The earliest Europeans a year in the life : survival strategies in the lower Palaeolithic
The Earliest Europeans explores the early origins of man in Europe through the perspective of 'a year in the life': how hominins in the Lower Palaeolithic coped with the year-round practical challenges of mid-latitude Europe with its distinctive temperatures, seasonality patterns, and avai...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, England :
Oxbow Books
[2020]
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009655313906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1 A seasonal approach p. 1
- A seasonal perspective: a Palaeolithic 'just so' story? p. 1
- Fundamentals of seasonality p. 3
- 2 Lower Palaeolithic Europe p. 15
- The Pleistocene world p. 15
- Glacial and interglacial cycles p. 15
- Long-term Pleistocene change p. 28
- The woods and the trees p. 33
- Nature of the Lower Palaeolithic record p. 56
- The earliest occupations of Europe p. 60
- Outstanding questions ... and a seasonal approach p. 69
- 3 A winter wonderland? p. 73
- It's grim in Europe: a winter challenge p. 73
- Cold, dark and short days ... everywhere? p. 74
- Surviving winter p. 79
- Built for the cold? p. 81
- A hairy hominin? p. 84
- Put the heating on ... p. 87
- Clothing, or I can't feel my fingers p. 97
- Shelters? p. 107
- Winter is coming, the deer aren't getting fat p. 112
- Winter plants? p. 124
- Scavenging as a strategy: shovelling revisited p. 126
- 'Every mile is two in winter ...' p. 131
- Conclusion: a winter's tale p. 139
- 4 Springtime
- a land awakening p. 143
- Spring renewal p. 143
- Spring relocations? p. 143
- Spring resources: plant and animal foods p. 150
- Animals and plants in the diet ... but how? p. 160
- European Homo: always a hunter? p. 165
- Food, and other stresses? p. 169
- Who were the foragers...? p. 173
- Food sharing ... or, where is everyone else? p. 181
- Springtime babies? p. 189
- Childbirth and demanding infants: energetics and social costs p. 191
- Daily living: local spring lives? p. 200
- Spring: breathing new life p. 202
- 5 Summertime ... was the living easy? p. 207
- Hot days ... and dry days? p. 207
- Water ... and wildfires? p. 209
- Summer foods p. 211
- Long days, not lazy days p. 219
- Learning in a Lower Palaeolithic childhood p. 229
- Childs' play ...? p. 243
- A world beyond the horizon? p. 246
- Summer conception: hunting with benefits? p. 249
- Long days ... and dry days p. 250
- 6 Autumn
- rich in food and colour p. 253
- Wild harvests ... and shorter days p. 253
- Ruts and nuts p. 253
- Autumn migrations and winter in the sun? p. 256
- How far do we have to go ...? p. 263
- Are we nearly there yet? p. 267
- Preparing for winter? p. 270
- Other sorts of stockpiling? p. 282
- An ability to plan? Preparing clothing p. 285
- An ability to plan? A lithic perspective p. 292
- Autumn: season of mists and mellow fruitfulness? p. 301
- 7 A year in a supremely skilled life? p. 303
- The hominin year: a seasonal perspective p. 303
- Adapting to a seasonal Europe? p. 303
- Continuity in a seasonal world p. 310
- Coping with seasonal Europe: biology and technology p. 311
- How different were H. heidelbergensis and H. antecessor? A seasonal perspective p. 312
- A seasonal world: hominins on the edge? p. 313
- Benefits of a seasonal perspective p. 315.
