Desolate landscapes Ice-Age settlement in Eastern Europe /

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Ice-Age settlement in Eastern Europe
Chapter 1: Human Evolutionary Ecology and Eastern Europe --
The Great Leap: An East European Perspective --
Human Evolutionary Ecology in Northern Environments --
Principles of Evolutionary Ecology --
Human Ecology in Northern Environments --
Human Ecology and Symbols --
Chapter 2: Environmental Setting --
Modern Landscape and Climate --
Pleistocene Stratigraphic Framework and Paleolithic Sites in Eastern Europe --
Reconstructing Pleistocene Environments in Eastern Europe --
Middle and Late Pleistocene Stratigraphy and Landscapes --
[Intro] --
Middle Pleistocene (OIS 19-6) --
Last Interglacial and Early Glacial (OIS 5) --
Pleniglacial (OIS 4-2) --
Landscape and Paleoanthropology in Eastern Europe --
Chapter 3: Middle Pleistocene Settlement --
Hominid Colonization of Northern Latitudes --
The Problem of East European Colonization --
Middle Pleistocene Sites in Eastern Europe --
Early Middle Pleistocene Sites (OIS 19-9) --
Late Middle Pleistocene Sites (OIS 8-6) --
Conclusions: Middle Pleistocene Settlement in Eastern Europe --
Chapter 4: Neanderthal Adaptations --
Neanderthal Evolution and Adaptation --
Neanderthal Origins --
Neanderthal Morphology --
Neanderthal Behavior and Ecology --
Neanderthal Sites in Eastern Europe --
General Patterns of Settlement --
East European Plain: Southwest Region --
East European Plain: Central Region --
East European Plain: Southern Region --
Crimea --
Northern Caucasus --
East European Neanderthals: Skeletal Morphology --
Lithic Technology and Tools --
Lithic Technology --
Stone Tools and Their Uses --
Other Aspects of Technology --
Diet and Foraging Strategy --
East European Plain --
Crimea and Northern Caucasus --
Neanderthal Socioecology --
Symbols and Language --
Occupation Floors and Site Structure --
Neanderthal Adaptation in Eastern Europe: Summary and Conclusions --
Chapter 5: The Transition to Modern Humans --
Origins and Dispersal of Modern Humans --
Early Modern Human Sites in Eastern Europe --
East European Plain: Central and Northern Regions --
Early Modern Humans of Eastern Europe: Skeletal Morphology --
Modern Human Technology and the Early Upper Paleolithic of Eastern Europe --
Ornaments and Art in the Early Upper Paleolithic --
Diet and Foraging Patterns --
Analysis of Faunal Remains in Archaeological Sites --
Intersite Patterning and Transport of Raw Materials --
Early Upper Paleolithic Socioecology --
The Transition to Modern Humans in Eastern Europe: Summary and Conclusions --
Chapter 6: People of the Loess Steppe --
Modern Humans during the Last Glacial Maximum --
Last Glacial Maximum Sites in Eastern Europe --
Skeletal Remains in Late Upper Paleolithic Sites --
Technology in the Late Upper Paleolithic --
Early Last Glacial Maximum: Eastern Gravettian --
Late Last Glacial Maximum and Late Glacial: Epigravettian --
Ornaments and Art in the Late Upper Paleolithic --
Diet and Foraging during the Last Glacial Maximum --
Southern Plain, Crimea, and Northern Caucasus --
Late Upper Paleolithic Socioecology --
Chapter 7: Retrospective --
Text Boxes --
Text Box 1: The Productivity Paradox of the Loess-Steppe and Human Ecology --
Text Box 2: Measuring Technological Complexity among the Neanderthals --
Text Box 3: Modern Humans, Symbols, and a Revolution in Technological Ability
1. Verfasser:
Hoffecker, John F.
Körperschaft:
American Council of Learned Societies
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2003, c2002.
Anmerkungen:
Cover title; description based on screen of 2003-11-05.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliography and index.
ISBN:
0-8135-2991-3
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