Reassessing Paleolithic Subsistence : The Neandertal and Modern Human Foragers of Saint-Césaire
Eugène. Morin
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
| Medvirkende | Morin, Eugáene (Author)
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| 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; REASSESSING PALEOLITHIC SUBSISTENCE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF APPENDICES; PROLOGUE; 1: THE RESEARCH PROBLEM; FRAMING THE PROBLEM: DID NEANDERTALS AND EARLY MODERN HUMANS DIFFER IN TERMS OF FORAGING BEHAVIORS?; ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK; 2: HUMAN ORIGINS AND THE PROBLEM OF NEANDERTALS; TWENTIETH-CENTURY THOUGHT AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE REPLACEMENT MODEL; SAINT-CÉSAIRE AND THE UPPER PALEOLITHIC NEANDERTALS; CURRENT ISSUES IN THE MODERN HUMAN ORIGINS DEBATE; Early Modern Human Fossils in Europe; Geographic Origin of the Aurignacian. - A Problem of Equifinality: Climate as a Cause of Diet WideningFAUNAL IMPLICATIONS WITH RESPECT TO PREY CHOICE; Prey Choice at the Individual Level; Selection of Marrow and Bone Grease Elements; Why Saint-Césaire?; SUMMARY OF THE PREDICTIONS; 4: SAINT-CÉSAIRE; THE SITE STRATIGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY OF THE DEPOSIT; CHRONOLOGY OF THE OCCUPATIONS; HUMAN REMAINS; PALEOECOLOGICAL SETTING; 5: THE FAUNA; SAMPLES AND METHODS; Estimating Abundance in the Faunal Samples; Refitting; Analysis of the Specimens; Statistical Methods; PRESENTATION OF THE FAUNAL SAMPLES; TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION OF THE ASSEMBLAGES. - BIOLOGY OF THE MAIN UNGULATE SPECIES AT SAINT-CÉSAIREReindeer; Bison and Horse; SYNCHRONY OF BIRTHING IN REINDEER, BISON, AND HORSE; Seasonality Patterns in Pleistocene Assemblages from France; METHODS USED AT SAINT-CÉSAIRE FOR DERIVING SEASONALITY DATA; Dental Remains; Antler Development and Cycle; Bone Fusion; Fetal Bones; Incorporating Variation in Birth Synchrony in Fetal Age Estimates; SEASONS OF PROCUREMENT IN THE ASSEMBLAGES; CONCLUSIONS ON SEASONALITY PATTERNS AT SAINT-CÉSAIRE; 8: TRANSPORT DECISIONS AND CURRENCY ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGICAL NOTES ON THE STUDY OF SKELETAL REPRESENTATION. - Bison or Aurochs?Other Faunal Remains; SKELETAL PART REPRESENTATION AT SAINT-CÉSAIRE; 6: TAPHONOMY; THE CHRONOLOGICAL GRAIN AT SAINT-CÉSAIRE; RECOVERY METHODS; SPECIMEN FRAGMENTATION; PATTERNS OF PRESERVATION; Types of Damage; AGENTS OF ACCUMULATION; Retouchers; Carnivores; THE IMPACT OF IDENTIFICATION FILTERS ON THE ASSEMBLAGES; Differential Identification of Skeletal Elements; Differential Identification of Long Bone Shafts; Effects of Counting Methods on Head Representation; Scalar Effects in Species Identification; BURNING; CONCLUSIONS ON TAPHONOMY; 7: SEASONALITY. - Early Modern Human versus Neandertal BehaviorsGenetic Evidence for a Population Expansion; FORMULATION OF A TEST APPLICABLE TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS; The Demic Expansion Hypothesis and Its Ecological Implications; Assumptions Underlying the Archaeological Test; 3: FORAGING THEORY AND THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD; THE PREY CHOICE MODEL; THE PATCH CHOICE MODEL; THE MARGINAL VALUE THEOREM; CENTRAL PLACE FORAGING MODELS; PROBLEMS IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; The Body Size Rule; Abundance Indices; Currency and Foraging Goals in Humans; OPERATIONALIZING THE TEST OF THE INTENSIFICATION HYPOTHESIS. - RESULTS OF THE INTER-ASSEMBLAGE RANK-ORDER CORRELATIONS. - This book contributes to the debate about modern human origins by exploring the diets and foraging patterns of both Neandertals and early modern humans.
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| Emner | Animal remains (Archaeology) - France - Saint-Câesaire Rockshelter
Hunting and gathering societies - France - Saint-Câesaire Rockshelter Hunting, Prehistoric - France - Saint-Câesaire Rockshelter Neanderthals - France - Saint-Câesaire Rockshelter Vis mer... Paleolithic period - France - Saint-Câesaire Rockshelter
Animal remains (Archaeology) -- France -- Saint-Césaire Rockshelter. Hunting and gathering societies -- France -- Saint-Césaire Rockshelter. Hunting, Prehistoric -- France -- Saint-Césaire Rockshelter. Neanderthals -- France -- Saint-Césaire Rockshelter. Paleolithic period -- France -- Saint-Césaire Rockshelter. Saint-Césaire Rockshelter (France). Anthropology Dyrebein Forhistorisk tid Frankrike Jegere og sankere Neandertalere Paleolittisk tid Prehistoric Anthropology Skjelettmateriale Social Sciences |
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| Dewey | 569.9/8609364 . - 569.986
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| ISBN | 1107023270. - 9781107023277
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