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Record Nr.

UNINA9910166660203321

Autore

Freeman Leslie G

Titolo

Anthropology without informants : collected works in paleoanthropology / / by L. G. Freeman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, Colo., : University Press of Colorado, c2009

ISBN

9781607327066

1607327066

9780870819704

0870819704

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (397 p.)

Disciplina

936.6

Soggetti

Paleolithic period - Spain

Anthropology, Prehistoric - Spain

Paleoanthropology - Spain

Antiquities, Prehistoric - Spain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Anthropology without informants -- A theoretical framework for interpreting archeological materials -- The fat of the land (partial) -- By their works you shall know them: cultural developments in the paleolithic -- Paleolithic polygons: voronoi tesserae and settlement hierarchies in cantabrian spain -- Torralba and ambrona: a review of discoveries -- Were there scavengers at torralba? -- Kaleidoscope or tarnished mirror? thirty years of mousterian investigations in cantabria -- The mousterian, present and future of a concept. (a personal view) -- Research on the middle paleolithic of the cantabrian region -- Meanders on the byways of paleolithic art -- The many faces of altamira -- Techniques of figure enhancement in paleolithic cave art -- The cave as paleolithic sanctuary -- Caves and art: rites of initiation and transcendence -- The participation of north americans and spaniards in joint prehistoric research in cantabria.

Sommario/riassunto

"It is my sincere hope that this volume will be much read and reflected upon by new generations of American students of prehistoric archaeologists. Freeman's career is a model for long-term international



collaboration, theoretical eclecticism, the centrality of field research, and the ability to 'dream big,' but with a commonsense approach to the record and its limitations." Lawrence Guy Straus, Journal of Anthropological Research