This illuminating work describes-for the first time in English-current research on the environmental background, physical human evolution, and cultural development in Central Europe and Moravia during the Pleistocene.
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`[T]his must-have book dispels the information gap about one of the most archaeologically significant places on earth.' Choice `An authoritative synthesis of the pertinent Moravian data....chapters rightfully contain many provocative hypotheses about human evolution, adaptations, and behavior during the Pleistocene....a most important addition to our literature.' from the Foreword by Olga Soffer, University of Illinois, Urbana
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More than 10 years ago, Soffer (1985:1)-in her splendid review of the Upper Paleolithic of the Central Russian Plain-stated that "future generations of archaeologists will wonder why we, their predecessors, viewed the Upper Paleolithic prehistory of Europe, a continent over 10,000,000 km2 in area, primarily as an extension of the territory of the Perigord region of France, an area that measures under 10,000 km2." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lithic exploitation areas, loess series, zemského muzea, youngest loess, pure loess, backed implements, sapient forms, various cherts, loess zone, linea temporalis, loess landscape, loess steppe, upper pleniglacial, papillary lines, pellet sands, shouldered points, loess sections, triple burial, frontal squama, retouched points, early glacial, retouched tools, loess formation, local chert, retouched blades Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Upper Paleolithic, Dolní Véstonice, Middle Paleolithic, Dolni Véstonice, Pavlovské Hills, Moravian Gate, Lower Paleolithic, Bohemian Massif, World War, Barová Cave, Western Europe, Middle Pleistocene, Eastern Europe, Early Mousterian, Külna Cave, Late Aurignacian, Moravian Paleolithic, Near East, Uherské Hradisté, Upper Aurignacian, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Late Paleolithic, Lower Würmian, Sipka Cave, Austria Stratzing New!
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More than 10 years ago, Soffer (1985:1)-in her splendid review of the Upper Paleolithic of the Central Russian Plain-stated that "future generations of archaeologists will wonder why we, their predecessors, viewed the Upper Paleolithic prehistory of Europe, a continent over 10,000,000 km2 in area, primarily as an extension of the territory of the Perigord region of France, an area that measures under 10,000 km2." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lithic exploitation areas, loess series, zemského muzea, youngest loess, pure loess, backed implements, sapient forms, various cherts, loess zone, linea temporalis, loess landscape, loess steppe, upper pleniglacial, papillary lines, pellet sands, shouldered points, loess sections, triple burial, frontal squama, retouched points, early glacial, retouched tools, loess formation, local chert, retouched blades Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Upper Paleolithic, Dolní Véstonice, Middle Paleolithic, Dolni Véstonice, Pavlovské Hills, Moravian Gate, Lower Paleolithic, Bohemian Massif, World War, Barová Cave, Western Europe, Middle Pleistocene, Eastern Europe, Early Mousterian, Külna Cave, Late Aurignacian, Moravian Paleolithic, Near East, Uherské Hradisté, Upper Aurignacian, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Late Paleolithic, Lower Würmian, Sipka Cave, Austria Stratzing New!
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- Case Studies in Environmental Archaeology (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology) by Elizabeth J. Reitz in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Prehistoric Exchange Systems in North America (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology) by Timothy G. Baugh in Back Matter
- The Upper Paleolithic of the Central Russian Plain (Studies in Archaeology) by Olga Soffer on page 1
- Catalogue of Fossil Hominids (BBC Music Guides) (Pt. 3) on page 37
- Ice Age by Robert Anderson in Back Matter
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- A Prehistory of the North: Human Settlement of the Higher Latitudes by John F. Hoffecker on 5 pages
- Beyond Foraging and Collecting: Evolutionary Change in Hunter-Gatherer Settlement Systems (Fundamental Issues in Archaeology) by Ben Fitzhugh on page 179
- Processual Archaeology: Exploring Analytical Strategies, Frames of Reference, and Culture Process by Amber Johnson on page 257
- The Early Upper Paleolithic beyond Western Europe by P. Jeffrey Brantingham in Back Matter
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