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Reassessing Paleolithic Subsistence: The Neandertal and Modern Human Foragers of Saint-Césaire
Eugène Morin
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hardcover. Contributes to the debate about modern human origins by exploring the diets and foraging patterns of both Neandertals and early modern humans. Num Pages: 350 pages, 112 b/w illus. 4 maps 61 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HDDA; JHMC; PSXE. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 259 x 181 x 23. Weight in Grams: 832.
The contribution of Neandertals to the biological and cultural emergence of early modern humans remains highly debated in anthropology. Particularly controversial is the long-held view that Neandertals in Western Europe were replaced 30,000 to 40,000 years ago by early modern humans expanding out of Africa. This book contributes to this debate by exploring the diets and foraging patterns of both Neandertals and early modern humans. Eugène Morin examines the faunal remains from Saint-Césaire in France, which contains an exceptionally long and detailed chronological sequence, as well as genetic, anatomical and other archaeological evidence to shed new light on the problem ... Read more
The contribution of Neandertals to the biological and cultural emergence of early modern humans remains highly debated in anthropology. Particularly controversial is the long-held view that Neandertals in Western Europe were replaced 30,000 to 40,000 years ago by early modern humans expanding out of Africa. This book contributes to this debate by exploring the diets and foraging patterns of both Neandertals and early modern humans. Eugène Morin examines the faunal remains from Saint-Césaire in France, which contains an exceptionally long and detailed chronological sequence, as well as genetic, anatomical and other archaeological evidence to shed new light on the problem ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107023277
SKU
V9781107023277
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99-14
About Eugène Morin
Eugène Morin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Trent University in Canada. He has published articles in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Geoarchaeology and PNAS and serves on the editorial board of Ethnobiology Letters.
Reviews for Reassessing Paleolithic Subsistence: The Neandertal and Modern Human Foragers of Saint-Césaire
'The overwhelming strength of Morin's book is that it takes a rather niche topic, subsistence practices in a limited area of Western Europe, and effectively addresses a significant archaeological question within a much larger regional framework, using methods that are applicable to other time periods and locations … an extremely important contribution and excellent model for future analysts studying the ... Read more