This study focuses on a number of important prehistoric sites in the Mediterranean area. The primary objective of the study is to provide a chronology for these sites based on finds from the rhinoceros fossil record. The first section of the book presents the sites (mostly from southern France and including the major locations at Vallonnet, la Pineta a Isernia and la Caune de l'Arago) and the detailed paleontological study follows in the second section. The work concludes with a number of Appendices presenting the data records. French text.