________________________________________________________________Black feminist theory has been employed in North American historical archaeology, but has not made inroads in other areas of archaeology. This article describes how Black feminist theory may be used to address the sociopolitics of archaeological practice as well as how it may be applied to the study of prehistory. Suggestions for improving the climate for minority researchers are provided, and a brief example is given demonstrating how taking a Black feminist standpoint provides a different way to look at interactions between Neandertals and anatomically modern humans in Pleistocene Europe. ________________________________________________________________Résumé: Les théories du féminisme Noir ont été utilisées dans l'archéologie historique d'Amérique du Nord, mais ils n'ont pas franchis autres sujets en archéologie. Cet article décrit comment le féminisme Noir peut être utilisé pour affronter le politique social des pratiques de l'archéologie et comment on peut appliquer ces théories à l'étude de la préhistoire. Je suggère des moyens pour améliorer le climat du travail pour les chercheurs minoritaires, et un exemple bref qui montre comment un point de vue féministe Noire donne une autre vue sur les interactions entre les Néandertaliens et les humains modernes dans le Pléistocène de l'Europe. ________________________________________________________________Resumen: La teoría feminista Negra ha sido utilizada en la arqueología histó rica norteamericana, pero no ha hecho incursiones en otras áreas de la arqueología. El presente artículo describe có mo la teoría feminista Negra puede ser utilizada para abordar la sociopolítica de la práctica arqueoló gica y también có mo puede ser aplicada al estudio de la prehistoria. Se proporcionan sugerencias para mejorar las condiciones de los investigadores de minorías, y se ofrece un breve ejemplo que demuestra có mo el asumir un punto de vista feminista Negro proporciona una forma diferente de ver las interacciones entre los neandertales y los humanos anató micamente modernos en la Europa del Pleistoceno.

Landscape archaeologies that pay attention to cultural importance of place have become increasingly common in recent years in many parts of the world. However, these approaches have largely failed to make inroads into Pleistocene European hunter–gatherer archaeology. This is partly due to a focus on economics, survival, and neo-liberal assumptions of ‘efficiency’ in early modern human behaviour. With evidence of lithic use drawn from cave sites, survey, and open-air excavation, I argue that Upper Paleolithic hunter–gatherers left clues to the importance of certain places in the landscape. Lithic tools in particular have been undervalued for their symbolic meaning, which goes well beyond style and ethnicity models. Raw material has been seen as evidence of mobility and trade, but possible cultural motives behind material choices have been downplayed or ignored.

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