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1 online resource |
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An Archaeological History and Early Interpretations of La Quina -- The Development and Structure of the Cooperative Excavation Project -- The Lithic Sample : Nature and Classification Background -- The Chronological and Paleoenvironmental Setting of the Prehistoric Sequence at the Station Amont -- A Matter of Form : Typological Aspects of the Lithic Industries -- A Matter of Quality and Quantity : Lithic Reduction Products and Materials at La Quina -- A Matter of Time -- A Synthesis of the Prehistoric Sequence at La Quina -- In Perspective -- Epilogue -- Appendix A : Coding of the Lithic Database for the La Quina Analysis -- Appendix B : Data Tables -- Appendix C : Field Personnel by Season and Contributing Specialists |
| Summary |
Although Neandertals lived in Europe and western Asia for more than 200,000 years, we know surprisingly little about them or about their everyday lives. Evidence of their behavior is largely derived from the surviving pieces of chipped stone and animal bone that resulted from their activities. One of the largest concentrations of stone and bone artifacts left by Neandertals was at the famous archaeological site of La Quina in southwestern France. This study of the significance of changes through time revealed by an analysis of the chipped stone at La Quina reports on the excavations of the Cooperative American–French Excavation Project from 1985 to 1994. It moves beyond the largely descriptive and subjective approaches that have traditionally been applied to this kind of evidence and applies several important quantitative analytical techniques. These approaches incorporate the history of previous excavations at the site, the results of the work of the Cooperative Project, and more recent scientific understandings of relevant climatic changes. The author concludes the book with a chapter that places his findings into the larger context of our contemporary knowledge of Neandertal life in the region |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Neanderthals -- France -- Charente
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Mousterian culture -- France -- Charente
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Stone implements -- France -- Charente
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Tools, Prehistoric -- France -- Charente
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Antiquities
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Mousterian culture
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Neanderthals
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Stone implements
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Tools, Prehistoric
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La Quina Site (France) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97000830
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Charente (France) -- Antiquities
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France -- Charente
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France -- La Quina Site
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0816599882 |
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9780816599882 |
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129938448X |
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9781299384484 |
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