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Conclusions: Landscapes, Campsites, Time, and Neanderthal Behavior

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High Resolution Archaeology and Neanderthal Behavior

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The goal of this final chapter is to dicuss some issues raised by the study of Abric Romaní level J. We will focus our attention on three main questions: the adaptation of Neanderthals to their environment through subsistence strategies and settlement patterns; the characterization of Abric Romaní as a residential site; and the consequences of time resolution on assemblage formation and archeological interpretation.

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We would like to express our gratitude to all the people who have participated in the archeological works at Abric Romaní since the discovery of the site in 1909. We thank also the institutions and companies that supported the excavations and the research projects. Our special thanks go to Sally McBrearty and Eric Delson for reviewing the first draft of this chapter. This chapter also benefited from helpful comments by and discussions with the authors of the other chapters included in this book. We thank all of them.

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Vaquero, M., Allué, E., Vallverdú-Poch, J. (2012). Conclusions: Landscapes, Campsites, Time, and Neanderthal Behavior. In: Carbonell i Roura, E. (eds) High Resolution Archaeology and Neanderthal Behavior. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3922-2_10

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