Preface Introduction I. Overview of the Study Area II. Spatial Organization of Sites: History of Studies II. 1. Methodologies and Research II.2. Archaeological Structures and their Significance in Studies of Spatial Organization of Sites III. Sites of the Mazovian Complex in Studies of Spatial Organization of Camps III.1. Research History and Prospects III.2. Site Selection Criteria III.3. Characteristic of Selected Sites III.3.1. Dobiegniewo III.3.2. Calowanie, Trench I, Level VI III.3.3. Rydno IV/57 III.3.4. Rydno XI/59 IV. Methods in Spatial Organization Studies of Paleolithic Campsites IV.l. Lithic Typology, Technology and Raw Materials IV.2. The Refittings Method IV.2.1. Terminology and Semantic Scope of Concepts IV.2.2. Results of Refitting in the Selected Assemblages IV.2.3. Spatial Distribution of Lithic Artifacts Refitted into Blocks I V.2.4. Comprehensive Analysis of Refitted Specimens IV.3. Spatial Distribution (Patterning) of Selected Classes of Lithic Artifacts IV.3.1. Burnt Artifacts IV.3 2. Tools and Tools Production and Repair Waste IV.3.3. Cores and Core Processing Waste IV.4. Statistical Procedures in Spatial Analysis V. Settlement Structures in Sites of the Mazovian Complex V.I. Features V.I.I. Hearths V.I.1.1. Dobiegniewo V.I.1.2. Calowanie, Trench I, Level VI V.l.1.3. Rydno IV/57 V.l.1.4. Rydno XI/59 V.1.2. Pits V.1.3. Haematite "Stains" V.2. Activity Areas V.2.1. Workshops and Waste Heaps V.2.2. Differentiation of Waste Heaps V.2.3. Workshops Differentiation V.2.4. Living (Home) Activity Areas VI. Spatial Relationships Between Identified Structures VI.l. Workshop vs. Waste Heap VI.2. The Workshop/Workshop Arrangement, or Core Processing in Various Places VI.3. Spatial Manifestations of Blade Selection Behaviors VI.4. Workshop and Living Activity Areas in Relation to Hearths and Dwelling Structures VII. Structure Systems vs. Occupation Episodes, or the Spatial Organization of Campsites VII.1. Dobiegniewo VII.2. Calowanie, Trench I, Level VI VII.3. Rydno IV/57 VII.4. Rydno XI/59 VIII. Expectations, Disappointments and Results. A Brief Summing Up References

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