Mousterian lithic technology : an ecological perspective / Steven L. Kuhn.

Human beings depend more on technology than any other animal--the use of tools and weapons is vital to the survival of our species. What processes of biocultural evolution led to this unique dependence? Steven Kuhn turns to the Middle Paleolithic (Mousterian) and to artifacts associated with Neander...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Kuhn, Steven L., 1956- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1995]
Series:Princeton legacy library.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES
  • TABLES
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • 1. NEANDERTALS AND THE MOUSTERIAN
  • 2. TECHNOLOGY, FORAGING, AND LAND USE: A STRATEGIC APPROACH
  • 3. ARCHAEOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT IN WEST-CENTRAL ITALY: BACKGROUND TO RESEARCH
  • 4. CORE REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY
  • 5. LITHIC RAW MATERIAL ECONOMY
  • 6. IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
  • REFERENCES CITED
  • INDEX.