The lithic assemblages of Qafzeh Cave /
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| Author / Creator: | Hovers, Erella. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 320 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Human evolution series Human evolution series. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11286530 |
| Summary: | This book presents the first comprehensive description of the lithic assemblages from Qafzeh Cave, one of only two Middle Paleolithic sites in the Levant that has yielded multiple burials of early anatomically modern Homo sapiens (AMHs). The record from this region raises the question of possible long-term temporal overlap between early AMHs and Neanderthals. For this reason, Qafzeh has long been one of the pivotal sites in debates on the origins of AMHs and in attempts to compare and contrast the two species' adaptations and behavior.<br> <br> Although the hominin fossils from the site were published years ago, until now the associated archaeological assemblages were incompletely described, often leading to conflicting interpretations. This monograph includes a thorough technological analysis of the lithic assemblages, incorporated in their geological and sedimentological contexts. This description serves as a springboard for regional comparisons as well as a more general discussion about Middle Paleolithic behavior, which is relevant to important and as yet unresolved questions on the origins of "modern" behavior patterns.<br> <br> The volume includes a wide-ranging and up-to-date bibliography that provides the middle-range for discussing the ecological context and behavioral complexity of the Middle Paleolithic period, and ends with some thought-provoking conclusions about the dynamic human interactions that existed in the region during this time. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 320 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-316) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195322774 0195322770 9780198043416 0198043414 1282125281 9781282125285 9786612125287 6612125284 |