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The early Upper Paleolithic beyond Western Europe / edited by P. Jeffrey Brantingham, Steven L. Kuhn, and Kristopher W. Kerry.

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This volume brings together prominent archaeologists working in areas outside Western Europe to discuss the most recent evidence for the origins of the early Upper Paleolithic and its relationship to the origin of modern humans. With a wealth of primary data from archaeological sites and regions tha...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Brantingham, P. Jeffrey, 1970-, Kuhn, Steven L., 1956-, Kerry, Kristopher W., 1970-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Paleolithic period > Europe, Eastern.
Paleolithic period > Asia, Central.
Tools, Prehistoric > Europe, Eastern.
Tools, Prehistoric > Asia, Central.
Europe, Eastern > Antiquities.
Asia, Central > Antiquities.
Antiquities.
Paleolithic period.
Tools, Prehistoric.
Central Asia.
Eastern Europe.
Electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
  • PREFACE
  • 1. On the Difficulty of the Middle-Upper Paleolithic Transitions
  • 2. Early Upper Paleolithic Backed Blade Industries in Central and Eastern Europe
  • 3. Continuities, Discontinuities, and Interactions in Early Upper Paleolithic Technologies: A View from the Middle Danube
  • 4. Koulichivka and Its Place in the Middle-Upper Paleolithic Transition in Eastern Europe
  • 5. Origins of the European Upper Paleolithic, Seen from Crimea: Simple Myth or Complex Reality?
  • 6. The Beginning of the Upper Paleolithic on the Russian Plain
  • 7. Emergence of the Levantine Upper Paleolithic: Evidence from the Wadi al-Hasa
  • 8. New Perspectives on the Initial Upper Paleolithic: The View from 220;231;aizli Cave, Turkey
  • 9. The Upper Paleolithic in Western Georgia
  • 10. The Aurignacian in Asia
  • 11. The Middle-Upper Paleolithic Interface in Former Soviet Central Asia
  • 12. The Early Upper Paleolithic of Siberia
  • 13. Origin of the Upper Paleolithic in Siberia: A Geoarchaeological Perspective
  • 14. Initial Upper Paleolithic Blade Industries from the North-Central Gobi Desert, Mongolia
  • 15. The Initial Upper Paleolithic at Shuidonggou, Northwestern China
  • 16. The Early Upper Paleolithic and the Origins of Modern Human Behavior
  • REFERENCES
  • LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Y
  • Z.

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