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Dolní Věstonice--Pavlov : explaining Paleolithic settlements in central Europe / Jiří A. Svoboda ; English translation by Suzanne Dibble.
Penn Museum Library GN772.22.C95 S94513 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Svoboda, Jiří, 1953- author.
- Series:
- Peopling of the Americas publication
- Peopling of the Americas publications
- Standardized Title:
- Dolní Věstonice--Pavlov. English
- Language:
- Czech
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paleolithic period--Czech Republic--Dolní Věstonice Site.
- Paleolithic period.
- Human remains (Archaeology)--Czech Republic--Dolní Věstonice Site.
- Human remains (Archaeology).
- Hunting and gathering societies--Czech Republic--Dolní Věstonice Site.
- Hunting and gathering societies.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Czech Republic--Dolní Věstonice Site.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Dolní Věstonice Site (Czech Republic).
- Pavlov Hills (Czech Republic)--Antiquities.
- Pavlov Hills (Czech Republic).
- Antiquities.
- Czech Republic--Dolní Věstonice Site.
- Czech Republic--Pavlov Hills.
- Physical Description:
- 324 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Richly illustrated throughout, including beautiful color renderings of scenes from Paleolithic life suggested by Svoboda's research, this first English translation of Dolní Věstonice-Pavlov: Explaining Paleolithic Settlements in Central Europe is sure to provide not only vital information for scholars, researchers, and students but also insightful and thought-provoking background for interested general readers"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. The Expansion of Homo sapiens: The Paleoanthropological Context
- 2. The Discovery of Dolni Vestonice: Research History
- 3. A Calendar of the Ages: Chronology
- 4. The Face of the Landscape: Paleoecology
- 5. Hunters in the Landscape: Settlement Archeology
- 6. Everyday Life: Paleoethnology
- 7. Take but Do Not Exhaust: Subsistence
- 8. Materials and Artifacts: Technology
- 9. Before the Neolithic: Technological Innovation
- 10. The Domestication of Features: Rituals and Symbols
- 11. And Then Comes Death: Anthropology and Genetics
- 12. Collapse, Survival, and Regeneration.
- Notes:
- Translated from the Czech.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781623498115
- 1623498112
- OCLC:
- 1133661451
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