Early Neanderthal social and behavioural the evidence from the stone tool record.

普夫莱特间冰期（Marine Isotope Stage 9，c.）可以说，在古人类的技术、行为和社会生活中发生了几次转变，一系列的门槛最终导致了“经典的”尼安德特人的生活方式。然而，属于普夫莱特间冰期的遗址直到最近才在英国更新世记录中得到承认。因此，除了一些帮助定义（或确实创造）我们对这一时期的印象的“旗舰”遗址外，对MIS9的考古学了解甚少。然而，这是一个非常丰富的档案，仅在泰晤士河谷中部就有超过192个遗址和发现点（大部分在BM）。因此，试图撰写这一时期令人信服的历史是基于小而有限的“最佳遗址”样本，可能不具有代表性。该项目旨在研究一系列关键但研究不足的材料，主要保存在大英博物馆，以更好地了解这一时期的人类群体，并在空间和时间上对所发生的变化进行更细致入微和更全面的描述。

The Purfleet Interglacial (Marine Isotope Stage 9, c. 350-290,000 years) arguably saw several transformations in archaic human technology, behaviour and social life, a series of thresholds that ultimately led to the 'classic' Neanderthal way of life.Sites belonging to the Purfleet Interglacial have, however, only recently been recognised within the British Pleistocene record. As a result, beyond a few 'flagship' sites that have helped define (or indeed create) our impression of the period, the archaeology of MIS9 is very poorly understood. It is, however, a very rich archive, with over 192 sites and find-spots in the middle Thames Valley alone (most in the BM). Attempts to write a cogent history of the period have therefore been based on the small and limited sample of the 'best sites' that may not be representative. This project aims to examine a series of key yet under-researched set of materials, mostly held in the British Museum, to gain a better understanding of human groups during this period and to develop a more nuanced and fuller picture of the transformations that took place, in both space and time.