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Author | : Yoshihiro Nishiaki |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2017-12-06 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9811068267 |
Download The Middle and Upper Paleolithic Archeology of the Levant and Beyond Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This volume is a compilation of results from sessions of the Second International Conference on the Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans, which took place between November 30 and December 6, 2014, in Hokkaido, Japan. Similar to the first conference held in 2012 in Tokyo, the 2014 conference (RNMH2014) aimed to compile the results of the latest multidisciplinary approaches investigating the issues surrounding the replacement of Neanderthals by modern humans. The results of the sessions, supplemented by off-site contributions, center on the archeology of the Middle and Upper Paleolithic of the Levant and beyond. The first part of this volume presents recent findings from the Levant, while the second part focuses on the neighboring regions, namely, the Caucasus, the Zagros, and South Asia. The 13 chapters in this volume highlight the distinct nature of the cultural occurrences during the Middle and Upper Paleolithic periods of the Levant, displaying a continuous development as well as a combination of lithic traditions that may have originated in different regions. This syncretism, which is an unusual occurrence in the regions discussed in this volume, reinforces the importance of the Levant as a region for interpreting the RNMH phenomenon in West Asia.
Author | : Ofer Bar-Yosef |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 7 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Anthropology |
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Total Pages | : 95 |
Release | : 2001 |
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Download Early Modern Humans Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Yehouda Enzel |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 789 |
Release | : 2017-04-27 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1316841847 |
Download Quaternary of the Levant Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Quaternary of the Levant presents up-to-date research achievements from a region that displays unique interactions between the climate, the environment and human evolution. Focusing on southeast Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Israel, it brings together over eighty contributions from leading researchers to review 2.5 million years of environmental change and human cultural evolution. Information from prehistoric sites and palaeoanthropological studies contributing to our understanding of 'out of Africa' migrations, Neanderthals, cultures of modern humans, and the origins of agriculture are assessed within the context of glacial-interglacial cycles, marine isotope cycles, plate tectonics, geochronology, geomorphology, palaeoecology and genetics. Complemented by overview summaries that draw together the findings of each chapter, the resulting coverage is wide-ranging and cohesive. The cross-disciplinary nature of the volume makes it an invaluable resource for academics and advanced students of Quaternary science and human prehistory, as well as being an important reference for archaeologists working in the region.
Author | : Ingrid Azoury |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 469 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Abu Halka Site (Lebanon) |
ISBN | : 9780860543756 |
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Author | : Donald O. Henry |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2003-10-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1441167196 |
Download Neanderthals in the Levant Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The volume traces the controversy that revolves around the bio-cultural relationships of Archaic (Neanderthal) and Modern humans at global and regional, Levantine scales. The focus of the book is on understanding the degree to which the behavioral organization of Archaic groups differed from Moderns. To this end, a case study is presented for a 44-70,000 year old, Middle Paleolithic occupation of a Jordanian rockshelter. The research, centering on the spatial analysis of artifacts, hearths and related data, reveals how the Archaic occupants of the shelter structured their activities and placed certain conceptual labels on different parts of the site. The structure of Tor Faraj is compared to site structures defined for modern foragers, in both ethnographic and archaeological contexts, to measure any differences in behavioral organization. The comparisons show very similar structures for Tor Faraj and its modern cohorts. The implications of this finding challenge prevailing views in the emergence of modern human controversy in which Archaic groups are thought to have had inferior cognition and less complex behavioral-social organization than modern foragers. And, it is generally thought that such behaviors only emerged after the appearance of the Upper Paleolithic, dated some 10-20,000 years later than the occupation of Tor Faraj.
Author | : Daniel Kaufman |
Publisher | : Praeger |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1999-04-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0897895789 |
Download Archaeological Perspectives on the Origins of Modern Humans Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Through an analysis of archaeological data from the Levant, this text argues that by at least 100,000 years ago people of the Middle Paleolithic period, usually regarded as being somewhat less than human were, on the contrary, fully modern in terms of their behavioural and cultural systems.
Author | : Assaf Yasur-Landau |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 941 |
Release | : 2018-12-20 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1108668240 |
Download The Social Archaeology of the Levant Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The volume offers a comprehensive introduction to the archaeology of the southern Levant (modern day Israel, Palestine and Jordan) from the Paleolithic period to the Islamic era, presenting the past with chronological changes from hunter-gatherers to empires. Written by an international team of scholars in the fields of archaeology, epigraphy, and bioanthropology, the volume presents central debates around a range of archaeological issues, including gender, ritual, the creation of alphabets and early writing, biblical periods, archaeometallurgy, looting, and maritime trade. Collectively, the essays also engage diverse theoretical approaches to demonstrate the multi-vocal nature of studying the past. Significantly, The Social Archaeology of the Levant updates and contextualizes major shifts in archaeological interpretation.
Author | : Danny Vendramini |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Anthropology |
ISBN | : 9780908244775 |
Download Them and Us Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Put aside everything you thought you knew about being human - about how we got here and what it all means. Australian theoretical biologist Danny Vendramini has developed a theory of human origins that is stunning in its simplicity, yet breathtaking in its scope and importance. Them and Us: how Neanderthal predation created modern humans begins with a radical reassessment of Neanderthals. He shows they weren't docile omnivores, but savage, cannibalistic carnivores - top flight predators of the stone age. Neanderthal Predation (NP) theory reveals that Neanderthals were 'apex' predators - who resided at the top of the food chain, and everything else - including humans - was their prey. NP theory is one of those groundbreaking ideas that revolutionizes scientific thinking. It represents a quantum leap in our understanding of human origins.
Author | : Sally C. Reynolds |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 599 |
Release | : 2012-03-29 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1107019958 |
Download African Genesis Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book reviews key themes and developments in palaeoanthropology, exploring their impact on our understanding of human origins in Africa.