Animal Teeth and Human Tools - A Taphonomic Odyssey in Ice Age Siberia

Informationen zum Autor Christy G. Turner, II is Regents' Professor Emeritus of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University. He is internationally recognised for his work on human dentition and, more recently, for his taphonomic studies of cannibalism in the American Southwest. Nicolai D. Ovodov is Chief Research Collaborator at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Novosibirsk, Russia. He is well-known in Russia for his important contributions to Siberian palaeontology and palaeoanthropology. Olga V. Pavlova was a translator with the Russian Academy of Sciences for over 30 years in both the Institute of Geology and Geophysics and the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography. Klappentext A unique study of Ice Age human and carnivore bone damage and its importance in understanding ancient life in Siberia. Zusammenfassung This unique study of Ice Age Siberia uses evidence of human and animal bone damage to propose a new hypothesis for the relatively late colonisation of the New World. Over 250 photographs illustrate some of the over 9000 pieces of bone examined and provide a valuable insight into the fieldwork involved. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction. What is perimortem taphonomy, and why study it in Siberia?; 2. Bone damage and its meaning; 3. The 30 Siberian archaeological and palaeontological sites, distributed from the Ob River to the Sea of Japan; 4. Discussion: analyses, comparisons, inferences, and hypotheses; 5. Conclusions for seven questions; Appendices; References; Index.

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• Authors: Nicolai D. Ovodov, Ovodov Nicolai D., Olga V. Pavlova, Pavlova Olga V., Christy G. Turner, Christy G. Ovodov Turner, Christy G. Turner II, Christy G. (Arizona State University) Turner II, Christy G. (Arizona State University) O Turner II
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.07.2013
• EAN: 9781107030299
• ISBN: 978-1-107-03029-9
• No. of pages: 500
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Russia, Evolution, prehistory, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical, Archaeology by period / region, Human biology, Palaeontology, Physical anthropology, Evolutionary anthropology