Dorothy Garrod and the Progress of the Palaeolithic
Title | Dorothy Garrod and the Progress of the Palaeolithic PDF eBook |
Author | William Davies |
Publisher | Oxbow Books |
Pages | 490 |
Release | 2017-03-20 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1785705202 |
Dorothy Garrod opened many doors; not only was she the first female professor at Cambridge University, but she illuminated - and in some cases initiated - some of prehistoric archaeology's most central issues. The quiet yet self possessed woman was best known as a fieldworker, often venturing into dangerous regions such as Kurdistan. Her first and highly successful excavation revealed fragments of Neanderthal fossils in Gibralter. This volume reviews modern research on this site, as well as exploring other issues which interested the Disney Professor of Archaeology: hominid remains from Mount Carmel; Palaeolithic sites in the Zagros Mountains, Bulgaria and Britain; and the cultural evidence for the beginning of Near Eastern food production, which Garrod called Natufian. Also included are papers concerned with her life, background and published work. The topics' span and continuing relevance are testament to Dorothy Garrod's remarkable character and great achievements.
The Central European Magdalenian
Title | The Central European Magdalenian PDF eBook |
Author | Andreas Maier |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 473 |
Release | 2015-09-09 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9401772061 |
This monograph on the Central European Magdalenian aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the archaeological record of this period. It sheds new light on five regional groups between the Rhône valley to the west and the Vistula-valley to the east, which existed roughly between 20,000 and 14,000 years ago. Readers will discover that these groups are characterized with regard to their environmental setting (including faunal and vegetational aspects), lithic raw material and mollusk shell procurement, typology, technology and artesian craftworks. The work also explores an alternative interpretation of bidirectional recolonization from both Franco-Cantabria and Eastern Central Europe after the Last Glacial Maximum. This book will appeal to researchers and scholars in archaeology and cognate fields.
Archeologie in Vlaanderen
Title | Archeologie in Vlaanderen PDF eBook |
Author | Instituut voor het Archeologisch Patrimonium (Zellik) |
Publisher | Leuven University Press |
Pages | 334 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Late Glacial in North-west Europe
Title | The Late Glacial in North-west Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas Barton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN |
Recherches sur le paléolithique supérieur
Title | Recherches sur le paléolithique supérieur PDF eBook |
Author | Marcel Otte |
Publisher | British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited |
Pages | 454 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN |
A collection of almost forty previously published papers, in French and English, discussing recent research on the Upper Palaeolithic. The papers are losely chronological, discussing the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition, the Final Palaeolithic and presenting case studies from Europe, as well as from Anatolia, the Crimea and Georgia, and relations between areas of Europe and beyond. Abstracts in English.
Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science
Title | Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science PDF eBook |
Author | John Gunn |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 1971 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1579583997 |
The Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science examines cave and karst geoscience, cave archaeology and human use of caves, art in caves, hydrology and groundwater, cave and karst history, and conservation and management.
An Inquiry Into the Ethnic Resolution of Mesolithic Regional Groups
Title | An Inquiry Into the Ethnic Resolution of Mesolithic Regional Groups PDF eBook |
Author | R R Newell |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 531 |
Release | 2023-12-21 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9004675841 |
Recent Western European Mesolithic research has greatly augmented our understanding of the time and space parameters of material derived from settlements. Perusals of those regularities have led to a renewed scrutiny of the ethnographic literature in an attempt to perceive the resulting temporal and spatial units as anthropologically relevant regional groups. The proposition that the breeding population was identical to the ethnic identity of the participants is untenable. After a review of the physical anthropological composition of that population and its forms of social and spatial organization, the emic relevance of decorative ornamentation and costume is established in terms of society-specific styles. Proceeding from a series of tenets of processual ethnographic analogy, the ornaments extant in the post- glacial hunter-fisher-gatherer cultures of Western Europe are examined for their formal properties and time and space parameters. By means of an explicit set of postulates they are tested for the identification, definition and territorial placement of mesolithic social, ethnic and linguistic groups.