TY  - GEN
T1  - The early Upper Paleolithic beyond Western Europe
A2  - Brantingham, P. Jeffrey, 1970-
A2  - Kuhn, Steven L., 1956-
A2  - Kerry, Kristopher W., 1970-
LA  - English
PP  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
YR  - 2004
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm55530070
AB  - This volume brings together prominent archaeologists working in areas outside Western Europe to discuss the most recent evidence for the origins of the early Upper Paleolithic and its relationship to the origin of modern humans. With a wealth of primary data from archaeological sites and regions that have never before been published and discussions of materials from difficult-to-find sources, the collection urges readers to reconsider the process of modern human behavioral origins. Archaeological evidence continues to play a critical role in debates over the origins of anatomically modern humans. The appearance of novel Upper Paleolithic technologies, new patterns of land use, expanded social networks, and the emergence of complex forms of symbolic communication point to a behavioral revolution beginning sometime around 45,000 years ago. Until recently, most of the available evidence for this revolution derived from Western European archaeological contexts that suggested an abrupt replacement of Mousterian Middle Paleolithic with Aurignacian Upper Paleolithic adaptations. In the absence of fossil association, the behavioral transition was thought to reflect the biological replacement of archaic hominid populations by intrusive modern humans. The contributors present new archaeological evidence that tells a very different story: The Middle-Upper Paleolithic transitions in areas as diverse as the Levant, Eastern-Central Europe, and Central and Eastern Asia are characterized both by substantial behavioral continuity over the period 45,000-25,000 years ago and by a mosaic-like pattern of shifting adaptations. Together these essays will enliven and enrich the discussion of the shift from archaic to modern behavioral adaptations.
OP  - 295
CN  - GN772.2.A1 E37 2004eb
SN  - 9780520930094
SN  - 0520930096
SN  - 1417508132
SN  - 9781417508136
SN  - 9786612357169
SN  - 6612357169
SN  - 1597345857
SN  - 9781597345859
SN  - 9780520238510
SN  - 0520238516
SN  - 1282357166
SN  - 9781282357167
KW  - Paleolithic period : Europe, Eastern.
KW  - Paleolithic period : Asia, Central.
KW  - Tools, Prehistoric : Europe, Eastern.
KW  - Tools, Prehistoric : Asia, Central.
KW  - Europe, Eastern : Antiquities.
KW  - Asia, Central : Antiquities.
KW  - Outils préhistoriques : Europe de l'Est.
KW  - Outils préhistoriques : Asie centrale.
KW  - Europe de l'Est : Antiquités.
KW  - HISTORY : Ancient : General.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Archaeology.
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - Paleolithic period
KW  - Tools, Prehistoric
KW  - Central Asia
KW  - Eastern Europe
ER  -