The Early Upper Paleolithic
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The Early Upper Paleolithic Beyond Western Europe
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Author : P. Jeffrey Brantingham
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2004-06-02
The Early Upper Paleolithic Beyond Western Europe written by P. Jeffrey Brantingham and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06-02 with Architecture categories.
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Sourcebook Of Paleolithic Transitions
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Author : Marta Camps
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2011-08-23
Sourcebook Of Paleolithic Transitions written by Marta Camps and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-23 with Social Science categories.
As the study of Palaeolithic technologies moves towards a more analytical approach, it is necessary to determine a consistent procedural framework. The contributions to this timely and comprehensive volume do just that. This volume incorporates a broad chronological and geographical range of Palaeolithic material from the Lower to Upper Palaeolithic. The focus of this volume is to provide an analysis of Palaeolithic technologies from a quantitative, empirical perspective. As new techniques, particularly quantitative methods, for analyzing Palaeolithic technologies gain popularity, this work provides case studies particularly showcasing these new techniques. Employing diverse case studies, and utilizing multivariate approaches, morphometrics, model-based approaches, phylogenetics, cultural transmission studies, and experimentation, this volume provides insights from international contributors at the forefront of recent methodological advances.
The Early Upper Paleolithic Beyond Western Europe
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Author : P. Jeffrey Brantingham
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2004-06-02
The Early Upper Paleolithic Beyond Western Europe written by P. Jeffrey Brantingham and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06-02 with Social Science categories.
This volume brings together prominent archaeologists working in areas outside Western Europe to discuss the most recent evidence for the origins of the early Upper Paleolithic and its relationship to the origin of modern humans. With a wealth of primary data from archaeological sites and regions that have never before been published and discussions of materials from difficult-to-find sources, the collection urges readers to reconsider the process of modern human behavioral origins. Archaeological evidence continues to play a critical role in debates over the origins of anatomically modern humans. The appearance of novel Upper Paleolithic technologies, new patterns of land use, expanded social networks, and the emergence of complex forms of symbolic communication point to a behavioral revolution beginning sometime around 45,000 years ago. Until recently, most of the available evidence for this revolution derived from Western European archaeological contexts that suggested an abrupt replacement of Mousterian Middle Paleolithic with Aurignacian Upper Paleolithic adaptations. In the absence of fossil association, the behavioral transition was thought to reflect the biological replacement of archaic hominid populations by intrusive modern humans. The contributors present new archaeological evidence that tells a very different story: The Middle-Upper Paleolithic transitions in areas as diverse as the Levant, Eastern-Central Europe, and Central and Eastern Asia are characterized both by substantial behavioral continuity over the period 45,000-25,000 years ago and by a mosaic-like pattern of shifting adaptations. Together these essays will enliven and enrich the discussion of the shift from archaic to modern behavioral adaptations. Contributors: O. Bar-Yosef, A. Belfer-Cohen, R. L. Bettinger, P. J. Brantingham, N. R. Coinman, A. P. Derevianko, R. G. Elston, J. R. Fox, X. Gao, J. M. Geneste, T. Goebel, E. Güleç, K. W. Kerry, L. Koulakovskaia, J. K. Kozlowski, S. L. Kuhn, Y. V. Kuzmin, D. B. Madsen, A. E. Marks, L. Meignen, T. Meshveliani, K. Monigal, P. E. Nehoroshev, J. W. Olsen, M. Otte, M. C. Stiner,J. Svoboda, A. Sytnik, D. Tseveendorj, L. B. Vishnyatsky
Stone Tools In The Paleolithic And Neolithic Near East
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Author : John J. Shea
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-02-28
Stone Tools In The Paleolithic And Neolithic Near East written by John J. Shea and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-28 with History categories.
This book surveys the archaeological record for stone tools from the earliest times to 6,500 years ago in the Near East.
The Middle And Upper Paleolithic Archeology Of The Levant And Beyond
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Author : Yoshihiro Nishiaki
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-01-15
The Middle And Upper Paleolithic Archeology Of The Levant And Beyond written by Yoshihiro Nishiaki and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-15 with Social Science categories.
This volume is a compilation of results from sessions of the Second International Conference on the Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans, which took place between November 30 and December 6, 2014, in Hokkaido, Japan. Similar to the first conference held in 2012 in Tokyo, the 2014 conference (RNMH2014) aimed to compile the results of the latest multidisciplinary approaches investigating the issues surrounding the replacement of Neanderthals by modern humans. The results of the sessions, supplemented by off-site contributions, center on the archeology of the Middle and Upper Paleolithic of the Levant and beyond. The first part of this volume presents recent findings from the Levant, while the second part focuses on the neighboring regions, namely, the Caucasus, the Zagros, and South Asia. The 13 chapters in this volume highlight the distinct nature of the cultural occurrences during the Middle and Upper Paleolithic periods of the Levant, displaying a continuous development as well as a combination of lithic traditions that may have originated in different regions. This syncretism, which is an unusual occurrence in the regions discussed in this volume, reinforces the importance of the Levant as a region for interpreting the RNMH phenomenon in West Asia.
Questioning The Answers
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Author : Maureen A. Hays
language : en
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Release Date : 2001
Questioning The Answers written by Maureen A. Hays and has been published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Social Science categories.
A collection of 18 papers taken from a symposium at the SAA meeting in Chicago in 1999. Together they address the fundamental problems within the study of the European Early Upper Palaeolithic, both in terms of theoretical and methodological approaches.
The Dawn Of Belief
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Author : D. Bruce Dickson
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 1992-07
The Dawn Of Belief written by D. Bruce Dickson and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-07 with Social Science categories.
Hunter-gatherers of the Upper Paleolithic period of the late Pleistocene epoch in western Europe left a legacy of cave paintings and material remains that have long fascinated modern man. This book draws on theories derived from cultural anthropology and cognitive archaeology to propose a reconstruction of the religious life of those people based on the patterning and provenience of their artifacts. Based on the premises that all members of Homo sapiens sapiens share basically similar psychological processes and capabilities and that human culture is patterned, the author uses ethnographic analogy, inference from material patterns, and formal analysis to find in prehistoric imagery clues to the cosmology that lay behind them. The resulting book is an intriguing speculation on the nature of paleolithic religion, offering scholars a valuable synthesis of anthropological, archaeological, and sociological research, and general readers an accessible account of how our forebears may have regarded the unknown. "A well-written and intellectually rigorous introduction. If you are curious about prehistory, you will enjoy it." —Wilson Library Bulletin "Most interesting to those scholars interested in seeking materialist foundations or ecological explanations for religious practices." —American Antiquity "A well-written and concise account of what has recently been achieved by the investigations of spiritual life of the Earth's most ancient human communities." —Archiv Orientalni (Czechoslovakia)
The Upper Paleolithic Of The Central Russian Plain
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Author : Olga Soffer
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2013-10-22
The Upper Paleolithic Of The Central Russian Plain written by Olga Soffer and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-22 with History categories.
The Upper Paleolithic of the Central Russian Plain examines the hunter-gatherer adaptations on the Upper Paleolithic central Russian Plain. The book offers both a culture history for the area and an explanation for the changes in human adaptation. It presents what has been found at 29 major Upper Paleolithic sites occupied over a period of some 14,000 years. The book presents details of the archaeological inventories and assemblages found at the 29 sites, together with the geography and geology of the study area. It then uses environmental data to model environmental conditions and resource distribution during the various periods of human occupation, as well as to predict optimal strategies for exploiting available resources. Subsequent chapters present the relative and chronometric dating schemes. The book also elucidates the man-land relationships, ensuing subsistence strategies, settlement types present in the archaeological record, settlement systems, and sociopolitical behavior. The text will be significant to archaeologists, paleoecologists, and anthropologists interested in hunter-gatherers and late Pleistocene adaptations.
Before Lascaux Complex Record Of The Early Upper Paleolithic
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Author : Heidi Knecht
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1993-02-03
Before Lascaux Complex Record Of The Early Upper Paleolithic written by Heidi Knecht and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-02-03 with Art categories.
Examines the nature of the Early Upper Palaeolithic and presents results of new methods, techniques and approaches applied to the investigation of old problems concerning old world Palaeolithic archaeology. Topics in art, technology and subsistence are covered.
The Oxford Handbook Of The Archaeology And Anthropology Of Hunter Gatherers
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Author : Vicki Cummings
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2014-04-24
The Oxford Handbook Of The Archaeology And Anthropology Of Hunter Gatherers written by Vicki Cummings and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-24 with Social Science categories.
For more than a century, the study of hunting and gathering societies has been central to the development of both archaeology and anthropology as academic disciplines, and has also generated widespread public interest and debate. The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers provides a comprehensive review of hunter-gatherer studies to date, including critical engagements with older debates, new theoretical perspectives, and renewed obligations for greater engagement between researchers and indigenous communities. Chapters provide in-depth archaeological, historical, and anthropological case-studies, and examine far-reaching questions about human social relations, attitudes to technology, ecology, and management of resources and the environment, as well as issues of diet, health, and gender relations - all central topics in hunter-gatherer research, but also themes that have great relevance for modern global society and its future challenges. The Handbook also provides a strategic vision for how the integration of new methods, approaches, and study regions can ensure that future research into the archaeology and anthropology of hunter-gatherers will continue to deliver penetrating insights into the factors that underlie all human diversity.