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  Crossing the Water into Europe: the Bosphorus, Turkey

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  Face to Face with the First Modern European: Oase Cave, Romania

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  Neanderthal Skulls and Genes: Leipzig, Germany

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  Treasures of the Swabian Aurignacian: Vogelherd, Germany

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  Tracking Down the Last Neanderthals: Gibraltar

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  A Cultural Revolution: Dolní Vìstonice, Czech Republic

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  5. Stevens, personal correspondence. When I discussed the Dolní Vìstonice pottery fragments with my husband, field archaeologistDave Stevens, he remarked that he had seen broken fragments of clay pipes that had been reused in kiln furniture, such asmuffles, in post-medieval kilns, and that this was a well-known phenomenon.

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  Sheltering from the Cold: Abri Castanet, France

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  Visiting the Painted Caves: Lascaux, Pech Merle and Cougnac, France

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  New Age Mesopotamia: Göbekli Tepe, Turkey

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  5. The New World: Finding the First Americans

  Bridging the Continents: Beringia

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  Mapping Native American Genes: Calgary, Canada

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