Reassessing Paleolithic Subsistence: The Neandertal and Modern Human Foragers of Saint-Césaire

ISBN-13: 9781009125062 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

MORIN EUG NE

Opis

Contributes to the debate about modern human origins by exploring the diets and foraging patterns of both Neandertals and early modern humans.

Recenzje

'The overwhelming strength of Morin's book is that it takes a rather niche topic, subsistence practices in a limited area of Western Europe, and effectively addresses a significant archaeological question within a much larger regional framework, using methods that are applicable to other time periods and locations … an extremely important contribution and excellent model for future analysts studying the region.' Britt M. Starkovich, Current Anthropology

Spis treści

1. The research problem; 2. Human origins and the problem of Neandertals; 3. Foraging theory and the archaeological record; 4. Saint Césaire; 5. The fauna; 6. Taphonomy; 7. Seasonality; 8. Transport decisions and currency analysis; 9. Testing the hypotheses; 10. Diet breadth at the regional level; 11. An alternative look at the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition; 12. Concluding thoughts.