Life along the River Don from the recent past - Stories from Dmitry Nikonorovich, born in 1927 - Жизнь недалеко от Дона в недалекое прошлое Истории от Дмитрия Никоноровича 1927 года рождения
Zaraysk - Zaraysk is part of the Kostenki / Avdeevo group, and is the northenmost example of this culture.
Mungo Hominins - At 40 000 years old, Mungo Man and Mungo Lady remain Australia's oldest human burials and the earliest evidence on Earth of cultural sophistication
Mungo Footprints - Hundreds of human footprints dating back to about 20 000 BC have been found at the site.
Peștera cu Oase - the world's most inaccessible human fossil site, a cave in the foothills of Romania's Carpathian Mountains.
Mamontovaya Kurya - Traces of human occupation nearly 40 000 years old have been discovered at Mamontovaya Kurya, a Palaeolithic site situated in the Russian Arctic.
Avdeevo - The Avdeevo site on the Russian plain belongs to the Kostenki-Avdeevo archaeological culture.
Lucy's Baby - Lucy's Baby is the most complete and important skeleton of an immature Pliocene hominin ever found.
Sungir / Sunghir - Sungir / Sunghir is a very large early Upper Paleolithic living site located on the outskirts of the city of Vladimir, 192 km from Moscow
The Iron Gates - The Iron Gates region of Romania and Serbia is a very important area for the Mesolithic in Europe.
Cuina Turcului - Cuina Turcului is the only rock shelter in the Iron Gates Gorges, and it is the the oldest site in the gorges (most of the others are mesolithic, rather than late palaeolithic)
Schela Cladovei - The Schela Cladovei site is a Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic (Starcevo-Cris culture) site on the left bank of the Danube, near Drobeta Turnu-Severin.
Padina - Padina is a mesolithic site in the Iron Gates area, with affinities to Lepenski Vir culture.
Vlasac - Vlasac is a mesolithic site in the Iron Gates area, with affinities to Lepenski Vir culture. The habitations at Vlasac were semi dugouts with the floors made of limestone plaster.
Hajducka Vodenica - Hajducka Vodenica is a mesolithic site in the Iron Gates area
Gaura Chindiei - The Gaura Chindiei cave is dated to around 10 000 to 8000 BC.
Baile Herculane - The site of Pestera Hotilor at the town of Baile Herculane is located in perhaps the most picturesque locale in all of Romania.
Golubac - The fortified medieval town of Golubac was built in the second half of the 13th century.
Mezhirich - Houses were constructed of Wooly Mammoth bones when wood and caves were scarce in the last ice age.
Mezin - The settlement of Mezin is one of the oldest in the Ukraine. Excavation of this Palaeolithic site showed that it consisted of five household complexes.
Shanidar Cave - Shanidar, the cave in Iraq with Neandertal remains discovered by Dr Ralph Solecki.
Sudak - For Jean Auel fans - The Clan Fishing site - Sudak on the Crimean coast.
Ice Age Babies - discovered at the Krems-Wachtberg site in Austria on the Danube
The Sacred Root - This label has meaning only for Jean Auel Fans. The Sacred Root may be Mandrake or Tabernanthe iboga, or an amalgam of the two for literary purposes.
Goldenthread - A contraceptive mentioned in Jean Auel's books on the ice ages.
Bushwalking - This is an overview of a wonderful part of the world - the gorge country east of Armidale in northern NSW Australia, in which I spend as much time as I can exploring and walking.
From the mountains to the sea - This is a classic walk from the escarpment of the New England National Park down Grass Tree ridge, along the upper Bellinger River, then kayaking from Bellingen to Urunga along the lower Bellinger River.
Per's diary and photos - Per's Plains of Passage trip from the Donau mouth to France by motorcycle in 1998. Most photos on the clickable map are by courtesy of Per.
An evening with Jean Auel - Various interviews with Jean Auel, talks by her, memories of talks by Jean, inconsistencies in the EC books.
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