The Resource The Neanderthal legacy: an archaeological perspective from Western Europe
The Neanderthal legacy: an archaeological perspective from Western Europe
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The item The Neanderthal legacy: an archaeological perspective from Western Europe represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- The Neanderthals populated western Europe from nearly 250,000 to 30,000 years ago when they disappeared from the archaeological record. In turn, populations of anatomically modern humans, Homo sapiens, came to dominate the area. Seeking to understand the nature of this replacement, which has become a hotly debated issue, Paul Mellars brings together an unprecedented amount of information on the behavior of Neanderthals. His comprehensive overview ranges from the evidence of tool manufacture and related patterns of lithic technology, through the issues of subsistence and settlement patterns, to the more controversial evidence for social organization, cognition, and intelligence. Mellars argues that previous attempts to characterize Neanderthal behavior as either "modern" or "ape-like" are both overstatements. We can better comprehend the replacement of Neanderthals, he maintains, by concentrating on the social and demographic structure of Neanderthal populations and on their specific adaptations to the harsh ecological conditions of the last glaciation. Mellar's approach to these issues is grounded firmly in his archaeological evidence. He illustrates the implications of these findings by drawing from the methods of comparative socioecology, primate studies, and Pleistocene paleoecology. The book provides a detailed review of the climatic and environmental background to Neanderthal occupation in Europe, and of the currently topical issues of the behavioral and biological transition from Neanderthal to fully "modern" populations
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xix, 471 pages
- Contents
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- The Significance of Industrial Variability
- Neanderthal Society
- The Neanderthal Mind
- The Big Transition
- The Environmental Background to Middle Palaeolithic Occupation
- Stone Tool Technology
- Tool Morphology, Function and Typology
- The Procurement and Distribution of Raw Materials
- Industrial Taxonomy and Chronology
- Middle Palaeolithic Subsistence
- Sites in the Landscape
- The Spatial Organization of Middle Palaeolithic Sites
- Isbn
- 9780691034935
- Label
- The Neanderthal legacy: an archaeological perspective from Western Europe
- Title
- The Neanderthal legacy: an archaeological perspective from Western Europe
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The Neanderthals populated western Europe from nearly 250,000 to 30,000 years ago when they disappeared from the archaeological record. In turn, populations of anatomically modern humans, Homo sapiens, came to dominate the area. Seeking to understand the nature of this replacement, which has become a hotly debated issue, Paul Mellars brings together an unprecedented amount of information on the behavior of Neanderthals. His comprehensive overview ranges from the evidence of tool manufacture and related patterns of lithic technology, through the issues of subsistence and settlement patterns, to the more controversial evidence for social organization, cognition, and intelligence. Mellars argues that previous attempts to characterize Neanderthal behavior as either "modern" or "ape-like" are both overstatements. We can better comprehend the replacement of Neanderthals, he maintains, by concentrating on the social and demographic structure of Neanderthal populations and on their specific adaptations to the harsh ecological conditions of the last glaciation. Mellar's approach to these issues is grounded firmly in his archaeological evidence. He illustrates the implications of these findings by drawing from the methods of comparative socioecology, primate studies, and Pleistocene paleoecology. The book provides a detailed review of the climatic and environmental background to Neanderthal occupation in Europe, and of the currently topical issues of the behavioral and biological transition from Neanderthal to fully "modern" populations
- Cataloging source
- UkLiU
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mellars, Paul
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- GN285
- LC item number
- .M45 1996
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Neanderthals
- Paleolithic period
- Human evolution
- Behavior evolution
- Europe
- Label
- The Neanderthal legacy: an archaeological perspective from Western Europe
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 420-460) and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The Significance of Industrial Variability
- Neanderthal Society
- The Neanderthal Mind
- The Big Transition
- The Environmental Background to Middle Palaeolithic Occupation
- Stone Tool Technology
- Tool Morphology, Function and Typology
- The Procurement and Distribution of Raw Materials
- Industrial Taxonomy and Chronology
- Middle Palaeolithic Subsistence
- Sites in the Landscape
- The Spatial Organization of Middle Palaeolithic Sites
- Dimensions
- 26 cm
- Extent
- xix, 471 pages
- Isbn
- 9780691034935
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Label
- The Neanderthal legacy: an archaeological perspective from Western Europe
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 420-460) and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The Significance of Industrial Variability
- Neanderthal Society
- The Neanderthal Mind
- The Big Transition
- The Environmental Background to Middle Palaeolithic Occupation
- Stone Tool Technology
- Tool Morphology, Function and Typology
- The Procurement and Distribution of Raw Materials
- Industrial Taxonomy and Chronology
- Middle Palaeolithic Subsistence
- Sites in the Landscape
- The Spatial Organization of Middle Palaeolithic Sites
- Dimensions
- 26 cm
- Extent
- xix, 471 pages
- Isbn
- 9780691034935
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
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