The Neanderthal Legacy: An Archaeological Perspective from Western Europe
Author:   Paul A. Mellars
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
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9780691034935


Pages:   480
Publication Date:   11 January 1996
Format:   Hardback
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The Neanderthal Legacy: An Archaeological Perspective from Western Europe


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Author:   Paul A. Mellars
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 4.00cm , Length: 26.70cm
Weight:   1.361kg
ISBN:  

9780691034935


ISBN 10:   0691034931
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   11 January 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

Language:   English

Table of Contents

List of TablesList of IllustrationsPrefaceCh. 1Introduction1Ch. 2The Environmental Background to Middle Palaeolithic Occupation9Ch. 3Stone Tool Technology56Ch. 4Tool Morphology, Function and Typology95Ch. 5The Procurement and Distribution of Raw Materials141Ch. 6Industrial Taxonomy and Chronology169Ch. 7Middle Palaeolithic Subsistence193Ch. 8Sites in the Landscape245Ch. 9The Spatial Organization of Middle Palaeolithic Sites269Ch. 10The Significance of Industrial Variability315Ch. 11Neanderthal Society356Ch. 12The Neanderthal Mind366Ch. 13The Big Transition392References420Index of Sites461General Index465

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This serious treatment of Neanderthal behavioral patterns makes the volume very useful for student and professional archaeologists. New Scientist


This serious treatment of Neanderthal behavioral patterns makes the volume very useful for student and professional archaeologists. -- New Scientist


Author Information

Paul Mellars is both Reader in Prehistory and President of Corpus Christi College of the University of Cambridge. He is the editor, with Christopher Stringer, of The Human Revolution: Behavioral and Biological Perspectives on the Origins of Modern Humans (Princeton).

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