The Levallois Mousterian Assemblages of Sindh (pakistan) and Their Relations with the Middle Paleolithic of the Indian Subcontinent

Several intriguing questions are of major interest in studying the Middle Paleolithic period. A challenging enigma concerns the southeasternmost spread of the Neanderthal sub-groups “which inhabited a vast geographical area extending from Europe to western Asia and the Middle East” (Febre, Condemi, Degioanni, 2009: 1), a topic of major importance, the discussion of which has been avoided by most authors with very few exceptions (see, e.g., (Bar-Yosef, 2011: Fig. 11.1)). P. Biagi1 and E. Starnini2 1Department of Asian and North African Studies, Ca’ Foscari University, Ca’ Cappello, San Polo 2035, I-30125 Venezia, Italy E-mail: [email protected] 2Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage, National Prehistoric Museum of Balzi Rossi, Archaeological Superintendency of Liguria, Via Balbi 10, I-16126 Genova, Italy E-mail: [email protected]