Praehistoria 2

This volume illustrates the world-wide character of Prehistory with 6 papers in English and 6 in French. Europe is represented by site studies (Payre in South-east France by M.-H. Moncel, Mitoc-Malu Galben in East Rumania by V. Chirica and M. V?leanu), as well as by regional syntheses (Pavlovian by J. Svoboda, Magdalenian by M. Lenoir). The Asian continent is represented by V. Ranovs work on the loess sequences of Southern Tadjikistan and S. Pappus paper on the results of recent Palaeolithic research of South India. P.-J. Texiers study on the lithic technology of the early African Palaeolithic completes the Old World, at the same time it also shows the importance of experimental flint knapping for the understanding of early human technological behaviour. The New World is represented by the article written by E. Leon Canales on the Paijanian industry of Northern Peru. Another way of studying peoples of prehistoric times is the origin of languages. Applying new approaches A. Kuennaps paper criticizes theories about the origin and contacts of Uralic languages. By publishing the last three contributions, the review Praehistoria is engaged in being a forum for discussing methodological problems of museums and archaeological parks presenting the results of prehistoric research. S. Maury introduces the PIP project (Pole International de Préhistoire) for valorising the archaeological heritage of the Vézère valley in south-western France. The Museum of Blaubeuren, presented by S. Kölbl and N. J. Conard, plays a similar role in the Swabian Jura (south Germany), famous for its Palaeolithic cave sites, such as Geissenklösterle and Hohle Fels. In Hungary, the Archaeological Park of Százhalombatta performs the complex reconstruction of Bronze and Iron Age life and death in the region (houses, tumuli and natural environment) as recognized by archaeological evidences (E. Jerem et al). This volume illustrates the world-wide character of Prehistory with 6 papers in English and 6 in French. Europe is represented by site studies (Payre in South-east France by M.-H. Moncel, Mitoc-Malu Galben in East Rumania by V. Chirica and M. V?leanu), as well as by regional syntheses (Pavlovian by J. Svoboda, Magdalenian by M. Lenoir). The Asian continent is represented by V. Ranovs work on the loess sequences of Southern Tadjikistan and S. Pappus paper on the results of recent Palaeolithic research of South India. P.-J. Texiers study on the lithic technology of the early African Palaeolithic completes the Old World, at the same time it also shows the importance of experimental flint knapping for the understanding of early human technological behaviour. The New World is represented by the article written by E. Leon Canales on the Paijanian industry of Northern Peru. Another way of studying peoples of prehistoric times is the origin of languages. Applying new approaches A. Kuennaps paper criticizes theories about the origin and contacts of Uralic languages. By publishing the last three contributions, the review Praehistoria is engaged in being a forum for discussing methodological problems of museums and archaeological parks presenting the results of prehistoric research. S. Maury introduces the PIP project (Pôle International de Préhistoire) for valorising the archaeological heritage of the Vézère valley in south-western France. The Museum of Blaubeuren, presented by S. Kölbl and N. J. Conard, plays a similar role in the Swabian Jura (south Germany), famous for its Palaeolithic cave sites, such as Geissenklösterle and Hohle Fels. In Hungary, the Archaeological Park of Százhalombatta performs the complex reconstruction of Bronze and Iron Age life and death in the region (houses, tumuli and natural environment) as recognized by archaeological evidences (E. Jerem et al).