The society was founded in 1951 by Prof. Dr. Lothar F. Zotz as a non-commercial association. The society's task is to advance the interests of the Quaternary science with special focus on the research on Paleolithic man, his environment and cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the moment the society consists of ca. 250 single members and institutions coming from many countries in Europe and from different fields such as prehistory, geology, geography, palaeontology, palaeobotany, palaeoclimatology, anthropology and ethnology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The aim of the Society is to cultivate and promote the interests and concerns of Quaternary research, especially with regard to the study of Stone Age human, his environment and his cultures. Priority shall always be given to work in the intellectual tradition of Hugo Obermaier's work. The following points are mentioned as aims in the statutes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Gesellschaft wurde 1951 unter F\u00fchrung des Pr\u00e4historikers Lothar Zotz gegr\u00fcndet. Im Jahre 1956 erhielt sie den Zusatz \u201ef\u00fcr Erforschung des Eiszeitalters und der Steinzeit\u201c. Mitglieder sind Fachwissenschaftler der Ur- und Fr\u00fchgeschichte, der Geologie, Geographie, Pal\u00e4ontologie, Pal\u00e4obotanik, Pal\u00e4oklimatologie und Anthropologie sowie interessierte Laien. Der Gesellschaft geh\u00f6ren etwa 250 Einzelmitglieder sowie verschiedene Institutionen aus ganz Europa … <\/p>\n