Desolate landscapes [electronic resource] : Ice-Age settlement in Eastern Europe / John F. Hoffecker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffecker, John F.

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neanderthals--Europe, Eastern.

Neanderthals.

Prehistoric peoples--Europe, Eastern.

Prehistoric peoples.

Human beings--Effect of climate on.

Human beings.

Human evolution.

Europe, Eastern--Antiquities.

Europe, Eastern.

Other Title:

Ice-Age settlement in Eastern Europe

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2003, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Chapter 1: Human Evolutionary Ecology and Eastern Europe

The Great Leap: An East European Perspective

Human Evolutionary Ecology in Northern Environments

Principles of Evolutionary Ecology

Human Ecology in Northern Environments

Human Ecology and Symbols

Chapter 2: Environmental Setting

Modern Landscape and Climate

Pleistocene Stratigraphic Framework and Paleolithic Sites in Eastern Europe

Reconstructing Pleistocene Environments in Eastern Europe

Middle and Late Pleistocene Stratigraphy and Landscapes

[Intro]

Middle Pleistocene (OIS 19-6)

Last Interglacial and Early Glacial (OIS 5)

Pleniglacial (OIS 4-2)

Landscape and Paleoanthropology in Eastern Europe

Chapter 3: Middle Pleistocene Settlement

Hominid Colonization of Northern Latitudes

The Problem of East European Colonization

Middle Pleistocene Sites in Eastern Europe

Early Middle Pleistocene Sites (OIS 19-9)

Late Middle Pleistocene Sites (OIS 8-6)

Conclusions: Middle Pleistocene Settlement in Eastern Europe

Chapter 4: Neanderthal Adaptations

Neanderthal Evolution and Adaptation

Neanderthal Origins

Neanderthal Morphology

Neanderthal Behavior and Ecology

Neanderthal Sites in Eastern Europe

General Patterns of Settlement

East European Plain: Southwest Region

East European Plain: Central Region

East European Plain: Southern Region

Crimea

Northern Caucasus

East European Neanderthals: Skeletal Morphology

Lithic Technology and Tools

Lithic Technology

Stone Tools and Their Uses

Other Aspects of Technology

Diet and Foraging Strategy

East European Plain

Crimea and Northern Caucasus

Neanderthal Socioecology

Symbols and Language

Occupation Floors and Site Structure

Neanderthal Adaptation in Eastern Europe: Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 5: The Transition to Modern Humans

Origins and Dispersal of Modern Humans

Early Modern Human Sites in Eastern Europe

East European Plain: Central and Northern Regions

Early Modern Humans of Eastern Europe: Skeletal Morphology

Modern Human Technology and the Early Upper Paleolithic of Eastern Europe

Ornaments and Art in the Early Upper Paleolithic

Diet and Foraging Patterns

Analysis of Faunal Remains in Archaeological Sites

Intersite Patterning and Transport of Raw Materials

Early Upper Paleolithic Socioecology

The Transition to Modern Humans in Eastern Europe: Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 6: People of the Loess Steppe

Modern Humans during the Last Glacial Maximum

Last Glacial Maximum Sites in Eastern Europe

Skeletal Remains in Late Upper Paleolithic Sites

Technology in the Late Upper Paleolithic

Early Last Glacial Maximum: Eastern Gravettian

Late Last Glacial Maximum and Late Glacial: Epigravettian

Ornaments and Art in the Late Upper Paleolithic

Diet and Foraging during the Last Glacial Maximum

Southern Plain, Crimea, and Northern Caucasus

Late Upper Paleolithic Socioecology

Chapter 7: Retrospective

Text Boxes

Text Box 1: The Productivity Paradox of the Loess-Steppe and Human Ecology

Text Box 2: Measuring Technological Complexity among the Neanderthals

Text Box 3: Modern Humans, Symbols, and a Revolution in Technological Ability

Notes:

Cover title; description based on screen of 2003-11-05.

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

0-8135-2991-3