In Search of the Broad Spectrum Revolution in Paleolithic Southwest Europe

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-22350-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 91 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1708 g

Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Archaeology

The people who inhabited Southwest Europe from 30,000 to 13,000 years ago are often portrayed as big game hunters – and indeed, in some locations (Cantabrian Spain, the Pyrenees, the Dordogne) the archaeological record supports this interpretation. But in other places, notably Mediterranean Iberia, the inhabitants focused their hunting efforts on smaller game, such as rabbits, fish, and birds. Were they less effective hunters? Were these environments depleted of red deer and other large game? Or is this evidence of Paleolithic people’s adaptability?

This volume explores these questions, along the way delving into the history of the “bigger equals better” assumption; optimal foraging theory and niche construction theory; and patterns of environmental and subsistence change across the Pleistocene-Holocene transition.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jones, Emily Lena

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie: Theorie und Methoden
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Umweltgeschichte & Umweltarchäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Paleolithic people, Paleolithic landscapes.- Chapter 2: Big game, small game: why it matters.- Chapter 3: Climate and environment in Late Paleolithic Southwestern Europe.- Chapter 4: Human subsistence and the archaeofaunal record of Late Paleolithic Southwest Europe.- Chapter 5: Archaeofaunal diversity and broad spectrum diets in Late Paleolithic Southwest Europe.- Chapter 6: Was there a Broad Spectrum Revolution in Southwest Europe?.

Über Autor(innen)

Emily Lena Jones is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at University of New Mexico. A zooarchaeologist and environmental archaeologist, her research focuses on human-environment interactions, particularly human responses to climate change and landscape variability. She has worked in the Paleolithic of Southwestern Europe for over fifteen years.