3 options
The Lower to Middle Palaeolithic transition in Northwestern Europe : evidence from Kesselt-Op de Schans / Ann Van Baelen ; with contributions by Philip Van Peer [and three others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baelen, Ann Van, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Antiquities, Prehistoric--Belgium--Lanaken.
- Antiquities, Prehistoric.
- Paleolithic period, Lower--Belgium--Lanaken.
- Paleolithic period, Lower.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF (238 pages) :) illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
- Place of Publication:
- Leuven, Belgium : Leuven University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- The shift from Lower to Middle Palaeolithic in northwestern Europe (dated to around 300,000-250,000 years ago) remains poorly understood and underexplored compared to more recent archaeological transitions. During this period, stone tool technologies underwent significant changes but the limited number of known sites and the general low spatio-temporal resolution of the archaeological record in many cases has impeded detailed behavioural inferences. Brickyard-quarrying activities at Kesselt-Op de Schans (Limburg, Belgium) led to the discovery and excavation of a well-preserved early Middle Palaeolithic level buried beneath a 10m thick loess-palaeosol sequence. The present volume offers a comprehensive report on the site, dated to around 280,000 years ago, set against a wider northwestern European context. An in-depth study of the lithic assemblage, including an extensive refitting analysis, provides detailed information on the technological behaviour of prehistoric hominins in the Meuse basin during this crucial time period.
- Contents:
- Foreword
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Towards a theoretical framework for the study of the Lower to Middle Palaeolithic transition
- 3. The early Middle Palaeolithic site of Kesselt-Op de Schans (Province of Limburg, Belgium) and its northwestern European context
- 4. General conclusion and implications for the transition from Lower to Middle Palaeolithic.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed December 20, 2017).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 94-6166-219-X
- OCLC:
- 1009361673
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.