Part I: MESOLITHIC EUROPE1. Introduction: The Archaeology of Mesolithic Europe, Liv Nilsson Stutz, Rita Peyrotero Stjerna, and Mari Tõrv2. The Mesolithic: What is it and Why Should We Care?, Graeme Warren3. Early and Middle Holocene Climate and Environmental Change, Philippe Crombé4. Time Matters: Chronology in the European Mesolithic, Rick J. Schulting and Christopher Meiklejohn5. Mesolithic Landscapes and Niche Construction: A Great Capability for Misunderstanding, Peter Rowley-ConwyPart II: MESOLITHIC GEOGRAPHIES6. Eastern Europe, Ekaterina Dolbunova and Andrey Mazurkevich7.
The Baltic Basin: Northern Germany to the Baltic States, Daniel Groß and Tomas Rimkus8. Northern Scandinavia, Kjel Knutsson9. Southern Scandinavia, T. Douglas Price10. Doggerland, James Walker, Vince Gaffney, Simon Fitch, and Andy Fraser11. Britain and Ireland, Catriona Pickard and Clive Bonsall12. Continental European Plain, Witold Gruzdz, Daniel Groß, Katarzyna Pyzewicz, and Aliaksandr Vashanau13. The Black Sea Area, Paolo Biagi14.
The Atlantic Coast (Western France, Northern Spain and Portugal), Ana Cristina Araújo and Grégor Marchand+15. Continental France and the Benelux, Hans Vandendriessche, Colas Guéret, Benjamin Marquebielle, and Philippe Crombé16. Alpine Region (Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, and Northern Italy), Federica Fontana17. The Western Mediterranean Coast and Islands (Spain, Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, France, Italy, Sicily, and North Africa), Thomas Perrin18. The Eastern Mediterranean, Nena Galanidou, Nikola Vukosavljevic, and Catherine Perlès19. Southeast Europe (The Balkans and the Danube), Clive Bonsall, Adina Boronean, and Monica Margarit20. The Natufian Archaeological Culture in Southwestern Asian Epipalaeolithic Context, Aaron Jonas StutzPart III: HUNTER-GATHERER LANDSCAPES21. Sea, Hein B.
Bjerck22. Rivers, Ivana zivaljevic23. The Pioneer Experience: A Perspective from the Early Mesolithic Site Complex at Pauler, Eastern Norway, Ingrid Fuglestvedt24. Mountains and High Altitudes, Davide Visentin25. Shell Middens and Shells, Catherine Dupont and Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti26. Wetland Landscapes, Barry Taylor27. Inland/Forest, Alexander Verpoorte and Fulco ScherjonPart IV: MESOLITHIC LIFE28. Who Were the Mesolithic People: The Archaeogenomic Perspective, Luciana G.
Simões and Torsten Günther29. Hunter-Gatherer Mobility and Sedentism, Daniela Holst30. Identity, Gender, and Power: Life Histories of Personal Ornaments, Stone Tools, and Other Artefacts, Solange Rigaud and Aimée Little31. Demography, Life Histories, and Population Dynamics, Aaron Jonas Stutz32. Violence, Jörg Orschiedt33. Sensory Experiences, Ben Elliot34. Food and Diet: A Ch'ine Opératoire Perspective on Hunter-Gatherer Food Practice, Gunilla Eriksson and Kerstin Lidén35. Coexistence with Neolithic Neighbours, Mariana Diniz36.
Relationships with the Environment: Plants and Animals, Barry Taylor and Nick J. OvertonPart V: MEANINGFUL TECHNOLOGY37. Shelter and Dwellings, Ole Grøn38. Hunting, Nick J. Overton39. Fishing, Harry K. Robson, Adam Boethius, and Kenneth Ritchie40. The Plant Food Diet of Mesolithic Northwestern Europe, Lucy Kubiak-Martens41.
Art and Symbolism: The Forms and Meanings of the Portable Art of the East European Plain Hunter-Gatherer-Fishers, Ekaterina Kashina42. Pottery Production among European Foragers, Miriam Cubas and Harry K. Robson43. Lithic Technology, Mikkel Sørensen44. Bone Tool Technology, Eva David45. Quarrying and Lithic Procurement, Astrid J. Nyland46. Animal Domestication in the Mesolithic, Kurt J.
Gron47. Flint Exchange, Kristiina Johanson, Dagmara H. Werra, Aivar Kriiska, and Javier Mangado Llach48. Exchange of Amber, Aija Macane and Kerkko Nordqvist49. Birch, Pine, and Other Adhesive Technologies, Andrew Langley and Aimée LittlePart VI: DEATH AND THE DEAD50. Human Remains in Non-Burial Contexts, Amy Gray Jones51. From the Treatment of the Body to the Places of the Dead, Mari Torv and Rita Peyroteo Stjerna52. Rock Images of the Dead: Glimpses of Past Mortuary Processes or Pictures of a Plaguea53.
The Handling of the Dead Body: Transformations from Life to Death, Liv Nilsson StutzPart VII: COSMOLOGIES, RITUAL, AND SYMBOLISM54. Forager Cosmologies in Northernmost Europe, Charlotte Damm55. Human-Animal Relationships, Kristiina Mannermaa56. Metamorphosis, Chantal Conneller and Ben Elliott57. Sculpture and Art (Portable and Non-Portable), Tomasz Plonka58. Rock Art, Antti Lahelma and Jan Magne Gjerde59. Hoarding, Mathias Bjørnevad-Ahlqvist.