Sounds of laughter, shades of life : Pleistocene to modern hominin occupations of the Bau de l'Aubesier rock shelter, Vaucluse, France / Lucy Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Lucy, author.

Series:

BAR international series ; 3035.

BAR international series ; 3035

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Prehistoric peoples--France--Vaucluse (Department).

Prehistoric peoples.

Caves--France--Vaucluse (Department).

Caves.

Geology, Stratigraphic--Pleistocene.

Geology, Stratigraphic.

Vaucluse (France : Department)--Antiquities.

Vaucluse (France : Department).

Antiquities.

Pleistocene Geologic Epoch.

France--Vaucluse (Department).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 191 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2021.

Language Note:

Text in English with abstract in French.

Summary:

The Bau de l'Aubesier is a multi-layer rock shelter site, with deposits mainly from the later Middle Pleistocene and the Late Pleistocene, very abundant faunal and lithic remains, intense and extensive use of fire in some levels, and hominin remains from Neandertals and their predecessors. The book provides the geographic and geologic context of the site, then describes each layer within the stratigraphy in detail, with emphasis on the hominins, how they used the site, and how they used the surrounding territory. Rigorous analysis is interspersed with stories of the excavations themselves, and abundant figures and tables. The final chapter addresses the ultimate question: what does the Bau de l'Aubesier tell us about the Middle Palaeolithic?

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 30, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781407358390

1407358391

OCLC:

1291226668