Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2002/00471
Neanderthal climate preferences and tolerances: the need for a better chronology.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr RA Housley, University of Glasgow, School of Humanities
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor DCW Sanderson, Scottish Universities Env Research Cen, SUERC
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor IN McCave, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Glasgow, School of Humanities
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Science-Based Archaeology
- Volcanic Processes
- Quaternary Science
- Abstract:
- This proposal will investigate whether the present chronological data for the late Mousterian sites in Europe are biasing our perception of Neanderthal populations by making them appear more cold adapted than the incoming anatomically modern humans. We will focus on the part of the Neanderthal world that experienced the most continental climatic environments - namely, European Russia north and east of the Black Sea - for it is in such a region that the environmental preferences will be most discernible. By applying a range of cross-validated non-14C chronological methodologies (OSL, TL, palaeomagnetic intensity, Ar-Ar and ESR) to late middle Palaeolithic assemblages we aim to identify spatial and temporal patterning which, when correlated with local environmental proxies and wider climate data, should permit a better understanding of Neanderthal climatic tolerances.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2002/00471
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- EFCHED
This grant award has a total value of £185,392
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £26,794 | £93,800 | £21,650 | £43,148 |
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