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The British Palaeolithic: Human Societies at the Edge of the Pleistocene World
Paul Pettitt
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Description for The British Palaeolithic: Human Societies at the Edge of the Pleistocene World
Paperback. Num Pages: 616 pages, 235 black & white illustrations, 38 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3B; HDDA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1182.
The British Palaeolithic provides the first academic synthesis of the entire British Palaeolithic, from the earliest occupation (currently understood to be around 980,000 years ago) to the end of the Ice Age. Landscape and ecology form the canvas for an explicitly interpretative approach aimed at understanding the how different hominin societies addressed the issues of life at the edge of the Pleistocene world. Commencing with a consideration of the earliest hominin settlement of Europe, the book goes on to examine the behavioural, cultural and adaptive repertoires of the first human occupants of Britain ... Read more
The British Palaeolithic provides the first academic synthesis of the entire British Palaeolithic, from the earliest occupation (currently understood to be around 980,000 years ago) to the end of the Ice Age. Landscape and ecology form the canvas for an explicitly interpretative approach aimed at understanding the how different hominin societies addressed the issues of life at the edge of the Pleistocene world. Commencing with a consideration of the earliest hominin settlement of Europe, the book goes on to examine the behavioural, cultural and adaptive repertoires of the first human occupants of Britain ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
616
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
1067g
Number of Pages
616
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415674553
SKU
V9780415674553
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About Paul Pettitt
Dr Paul Pettitt is Reader in Palaeolithic Archaeology at Sheffield University, and specializes in the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic of Britain. He is the author of The Palaeolithic Origins of Human Burial (Routledge, 2010). Dr Mark White is Reader in Archaeology at Durham University and specializes in the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic of Britain.
Reviews for The British Palaeolithic: Human Societies at the Edge of the Pleistocene World
...it is very pleasing to see this splendid new work by two of Britain's leading practitioners on the subject. They capture the sparse but fascinating evidence for the human occupation of Britain... - Nick Barton, British Archaeology, UK This is a well-written and authoritative study, packed full of the latest information on archaeological ... Read more