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Preface – E. D’ERRICO E JOÃO ZILHÃO

“The Aurignacian”? Some thoughts – L. G. STRAUS

Constitution of the Aurignacian through Eurasia – M. OTTE E J. KOZLOWSKI

Europe during the early Upper Palaeolithic (40 000-30 000 BP): a synthesis – F. DJINDJIAN, J. KOZLOWSKI E F. BAZILE

“Standardization” in Upper Paleolithic ornaments at the coastal sites of Riparo Mochi and Üçagızlı cave – M. C. STINER

In what sense is the Levantine Initial Upper Paleolithic a “transitional” industry? – S. L. KUHN

The chronological and industrial variability of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in eastern Europe – V. CHABAI

The most ancient sites of Kostenki in the context of the Initial Upper Paleolithic of northern Eurasia – A. SINITSYN

Mamontovaya Kurya: an enigmatic, nearly 40 000 years old Paleolithic site in the Russian Arctic – J. I. SVENDSEN E P. PAVLOV

The Bohunician and the Aurignacian – J. SVOBODA

The early Upper Paleolithic occupations of Willendorf II (Lower Austria): a contribution to the chronostratigraphic and cultural context of the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic in Central Europe – P. HAESAERTS E N. TEYSSANDIER

The cultural context of the Aurignacian of the Swabian Jura – M. BOLUS

Chronostratigraphy and Archeological Context of the Aurignacian Deposits at Geißenklösterle – N. J. CONARD, G. DIPPON E P. GOLDBERG

Defining the earliest Aurignacian in the Swabian Alp: the relevance of the technological study of the Geissenklösterle (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) lithic and organic productions – N. TEYSSANDIER E D. LIOLIOS

Patterns of subsistence and settlement during the Aurignacian of the Swabian Jura, Germany – L. NIVEN

New evidence for the chronology of the Aurignacian and the question of Pleniglacial settlement in western central Europe – T. TERBERGER E M. STREET

Lithic taphonomy of the Châtelperronian/Aurignacian interstratifications in Roc de Combe and Le Piage (Lot, France) – J.-G. BORDES

Many awls in our argument. Bone tool manufacture and use in the Châtelperronian and Aurignacian levels of the Grotte du Renne at Arcy-sur-Cure – F. D’ERRICO, M. JULIEN, D. LIOLIOS, M. VANHAEREN E D. BAFFIER

Did they meet or not? Observations on Châtelperronian and Aurignacian settlement patterns in eastern France – H. FLOSS

The Châtelperronian of Grotte XVI, Cénac-et-Saint-Julien (Dordogne, France) – G. LUCAS, J.-PH. RIGAUD, J. SIMEK E M. SORESSI

Magnetic Susceptibility analysis of sediments at the Middle-Upper Paleolithic transition for two cave sites in northern Spain – F. HARROLD, B. ELLWOOD, P. THACKER E S. BENOIST

The chronology of the Aurignacian and Transitional technocomplexes. Where do we stand? – J. ZILHÃO E F. D’ERRICO

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