Palaeolithic Europe - A Demographic and Social Prehistory

A demographic history of Europe's early human populations from 1.8 million to 15,000 years ago.

Sommario

1. Towards a Social Palaeodemography of Early Prehistory; 2. Stones, Bones, and Genes: A Palaeodemographic Database; 3. Hunter-Gatherer Demography; 4. Visitation: The First European Populations (~1.8 million-300,000 years ago); 5. Residency: The Neanderthals and their Neighbours (~300,000-40,000 years ago); 6. Expansion: The Arrival of Homo Sapiens and the Extinction of the Neanderthals (~50,000 years ago-35,000 years ago); 7. Intensification: Mid-to-Late Upper Palaeolithic Population Dynamics (~35,000 years ago-15,000 years ago); 8. Palaeolithic Europe: Demography and Society.

Info autore

Jennifer C. French holds a PhD in Archaeology from the University of Cambridge. Her research on humanity's early demographic history has been funded by the AHRC, the Leverhulme Trust and the Wenner-Gren Foundation and published in Science, Evolutionary Anthropology, Journal of Archaeological Science, and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

Riassunto

This book combines archaeological, palaeoanthropological, and paleogenetic data to present a unique demographic perspective on this period of early prehistory, combining social and evolutionary approaches. It will be of interest to advanced students and researchers in archaeology and biological anthropology.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jennifer C French, Jennifer C. French, Jennifer C. (University of Liverpool) French
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 14.09.2023
• EAN: 9781108710060
• ISBN: 978-1-108-71006-0
• Pagine: 350
• Serie: Cambridge World Archaeology
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria; Europe, European History, prehistory, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Prehistoric archaeology, Stone Age: Palaeolithic period