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"--

Table of Contents:

1. The research problem
2. Human origins and the problem of Neandertals
3. Foraging theory and the archaeological record
4. Saint Césaire
5. The fauna
6. Taphonomy
7. Seasonality
8. Transport decisions and currency analysis
9. Testing the hypotheses
10. Diet breadth at the regional level
11. An alternative look at the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition
12. Concluding thoughts