ID:
S_084/145
PalaeoHome and Beyond: Global Perspectives on the Lower Palaeolithic
Lead Convener
Kumar Akhilesh Sharma Centre for Heritage Education, No. 4, School Road, Sholinganallore, Chennai 600119, Tamil Nadu, India. akhilarchaeo@gmail.com & Shanti Pappu Sharma Centre for Heritage Education, No. 4, School Road, Sholinganallore, Chennai 600119, Tamil Nadu, India. pappu.shanti@gmail.com; sche@sharmaheritage.in
Co Convener(s)
Prachi Joshi Sharma Centre for Heritage Education, No. 4, School Road, Sholinganallore, Chennai 600119, Tamil Nadu, India. prachinjo@gmail.com Yanni Gunnell Department of Geography, Université Lumière Lyon 2, CNRS UMR 5600, France. yanni.gunnell@univ-lyon2.fr Anupama Krishnamurthy French Institute of Pondicherry, Puducherry, India. anupama.k@ifpindia.org Doris Barboni French Institute of Pondicherry, Puducherry, India. doris.barboni@ifpindia.org Vandana Prasad Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeoscienes, Lucknow, India (retd). prasad.van@gmail.com Mohamed Sahnouni National Center for Research on Human Evolution (CENIEH) Paseo Sierra de Atapuerca, 3. 09002 Burgos, Spain. mohamed.sahnouni@cenieh.es Sileshi Semaw, National Center for Research on Human Evolution (CENIEH) Paseo Sierra de Atapuerca, 3. 09002 Burgos, Spain. sileshi.semaw@cenieh.es Razika Chelli Cheheb, Centre National de Recherches Préhistoriques, Anthropologiques et Historiques (CNRPAH), Algeria. razika.chelli@gmail.com
Session Keywords
Pleistocene, Chronology, Palaeoenvironment, Migration, Hominins, Lower Palaeolithic
Commission
HABCOM
Abstract Category
Geoarcheology
Session Description
The PalaeoHome INQUA-HABCOM project unites experts to explore multiple facets of the Lower Palaeolithic (Early to Middle Pleistocene). Here, we join with other experts to debate themes relating to: 1. What’s New in the Lower Palaeolithic?: recent discoveries; 2. Time and Space: geochronology and implications for migrations, cultural origins, transitions and endings 3. Hominins and Habitats: palaeoenvironments and landscape evolution, hominin niches, site formation and geoarchaeology; 4. Origins and Endings: cultural and technological trajectories, debating spatial variability in Oldowan/Mode 1 and Acheulian/Mode 2; 5. Behaviour and Biology: hominin behavioural variability as reflected in lithic, bone and wood technologies; experimental archaeology and other sources for analogy construction; 6. Nomenclatures: evolution of nomenclatures relating to cultural phases and tool types, and implications. 7. Public Outreach: pedagogies and policies for rescue archaeology and sustainable conservation. The outcome would seek to be published and to generate networks for comparative studies.
