CHRONOLOGICAL CHANGES IN STONE TOOL ASSEMBLAGES FROM KRAPINA (CROATIA)

This study presents the results of the first recent analysis of stone tool assemblages From Krapina (Croatia). AU assemblages are Pleistocen e in age and many are associated with human remains; the Krapina Neand ertals. The assemblages are described typologically and technologicall y, and subtle chronological changes in raw material selection and tech nology of tool blank production are observed. These changes involve in creasingly sophisticated and selective use of lithic materials. Changi ng artefact assemblages are considered in light of variability in the hominids from Krapina, and are interpreted as reflecting behavioral ch ange among Neandertals rather than between Neandertal and modern human populations. (C) 1997 Academic Press Limited.