Continuity And Discontinuity In The Peopling Of Europe
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| Author | : Silvana Condemi |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 390 |
| Release | : 2011-03-23 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9400704925 |
Since the Western world first became aware of the existence of Neanderthals, this Pleistocene human has been a regular focus of interest among specialists and also among the general public. In fact, we know far more about Neanderthals than we do about any other extinct human population. Furthermore, over the past 150 years no other palaeospecies has been such a constant source of discussion and fierce debate among palaeoanthropologists and archaeologists. This book presents the status of our knowledge as well as the methods and techniques used to study this extinct population and it suggests perspectives for future research.
| Author | : Lucian George |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
| Total Pages | : 263 |
| Release | : 2022-03-21 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 311063600X |
Periodisation is an ever-present feature of the grammar of history-writing. As with all grammatical rules, the order it imposes can both liberate and stifle. Though few historians would consider their period boundaries as anything more than useful guidelines, heuristic artifice all too easily congeals into immovable structure, blinkering the historical gaze. Researchers of literature are, of course, challenged by similar dilemmas. Here, too, the neatness of periodisation can obscure the cultural output of awkward individuals that do not fit the right chronological corset, whilst also creating unfounded expectations of shared experience and expression. Rather than discard periodisation altogether, in this cross-disciplinary volume an international group of historians and literary scholars presents different ways in which accepted period boundaries in modern European history can be challenged and rethought. To do so, they explore unnoticed continuities, and instances of delayed cultural transfer that defy easy periodisation; adopt the perspective of social groups that standard periodisation schemes have ignored; and consider how historical actors themselves divide up history and how this can affect their actions.
| Author | : Eugene E. Harris (Professor) |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 249 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0199978034 |
Geneticist Eugene Harris presents us with the complete and up-to-date account of the evolution of the human genome.
| Author | : Sanz, Nuria (UNESCO) |
| Publisher | : UNESCO Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 231 |
| Release | : 2015-09-07 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9231001078 |
| Author | : Nicholas J. Conard |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 293 |
| Release | : 2011-02-11 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9400704151 |
The 150th anniversary of the discovery of the famous Neanderthal fossils gave reason for an international and interdisciplinary symposium in Bonn/Germany. The present book arose from this congress and focuses on multiple aspects of archaeological investigation on Neanderthal lifeways. In-depth studies of top-ranking scientists provide a detailed and comprehensive survey of contemporary research on our Pleistocene relatives. Examinations and debates are embedded in a variety of regions and time frames. Chronology, subsistence, land use, and cultural adaptations among late Neanderthals form the major trajectories of the book. The wide range of approaches involved, leads to an increasing understanding of the facets of and the variability of Neanderthal behavioural patterns. The present volume is complemented by a paleontologically orientated publication of the same congress (edited by Gerd-Christian Weniger and Silvana Condemi).
| Author | : Katerina Harvati |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 333 |
| Release | : 2017-01-18 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9402408746 |
This edited volume systematically reviews the evidence for early human presence in one of the most relevant geographic regions of Europe - the Balkans and Anatolia, an area that has been crucial in shaping the course of human evolution in Europe, but whose paleoanthropological record is poorly known. The primary aim of this book is to showcase new paleoanthropological (human paleontological and paleolithic) research conducted in the region. The volume is organized into three sections. The first one deals with the human fossil record from Greece, the Central Balkans, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey. The second section presents the paleolithic record of the same countries. In the third part, the authors provide a synthesis of current paleoenvironmental evidence for the Balkans. Chapters summarize and systematize the available human fossil evidence, examine their context, and place them within the framework of our understanding of human evolution in Europe and beyond, as well as present new analyses of existing human fossils. This book will be of interest to professionals, upper undergraduate and graduate students in paleoanthropology, human paleontology and paleolithic archaeology and in a variety of related fields, including human variation and adaptation, paleontology and biogeography. It will also be appropriate as a reference book for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on human evolution and European paleoanthropology.
| Author | : G. Richard Scott |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 575 |
| Release | : 2013-02-21 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 1107011450 |
This follow-up to The Anthropology of Modern Human Teeth puts methods to use in interpreting human origins and affinities.
| Author | : Colin Renfrew |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 5256 |
| Release | : 2014-06-09 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1107647754 |
The Cambridge World Prehistory provides a systematic and authoritative examination of the prehistory of every region around the world from the early days of human origins in Africa two million years ago to the beginnings of written history, which in some areas started only two centuries ago. Written by a team of leading international scholars, the volumes include both traditional topics and cutting-edge approaches, such as archaeolinguistics and molecular genetics, and examine the essential questions of human development around the world. The volumes are organised geographically, exploring the evolution of hominins and their expansion from Africa, as well as the formation of states and development in each region of different technologies such as seafaring, metallurgy and food production. The Cambridge World Prehistory reveals a rich and complex history of the world. It will be an invaluable resource for any student or scholar of archaeology and related disciplines looking to research a particular topic, tradition, region or period within prehistory.
| Author | : Tracy B. Henley |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 649 |
| Release | : 2019-07-24 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 0429950020 |
The remains that archaeologists uncover reveal ancient minds at work as much as ancient hands, and for decades many have sought a better way of understanding those minds. This understanding is at the forefront of cognitive archaeology, a discipline that believes that a greater application of psychological theory to archaeology will further our understanding of the evolution of the human mind. Bringing together a diverse range of experts including archaeologists, psychologists, anthropologists, biologists, psychiatrists, neuroscientists, historians, and philosophers, in one comprehensive volume, this accessible and illuminating book is an important resource for students and researchers exploring how the application of cognitive archaeology can significantly and meaningfully deepen their knowledge of early and ancient humans. This seminal volume opens the field of cognitive archaeology to scholars across the behavioral sciences.
| Author | : Yousuke Kaifu |
| Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
| Total Pages | : 1019 |
| Release | : 2015-02-15 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1623492777 |
Despite the obvious geographic importance of eastern Asia in human migration, its discussion in the context of the emergence and dispersal of modern humans has been rare. Emergence and Diversity of Modern Human Behavior in Paleolithic Asia focuses long-overdue scholarly attention on this under-studied area of the world. Arising from a 2011 symposium sponsored by the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo, this book gathers the work of archaeologists from the Pacific Rim of Asia, Australia, and North America, to address the relative lack of attention given to the emergence of modern human behavior as manifested in Asia during the worldwide dispersal from Africa.
