04826 am 2200853 n 450 991052020020332120240226104542.02-85653-932-7(CKB)4100000012430906(FrMaCLE)OB-mnhn-6572(PPN)260399574(EXLCZ)99410000001243090620220120j|||||||| ||| 0enguu||||||m||||Not Just a CorridorHuman occupation of the Nile Valley and neighbouring regions between 75,000 and 15,000 years agoAlice Leplongeon, Mae Goder-Goldberger, David PleurdeauParisPublications scientifiques du Muséum20211 online resource (364 p.)2-85653-931-9 The end of the Pleistocene (c. 75-15 ka) is a key period for the prehistory of the Nile Valley. The climatic fluctuations documented during this period have led human populations from the Middle and Late Palaeolithic to adapt to a changing Nile. In particular, the global shift to more arid conditions regionally translated into the expansion of the Sahara, the lowering of sea levels and the desiccation of some major eastern African lakes. These climatically-induced environmental changes influenced the behaviour of the Nile —although how exactly is still debated— and its role as an ecological refugium for human populations living in its vicinity. Genetic and fossil evidence highlight a strong population substructure in Africa during this period, suggesting the alternation of phases of major dispersals of modern humans within the continent, as well as out-of and back-into Africa, with phases of relative isolation of populations, which might be linked to the creation of environmental refugia during the climatic fluctuations of this period. Understanding to what extent the technological variability observed in north-eastern Africa between 75,000 and 15,000 years ago is linked to environmental changes and/or possible contacts between different human populations is critical in this context. The best-preserved evidence for past human behavior are archaeological assemblages, most often lithic assemblages. However, the use of different terminologies, whether they refer to cultural or techno-typological entities, hampers any systematic comparison between the Nile Valley on one hand and neighbouring regions on the other hand. An outcome of this practice is the artificial ‘isolation’ of the north-eastern African record from its neighbouring regions. This monograph groups together chapters presenting updated reviews and new data on regional archaeological, palaeoenvironmental, palaeoanthropological and geological records from north-eastern Africa, North Africa, the Levant and…History & ArchaeologyVallée du NilLe LevantAfrique du Nordrecherches paléolithiquesNile ValleyNorth Africapalaeolithic researchthe LevantHistory & ArchaeologyVallée du NilLe LevantAfrique du Nordrecherches paléolithiquesNile ValleyNorth Africapalaeolithic researchthe LevantAbdeljalil El Hajraoui Mohamed1457631Barker Graeme153265Barton Nick770402Ben Arous Eslem1457632Blackwell Bonnie A.B1457633Bluszcz Andrzej1457634Bon François1284543Bouzouggar Abdeljalil1345124Douze Katja1457635Falguères Christophe1323521Farr Lucy1457636Garcea Elena A.A945307Goder-Goldberger Mae1457637Goring-Morris A. Nigel659695Habte Behailu1457638Hill Christopher L146113Humphrey Louise1457639Inglis Robyn1457640Kleindienst Maxine R1457641Leplongeon Alice1457642Marder Ofer1457643McDonald Mary M.A1457644Ménard Clément1457645Nespoulet Roland1345152Osypiński Piotr1457646Pleurdeau David1457647Schild Romuald635352Skinner Anne R1457648Vermeersch Pierre M459398Williams M. A. J1643947Wiseman Marcia F1457649FR-FrMaCLEBOOK9910520200203321Not Just a Corridor3989487UNINA