Human Adaptation in the Asian Palaeolithic : Hominin Dispersal and Behaviour during the Late Quaternary
Ryan J. Rabett
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2012
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (386 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Human Adaptation in the Asian Palaeolithic; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 The Journey East; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Palaeolithic of Asia; 1.3 Human Adaptation in the Asian Palaeolithic; Chapter 2 The Pleistocene Planet; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Quaternary Period; 2.2.1 Pleistocene Chronology; 2.2.2 Milankovitch Cycles; 2.2.3 Glacial-Interglacial Cycles; 2.2.4 Marine Oxygen Isotope Record; 2.2.5 Oxygen Isotope Record: Ice Cores; 2.3 Rapid Climate Change; 2.3.1 Stadials and Interstadials; 2.3.2 Dansgaard-Oeschger Cycles. - 2.3.3 Heinrich Events2.3.4 Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation; 2.4 Conclusion; Chapter 3 Hominin Dispersal beyond Africa during the Lower and Middle Pleistocene; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Lower Pleistocene (2.58-0.775 Ma) Dispersals of Anatomically Archaic Hominins; 3.2.1 Western and Central Asia; 3.2.2 Northern and East Asia; 3.2.2.1 The Nihewan Basin (Majuangou and Xiaochangliang); 3.2.2.2 Lantian (Chenjiawo and Gongwangling); 3.2.2.3 The Yuanmou Basin; 3.2.2.4 Longgupo Cave; 3.2.2.5 Mohui Cave; 3.2.3 Southeast Asia; 3.2.4 Environmental and Climatic Conditions during the Lower Pleistocene. - 3.2.4.1 Central Loess Plateau3.2.4.2 Volcanic Eruptions; 3.3 Middle Pleistocene (775-127 KBP) Dispersals of Anatomically Archaic Homo; 3.3.1 Arabia and the Levant; 3.3.2 Europe; 3.3.3 Central and Northern Asia; 3.3.4 South Asia; 3.3.5 East Asia; 3.3.6 Southeast Asia; 3.3.6.1 Peninsular Malaysia; 3.3.6.2 Island Southeast Asia; 3.3.7 Environmental and Climatic Conditions during the Middle Pleistocene; 3.4 Dispersal Mechanisms: Faunal Turnovers, Carnivory and Habitat Specificity; 3.4.1 Faunal Turnovers and Carnivory; 3.4.2 Habitat Specificity; 3.5 Conclusion. - 5.2.1 Conditions During the Last Interglacial5.2.2 North and Northwest Africa; 5.2.3 Northeast Africa; 5.2.4 Southwest Asia: The Levant; 5.2.5 South Asia; 5.2.6 Northern and Central Asia; 5.2.7 East Asia; 5.2.8 Southeast Asia; 5.3 MIS-5d to the Last Termination (116-22 KBP); 5.3.1 Climate Conditions During the Last Glacial Period; 5.3.2 Modelling the Eastward Spread of Modern Humans Out of Africa; 5.3.3 The Southern Route Hypothesis; 5.3.4 South Asia; 5.3.5 Sundaland; 5.3.5.1 Thailand; 5.3.5.2 Malaysia; 5.3.5.3 Vietnam; 5.3.5.4 The Philippines; 5.3.5.5 Borneo; 5.3.5.6 Java; 5.3.6 Wallacea. - 5.3.6.1 East Timor. - Chapter 4 Regional Trajectories in Modern Human Behaviour4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The 'Human Revolution' in Europe; 4.2.1 Blade-Based Lithic Technology; 4.2.2 New Lithic Tool Types; 4.2.3 Non-Lithic Technological and Representative Media; 4.2.4 Mobility; 4.2.5 Population Density; 4.2.6 Pace of Material Culture Innovation; 4.2.7 Subsistence; 4.3 Modern Human Behaviour Beyond Europe; 4.3.1 The Near East and North Africa; 4.3.2 Sub-Saharan Africa; 4.3.3 Asia; 4.4 Conclusion; Chapter 5 The Initial Upper Pleistocene Dispersal of Homo sapiens Out of Africa; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 MIS-5e (126-116 KBP). - This book examines the first human colonization of Asia and particularly the tropical environments of Southeast Asia during the Upper Pleistocene.
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| ISBN | 9781107018297
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