The Rhine During the Middle Paleolithic

The Rhine During the Middle Paleolithic
Author: Héloise Koehler
Publisher: Kerns Verlag
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2020-11-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9783935751353
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Prehistoric research on Neanderthal lifeways in the area of the Rhine River.

Settlement, Society and Cognition in Human Evolution

Settlement, Society and Cognition in Human Evolution
Author: Fiona Susan Coward
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 443
Release: 2015-01-26
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1107026881
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This volume provides a narrative of early hominin evolution, linking material aspects of the early archaeological record with social, cognitive and symbolic landscapes.

Neanderthal Lifeways, Subsistence and Technology

Neanderthal Lifeways, Subsistence and Technology
Author: Nicholas J. Conard
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2011-02-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9400704151
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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).

High Resolution Archaeology and Neanderthal Behavior

High Resolution Archaeology and Neanderthal Behavior
Author: Eudald Carbonell i Roura
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2012-03-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9400739214
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The aim of this book is to provide a new insight on Neanderthal behaviour using the data recovered in level J of Romaní rockshelter (north-eastern Spain). Due to the sedimentary dynamics that formed the Romaní deposit, the occupation layers are characterized by a high temporal resolution, which makes it easier to interprete the archaeological data in behavioural terms. In addition, the different analytical domains (geoarchaeology, lithic technology, zooarchaeology, taphonomy, anthracology, palaeontology) are addressed from a spatial perspective that is basic to understand human behaviour, but also to evaluate the behavioural inferences in the framework of the archaeological formation processes.​

The Middle and Upper Paleolithic Archeology of the Levant and Beyond

The Middle and Upper Paleolithic Archeology of the Levant and Beyond
Author: Yoshihiro Nishiaki
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2017-12-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9811068267
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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.

Short-Term Occupations in Paleolithic Archaeology

Short-Term Occupations in Paleolithic Archaeology
Author: João Cascalheira
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2019-12-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3030274039
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This edited book aims to provide a new perspective on the identification and interpretation of short-term occupations in Paleolithic Archaeology. The volume includes contributions with a particular focus on the definition and identification of short-term occupations in Paleolithic contexts, aiming to improve our current knowledge on the topic, both methodologically and interpretatively. The set of chapters coming from a broad spectrum of geographies and chronologies will contribute to the debate on the definition of short-term occupations but also to a better understanding on how past hunter-gatherers communities adapted and moved in different environmental contexts across time. The in-depth examinations of short-term occupations in different chronologies and environments will shed light on an aspect of the behavioral trajectories of the human species in the management of the territory.

Sourcebook of Paleolithic Transitions

Sourcebook of Paleolithic Transitions
Author: Marta Camps
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 575
Release: 2009-09-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0387764879
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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.