South-eastern Mediterranean peoples between 130,000 and 10,000 years ago [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Elena A.A. Garcea ; contributing authors, Nick Barton ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; Oakville, Conn., : Oxbow Books, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Disciplina: 930.1/2
• Soggetto topico: Stone age - Africa, North; Stone age - Middle East; Prehistoric peoples - Africa, North; Prehistoric peoples - Middle East; Hunting and gathering societies - Africa, North; Hunting and gathering societies - Middle East
• Soggetto geografico: Africa, North Antiquities; Middle East Antiquities
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: GarceaElena A. A BartonNick
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: goals and challenges; 2. Palaeoenvironments of eastern North Africa and the Levant in the late Pleistocene; 3. A new luminescence chronology for Aterian cave sites on the Atlantic coast of Morocco; 4. The spread of Aterian peoples in North Africa; 5. The Lower and Upper Later Stone Age of North Africa; 6. Middle and Upper Palaeolithic in the Egyptian Nile Valley; 7. Late Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers in the Nile Valley of Nubia and Upper Egypt; 8. Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens in the Levant ; 9. The Levantine Upper Palaeolithic and Epipalaeolithic10. The Later Epipalaeolithic (Natufi an) Levant: a brief history and review; 11. Bridging the gap between in and out of Africa; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Upper Pleistocene era encompassed a period of dramatic cultural developments in the south-eastern Mediterranean basin. This book highlights and synthesizes the latest research and current scientific debate on the archaeology of this time period in North Africa and the Near East. Recent archaeological research in North Africa has meant this region now plays a decisive role in scientific debate. After decades of neglect, the archaeological record from North Africa has now been seen to parallel in significance that of the Near East. This book offers an opportunity to observe the Afro-Asian si
• Titolo autorizzato: South-eastern Mediterranean peoples between 130,000 and 10,000 years ago
• ISBN: 1-84217-734-6; 1-299-48521-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462729003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II