
The Earliest Europeans - A Year in the Life
Survival Strategies in the Lower Palaeolithic
Robert Hosfield(Autor*in)
Oxbow Books (Verlag)
Erschienen am 1. Mai 2020
Buch
Softcover
416 Seiten
978-1-78570-761-2 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
The Earliest Europeans explores a fundamental question: how did Europe's first hominin occupants cope with the year-round practical challenges of life. To do so, the book adopts a 'year in the life' perspective that draws on the increasingly rich and robust archaeological and Quaternary Science records for the European Lower Palaeolithic, combined with insights from modern ethnography and zoological studies. By exploring potential survival strategies and behaviours, Hosfield offers new insights into the character of Europe's earliest occupations across more than 1 million years, and ultimately asks: what sorts of 'humans' were these hominins?
The innovative season-by-season structure of the book explores cyclical fluctuations in resources and weather conditions. From the depths of cold winters to the bountiful foods of late summer, it considers the implications of these variations for hominin behaviours. Hosfield draws on a range of supporting examples and evidence from Lower Palaeolithic sites across Europe, spanning technology, palaeoenvironmental reconstructions, hominin life history, and plant and animal food resources. In doing so, The Earliest Europeans highlights both the current and future potential of Europe's earliest archaeological record.
The innovative season-by-season structure of the book explores cyclical fluctuations in resources and weather conditions. From the depths of cold winters to the bountiful foods of late summer, it considers the implications of these variations for hominin behaviours. Hosfield draws on a range of supporting examples and evidence from Lower Palaeolithic sites across Europe, spanning technology, palaeoenvironmental reconstructions, hominin life history, and plant and animal food resources. In doing so, The Earliest Europeans highlights both the current and future potential of Europe's earliest archaeological record.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
This book will be of interest to students of Palaeolithic archaeology and human origins, and Quaternary scientists with an interest in the hominin part of the faunal community. It would make a comprehensive, up-to-date textbook for final year undergraduate or postgraduate teaching. * The Holocene * ...this is an excellent book that represents a long-overdue approach to understanding the Lower Palaeolithic archaeological record. * Antiquity *Weitere Details
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
Oxford
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
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b/w figures
Maße
Höhe: 238 mm
Breite: 169 mm
Dicke: 22 mm
Gewicht
944 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78570-761-2 (9781785707612)
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Hosfield Robert Hosfield
Earliest Europeans
A Year in the Life: Survival Strategies in the Lower Palaeolithic
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Earliest Europeans
A Year in the Life: Survival Strategies in the Lower Palaeolithic
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05/2020
OXBOW BOOKS
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Rob Hosfield is Associate Professor of Palaeolithic Archaeology at the Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. His recent research has concentrated on global patterns in early Palaeolithic technology and the challenges of Palaeolithic survival in mid-latitudes. His publications include Settlement, Society and Cognition in Human Evolution: Landscapes in Mind (co-edited, 2015), and Quaternary History and Palaeolithic Archaeology in the Axe Valley at Broom, South West England (co-authored and co-edited, 2013).