LEADER 04826 am 2200853 n 450 001 9910520200203321 005 20240226104542.0 010 $a2-85653-932-7 035 $a(CKB)4100000012430906 035 $a(FrMaCLE)OB-mnhn-6572 035 $a(PPN)260399574 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000012430906 100 $a20220120j|||||||| ||| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $auu||||||m|||| 200 00$aNot Just a Corridor$eHuman occupation of the Nile Valley and neighbouring regions between 75,000 and 15,000 years ago$fAlice Leplongeon, Mae Goder-Goldberger, David Pleurdeau 210 $aParis$cPublications scientifiques du Muséum$d2021 215 $a1 online resource (364 p.) 311 $a2-85653-931-9 330 $aThe 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? 606 $aHistory & Archaeology 606 $aVallée du Nil 606 $aLe Levant 606 $aAfrique du Nord 606 $arecherches paléolithiques 606 $aNile Valley 606 $aNorth Africa 606 $apalaeolithic research 606 $athe Levant 615 4$aHistory & Archaeology 615 4$aVallée du Nil 615 4$aLe Levant 615 4$aAfrique du Nord 615 4$arecherches paléolithiques 615 4$aNile Valley 615 4$aNorth Africa 615 4$apalaeolithic research 615 4$athe Levant 700 $aAbdeljalil El Hajraoui$b Mohamed$01457631 701 $aBarker$b Graeme$0153265 701 $aBarton$b Nick$0770402 701 $aBen Arous$b Eslem$01457632 701 $aBlackwell$b Bonnie A.B$01457633 701 $aBluszcz$b Andrzej$01457634 701 $aBon$b François$01284543 701 $aBouzouggar$b Abdeljalil$01345124 701 $aDouze$b Katja$01457635 701 $aFalguères$b Christophe$01323521 701 $aFarr$b Lucy$01457636 701 $aGarcea$b Elena A.A$0945307 701 $aGoder-Goldberger$b Mae$01457637 701 $aGoring-Morris$b A. Nigel$0659695 701 $aHabte$b Behailu$01457638 701 $aHill$b Christopher L$0146113 701 $aHumphrey$b Louise$01457639 701 $aInglis$b Robyn$01457640 701 $aKleindienst$b Maxine R$01457641 701 $aLeplongeon$b Alice$01457642 701 $aMarder$b Ofer$01457643 701 $aMcDonald$b Mary M.A$01457644 701 $aMénard$b Clément$01457645 701 $aNespoulet$b Roland$01345152 701 $aOsypi?ski$b Piotr$01457646 701 $aPleurdeau$b David$01457647 701 $aSchild$b Romuald$0635352 701 $aSkinner$b Anne R$01457648 701 $aVermeersch$b Pierre M$0459398 701 $aWilliams$b M. A. J$01643947 701 $aWiseman$b Marcia F$01457649 801 0$bFR-FrMaCLE 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910520200203321 996 $aNot Just a Corridor$93989487 997 $aUNINA