes in western Europe emphasize the role of adaptive responses to environmental changes by Late Epigravettian and Late Magdalenian populations.

New Perspectives on the Behavioral Patterns of Early Modern Humans from the Japanese Islands

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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

Please direct any questions to N.J. Conard, M. Bolus or a member of the editorial board.

Editor-in-Chief

Nicholas J. Conard

Editor

Michael Bolus

Editorial Board

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This paper presents archaeological research of the Early Upper Paleolithic in the Japanese Islands, introducing the findings of recent research there into early modern humans.

Tracking Early Hominin Foraging Behavior at DS Site (Bed I, Olduvai Gorge)

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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

Please direct any questions to N.J. Conard, M. Bolus or a member of the editorial board.

Editor-in-Chief

Nicholas J. Conard

Editor

Michael Bolus

Editorial Board

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Academic discussions about African Early Stone Age site formation, animal carcass acquisition by hominins, the regularity of meat consumption or the use of central places have mainly relied on taphonomic studies of a few archaeofaunal assemblages, such as FLK Zinj (1.84 Ma ago, Olduvai Gorge Bed I, Tanzania).

Laudation: Dr. Lucía Cobo-Sánchez, Twenty-fourth Recipient of the Tübingen Prize for Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology

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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

Please direct any questions to N.J. Conard, M. Bolus or a member of the editorial board.

Editor-in-Chief

Nicholas J. Conard

Editor

Michael Bolus

Editorial Board

Shara Bailey (New York) François Bon (Toulouse) Ariane Burke (Montreal) Katja Douze (Geneva) Clive Gamble (London) Sabine Gaudzinski-­Windheuser (Mainz) Katerina Harvati (Tübingen) Jean-­Jacques Hublin (Leipzig) Robert L. Kelly (Laramie, Wyoming) Johannes Krause (Leipzig/Tübingen) Steven L. Kuhn (Tucson) Foni Le Brun­-Ricalens (Luxemburg) Feng Li (Beijing) Christopher E. Miller (Tübingen) Philip Nigst (Vienna) Akira Ono (Tokyo) Marco Peresani (Ferrara) Guillaume Porraz (Aix-­en­-Provence) Jürgen Richter (Köln) Simone Riehl (Tübingen) Florent Rivals (Tarragona) Wil Roebroeks (Leiden) Veerle Rots (Liège) Britt M. Starkovich (Tübingen) Thorsten Uthmeier (Erlangen) Pawel Valde-­Nowak (Krakow) Lyn Wadley (Johannesburg) " ["post_title"]=> string(56) "Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte, Vol. 31" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(97) "Date of publication: September 7, 2023 with contributions in English and German" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(54) "mitteilungen-der-gesellschaft-fuer-urgeschichte-vol-31" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2023-09-13 19:20:52" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2023-09-13 17:20:52" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(84) "https://kernsverlag.com/book/mitteilungen-der-gesellschaft-fuer-urgeschichte-vol-31/" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(7) "product" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } }
Ladies and gentlemen, Dean Stehle, representatives of Romina EiszeitQuell, dear colleagues, students, and friends of the Institute, dear Dr. Cobo-Sánchez, it is a great honor and pleasure for me to introduce the 24th laureate of the Tübingen Prize for Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology.

Foreword

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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

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Editor-in-Chief

Nicholas J. Conard

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Michael Bolus

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Shara Bailey (New York) François Bon (Toulouse) Ariane Burke (Montreal) Katja Douze (Geneva) Clive Gamble (London) Sabine Gaudzinski-­Windheuser (Mainz) Katerina Harvati (Tübingen) Jean-­Jacques Hublin (Leipzig) Robert L. Kelly (Laramie, Wyoming) Johannes Krause (Leipzig/Tübingen) Steven L. Kuhn (Tucson) Foni Le Brun­-Ricalens (Luxemburg) Feng Li (Beijing) Christopher E. Miller (Tübingen) Philip Nigst (Vienna) Akira Ono (Tokyo) Marco Peresani (Ferrara) Guillaume Porraz (Aix-­en­-Provence) Jürgen Richter (Köln) Simone Riehl (Tübingen) Florent Rivals (Tarragona) Wil Roebroeks (Leiden) Veerle Rots (Liège) Britt M. Starkovich (Tübingen) Thorsten Uthmeier (Erlangen) Pawel Valde-­Nowak (Krakow) Lyn Wadley (Johannesburg) " ["post_title"]=> string(56) "Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte, Vol. 31" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(97) "Date of publication: September 7, 2023 with contributions in English and German" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(54) "mitteilungen-der-gesellschaft-fuer-urgeschichte-vol-31" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2023-09-13 19:20:52" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2023-09-13 17:20:52" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(84) "https://kernsverlag.com/book/mitteilungen-der-gesellschaft-fuer-urgeschichte-vol-31/" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(7) "product" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } }
Mit diesem Heft erscheint in bewährter Kooperation mit dem Tübinger Kerns Verlag Band 31 der Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte (MGfU).

Annual Excursion of the GfU to Southwestern France, August 29 to September 5, 2021

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Michael Bolus

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Die Freude war groß, als diese Exkursion tatsächlich stattfinden konnte, denn sie war schon für das Jahr 2020 geplant, musste aber wegen der Corona-Pandemie ins Folgejahr und dann nochmals vom traditionellen Pfingsttermin auf den Spätsommer verschoben werden.

Annual Report from the Chair of the GfU for 2021

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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

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Editor-in-Chief

Nicholas J. Conard

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Michael Bolus

Editorial Board

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Das vergangene Jahr war seit Juli 2020 überschattet von der COVID-19 Pandemie. Die Aktivitäten der GfU waren dadurch sehr eingeschränkt.

On the Reconstruction of the Mammoth Ivory Flute from Geißenklösterle Cave. A Field Report

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Seit der Entdeckung der Flöten aus den Aurignacien-Schichten der Höhlen auf der Schwäbischen Alb beschäftigt sich der Autor mit der Rekonstruktion dieser bislang ältesten Musikinstrumente der Welt. Der folgende Bericht beschreibt die Erfahrungen, die bei der Arbeit gesammelt werden konnten, am Beispiel des jüngsten Nachbaus der Mammutelfenbeinflöte aus dem Geißenklösterle.

Traces of Life in Prehistoric Artifacts – Obituary for Linda Rae Owen (* 31.01.1952, † 26.02.2021)

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On February 26, 2021, the well-known prehistorian Linda Rae Owen (Fig 1) died after a severe corona illness at the age of 69; she lived in her third marriage to Dr. Artur Zimmermann in Feldkirchen-Westerham, Bavaria.

The Adventurous Way of the Vogelherd Figurines – From their Discovery until Today

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Editor-in-Chief

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Michael Bolus

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The prehistorian Gustav Riek excavated the Vogelherd figurines in the Vogelherd Cave near Niederstotzingen in 1931. Riek obviously had a strong bond with the figurines. They are among the oldest figurative artworks worldwide. We discuss their discovery.

Book Review: Coping with Risk Through Seasonal Behavioural Strategies

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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

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Editor-in-Chief

Nicholas J. Conard

Editor

Michael Bolus

Editorial Board

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The author Dr. Markus Wild presents, in a comprehensive monograph, his study on the socioeconomic behavior of the hunter-gatherer human groups inhabiting northwestern Europe within the late Upper Paleolithic. More precisely, he focuses on the two major cultural entities of this period, the Hamburgian and the Final Magdalenian, by analyzing from a technological viewpoint the rich reindeer antler assemblage from northwestern Europe.

Dental Wear Evidence for Browsing and Grazing Dietary Traits in the Giant Deer from the Late Pleistocene of Central Europe

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Editor-in-Chief

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Michael Bolus

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Shara Bailey (New York) François Bon (Toulouse) Ariane Burke (Montreal) Katja Douze (Geneva) Clive Gamble (London) Sabine Gaudzinski­Windheuser (Mainz) Katerina Harvati (Tübingen) Jean­Jacques Hublin (Leipzig) Robert L. Kelly (Laramie, Wyoming) Johannes Krause (Leipzig/Tübingen) Steven L. Kuhn (Tucson) Foni Le Brun­Ricalens (Luxemburg) Feng Li (Beijing) Christopher E. Miller (Tübingen) Philip Nigst (Vienna) Akira Ono (Tokyo) Marco Peresani (Ferrara) Guillaume Porraz (Aix­en­Provence) Jürgen Richter (Köln) Simone Riehl (Tübingen) Florent Rivals (Tarragona) Wil Roebroeks (Leiden) Veerle Rots (Liège) Britt M. Starkovich (Tübingen) Thorsten Uthmeier (Erlangen) Pawel Valde­Nowak (Krakow) Lyn Wadley (Johannesburg)" ["post_title"]=> string(56) "Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte, Vol. 30" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(83) "available 01 August 2022 with contributions in English and German" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(55) "mitteilungen-der-gesellschaft-fuer-urgeschichte-band-30" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2023-08-30 20:07:06" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2023-08-30 18:07:06" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(85) "https://kernsverlag.com/book/mitteilungen-der-gesellschaft-fuer-urgeschichte-band-30/" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(7) "product" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } }
The paleoecology of the giant deer (Megaloceros giganteus), including its dietary preferences, is poorly known, mainly because reconstructions based on morphological characteristics have produced contradictory results.

The Cultural and Chronostratigraphic Context of a New Leaf Point from Hohle Fels Cave in the Ach Valley of Southwestern Germany

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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

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During the summer of 2020 the excavation team at Hohle Fels Cave in the Ach Valley of southwestern Germany recovered a leaf point (in German Blattspitze) made from gray Jurassic chert. The find is well-preserved and remarkable for a number of reasons.

The role of Plant Foods in the evolution and Dispersal of early Humans: A Perspective from Across the Wallace Line

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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

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Editor-in-Chief

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Michael Bolus

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In recent years, new evidence for the early use of plant foods has challenged the stereotype of the meat-eating Paleolithic. Whilst often making up the smaller component of the diet, plant foods are key to hominin diets, carbohydrates especially providing an efficient energy resource.

Laudation: Dr. Stephanie Anna Florin, Twenty-Third Recipient of the Tübingen Prize for Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology

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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

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Editor-in-Chief

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Dear Dr. Florin, representatives of the Romina Mineralbrunnen GmbH, Prof. Fortágh, Prof. Conard and colleagues of the Institute for Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, and Anna’s friends who are joining her award ceremony digitally today.

Foreword

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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

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Editor-in-Chief

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Editor

Michael Bolus

Editorial Board

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Mit Band 30 liegen nun zum zweiten Mal die Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte (MGfU) in neuer Aufmachung vor. Das neue Layout ist bei zahlreichen Autor*innen sowie Leser*innen sowohl aus der breiten Öffentlichkeit als auch dem Kreis der Kolleg*innen auf sehr positive Resonanz gestoßen.