Reassessing paleolithic subsistence : the Neandertal and modern human foragers of Saint-Césaire /

Reassessing paleolithic subsistence : the Neandertal and modern human foragers of Saint-Césaire /

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Author / Creator:Morin, Eugène, 1974-
Imprint:New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description:xxv, 358 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Paleolithic period -- France -- Saint-Césaire Rockshelter.
Neanderthals -- France -- Saint-Césaire Rockshelter.
Animal remains (Archaeology) -- France -- Saint-Césaire Rockshelter.
Hunting and gathering societies -- France -- Saint-Césaire Rockshelter.
Hunting, Prehistoric -- France -- Saint-Césaire Rockshelter.
Animal remains (Archaeology)
Hunting and gathering societies.
Hunting, Prehistoric.
Neanderthals.
Paleolithic period.
Saint-Césaire Rockshelter (France)
France -- Saint-Césaire Rockshelter.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8769501
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ISBN:9781107023277 (hardback)
1107023270 (hardback)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"In the field of human evolution, few subjects have generated as much controversy as the fate of the Neandertals. Most debates have centered on the problem of their affiliation with early modern humans. This book examines the hypothesis that Neandertals and early modern humans differed in terms of subsistance. To assess this hypothesis, the analysis focuses on animal bones accumulated by these groups at Saint-Cesaire, a collapsed cave in western France. The faunal evidence suggests that Neandertals and early modern humans exploited a similar range of game species"--
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Summary: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 of modern human origins.
Physical Description:xxv, 358 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781107023277
1107023270
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