The Paleolithic of Siberia - NEW DISCOVERIES AND INTERPRETATIONS

This major work, the result of collaboration among scholars who worked at dozens of sites from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, is the first volume in English to summarize the massive quantity of archaeological data on the Paleolithic occupation of Siberia. Written by leading Russian experts and edited by scholars including the late Demitri Shimkin, the book presents the results of field studies conducted over some twenty-five years.It traces the routes of human migration throughout Eurasia, shows Siberian lithic industries as they evolved from the Early through the Middle and Late Paleolithic, and correlates them with reports from Mongolia, China, Japan, and America.

Summary

Summarizes the archaeological data on the Paleolithic occupation of Siberia. This book traces the routes of human migration throughout Eurasia, shows Siberian lithic industries as they evolved from the Early through the Middle and Late Paleolithic, and correlates them with reports from Mongolia, China, Japan, and America.

Product details

• Assisted by: Anatoliy P Derev'anko (Editor), Anatoliy P. Derev'anko (Editor), W Powers (Editor), William Roger Powers (Editor), Demitri Roger Shimkin (Editor), Inna P. Laricheva (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1998
• EAN: 9780252020520
• ISBN: 978-0-252-02052-0
• No. of pages: 416
• Weight: 1275 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Archäologie einer Periode / Region, Ur- und Frühgeschichte