I. Introduction and Background
1. Introduction
Erik Trinkaus, Silviu Constantin, João Zilhão
2. Exploration and Documentation of the Pestera cu Oase
Stefan Milota, Mircea Gherase, Laurentiu Sarcina, Ricardo Rodrigo, Oana Moldovan, Erik Trinkaus, Silviu Constantin, João Zilhão
3. Problems, Approaches and Fieldwork: 2004-2005
João Zilhão, Stefan Milota, Ricardo Rodrigo, Silviu Constantin, Erik Trinkaus
II. The Cave and Its Contents
4. The Karst Geology of the Ponor-Plopa System in its Regional Context
Silviu Constantin
5. The Ponor-Plopa Cave System: Description, Sediments, and Genesis
Silviu Constantin, Cristian-Mihai Munteanu, Stefan Milota, Laurentiu Sarcina, Mircea Gherase, João Zilhão
6. Uranium-Series Dating on Speleothems from the Pestera cu Oase
Silviu Constantin, Stein-Erik Lauritzen
7. Electron Spin Resonance Dating of Vertebrate Remains from the Pestera cu Oase
Rainer Grün, Tegan Kelly, Maxime Aubert
8. Radiocarbon Dating of the Pestera cu Oase Faunal Remains
Thomas Higham, Eva Maria Wild
9. Rock Magnetic Data of Late Pleistocene sediments from the Pestera cu Oase and their Paleoclimatic Significance
Cristian Panaiotu, Catalin Petrea, Viorel Horoi, Cristina-Emilia Panaiotu, Silviu Constantin
10. The Distributions of Finds and Features
João Zilhão, Ricardo Rodrigo, Hélène Rougier, Stefan Milota
III. The Cave Bears 254
11. Cave Bear Paleontology and Paleobiology at the Pestera cu Oase: Fossil Population Structure and Size Variability
Martina Pacher, Jérôme Quilès
12. Taphonomic Analysis of the Cave Bear Remains from the Pestera cu Oase
Martina Pacher, Jérôme Quilès
13. An Ancient DNA Perspective on the Cave Bears from the Pestera cu Oase
Mathias Stiller, Michael Hofreiter
IV. The Other Vertebrates 345
14. Hyena, Wolves and Foxes from the Pestera cu Oase
Emil Stiuca, Alexandru Petculescu
15. Small Mammal Remains from the Pestera cu Oase
Alexandru Petculescu
16. The Ungulates from the Pestera cu Oase
Simon A. Parfitt, Adrian M. Lister
17. Taphonomic Considerations of the Non-Ursid Vertebrate Remains
Erik Trinkaus, Martina Pacher
18. Stable Isotopes and Dietary Patterns of the Faunal Species from the Pestera cu Oase
Erik Trinkaus, Michael P. Richards
V. The Human Remains
19. Radiocarbon Dating of the Pestera cu Oase Human Remains
Erik Trinkaus
20. The Human Mandible from the Pestera cu Oase, Oase 1
Erik Trinkaus, Hélène Rougier
21. The Human Cranium from the Pestera cu Oase, Oase 2
Hélène Rougier, Erik Trinkaus
22. Frontal Bone Contours of the Oase 2 Cranium
Sheela Athreya, Hélène Rougier
23. The Internal Cranial Morphology of Oase 2
Marcia Ponce de León, Christoph P. E. Zollikofer
24. The Dental and Alveolar Remains of Oase 1 and 2
Erik Trinkaus, Shara E. Bailey, Hélène Rougier
25. The Oase 1 Human Stable Isotopes
Michael P. Richards, Erik Trinkaus
VI. Discussion
26. The Paleoenvironmental Context of the Pestera cu Oase
Silviu Constantin, João Zilhão, Erik Trinkaus
27. Paleoanthropological Implications of the Pestera cu Oase and its Contents
Erik Trinkaus, João Zilhão
VII. References