List of Neanderthal sites
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This is a list of archeological sites where remains or tools of Neanderthals were found.
- Western Europe north of the Alps and Pyrenees
- Ehringsdorf (Germany) Protoneanderthals
- Engis (Belgium) Protoneanderthals
- La Naulette (Belgium) Classic Neanderthals
- Neander Valley (Germany) Classic Neanderthals
- Northsea shore, (Netherlands) Classic Neanderthals
- Salzgitter-Lebenstedt (Germany) Classic Neanderthals
- Sclayn (Belgium) Protoneanderthals
- Spy-sur-l'Orneau (Belgium) Classic Neanderthals
- Veldwezelt-Hezerwater (Belgium) Protoneanderthals
- Bontnewydd, Llanelwy (Wales) Proto-Neanderthals. Most northwesterly hominid remains of this early age (230,000 BP) in Eurasia.[1]
- La Cotte de St Brelade (Jersey)
- Arcy-sur-Cure (France) Classic Neanderthals
- Bau de l'Aubesier (France) Protoneanderthals
- Biache-Saint-Vaast (France) Protoneanderthals
- Combe Grenal (France) Protoneanderthals
- La Chaise (France) Protoneanderthals
- La Chapelle-aux-Saints (France) Classic Neanderthals
- La Ferrassie (France) Classic Neanderthals
- La Quina (France) Classic Neanderthals
- Le Moustier (France) Classic Neanderthals
- Les Rochers-de-Villeneuve (France) Classic Neanderthals
- Moula-Guercy (France) Classic Neanderthals
- Regourdou (France) Classic Neanderthals
- St-Césaire (France) Classic Neanderthals
- Iberian Peninsula
- L'Arbreda (Spain) Classic Neanderthals
- Axlor (Spain) Classic Neanderthals
- Banyoles (Catalonia, Spain) Classic Neanderthals
- Carihuela (Andalucia, Spain) Classic Neanderthals
- Figueira Brava (Arrabida Mountains, Portugal) Classic Neanderthals
- Côa Valley (Portugal) Classic Neanderthals
- Zafarraya (Granada, Spain) Classic Neanderthals
- Gibraltar Classic Neanderthals
- Cueva Negra (Region of Murcia, Spain) Protoneanderthals
- Sima de las Palomas (Region of Murcia, Spain) Protoneanderthals
- Abrigo do Lagar Velho (Leiria, Portugal)
- Cueva del Sidrón (Asturias, Spain) Classic Neanderthals
- Apennine Peninsula
- Monte Circeo (Italy) Protoneanderthals
- Saccopastore (Italy) Classic Neanderthals
- Balkan Peninsula
- Krapina (Croatia) Transition Neanderthals
- Vindija Cave (Croatia)
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Divje Babe (Slovenia) Classic Neanderthals
- Gánovce (Slovakia) Protoneanderthals
- Kůlna (Czech Republic) Transition Neanderthals
- Mezmaiskaya Cave (Russia) Classic Neanderthals
- Ochoz (Slovakia) Transition Neanderthals
- Šaľa (Slovakia) Transition Neanderthals
- Šipka (Czech Republic) Transition Neanderthals
- Staroselje (Ukraine) Transition Neanderthals
- Kiik-Koba (Ukraine) Transition Neanderthals
- Southwest Asia
- Amud (Israel) Transition Neanderthals
- Behistun (Iran) Transition Neanderthals
- Darra-e Kur (Badakhshan, Afghanistan) Transition Neanderthals[2]
- Dederiyeh (Syria) Classic Neanderthals[3]
- Douara Cave (Syria) Classic Neanderthals[4]
- Galilea (Israel) Transition Neanderthals
- Jagca Koy (Turkey) Transition Neanderthals
- Kebara (Israel) Classic Neanderthals
- Mugharet et-Skhul (Israel) Transition Neanderthals
- Mugharet ez-Zuttiyeh (Israel)
- Shanidar (Iraq) Transition Neanderthals
- Tabun (Israel) Protoneanderthals
- Central Asia
- Teshik-Tash (Uzbekistan) Transition Neanderthals
- Aman-Kutan (Uzbekistan) Transition Neanderthals
- Okladnikov cave (Siberia)
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[edit] References
- ^ "Gathering the Jewels". Early Neanderthal jaw fragment, c. 230,000 years old. Culturenet Cymru. 2008. http://www.gtj.org.uk/en/small/item/GTJ27306/. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
- ^ Afghanistan (History: Prehistory), Encyclopaedia Britannica (2011)
- ^ Lynne Schepartz, Antiquity, Sep 2004, Review of Takeru Akazawa & Sultan Muhesen eds, Neanderthal burials: excavations of the Dederiyeh Cave, Afrin, Syria, Auckland, 2003
- ^ Takeru Akazawa and Yutaka Sakaguchi eds, PALEOLITHIC SITE OF DOUARA CAVE AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF PALMYRA BASIN IN SYRIA, The University Museum, University of Tokyo, Bulletin No. 29, Part IV: 1984 Excavations
[edit] External links
- Divje Babe Neanderthal Flute found in Divje Babe site, Slovenia.
