This volume publishes papers from a session at the 15th uispp congress which examined prehistoric fuel management. Several papers combine anthracological study with findings from modern anthropological surveys, whilst there are also two experimental papers investigating the use of bone as a fuel source, as well as one offering prehistoric evidence for this possibility. Other papers review the evidence for the management of wood as a fuel sources from excavations at Kebara and Hayonim caves in Israel and from various sites in the south of France.

11 papers from a session on Stone Age (Magdalenian) Europe presented at the XIVth UISPP Congress, University of Liege, in 2001. The contributions include: Reindeer and Red Deer populations in Central and Eastern Europe during the Magdalenian; Reconsidering hunting specialisation in the German Magdalenian faunal record; Acquisition and processing of reindeer in the Paris Basin; L'exploitation du cheval a la fin du Tardiglaciaire dans le Bassin parisien; Horse hunting and the utilization of horse carcasses during the Magdalenian in Europe; L'exploitation de la faune au Magdalenien en Suisse et dans les regions limitrophes; L' exploitation des Ongules au Magdalenien dans le Sud de la France; Technologie et strategies alimentaires des groupes humains du Cantabrique Occidental: le magdalenien superieur de la Grotte de Las Caldas (Priorio, Oviedo, Nord de l'Espagne); Characterization and exploitation of the Arctic Hare (Lepus timidus) during the Magdalenian: Surprising data from Gazel Cave (Aude, France); Des Magdaleniens et des Poissons; Exploitation des Oiseaux au Magdalenien en France: Etat des lieux.