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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789763403321

Autore

Tourloukis Evangelos

Titolo

The early and middle Pleistocene archaeological record of Greece [[electronic resource] ] : current status and future prospects / / door Evangelos Tourloukis geboren te Athene, in 1976 ; [ill.: Joanne Porck ... et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Leiden], : Leiden University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-283-23201-4

9786613232014

94-006-0026-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Collana

Archaeological studies Leiden University ; ; 23

Altri autori (Persone)

PorckJoanne

Disciplina

900

Soggetti

Archaeology - Greece

Paleontology - Greece - Pleistocene

Prehistoric peoples - Greece

Greece Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof. mr. P.F. van der Heijden, volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op woensdag 17 november 2010 klokke 13.45 uur."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The Early and Middle PleistoceneArchaeological Record of Greece; Contents; 1 - Introduction; 2 - Lower Palaeolithic archaeology and the peopling of Europe; 3 - Lower Palaeolithic records of the circum-Mediterranean area; 4 - The Lower Palaeolithic record of Greece; 5 - Pleistocene deposits and the absence of stratified Lower Palaeolithic evidence: two case-studies; 6 - Quaternary landscape evolution and the preservation of Pleistocene sediments; 7- Synthesis; Epilogue; References; English Summary; Dutch Summary; List of Figures; List of Tables and Appendices; Abbreviations and Notes

AcknowledgementsCurriculum Vitae

Sommario/riassunto

By applying a fieldwork-based, geoarchaeological approach, Tourloukis examines in this study the evidence from Greece within the framework of the earliest occupation of Europe. Choosing the scanty Greek record



as a case-study, Tourloukis elaborates on a hitherto largely overlooked subject in the Eurasian Early-Middle Pleistocene archaeology: the role of geomorphic processes in biasing archaeological distribution patterns of early human presence. This study identifies the current status of the record, explains this status from a geoarchaeological and geomorphological perspective, and prospects