Neanderthal Lifeways, Subsistence and Technology

One Hundred Fifty Years of Neanderthal Study
2011
ISBN: 978-94-007-3525-5
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 293 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 765 g

Reihe: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

The 150th anniversary of the discovery of the famous Neanderthal fossils gave reason for an international and interdisciplinary symposium in Bonn/Germany. The present book arose from this congress and focuses on multiple aspects of archaeological investigation on Neanderthal lifeways.

In-depth studies of top-ranking scientists provide a detailed and comprehensive survey of contemporary research on our Pleistocene relatives. Examinations and debates are embedded in a variety of regions and time frames. Chronology, subsistence, land use, and cultural adaptations among late Neanderthals form the major trajectories of the book. The wide range of approaches involved, leads to an increasing understanding of the facets of and the variability of Neanderthal behavioural patterns.

 

The present volume is complemented by a paleontologically orientated publication of the same congress (edited by Gerd-Christian Weniger and Silvana Condemi).

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Richter, Jürgen

Conard, Nicholas J.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Humanbiologie Frühmenschen, Hominiden
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part i the chronological framework: long time sequences.- part ii neanderthal subsistence and raw material procurement.- part iii neanderthal cognition and technological knowledge.- part iv neanderthal social organization and land use.- part v cultural adaptation amont the last neanderthals.