The emergence of modern humans : an archaeological perspective / edited by Paul Mellars.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mellars, Paul, Author.

Contributor:

Mellars, Paul, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human evolution--History.

Human evolution.

Fossil hominids--History.

Fossil hominids.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (569 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2009.

Summary:

A book on the emergence of modern humans

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

List of contributors

A Regional Studies

1. Social and Ecological Models for the Middle Stone Age in Southern Africa

2. A Critique of the Consensus View on the Age of Howieson's Poort Assemblages in South Africa

3: The Middle and Upper Palaeolithic of the Near East and the Nile Valley: the Problem of Cultural Transformations

4: The Amudian in the Context of the Mugharan Tradition at the Tabun Cave (Mount Carmel), Israel

5: A Technological Analysis ofthe Upper Palaeolithic Levels (XXV-VI) of Ksar Akil, Lebanon

6: Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Transition: the Evidence for the Nile Valley

7: The Szeletian and the Stratigraphic Succession in Central Europe and Adjacent Areas: Main Trends, Recent Results, and Problems for Resolution

8: Chronological Change in Perigord Lithic Assemblage Diversity

9: The Middle-Upper Palaeolithic Transition in Southwestern France: Interpreting the Lithic Evidence

10: The Early Upper Palaeolithic of Southwest Europe: Cro-Magnon Adaptations in the Iberian Peripheries, 40 000 - 20 000 BP

11: The Transition from Middle to Upper Palaeolithic at Arcy-sur-Cure (Yonne, France): Technological, Economic and Social Aspects

12: Peopling Australasia: the 'Coastal Colonization' Hypothesis Re-examined

B General Studies

13: Middle Palaeolithic Socio-Economic Fonnations in Western Eurasia: an Exploratory Survey

14: Aspects of Behaviour in the Middle Palaeolithic: Functional Analysis of Stone Tools from Southwest France

15: A Multiaspectual Approach to the Origins of the Upper Palaeolithic in Europe

16: From the Middle to the Upper Palaeolithic: The Nature of the Transition

17: Early Hominid Symbol and Evolution of the Human Capacity

18: Human Cognitive Changes at the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Transition: the Evidence of Boker Tachtit

19: Symbolic Origins and Transitions in the Palaeolithic

Index of Authors

Index of Sites and Locations

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781474470957

1474470955