Title Desolate landscapes : Ice-Age settlement in Eastern Europe / John F. Hoffecker ; foreward by Richard G. Klein

Published New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2003 ©2002

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Description 1 online resource Series Rutgers series in human evolution Rutgers series in human evolution. Contents Chapter 1: Human Evolutionary Ecology and Eastern Europe -- The Great Leap: An East European Perspective -- Human Evolutionary Ecology in Northern Environments -- Principles of Evolutionary Ecology -- Human Ecology in Northern Environments -- Human Ecology and Symbols -- Chapter 2: Environmental Setting -- Modern Landscape and Climate -- Pleistocene Stratigraphic Framework and Paleolithic Sites in Eastern Europe -- Reconstructing Pleistocene Environments in Eastern Europe -- Middle and Late Pleistocene Stratigraphy and Landscapes -- [Intro] -- Middle Pleistocene (OIS 19-6) -- Last Interglacial and Early Glacial (OIS 5) -- Pleniglacial (OIS 4-2) -- Landscape and Paleoanthropology in Eastern Europe -- Chapter 3: Middle Pleistocene Settlement -- [Intro] -- Hominid Colonization of Northern Latitudes -- The Problem of East European Colonization -- Middle Pleistocene Sites in Eastern Europe -- [Intro] -- Early Middle Pleistocene Sites (OIS 19-9) -- Late Middle Pleistocene Sites (OIS 8-6) -- Conclusions: Middle Pleistocene Settlement in Eastern Europe -- Chapter 4: Neanderthal Adaptations -- [Intro] -- Neanderthal Evolution and Adaptation -- Neanderthal Origins -- Neanderthal Morphology -- Neanderthal Behavior and Ecology -- Neanderthal Sites in Eastern Europe -- [Intro] -- General Patterns of Settlement -- East European Plain: Southwest Region -- East European Plain: Central Region -- East European Plain: Southern Region -- Crimea -- Northern Caucasus -- East European Neanderthals: Skeletal Morphology -- Lithic Technology and Tools -- [Intro] -- Lithic Technology -- Stone Tools and Their Uses -- Other Aspects of Technology -- Diet and Foraging Strategy -- [Intro] -- East European Plain -- Crimea and Northern Caucasus -- Neanderthal Socioecology -- [Intro] -- Symbols and Language -- Occupation Floors and Site Structure -- Neanderthal Adaptation in Eastern Europe: Summary and Conclusions -- Chapter 5: The Transition to Modern Humans -- [Intro] -- Origins and Dispersal of Modern Humans -- Early Modern Human Sites in Eastern Europe -- [Intro] -- East European Plain: Southwest Region -- East European Plain: Central and Northern Regions -- Crimea and Northern Caucasus -- Early Modern Humans of Eastern Europe: Skeletal Morphology -- Modern Human Technology and the Early Upper Paleolithic of Eastern Europe -- [Intro] -- East European Plain: Southwest Region -- East European Plain: Central and Northern Regions -- Crimea and Northern Caucasus -- Ornaments and Art in the Early Upper Paleolithic -- Diet and Foraging Patterns -- [Intro] -- Analysis of Faunal Remains in Archaeological Sites -- Intersite Patterning and Transport of Raw Materials -- Early Upper Paleolithic Socioecology -- The Transition to Modern Humans in Eastern Europe: Summary and Conclusions -- Chapter 6: People of the Loess Steppe -- [Intro] -- Modern Humans during the Last Glacial Maximum -- Last Glacial Maximum Sites in Eastern Europe -- [Intro] -- East European Plain: Southwest Region -- East European Plain: Central Region -- East European Plain: Southern Region -- Crimea and Northern Caucasus -- Skeletal Remains in Late Upper Paleolithic Sites -- Technology in the Late Upper Paleolithic -- [Intro] -- Early Last Glacial Maximum: Eastern Gravettian -- Late Last Glacial Maximum and Late Glacial: Epigravettian -- Ornaments and Art in the Late Upper Paleolithic -- Diet and Foraging during the Last Glacial Maximum -- [Intro] -- East European Plain: Southwest Region -- East European Plain: Central Region -- Southern Plain, Crimea, and Northern Caucasus -- Late Upper Paleolithic Socioecology -- Chapter 7: Retrospective -- Text Boxes -- Text Box 1: The Productivity Paradox of the Loess-Steppe and Human Ecology -- Text Box 2: Measuring Technological Complexity among the Neanderthals -- Text Box 3: Modern Humans, Symbols, and a Revolution in Technological Ability Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Transcribed from: Desolate landscapes : Ice-Age settlement in Eastern Europe. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2002. xviii, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. (Rutgers series in human evolution) 0813529913 (cloth : alk. paper) 0813529921 (pbk. : alk. paper) Screen of 2003-11-05; title from cover Subject Neanderthals -- Europe, Eastern Prehistoric peoples -- Europe, Eastern Human beings -- Effect of climate on. Human evolution. Antiquities Human beings -- Effect of climate on Human evolution Neanderthals Prehistoric peoples SUBJECT Europe, Eastern -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045766 Subject Eastern Europe Form Electronic book ISBN 0813533066 9780813533063 0813529913 9780813529912 0813529921 9780813529929

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