Regional approaches to past human adaptations have generated much
new knowledge and understanding. Researchers working on problems of
adaptations in the Holocene, from those of simple hunter-gatherers
to those of complex sociopolitical entities like the state, have
found this approach suitable for comprehension of both ecological
and social aspects of human behavior. This research focus has,
however, until recently left virtually un touched a major spatial
and temporaI segment of prehistory-the Old World during the
Pleistocene. Extant literature on this period, by and large,
presents either detailed site speeific accounts or offers
continental or even global syntheses that tend to compile site
speeific information but do not integrate it into whole c nstructs
of funetioning so ciocuhural entities. This volume presents our
current state of knowledge about a variety of regional adaptations
that charaeterized prehistoric groups in the Old World before
10,000 B. P. The authors of the chapters consider the behavior of
humans rather than that of objects or features and present data and
models for variaus aspects of past cultures and for culture change.
These presentations integrate findings and understandings derived
from a number of related disciplines actively involved in
researching the past. Data and interpretations are offered on a
range of Old \yorld regions during the PaIeolithic, induding
Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe, and chronological coverage
spans from the Early to Late PIeisto cene."
General
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag New York
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology |
| Release date: |
November 2011 |
| First published: |
1987 |
| Editors: |
Olga Soffer
|
| Dimensions: |
254 x 178 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
402 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4612-9016-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Archaeology >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-4612-9016-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781461290162 |
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