colonization of northern europe

From: Tedd Jacobs (Jacobs_at_mail.boisestate.edu)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:42:45 -0600

The Pleistocene colonization of northeastern Europe: a report on recent
research.

    Pavel Pavlov, (Department of Archaeology, Institute of Language,
Literature & History, Komi Sciene Centre, Ural Division, Russian Academy of
Sciences),
    Wil Roebroeks, (Department of Archaeology, Leiden University),
    John Inge Svendsen, (Department of Earth Science)

Journal of Human Evolution, Volume 47, Issues 1-2, July-August 2004, Pages
3-17

Received 29 January 2004; accepted 4 May 2004. Available online 20 July
2004.

Abstract:
Recent studies have shown that northeastern Europe was occupied by humans
significantly earlier than previously thought. Some traces of human presence
in the European Arctic even date back to about 35-40 ka. This paper
discusses the Middle and early Upper Palaeolithic (EUP) assemblages from
this area within the local context of their environmental characteristics,
as well as their implications for our views on the occupational history of
northern environments