Neanderthals in the Levant : behavioral organization and the beginnings of human modernity / / edited by Donald O. Henry

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, New York : , : continuum, , [2003]; ©2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 569.9
• Soggetto topico: Neanderthals - Middle East; Mousterian culture - Middle East; Human evolution; Social evolution
• Soggetto geografico: Tor Faraj Cave (Jordan); Middle East Antiquities
• Persona (resp. second.): HenryDonald O.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-312) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Case Study; Appendix A: Alphabetical Listing of Attribute Definitions Used for the Tor Faraj Small Lithic Debris Study; Appendix B: Small Lithic Debris Analysis Results Tables; Appendix C: Cross-Cultural Data for Hearths in Rockshelters; Appendix D: Analysis of Sediments for Zinc and Phosphate Ions; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The volume traces the controversy that revolves around the bio-cultural relationships of Archaic (Neanderthal) and Modern humans at global and regional, Levantine scales. The focus of the book is on understanding the degree to which the behavioral organization of Archaic groups differed from Moderns. To this end, a case study is presented for a 44-70,000 year old, Middle Paleolithic occupation of a Jordanian rockshelter. The research, centering on the spatial analysis of artifacts, hearths and related data, reveals how the Archaic occupants of the shelter structured their activities and placed
• Titolo autorizzato: Neanderthals in the Levant
• ISBN: 1-4411-8309-4; 1-282-31010-0; 9786612310102; 1-4411-6719-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826334403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New approaches to anthropological archaeology.