Over the last decade, Africa has taken a central position in the search for the timing and mechanisms leading to modern human origins, and the rich archaeological and human paleontological record of North Africa is critical to this search. In this volume, we bring together new research into the archaeology, human paleontology, chronology, and environmental context of modern human origins in North Africa. The result is a volume that better integrates the North African record into the modern human origins debate and at the same time highlights the research questions that are currently the focus...
Over the last decade, Africa has taken a central position in the search for the timing and mechanisms leading to modern human origins, and the rich ar...
This book provides comprehensive information on the materials excavated at Pech de l'Aze IV, both by the original excavator Francois Bordes in the 1970s, and more recently by the authors and their scientific team. Applying a range of new excavation and analytical techniques, it presents detailed material on the formation of the site, its chronology and the nature of the hominin occupations. Pech de l'Aze IV is part of a complex of Lower and Middle Paleolithic cave sites in the Dordogne Valley of southwestern France. Although this region has been well known for its rich concentration of...
This book provides comprehensive information on the materials excavated at Pech de l'Aze IV, both by the original excavator Francois Bordes in the 197...
