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Early Human Behaviour in Global Context: The Rise and Diversity of the Lower Palaeolithic Record: One World Archaeology

Editat de Ravi Korisettar, Michael D. Petraglia
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 noi 2011
Early Human Behaviour in a Global Context will be of use to students and professionals who are interested in prehistory, Paleolithic archaeology, and paleoanthropology. Those interested in our ancestors and their place in the natural world will also benefit from the information presented in this book.
Chapters focus on:
* the nature of archaeological evidence
* stone tool technology
* subsistence practices
* settlement distributions.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415514958
ISBN-10: 0415514959
Pagini: 498
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.93 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria One World Archaeology

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Notă biografică

Michael D. Petraglia is Research Associate in the Human Origins Program, Smithsonian Institution, and Director of the Cultural Resources Program at Parsons, an international environmental firm. Ravi Korisettar is Reader in History and Archaeology at Karnatak Unviersity, India.

Recenzii

'The book is intended to be the basic reference text for students and academics interested in prehistory, palaeolithic archaeology and palaeoanthropology.' - Oxon Book Review

Cuprins

List of contributors. Preface Michael D. Petraglia and Ravi Korisettar 1. The Archaeology of the Lower Palaeolithic: background and overview Ravi Korisettar and Michael D. Petraglia 2. Techniques for the Chronometry of the Palaeolithic: evidence for global colonization Ashok K Singhvi, Gunther A. Wagner and Ravi Korisettar 3. Towards a Technological Reassessment of East African Plio-Pleistocene Lithic Assemblages Brian V. Ludwig and J. W. K. Harris 4. The Lifeways of Homo erectus inferred from Archaeology and Evolutionary Ecology: a perspective from East Africa Susan Cachel and J. W. K. Harris 5. Raw Material as evidence for Human Behaviour in the Lower Pleistocene: the Olduvai case Daniel Stiles 6. The Earliest South African Industries Kathleen Kuman 7. The Lower Palaeolithic Settlement of Eurasia, with special reference to Europe Nicolas Rolland 8. Early Colonizations and Cultural Continuities in the Lower Palaeolithic of Western Asia Ofer Bar-Yosef 9. Grasslands, Tool-making and the Hominid Colonization of Southern Asia: a reconsideration Robin W. Dennell 10. Quaternary Stratigraphy, Palaeoclimate and the Lower Palaeolithic of India Ravi Koriisettar and S. N. Rajaguru 11. The Lower Palaeolithic of India and its bearing on the Asian record Michael D. Petraglia 12. Lower Palaeolithic Occupations in Nepal in relation to South Asia Gudrun Corvinus 13. Early Palaeolithic Quartz Industries in China Jian Leng 14. The Earlier Palaeolithic of the Eastern Region of the Old World in comparison to the West J Desmond Clark 15. Concluding Remarks: archaeology's fifth big question Clive Gamble

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Early Human Behaviour in a Global Context promises to become a basic reference for students and professionals who are interested in prehistory, Paleolithic archaeology, and paleoanthropology.