Preface ; Chapter 1: History of Gudenus Cave ; The pre-1962 investigations ; The post-1962 investigations ; The scientific status of Gudenus Cave in 1962 ; Chapter 2: Gudenus Cave and its environment ; Geography and geology ; The cave ; Past and present environmental settings ; The speleoclimate of Gudenus Cave ; Hydrology and sedimentation ; Chapter 3: Archaeology and palaeontology of Gudenus Cave - the data ; The 1963 to 1966 salvage excavations ; The new lithic implements ; The Occupation Layer I stone tools ; The Occupation Layer II stone tool ; The Occupation Layer III stone tools ; The Occupation Layer IV stone tools ; The palaeoart ; The palaeontology of the cave ; Bone fragmentation study of the post-1962 bone remains ; Summary -- faunal remains ; Chapter 4: Sediments of Gudenus Cave ; The sedimentary analyses ; Methods of sediment analyses ; Description of the sediment samples ; Reconstructing the sediment stratigraphy ; The pollen and spore analysis ; The carbonate diffraction study ; Chapter 5: Interpretation of Gudenus Cave data ; Recapping ; The new interpretations ; The sediment stratigraphy ; The climatic and environmental sequence ; The hominin occupations ; The history of Gudenus Cave ; Chapter 6: The Palaeolithic context of Gudenus Cave ; The Lower Austrian context ; The broader Austrian context ; The central European context ; The global context ; A synopsis ; References ; Index.