Reassessing Paleolithic Subsistence - The Neandertal and Modern Human Foragers of Saint-Cesaire

Informationen zum Autor Eugène Morin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Trent University in Canada. He has published articles in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Geoarchaeology and PNAS and serves on the editorial board of Ethnobiology Letters. Klappentext Contributes to the debate about modern human origins by exploring the diets and foraging patterns of both Neandertals and early modern humans. Zusammenfassung Contributes to the debate about modern human origins by exploring the diets and foraging patterns of both Neandertals and early modern humans. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The research problem; 2. Human origins and the problem of Neandertals; 3. Foraging theory and the archaeological record; 4. Saint Césaire; 5. The fauna; 6. Taphonomy; 7. Seasonality; 8. Transport decisions and currency analysis; 9. Testing the hypotheses; 10. Diet breadth at the regional level; 11. An alternative look at the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition; 12. Concluding thoughts.

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• Authors: Eug Ne Morin, Eug¿ Morin, Eugene Morin, Eugène Morin, Eugene (Trent University Morin, Eugne Morin, MORIN EUGENE
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.03.2012
• EAN: 9781107023277
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02327-7
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; France, prehistory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Early Man, Social and cultural anthropology, Archaeology by period / region, Prehistoric archaeology, Evolutionary anthropology / Human evolution