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Congress of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (Florianopolis, Brazil, 4-10 September 2011). Front Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Introductory note PRESENTATION LES ADAPTATIONS HUMAINES ET L’EXPRESSION SPIRITUELLE DES PREMIERS HOMMES ANATOMIQUEMENT MODERNES A LA TRANSITION DU PALEOLITHIQUE MOYEN AU PALEOLITHIQUE SUPERIEUR THE LIPARI MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC AND EARLY NAVIGATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN THE PALEOLITHIC SANCTUARY AT HAR KARKOM, NEGEV DESERT THE KARKOMIAN FLINT INDUSTRY: THE CONTEXT OF THE HAR KARKOM SANCTUARY AT THE TRANSITION BETWEEN MIDDLE AND UPPER PALEOLITHIC (NEGEV, ISRAEL) GEOGLYPHS ON HAR KARKOM PLATEAU: WITNESS TO THE EARLY START OF THE EXPRESSION OF CONCEPTUAL IDEAS DURING THE EARLY UPPER PALEOLITHIC ASTRONOMICAL REPRESENTATIONS IN ROCK ART: EXAMPLES OF THE COGNITIVE AND SPIRITUAL PROCESSES OF NON-LITERATE PEOPLE ANCIENT MYTHS AND SCIENTIFIC FICTION: THE REPRESENTATION OF THE BIG HEAD IN PREHISTORIC ART AND ITS RECREATION IN WESTERN CULTURE THE PRE-CONTACT PUEBLO KACHINA IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST: ITS ICONOGRAPHY, FIRST APPEARANCES, AND CONTEXTS OF SYMBOLIC MEANINGS DEER REPRESENTATION IN SERRA DA CAPIVARA NATIONAL PARK: MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX AND ARCHEOLOGICAL CONTEXTS. A VISUAL ANALYSIS INDIGENOUS DOLLS AND FIGURINES: WHERE SACRED AND SOCIAL WORLDS MERGE CONVEYING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE LANDSCAPE: THE ROCK ART OF THE TAGUS AND THE GUADIANA VALLEYS THE DEER FIGURE IN TAGUS ROCK ART THE GEOMETRIC ART OF THE IBERIAN SCHIST PLAQUES ANTHROPOZOOMORPHIC FIGURES AND OTHER MONSTERS: MYTHICAL-FANTASTIC FIGURES IN ALPINE ROCK ART BELIEFS AND PRACTICES CONNECTED WITH MEGALITHIC BURIAL CUSTOMS IN EASTERN INDIA SUBSTRATS NEOLITHIQUES AUX ARTS TRADITIONNELS DES BALKANS