An Introduction to Part 1 of the Special Issue

This is the first part of a special issue on the impact of Upper Pleistocene climatic and environmental change on hominin occupations and landscape use. In this part there are six contributions: Davies, W., and Nigst, P.R.: An Introduction to Part 1 of the Special Issue Maier, A., Ludwig, P., Zimmermann, A., and Schmidt, I.: The sunny side of the Ice Age: Solar insolation as a potential long-term pacemaker for demographic developments in Europe between 43 and 15 ka ago Golovanova L.V., Doronichev V.B., Doronicheva E.V., and Nedomolkin A.G.: Dynamics of climate and human settlement during the Middle and Upper Paleolithic in the northwestern Caucasus Taller, A. and Conard, N.J.: Were the technological innovations of the Gravettian triggered by climatic change? Insights from the lithic assemblages from Hohle Fels, SW Germany Fontana, L.: Is the Solutrean linked to climatic and environmental changes of the Upper Pleniglacial? Searching for the drivers of the changes in the economy and mobility of Solutrean groups in Southwestern France Kuijjer, E.K., Haigh, I.D., Marsh, R., and Farr, R.H.: Changing tidal dynamics and the role of the marine environment in the maritime migration to Sahul The session “The impact of Upper Pleistocene climatic and environmental change on hominin occupations and landscape use” was organized as part of the XVIIIth UISPP congress at Paris, France, in June 2018. This special issue is guest-edited by William Davies (Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins, Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Southampton) and Philip R. Nigst (Department of Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology and Human Evolution and Archaeological Sciences Research Network, University of Vienna).