Periodic Reporting for period 1 - DIACHRON (Assessing the effect of diagenesis on dateable materials: implications for the chronology of the Levantine Middle Palaeolithic)

The Levant is a key area to study past human dynamics: due to its strategic position, connecting Africa to Europe and Asia, it has been the main route of the most ancient dispersals of modern humans out of Africa and a privileged environment for Neanderthal occupation. It is...