Reassessing paleolithic subsistence : the Neandertal and modern human foragers of Saint-Césaire / Eugène Morin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morin, Eugène, 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleolithic period--France--Saint-Césaire Rockshelter.

Paleolithic period.

Neanderthals--France--Saint-Césaire Rockshelter.

Neanderthals.

Animal remains (Archaeology)--France--Saint-Césaire Rockshelter.

Animal remains (Archaeology).

Hunting and gathering societies--France--Saint-Césaire Rockshelter.

Hunting and gathering societies.

Hunting, Prehistoric--France--Saint-Césaire Rockshelter.

Hunting, Prehistoric.

Saint-Césaire Rockshelter (France).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 358 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The contribution of Neandertals to the biological and cultural emergence of early modern humans remains highly debated in anthropology. Particularly controversial is the long-held view that Neandertals in Western Europe were replaced 30,000 to 40,000 years ago by early modern humans expanding out of Africa. This book contributes to this debate by exploring the diets and foraging patterns of both Neandertals and early modern humans. Eugène Morin examines the faunal remains from Saint-Césaire in France, which contains an exceptionally long and detailed chronological sequence, as well as genetic, anatomical and other archaeological evidence to shed new light on the problem of modern human origins.

Contents:

The research problem

Human origins and the problem of Neandertals

Foraging theory and the archaeological record

Saint-Césaire

The fauna

Taphonomy

Seasonality

Transport decisions and currency analysis

Testing the hypotheses

Diet breadth at the regional level

An alternative look at the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-33453-0

1-107-23185-X

1-280-39423-4

9786613572158

1-139-33799-8

1-139-34044-1

1-139-34202-9

1-139-33712-2

1-139-33886-2

1-139-15097-9

OCLC:

792684452