Analysis of Migration Processes due to Environmental Conditions between 40,000 and 14,000 a BP in the Rhine Catchment and Adjacent Areas (D01)

• Subject Area: Prehistory and World Archaeology ; Physical Geography
• Term: from 2009 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 57444011

The D1 Cologne-Aachen research program investigates the western central European habitat of early modern humans since their initial dispersal into Europe around 40,000 ka. Two time slices (MIS 3 and post-LGM) guide this joint geo-archaeological project in order to elucidate two major events: The advent of Homo sapiens in and the post-LGM resettlement of Central Europe. Previous geo-archaeological work focused on multiple sites in Germany. The project aims to model palaeolandscape evolution and its impact on past human populations and cultures. It will focus on diachronic demographic changes in the Rhine-Meuse area and the population/ culture turnover that lead to the replacement of Neanderthals.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 806: Our Way to Europe: Culture-Environment Interaction and Human Mobility in the Late Quaternary
• Applicant Institution: Universität zu Köln
• Project Heads: Dr. Thomas Hauck; Professor Dr. Jürgen Kunow, until 6/2013; Professor Dr. Frank Lehmkuhl; Professor Dr. Ulrich Radtke, until 6/2013; Professor Dr. Jürgen Richter, since 7/2017