Apl. Prof. Dr. Michael Bolus
Adress:
Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Universität Tübingen
Research post "The role of culture in early expansions of humans"
Hölderlinstraße 12
72074 Tübingen
Office: Room 313, Main building
Phone: +49-(0)7071-29-72130
Fax: +49-(0)7071-29-5717
E-Mail: michael.bolus@uni-tuebingen.de
Office hours:
by arrangement
Current research focus
- Expansion and movement of early hominids
- The transition from Middle to Late Palaeolithic in Central Europe, especially Southern Germany
- Analysis of early Late Palaeolithic layers of Geißenklösterle and Hohlefels in the Achtal (Ach valley)
- Comprehensive studies on the displacement of Neanderthals by anatomically modern men with a special interest in Blattspitzen inventories
- Creation of a chronological structure for the time period 50-30 ka BP
- Archaeological excavations of open land sites, e.g am Hohlenstein in the Lonetal (Lone valley)
- Prevalence of Neanderthals
Other focus points
- Analysis of latent settlement structures in the Late Palaeolithic
- The transition from Late to Latest Paleolithic in Western Central Europe, especially considering the Neuwied Basin
- Iron Age settlement archaeology in the Rhineland