Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Hunters and gatherers in action; Hunters and gatherers in the archaeological record; An interpretative framework; The Lateglacial and early Postglacial environment; Case studies I: Hunters of the Lateglacial tundra; Case studies II: Hunters of the boreal forests and deciduous woodlands; Case studies III: Coastal adaptations; The Lateglacial and early Postglacial settlement of the British Isles; Epilogue; Appendix: Radiocarbon dates; References; Index
Summary
Places the evidence for the Late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods, conventionally viewed mainly in terms of stone tool typologies, in a wider ecological and geographical context