The hominid individual in context : archaeological investigations of lower and middle Palaeolithic landscapes, locales and artefacts /
The hominid individual in context : archaeological investigations of lower and middle Palaeolithic landscapes, locales and artefacts /
edited by Clive Gamble and Martin Porr.
- London : Routledge, 2005.
- 1 online resource (xx, 326 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. From empty spaces to lived lives : exploring the individual in the Palaeolithic / Clive Gamble and Martin Porr -- 2. The Acheulean and the handaxe : structure and agency in the Palaeolithic / Terry Hopkinson and Mark J. White -- 3. Transformations in dividuality : personhood and palaeoliths in the Middle Pleistocene / A.S. Field -- 4. Seeking the Palaeolithic individual in east Africa and Europe during the lower-middle Pleistocene / J.A.J. Gowlett -- 5. The making of the biface and the making of the individual / Martin Porr -- 6. Observations on the relationship between Palaeolithic individuals and artefact scatters at the middle Pleistocene site of Boxgrove, UK / Matt Pope and Mark Roberts -- 7. The natural and socio-cultural environment of Homo erectus at Bilzingsleben, Germany / Dietrich Mania and Ursula Mania -- 8. The lower Palaeolithic art of hunting : the case of Schöningen 13 II-4, lower Saxony, Germany / Hartmut Thieme -- 9. Tracking hominins during the last interglacial complex in the Rhineland / D.S. Adler and N.J. Conard -- 10. Bones and powerful individuals : faunal case studies from the Arctic and the European middle Palaeolithic / Clive Gamble and Sabine Gaudzinski -- 11. All in a day's work : middle Pleistocene individuals, materiality and the lifespace at Makapansgat, South Africa / Anthony Sinclair and John Mcnabb -- 12. Life and mind in the Acheulean : a case study from India / Michael D. Petraglia, Ceri Shipton and K. Paddayya -- 13. Individuals among palimpsest data : fluvial landscapes in southern England / Robert Hosfield -- 14. Being modern in the middle Stone Age : individuals and innovation / C. Henshilwood and F. D'errico -- 15. Concluding remarks : context and the individual / Marcia-Anne Dobres.
This book explores new approaches to the remarkably detailed information that archaeologists now have for the study of our early ancestors.
English.
0203007697 (electronic bk.) 9780203007693 (electronic bk.) 9780415284325 0415284325 9780415284332 0415284333 9786610102488 6610102481 (Paper) (hbk. ; alk. paper) 9781134453504 (e-book: PDF) 1134453507 9781134453450 (e-book: Mobi) 1134453450 9781134453498 (e-book: ePub) 1134453493 1283882337 9781283882330 1280102489 9781280102486
10.4324/9780203007693 doi
2004014096
GBA479901 bnb
Uk
Paleolithic period.
Fossil hominids.
Human evolution.
Social evolution.
Hominids.
Homme fossile.
Homme--Évolution.
Évolution sociale.
Hominidés.
Hominidae (family)
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Archaeology.
Fossil hominids.
Hominids.
Human evolution.
Paleolithic period.
Social evolution.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
GN771 / .I53 2005eb
930.1/2
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. From empty spaces to lived lives : exploring the individual in the Palaeolithic / Clive Gamble and Martin Porr -- 2. The Acheulean and the handaxe : structure and agency in the Palaeolithic / Terry Hopkinson and Mark J. White -- 3. Transformations in dividuality : personhood and palaeoliths in the Middle Pleistocene / A.S. Field -- 4. Seeking the Palaeolithic individual in east Africa and Europe during the lower-middle Pleistocene / J.A.J. Gowlett -- 5. The making of the biface and the making of the individual / Martin Porr -- 6. Observations on the relationship between Palaeolithic individuals and artefact scatters at the middle Pleistocene site of Boxgrove, UK / Matt Pope and Mark Roberts -- 7. The natural and socio-cultural environment of Homo erectus at Bilzingsleben, Germany / Dietrich Mania and Ursula Mania -- 8. The lower Palaeolithic art of hunting : the case of Schöningen 13 II-4, lower Saxony, Germany / Hartmut Thieme -- 9. Tracking hominins during the last interglacial complex in the Rhineland / D.S. Adler and N.J. Conard -- 10. Bones and powerful individuals : faunal case studies from the Arctic and the European middle Palaeolithic / Clive Gamble and Sabine Gaudzinski -- 11. All in a day's work : middle Pleistocene individuals, materiality and the lifespace at Makapansgat, South Africa / Anthony Sinclair and John Mcnabb -- 12. Life and mind in the Acheulean : a case study from India / Michael D. Petraglia, Ceri Shipton and K. Paddayya -- 13. Individuals among palimpsest data : fluvial landscapes in southern England / Robert Hosfield -- 14. Being modern in the middle Stone Age : individuals and innovation / C. Henshilwood and F. D'errico -- 15. Concluding remarks : context and the individual / Marcia-Anne Dobres.
This book explores new approaches to the remarkably detailed information that archaeologists now have for the study of our early ancestors.
English.
0203007697 (electronic bk.) 9780203007693 (electronic bk.) 9780415284325 0415284325 9780415284332 0415284333 9786610102488 6610102481 (Paper) (hbk. ; alk. paper) 9781134453504 (e-book: PDF) 1134453507 9781134453450 (e-book: Mobi) 1134453450 9781134453498 (e-book: ePub) 1134453493 1283882337 9781283882330 1280102489 9781280102486
10.4324/9780203007693 doi
2004014096
GBA479901 bnb
Uk
Paleolithic period.
Fossil hominids.
Human evolution.
Social evolution.
Hominids.
Homme fossile.
Homme--Évolution.
Évolution sociale.
Hominidés.
Hominidae (family)
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Archaeology.
Fossil hominids.
Hominids.
Human evolution.
Paleolithic period.
Social evolution.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
GN771 / .I53 2005eb
930.1/2